when you tell people in france, so people who don t do rowing, that you re doing the oxford cambridge boat race, it s a bit like. it s hard for them to imagine, right? because it s something that seems very old school and very uk based, and seems like almost a glitch in the matrix. a french guy could do this thing. while the boat race has always had an international flavour it attracts many rowers from around the world it doesn t have a great reputation when it comes to diversity. in fact, noam is that rare exception this year. across the board, when you look at rowing clubs in this country, just 6% of its members come from diverse backgrounds. people in the uk mostly learn to row in schools, and for your school to have enough money, let s say, to have good rowing equipment and so on, you need to be in a private school. and it s only a certain demographic which goes into private schools, which is why maybe you have a bit less diversity here in rowing, at least. but that s really no
16, were charged last night with rohan s murder. they appeared before northampton magistrates today, they were remanded and will appear again at northampton crown court on monday morning. from the suburbs of paris to the cambridge university boat race crew it s been quite the journey for 21 year old noam mouelle. on sunday, he ll become one of a very small number of non white oarsmen to take part in the historic annual contest on the river thames. he s been speaking to our sports reporter, james burridge. je m appelle noam mouelle, etje prepare la boat race avec cambridge. it s quite something, i would say, it s very challenging. there is a lot of pressure, obviously. i ve never been that stressed, stressed out about rowing in my entire life. noam mouelle s mum wanted him to do an outdoor sport. little did she know how far that sport would take him from the suburbs of paris
sport would take him from the suburbs of paris to the wild and lonely great ouse, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race. when you tell people in france, so people who don t do rowing, that you re doing the oxford cambridge boat race, it s a bit like. it s hard for them to imagine, right? because it s something that seems very old school and very uk based, and seems like almost a glitch in the matrix. a french guy could do this thing. while the boat race has always had an international flavour it attracts many rowers from around the world it doesn t have a great reputation when it comes to diversity. in fact, noam is that rare exception this year. across the board, when you look at rowing clubs in this country, just 6% of its members come from diverse backgrounds. people in the uk mostly learn to row in schools, and for your school to have enough money, let s say, to have good rowing equipment and so on,
to the wild and lonely great ouse, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race. when you tell people in france, so people who don t do rowing, that you re doing the oxford cambridge boat race, it s a bit like. it s hard for them to imagine, right? because it s something that seems very old school and very uk based, and seems like almost a glitch in the matrix. a french guy could do this thing. while the boat race has always had an international flavour it attracts many rowers from around the world it doesn t have a great reputation when it comes to diversity. in fact, noam is that rare exception this year. across the board, when you look at rowing clubs in this country, just 6% of its members come from diverse backgrounds. people in the uk mostly learn to row in schools, and for your school to have enough money, let s say, to have good rowing equipment and so on, you need to be in a private school. and it s only a certain demographic which goes into private schools,
now, from the suburbs of paris to the cambridge university boat race crew it s been quite the journey for 21 year old noam mouelle. on sunday, he ll become one of a very small number of non white oarsmen to take part in the historic annual contest on the river thames. he s been speaking to our sports reporter, james burridge. it s quite something, i would say, it s very challenging. there is a lot of pressure, obviously. i ve never been that stressed, stressed out about rowing in my entire life. noam mouelle s mum wanted him to do an outdoor sport. little did she know how far that sport would take him from the suburbs of paris to the wild and lonely great 0use, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race.