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How far will FaT get at Henley, before being knocked out ?
Qualifiers  5%
Wednesday  41%
Thursday  14%
Saturday  0%
Sunday  0%
They'll win  36%
Friday  5%
Total: 22 members' votes
by RTT - Fri 27th Jun 2008, 4:15pm
Matt said: How far will FaT get at Henley, before being knocked out ?
Qualifiers: 6%
Wednesday: 39%
Thursday: 17%
Saturday: 0%
Sunday: 0%
They'll win: 33%
Friday: 6%
Well at least 6% of you are wrong :-)
by mjb - Fri 27th Jun 2008, 8:23pm
RTT said: Well at least 6% of you are wrong :-)
12%. There's no race on Friday.
by RTT - Sat 28th Jun 2008, 1:55am
That depends on the weather up to that point....
by Princess Grace - Sat 28th Jun 2008, 5:19pm
Here's the draw - bit oddly shaped but FaT seem to have done pretty well out of it:


Prince Albert Challenge Cup
1. Skoll, NED
2. Edinburgh Univ
3. First & Third Trinity, Camb
4. GLASGOW UNIV
5. Macquarie Univ, AUS
6. Goldie
7. Wolfson & Keble Colls, Oxford
8. NEWCASTLE UNIV
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9. UNIV OF WEST OF ENGLAND
10. Northumbria Univ
11. Isis
12. Imperial Coll
13. OXFORD BROOKES UNIV
14. Trinity Coll Hartford, USA
15. Trevelyan Coll, Durham
16. Univ of Bristol
by Simon - Sat 28th Jun 2008, 8:29pm
Princess Grace said: Here's the draw - bit oddly shaped but FaT seem to have done pretty well out of it:
Are you saying Glasgow shouldn't be seeded?
by Definitely not bashing Glasgow! - Sat 28th Jun 2008, 9:05pm
Simon said: Are you saying Glasgow shouldn't be seeded?
I'm saying the draw looks a bit unbalanced, that's all. For example Macquarie/Goldie, Isis/IC and Brookes/Hartford sound more like second round races, and I'd expect any of the middle four of those to beat Glasgow, assuming a good Brookes crew and not just the left-overs. Glasgow were v strong at BUSA this year and obviously they get my home support ;o) so I'm not suggesting for a moment that they'll be a walkover. As usual, can't say much about the foreign boats, but I think the FaT crew looking at this draw have a lot more hope of a Thursday appearance than (for example!) last year. Anyway, good luck guys!
by mjb - Sat 28th Jun 2008, 10:13pm
Definitely not bashing Glasgow! said: I'm saying the draw looks a bit unbalanced, that's all
...
Glasgow were v strong at BUSA this year
...
I think the FaT crew looking at this draw have a lot more hope of a Thursday appearance than (for example!) last year. Anyway, good luck guys!
Glasgow did come 3rd in S1 at the Met on Saturday and 4th in S2 on the Sunday as well ...

OTOH, any draw would have given FaT more of a chance than last year !