The Boat Race 1999
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The 145th Boat Race took place on 3 April 1999. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Featuring
Dan Snow (pictured in 2019) rowed at number 3 for Oxford.
The Boat Race 1993
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The 139th Boat Race took place on 27 March 1993. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridg
The Boat Race 1999
…it still feels like all or nothing to us. The fear of defeat, the aim of trying to push the limits is motivation itself". Just as he had done in the 1993 race, umpire Mark Evans introduced modifications to the starting procedure, suggesting that he would be content to hold the crews for up to ten seconds…
Cambridge used the cleaver blades (depicted bottom) for the first time in the competition, while Oxford used macon blades (middle).
Matthew Pinsent (pictured in 2018) was the Oxford University Boat Club president in 1993.