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BOAT RACE BETWEEN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

Autor: Lazar Bjelobaba, VII-2 OŠ „Vladimir Nazor” Regionalni centar za talente Beograd II

Mentor-Mirjana Tomovid

Summary

The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University is the most famous rowing race in the world.
Every March since 1829 on the River Thames, the best rowers from Oxford and Cambridge race for their
universities. That is a traditional boat race which has a lot of fans across the world. Today the Race takes
place on the last Saturday in March or on the first Saturday in April. The First Boat Race was on 12 March
1829 at Henley-on Thames in Oxfordshire. After that, the early Boat Races took place at Westminster in
London, but from 1845, when Westminster became too crowded, the Boat Race moved six miles up-
stream to the country village of Putney. Now the course is part of the Tideway. The class of boats which
take part are eights and the course is 4 miles and 374 yards long. According to tradition every boat has its
own name. In December 2002 Cambridge raced under the names “Understated“ and „Subtle“, while
Oxford raced under names „Health“ and „Safety“. Members of both teams are traditionally called Blues
because they wear blue tracksuits. The members of Cambridge team wear light blue and Oxford members
wear dark blue. The main rowing race is preceded by a race between the two reserve crews called Isis for
Oxford and Goldie for Cambridge. Every year the Race is watched by a lot of jurnalists and it is filmed by
BBC and broadcast in 150 countries.

Key words: rowing race, University, traditional, eights, Blues, Isis, Goldie.

Rezime

Veslaĉka trka izmeĊu univerziteta Oksford i Kembridţ je najpoznatija veslaĉka trka na svetu. Svakog
marta od 1829 na reci Temzi, najbolji veslaĉi iz Oksforda i Kembridţa se takmiĉe za svoje univerzitete.
To je tradicionalna trka koja ima mnogo oboţavalaca širom sveta. Prva trka je bila 12 marta 1829 na
Henliju u oblasti Oksforda. Posle toga, rane trke su se odrţavale u Vestminsteru u Londonu, ali od 1845,
kada je Vestminster postao prepun, trka se pomerila 6 milja uzvodno do sela Putni. Danas trka se odrţava
poslednje subote marta ili prve subote aprila.

Klasa ĉamaca koji su uĉestvovali su bili osmerci i duţina staze je taĉno 4 milje i 374 jarda. Sada je staza
deo Tajdveja – plimni pojas koji ide od Tedingtona, prolazi kroz centralni London sve do otvorenog mora.
Klasa ĉamaca koji su uĉestvovali su bili osmerci i duţina staze je taĉno 4 milje i 374 jarda. Prema tradiciji
svaki ĉamac ima svoje ime. U decembru 2002 Kembridţ se takmiĉio pod imenima ,,Potcenjeni” i ,,Fini”,
dok se Oksford trkao pod imenima ,,Zdravlje” i ,,Bezbednost”. Ĉlanovi oba tima se tradicionalno zovu
Plavi jer nose plave trenerke. Ĉlanovi Kembridţa nose svetloplave, a ĉlanovi Oksforda tamnoplave
trenerke. Glavnoj trci prethodi trka rezervnih posada koje se zovu Izis za Oksford i Zlatni za Kembridţ.
Svake godine trku prati mnogo novinara, snima je BBC i emituje se u 150 zemalja.

Ključne reči: veslaĉka trka, univerzitet, tradicionalna, osmerci, Plavi, Izis, Zlatni.