Despite the sometimes torrential rain with steamed-up lenses and freezing cold fingers (it actually snowed!), as ever he enjoyed the experience immensely.  There is no other event like this.  The crews are elite, world-class athletes who also have the intellectual ability to be accepted into two of the top Universities in the world.  Their training requires months of early starts on the river in the mid of winter and they still have to maintain their studies.  Despite the event’s international profile the crews are all amateurs. The nature of the event requires them to be team players and it is sport in its purest. There are no silver medals, just a winning team and a losing team.

Duncan’s images can be seen at http://www.duncangrove.com/oxford-cambridge-boat-race-2013 .

Duncan’s images from The Boat Race 2013 can be seen at http://www.duncangrove.com/oxford-cambridge-boat-race-2013 .

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February 2012.  For the third consecutive year Duncan will again be shooting the Oxford & Cambridge Universities Boat Race as an accredited photographer.  He will start shooting practice outings during the preceding Tideway Week on Tue 3 April and on race day will be on a press launch immediately behind the Blue boats.  The race starts at 14:15 on Saturday 7 April 2012.  Images will be uploaded to Duncan’s site daily – you can view them and those from other years at:

http://www.duncangrove.com/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-boat-race .