Chess and the Boat Race
Chess and the Boat Race
There's a chess interest in tomorrow's Women's Boat Race.
Cox in the Oxford boat is chess-playing Jennifer Ehr, 19 year old daughter of ECF CEO, Phil Ehr. We met over the board three years back in the 4NCL.
Well done to Jenny. And good luck!
Cox in the Oxford boat is chess-playing Jennifer Ehr, 19 year old daughter of ECF CEO, Phil Ehr. We met over the board three years back in the 4NCL.
Well done to Jenny. And good luck!
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Re: Chess and the Boat Race
The problem with the boat race is that it's always the same two teams in the final!
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Today is the first time the women's race will be held on the same day as the men's so there will be the same four teams.
(I bet Jennifer has a beautiful 'boat race' after reading the above endorsement by David R.)
(I bet Jennifer has a beautiful 'boat race' after reading the above endorsement by David R.)
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...... and Jennifer leads them home in fine style.
One in the eye for "the other place".
One in the eye for "the other place".
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Yes, Jenny and her crew dominated that one. Nineteen years old, and already a winning Blue. Somehow I don't think that young woman is destined for a life making cupcakes. Proud Phil too
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I was quite moved by the race too. It's one thing, tough enough, for a bunch of well-trained male hearties to row that course. Quite another for two crews of young women. Feel a moment for the losers. Feel another for the winners who had to be fished out of the Thames last week when their boat sank. Rather beats, as an experience, squabbling on the forums.
Unwearied still....
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams....
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?
Unwearied still....
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams....
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?
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I’d happily take a life making cupcakes.David Robertson wrote:Yes, Jenny and her crew dominated that one. Nineteen years old, and already a winning Blue. Somehow I don't think that young woman is destined for a life making cupcakes. Proud Phil too
A (non-playing) friend texted me, btw, to say the BBC had announced that the Oxford cox was a chess champion.
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"A (non-playing) friend texted me, btw, to say the BBC had announced that the Oxford cox was a chess champion."
In fairness, it's about the only sport BBC still shows, so a bit of hype is understandable.
In fairness, it's about the only sport BBC still shows, so a bit of hype is understandable.