Re: Sculler's Head Cancellation

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JJ) wrote in 
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> The conditions were rough, but no worse than your average
> tideway sculler encounters at some stage in a normal week's training.
> There always seems to be a nice bit of water and a horrible bit in
> just about any outing.
> Presuming that the conditions were a little spicy, but aren't they
> always ;) and the organisers were thinking of the safety of novices,
> should we in future exclude novices from the race? From what I saw,
> and I sculled down through it to have a look around, any competent
> sculler could handle those conditions.

I was standing on Hammersmith Bridge at 9am and there were huge white 
horses. The conditions were much worse than normal. My single is racked at 
AK, so I know. The top 200 could have just about have made it, but there 
would have been some nasty accidents if the lower orders had tried. It was 
the right decision. Unfortunately, the water conditions improved about an 
hour afterwards, which is causing confusion.

The moaners complaining about losing their entry fees who advocate 
insurance should consider that this will bump up the entry fees 
significantly over time. Insurance should only be considered if people 
absolutely cannot take the financial consequences of something going wrong 
e.g. house burning down, car stolen, illness abroad etc.

-- 
Iain Cheyne