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The 1st Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames on 10 June 1829. The race came about following a challenge laid down to the University of Oxford by University of Cambridge "to row a match at or near London, each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation". [1]
The race was first held in 1829 on a 2 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile (3.6 km) stretch of the River Thames. [2] For the women's senior boat clubs race see "The Women's Boat Race". As of 2015 the race takes place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course, between Putney and Mortlake on the Thames in south-west London. [3]
The 1st Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames in 1829 but the event was subsequently officially held along the Thames, mostly the Championship Course, except the 2021 race which was moved to the River Great Ouse due the COVID-19 pandemic and safety concerns under Hammersmith Bridge. [48]
The Boat Race. 10 February — Cambridge University Boat Club resolves to challenge Oxford University Boat Club to race "each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation." [4] 10 June — The first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is held on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and won by Oxford. The event is highly ...
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]
The country's longest-running series of varsity matches is played between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.In addition to the 1827 University Match in Cricket mentioned above, the first "Boat Race" in 1829 [4] the first "Varsity Match" (in Rugby Union) in 1872, [5] and the first "Varsity Game" (in Basketball) in 1921 were all contested between Oxford and Cambridge.
The 16th Boat Race took place on 15 April 1859. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race went ahead following Cambridge's request for a postponement due to extremely rough conditions being rejected. Oxford won the race after Cambridge sank.
15 March: The Boat Race 1856, first of the annual series rowed between Cambridge and Oxford University Boat Clubs on the Championship Course of the River Thames in London; Cambridge wins. St John's College begins residential development of its Walton Manor estate in North Oxford. [83] "A" Wing of Oxford Prison completed on the separate system.