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it's very important to have eight oarsmen who blend well together as a team. There just isn't much room for individualism in a Boat Race crew. It's a difficult race to train for - you need the speed of a 1500m crew, but the strength and stamina to keep going over a much greater distance. GRAEME HALL (left) - Cambridge coach We've beaten some good teams recently. Only three people plus cox Sue Brown are left from last year, but one of them, Boris Rankov, is going for a record five wins. The crews are very evenly matched and I think it will be a very close race, but of course anything can happen this afternoon. Dan Topolski - Oxford coach
12.15 pm Grandstand Introduced by David Coleman direct from the Tow Path, Putney
12.20 Football Focus BOB WILSON previews today's Football League programme.
12.50 Racing At the start of the 1982 Flat season JULIAN WILSON looks at the working life of one of racing's 400-odd apprentice jockeys. Will he become a top jockey - or end up simply a well-qualified stable lad?
1.20; 1.50; 2.55 Racing from Newbury 1.30 Kencot H'cap 'Chase (21m) 2.0 Julians of Reading Ltd Land Rover Hunters' 'Chase (3m) 3.5 Greenham Group H'cap Hurdle Race (2m 100y). A wide-open race for the season's most valuable event of this kind. Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN JULIAN WILSON, RICHARD PITMAN
1.40; 2.10 The University Boat Race Oxford v Cambridge for the Ladbroke Trophy Oxford, with Sue Brown again coxing their boat, will be seeking their seventh successive victory over the famous Putney to Mortlake course. But Cambridge still lead their rivals 68 to 58, with one dead heat, after 127 meetings between the Dark and Light Blues. Commentators HARRY CARPENTER, PENNY CHUTER
3.15 International Badminton from Wembley Arena The John Player All England Championships All the leading players in the world are present for this year's championships, including the Chinese who make their first visit to Wembley. Commentators BARRY DAVIES and DEREK TALBOT 3.45 Half-time football scores
3.55 Rugby League from Headingley The State Express Challenge Cup First Semi-final Castleford v Hull Hull are firm favourites to win the Challenge Cup this season for the first time since 1914. Castleford, as they proved against Leigh in the last round, are top opponents in the Cup. Commentator RAY FRENCH Summariser ALEX MURPHY
4.35 Final Score The classified check and pools news, plus match reports and all the latest sporting news.
Television presentation: Football Focus BOB ABRAHAMS Racing JOHN MCNICHOLAS Racing BILL TAYLOR Boat Race DAVID KENNING Badminton JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Rugby League NICK HUNTER
Assistant editor Grandstand JOHN ROWLINSON
Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS
Editor Grandstand mike murphy
