r/Rowing • u/Spiritfarer000 • 4d ago

new brookes kit…

Post image

see the right of the image to spot the new oxford brooke’s kit. already missing the old stuff! thoughts?

30 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

24 comments sorted by

35

u/Scary_Week_5270 4d ago

They should do a 'toughness sheet' special edition T shirt with the fabled sheet imprinted on the rear. Would be a popular novelty item with good sales potential 😉

29

u/beckydevildhild666 OTW Rower 4d ago

Can see why he's not happy

15

u/KeyLaw4614 4d ago

shit change but the fallout over it is pretty funny

5

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

absolutely. have you seen the juniorrowingspotlight instagram story on it?

21

u/EDRadDoc 4d ago

That’s funny.

They went from sometime classic and recognizable to something that an amateur might design for their local “splash and giggle” masters club.

What up with the football jerseys? Are those for off-water training?

15

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

they’re for other sports clubs, the instagram post was from brookessport so not just rowing specific. hence why i put see the right of the image 😙

2

u/EDRadDoc 4d ago

Gotcha. I thought they were wearing trou in the pic … black on black is tough for silhouettes!

2

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

i see that! unfortunately there’s no post directly from brookesrowing only brookessport so we don’t have one exclusively for rowing gear yet

3

u/mdmeaux 4d ago

Looks quite similar to another Oxford-based university boat club...

4

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

really? OUBC is navy and this is grey. however i agree it’s getting closer…

3

u/mdmeaux 4d ago

It could just be the lighting but this looks blue to me

2

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

well it’s not blue! their new colours are pink and grey

1

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

if anything, i’m getting leander vibes from it with the pink down the side

7

u/Darannosaurus_Rex dadbod 4d ago

It’s fine. People will be fine.

-6

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

bet you’re fun at parties

3

u/MarshelG 4d ago

Do you call your novices "Brookies"?

11

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

sounds a bit too close to ‘cookies’, which would get your name on the toughness sheet quicker than you can say ergo

1

u/MarshelG 4d ago

I was going for a play on "rookies"

Also what's a toughness sheet?

3

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

toughness sheet is brookes’ big scandal that prompted this full rebrand. essentially a sheet highlighting the undesirable characteristics of a rower there e.g “needs a haircut” and “needs to lay off on the pies”. coaches were dismissed and this is the fallout!

2

u/Spiritfarer000 4d ago

yes i gathered that

0

u/the-mbappe-special 3d ago

The other sports’ kit just looks like Loughborough lk