An Eton Excelsior Event

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An Eton Excelsior Event

First Four-Oar Race Since 1939

The Eton Excelsior Rowing Club held their first Four-Oar Race for the Club Fours Challenge Cup since 1939 on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The result was as follows:

Heat 1:

Berks Station – A. D’Albertanson, R. H. Jordan, P. О. Р. Pulvermacher, J. C. Sampson (str.) 1;

Bucks Station – D. Sim monds, R. Cortez-Leigh, J. Kille, E. Kettell (str.), 2; won by half a length.

Final:

Bucks Station -A. Gregory, M. Harrison, G. D. Dyson, T. A. Hampton (str.), 1;

Berks Station – Winner of Heat one, 2. Won by a few inches after a restart from the Mill Stream.

At the conclusion of the race, to celebrate V.J. day, both crews stood up in their boats, with their oars, to shoot the Bridge, and both reseated again without mishap. This feat needs a good deal of skill and balance; the gate of the swivel rowlock has to be undone first. In the return trip both crews capsized, much to the delight of the onlookers on the Bridge.

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