On the bank
: Chris Hayes, Chris Cook, Antony Prince, Bill Bowder, Fergus Murison, Mark Wyatt, Nick Cross, Louise Cross, Nigel Burrows, John Boggis, Chris Overton, Jean Mellows, John Clark, David and Elizabeth Prichard, David Lea-Wilson, Ed Hodgson, Simon Kelly (Captain Kingston), David and Jane (Bluefriars Trustee) Perry, Liz Slade (Captain Van Mildert College)Competing
: Steve Williams, Rowley Douglas, Graham Mills (all at Oxford Brookes), Jeremy Hepworth (coaching Emanuel), Rob Davies (Kingston), Tim D'Oyly (coaching Leeds Univ), Jeremy Morris (Caius), et al."Over to the Umpire at the Start".
(One would then have expected to hear the Umpire preparing the crews
and starting them, but the ducks took over, and "Quack, Quack, Quack"
was all that was heard throughout the Enclosure. The crowd smiled, and
perhaps a faint titter was heard, but Henley Commentaries are of course
faultless, so the ducks and the Umpire were faded out without comment or
ruffled feathers.)
"Here comes Monkton Comprehensive School with a French lass on board.
I understand she doesn't speak very good English. It's an old man's
crew." (The 'lass' was Barbara Girard from Nantes, who speaks good
English, and the crew was on the young side.)
Steve Williams was Sportsman of the Year at Oxford Brookes
University.
Steve Williams and Rowley Douglas were mentioned regularly on TV and
radio, as well as in the press, on the Internet and on Ceefax during the
season.
It has not been easy to catch up with Steve this summer. After his
Henley success, he went to the World Championships in Candada, then
direct to Australia for a squad training camp. During a brief return to
the UK he underwent a minor operation before going to Spain in a squad
of 20 for further training before Christmas. The GB heavyweight Olympic
rowing team will consist of only 14 athletes.