Henley Boat Races
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Not to be confused with Henley Royal Regatta or Henley Women's Regatta.
See also: The Lightweight Boat Races and Women's Boat Race
The Henley Boat Races were a series of annual rowing races between various crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
Quick Facts
The Henley Boat Races | |
Contested by | |
CUWBC / CULRC | OUWBC / OULRC / OUWLRC |
Openweight Women | contested 1977–2014[1] |
Lightweight Men | contested 1975–2018[1] |
Lightweight Women | contested 1984–2019[1] |
Lightweight Men's reserves | contested 2000–2009 and 2016–2018[1] |
Lightweight Women's reserves | contested 2012 and 2016–2019 |
Collegiate Boat Races | contested 2010–2019[1] |
Course | Henley Regatta course (downstream) River Thames[2] |
Course length | |
Number of wins[4] | |
CUWBC Openweights | OUWBC |
21 | 17 |
CULRC | OULRC |
28 | 16 |
CUWBC Lightweights | OUWLRC |
19 | 17 |
Note: Last races on 31 March 2019 at Dorney Lake | |
Official website | |
henleyboatraces |
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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.