22 Nov, 2009
Sunday Sunshine :: Inaugural WA Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
Posted by: blissfule In: Perth ()
After church today we cheered a Cambridge crew of eight as they went up against Oxford on the Swan River. One alumnae, seeing Vi in her girly hat yet wearing a light blue onesie said, "A Cambridge supporter? Bless!"
The weather was absolutely perfect, and even the wind died down as the boats were under starter's orders.
The distance rowed was more modest than the 4¼ miles rowed from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames, being officially measured at 2¾ furlongs (about 550 metres or a third of a mile), from Riverside Gardens to Hinds Reserve on the Bayswater/Ascot stretch of the Swan River.
