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The very first Boat Race was won by Oxford, but Cambridge lead the overall series with 86 wins to Oxford's 81, [3] with one dead heat in 1877 (as of 2023). [4] Recent races have been closely fought, with Oxford winning by the shortest ever margin of 1-foot (0.30 m) in 2003 [ 4 ] and Cambridge winning in 2004 despite Oxford's claims of a foul.
Cambridge derby: Cambridge City vs. Cambridge United [25] Small Cambridgeshire derby: Cambridge City or Cambridge United vs. Histon [26] [27] [28] Cambridgeshire derby: Cambridge United vs. Peterborough United [29] Colney derby: Colney Heath vs. London Colney [30] [31] Didcot Triangle derbies: [32] [33] A420 derby: Oxford United vs. Swindon ...
The Oxford men's reserve crew is called Isis (after the Isis, a section of the River Thames which passes through Oxford), and the Cambridge reserve men's crew is called Goldie (the name comes from rower and Boat Club president John Goldie, 1849–1896, after whom the Goldie Boathouse is named).
In the men’s race last year, Oxford ended three years of Cambridge victories with a win of two and a quarter lengths. The margin of victory was the same in the women’s race as Cambridge ...
The Boat Race 2024 was a series of side-by-side rowing races in London which took place on 30 March 2024.. Held annually, The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, usually along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames, known as the Tideway, in south-west London.
Eight rowing had been popular at the University of Oxford for a number of years before a club was established at the University of Cambridge around 1827. At a meeting of the Cambridge University Boat Club in February 1829, it was decided to challenge Oxford "to row a match at or near London, each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation". [1]
The Oxford boat sinks after only half a mile, during the annual University boat race against Cambridge on March 24, 1951. - Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The Championship Course along which, for the fourth time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were conducted on the same day. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") [1] and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). [1]