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The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. It is also known as the University Boat Race and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.
Tamesis Regatta is a boat race in the University of Oxford, England, which is held annually during seventh week of Michaelmas term (late November), in which novice crews (of eight rowers with a cox) representing each college, compete against each other. [1] [2] There are separate men's and women's races, with many colleges entering more than ...
Former record six-time Oxford rower Boris Rankov umpired the closest race in the history of the event in 2003. Cambridge secured their 80th victory in the 2010 race. Oxford lost the 2012 race which was disrupted by a protester in the Thames. Oxford University Boat Club President Constantine Louloudis led Oxford to their 79th victory in the 2015 ...
The Henley Boat Races were a series of annual rowing races between various crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.. The event included the Lightweight Men's Boat Race from 1975 to 2018, the Women's Boat Race from 1977 to 2014, the Lightweight Women's Boat Race from 1984 to 2019, and the Collegiate Boat Races from 2010 to 2019.
Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) is the rowing club for the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford.The club was founded in 1829. The prime constitutional aim of OUBC is to beat Cambridge University Boat Club in the annual University Boat Race and Lightweight Boat Races on the River Thames. [1]
Summer Eights May 2009 Men's Division 1, showing racing between (from front) Keble College, New College, St Edmund Hall. Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main intercollegiate rowing event of the year.
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars, one in each ...
The Lightweight Boat Races are a series of annual rowing races between men's and women's lightweight crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The first men's race took place in 1975, being joined by the women's race in 1984.