Tag: FrancisKing
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Meanwhile, Down on the River…
I’ve seen quite a few of the Freshers crews over the last few weeks and they are shaping up very well indeed. Whether we will have success of the degree of intoxication as last year remains to be seen. Perhaps with Ladies A we have the best chance. They are big and strong and being…
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The Oxen Ford
In the dim and far off times Oh best Beloved, Oxford was not a great Centre of Learning elegantly spread along the well tempered shores of the Thames and Cherwell rivers but a set of squalid hovels and tawdry pubs running up a gravelly hill above a minor cattle ford over the swamp that stretched…
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Boathouse Chic
When you are a member of a racing crew, a uniform is very important. It makes you feel good and gives your opponents something to think about as well. Rowing an VIII is all about merging individuality into the oneness of the crew and a uniform is part and parcel of this mindset. However while…
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Thames or Isis
The stretch of the Thames that flows through Oxford is known as “The Thames or Isis” The Thames bit is easy, it probably means “dark” as when all said and done it does look pretty murky. Funnily enough the river these days is chemically very clean, supporting a decent variety of coarse fish; pike, roach and perch.…
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On Yer Bike
Apart perhaps from your lap top and mobile phone, your best mechanical friend at Oxford is a bike. For Boaties I suggest, sine qua non. That the trip from College (indeed anywhere in town) to the Boat House is downhill is surely one of those acts of Divine Providence which would have convinced the mediaeval philosopher that…
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F***ing Flags
College rowing on the Thames/Isis is governed by the Oxford University Rowing Club. It is their job to ensure that proper order is maintained on the river which means that safety is a paramount concern. It would be very embarrassing to have to ring Mrs Cholmondley-Smythe to tell her that eight years of paying for their…
St Peter's College Boat Club 