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Football

AJB Temple said:
Rowing vid was very interesting. The 8 looks puny compared with modern day athletes.
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Interestingly I Googled to see how rowing 8 times have improved over the last eighty years; much of it is due of course to a much better diet and training regimes but it's also the shells themselves, which are nowadays made from carbon fibre and similar materials. When George Pocock built the 'Husky Clipper' individually by hand the outer surface was made from hand planed Western Red Cedar, 5/32" thick, finished with multiple coats of marine varnish burnished to a dead smooth finish. As mentioned, the Berlin crew had a 'hardscrabble', dirt poor upbringing during the Depression of the 1930's so when you consider their achievement (sixth place to overtake all other boats to win) in that final in front of Adolf Hitler it's nothing short of remarkable, also bearing in mind that the vital stroke oar in front of the cox had pneumonia - Rob
 
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