Talk:The Boat Race 2021/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 21:59, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

• Link Littleport in the lead

  Linked. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• It was the first time in the history of the event that both the women's and men's races were officiated by female umpires, in Judith Packer and Sarah Winckless respectively. Delete "in".

  Removed. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• The reserve races are to be held at a later date in Ely. Sudden tense switch to present is disconcerting. Suggest wording similar to that in the body, which does not state that they are to be held in Ely.

  I've removed that altogether. If the reserve races get properly scheduled I'll add it back in then. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• The organisers noted that the move to Ely was not only due to COVID-19, but also safety concerns relating to Hammersmith Bridge. I'm inferring that the Ely course is easier to close off? Do we know what the issue was with the Hammersmith Bridge?

  Expanded. And yes, that's the inference, shutting off four miles of central London along the Thames is probably asking too much. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• an unofficial wartime staging of the event Does this mean it doesn't count?

  Yes, "unofficial". The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• The event was described as being "overshadowed" after allegation of sexual assault What were these allegations? Who was assaulted? (Should it be "an" allegation?)

  Expanded. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• the women's crews intended to wear ribbons, to signify support for sexual assault victims Did they?

  I don't think so (or at least I couldn't find a source) so I removed that "intention". The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• the trials took place on the Great Ouse behind closed doors I'm having a lot of trouble imagining that. (Send for Sir Bernard Woolley.)

  It's common parlance in BritEng. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

  Being both outdoors and behind closed doors sounded like a mixed metaphor, but explanation accepted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:03, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• Because of restrictions imposed by the university are we talking about restrictions related to COVID-19?

  Yes. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• As a result of changes to the UK's COVID-19 tier system, neither Winckless nor Packer were able to travel to Ely and both of Oxford's trial races were umpired by Kath Finucane, the reserve race official. What's the COVID-19 tier system, what were the changes to it, and most importantly, who umpired the Cambridge trials? Also: the Men's trials section says that Winckless did officiate.

  Tier system linked. Changes prevented travel to higher tiers (hence why they couldn't go to Ely). Cambridge trials says "and umpired by Packer" and "Officiated by Winckless" so I'm not sure about the confusion here. They couldn't umpire the Oxford trials (so that's why Kath Finucane did). The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

  The link is a good idea. Those of us outside the UK had not heard of it (although tyhe article had not led me to expect, on clicking on the link, that the whole country is in tier 4) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:03, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• (Aside: they have new boats every year?)

  Not necessarily. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• The Cambridge women were considered strong favourites to win their race while Oxford's men were favoured to win. Are the bookmaker odds published? Any reason why these teams were favoured?

  There were various odds which changed a bit in the run-up but I've generalised it to the prose. Cambridge women were probably favourites because they have been vastly superior for years and Oxford's men slight favourites because (I think) they were slightly heavier, but the reasoning wasn't given. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

• Conditions on race day were reasonably clement with a temperature of 16 °C (61 °F), clear skies but windy Do we know the wind speed/direction?

  Westward crosswind, no speed, added. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:59, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Hawkeye7 cheers, I think I got to them all. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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