Henley Boat Races

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The Henley Boat Races
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Contested by
Cambridge University Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg Oxford University Boat Club.svg
CUWBC / CULRC OUWBC / OULRC / OUWLRC
Openweight Womencontested 1977–2014 [1]
Lightweight Mencontested 1975–2018 [1]
Lightweight Womencontested 1984–2019 [1]
Lightweight Men's reservescontested 2000–2009 and 2016–2018 [1]
Lightweight Women's reservescontested 2012 and 2016–2019
Collegiate Boat Racescontested 2010–2019 [1]
Course Henley Regatta course (downstream)
River Thames [2]
Course length
  • Blue Boats: 2000 m [3]
  • Collegiate races: 1750 m [3]
Number of wins [4]
CUWBC Openweights OUWBC
2117
CULRC OULRC
2816
CUWBC Lightweights OUWLRC
1917
Note: Last races on 31 March 2019 at Dorney Lake
Official website
henleyboatraces.com

The Henley Boat Races were a series of annual rowing races between various crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Contents

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. Between 2015 and 2020, the openweight and lightweight Varsity races previously held at Henley were relocated to the Championship Course to match the openweight men's Boat Race, at which point the Collegiate Boat Races were scrapped.

History

Henley Boat Races took place annually in late March or early April the week before the University Boat Races, which are held on the Championship Course on the Thames in London.

The Henley Boat Races began as men's lightweight races in 1975 and enlarged to incorporate the Women's Boat Race and their reserve crew race from 1977 and the women's lightweight race from 1984. [5] [6] [7] In 2000, the lightweight men added a race for their reserve crews, Nephthys (Oxford) and Granta (Cambridge). [4] The races took place in 2001, at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham. [8] The lightweight men's race fell into abeyance after 2009 as a result of Cambridge not fielding a Granta crew from 2007, giving Oxford a row over for three years. From 2016, Nephthys and Granta raced again, sometimes on a different date or location to the main Henley Boat Races. A women's lightweight reserve race was held in 2012 prior to race day and took place from 2016 on race day. [9] The 2013 event was moved to Dorney Lake as a result of flooding on the Thames. [10] [11]

In 2015, the Women's Boat Race moved further down the River Thames to the Tideway to take place as a combined men's and women's Boat Race. [12] [13] The event was moved to Dorney Lake again in 2018 due to "adverse river conditions on the Thames at Henley" and the collegiate races were cancelled. [14] [15] The Lightweight Men's Boat Race made the same move to the Tideway in 2019, [16] followed by the Lightweight Women's Boat Race in 2020, although the Lightweight Boat Races continue to operate separately to their openweight counterparts.

The races received annual press coverage, [17] [18] [19] [11] [20] and competitors from both Universities have gone on to compete at international and Olympic levels. [21] [22] [23] [24]

Events

Crews from the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge raced side by side over a 2000-meter course on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, racing downstream — the opposite direction to the Henley Royal Regatta course — and finishing halfway down Temple Island. [2] The collegiate races took place over a shorter 1750 m course. [3] The races typically included: [25]

An Alumnae race was typically held in later years. The lightweight races constituted the varsity race. The first crew received university half-blues, and was therefore more commonly known as the Lightweight Blue Boat. The reserve crew received university colours. The intercollegiate races were between the fastest crews from the Oxford Torpids and the Cambridge Lent Bumps; Oxford selection being done by time trial [27] and Cambridge giving right of first refusal to headship crews. [28]

Results

Henley Boat Races 2009: Oxford Women (dark blue) lead Cambridge Women Henley 2009 women.jpg
Henley Boat Races 2009: Oxford Women (dark blue) lead Cambridge Women

The history of the results of the races are as follows. [4] [29]

Women's Boat Race

The Women's Boat Race and its Reserve race became part of the Henley Boat Races in 1977. With the Women's Boat Race moving to the Tideway Championship Course and forming part of The Boat Races 2015, the race as well as the race of the reserve boats Osiris and Blondie ceased to be part of the Henley Boat Races. [13] For the full results tables, see the main article on the Women's Boat Race.

Notes

‡– The course was shortened in 2007 due to rough water during the Henley Boat Races. It was reduced from 2000 m to less than 1500 m with the start between the Upper Thames Rowing Club and Old Blades. [30]

Lightweight Men's Boat Race

Lightweight Women's Boat Race

Women's Reserves (Osiris vs Blondie)

Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta)

Lightweight Women's Reserves (Tethys vs CUWBC Lightweight Reserves)

Raced on the Friday before the main event in a 4+ in 2012, and incorporated into main race day in 2016.

Men's Collegiate Boat Race

a Collegiate races cancelled due to adverse weather conditions

Women's Collegiate Boat Race

a Collegiate races cancelled due to adverse weather conditions

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