Lucky Number Seven
Women’s Boat Race
Words: Tom Ransley
Lucky number seven for the Cambridge women. Seven unanswered wins for the Light Blues. How did the Oxford overdogs miss their mark? Attention has inevitably turned to the decision to go for a bump and Oxford cox Joe Gellett’s post-race appeal – yet early in the race Oxford had their chances. They came within a few feet of securing an unassailable lead and ending Cambridge’s winning streak.
It all looked so rosy for the Oxford women, they won the coin toss, chose Middlesex and, after Umpire Richard
Phelps dropped the flag and said ‘Go!’, launched a blisteringly bright start. The Dark Blues soon slid into a third of a length lead before the first bend and extended it to a full length by the Mile Post.