Scumbag protestor at the boat race

[tractorboy1]

Eveyrone knows the boat race is fixed same two teams in the final every year.

 

'Scumgbag' is a bit strong! More suited to thiefs, rapists and the like... It's only a posh uni boat race...and they still finished the race afterwards.

[skyhuck]

Bring back the Birch!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hodge]

And he's an ozzy, alot of them seem to have a chip on their shoulder towards britain.

[Len Brennan]

He'd better run off back there then, there's some big blokes from Oxford who would like a word with him!

[scotspine1]

Contrary to what people may think there is, and has always been a healthy rowing presence on the Clyde. 3 boathouses, Glasgow Rowing Club, Clydesdale and Glasgow Uni.

 

That protester guy was a clown.

 

Rowing on the Clyde 1950s

 

 

and today

 

 

 

Edited April 8, 2012 by scotspine1

[Wolfie]

Nice puddles.

[scotspine1]

not bad eh.

[David Humphries]

Contrary to what people may think there is, and has always been a healthy rowing presence on the Clyde. 3 boathouses, Glasgow Rowing Club, Clydesdale and Glasgow Uni.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine set of images Mr Pine

 

But why's that German boat heading to the docks, are they not 60 years too late ?

 

 

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

Really? You should have just taken the bet then

[will.morris]

'Scumgbag' is a bit strong! More suited to thiefs, rapists and the like... It's only a posh uni boat race...and they still finished the race afterwards.

 

Not at all ... If it were'nt for the swearing rules it would have been a lot stronger.

 

Its more than 'just some posh toffs in boats' its a major part of british rowing and one of the oldest sporting events in the world first ran in 1829. Its pretty much the only rowing event on the british calender that gets publicised so its good for the sport for getting more people involved, rowing clubs all over the country always get a serge of new interest following the race. Whether you like rowing or not as a nation we produce some of the worlds best and anyone interested in our country for sport should appreciate this.

 

And then theres the athletes/coaches/cox etc themselves who dedicate a huge amount of their lives for the 7monthes before the race.

 

A re-start is the never the same, the athletes bodies suffer and they've trained the set distance over and over. All it did was create a panic sprint which just caused bad technique, sloppy rowing and makes a mockery of the preparation involved. Rowing is just as much, if not more, about technique than it is fitness, you have to sit in race boat to appreciate how unbalanced and twitchy they are.

 

Plus no-one in the articles seemed to address just how dangerous it was for the swimmer ... a rowing boat itself would have decapitated him and then the was the risk of all the launch boats.

 

I know I'm waffling on but as a fan of the sport its just really frustrating and annoying especially as its only an annual event. Really feel for everyone involved and hope that twit gets what he deserves.