The Right Way To Write

That day, a huge crowd of people will surround the Thames and hundreds of thousands more will turn on the live broadcast on the BBC. Older people will remember their school years, current students will cheer on their classmates. One thing unites them all: The main thing is to beat the others! The Boat Race. The duel of rowing eights from the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge. One of the most traditional races in the world across all s…

The Right Way To Write

Oxford supporters at Putney in 1962. Not many of those pictured had come down from Christ Church or were going up to Balliol, but, in the not so distant past, many people with no Oxbridge or rowing connections had fierce Boat Race loyalties to either Oxford or Cambridge. Screenshot: British Pathe. 26 April 2025 By Tim Koch Good rowing writing is rare so it is worth reading Tom Ransley and Rachel Quarrell’s take on the 2025 Boat Races on Row360. …