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The Henley Boat Races
Contested by
CULRC / CUWBC OULRC / OUWLRC
henleyboatraces.com
Lightweight Men contested since 1975[1]
Lightweight Men’s Reserves 2000 – 2009 and since 2016[1]
Lightweight Women contested since 1984[1]
Lightweight Women’s Reserves contested since 2016
Collegiate Boat Races contested since 2010[1]
Former races
Course Henley Regatta course (downstream)
River Thames
Course length
  • Blue Boats: 2000m[2]
  • Collegiate races: 1750m[2]
Number of wins[3]
CULRC OULRC
26 16
CUWBC OUWLRC
17 16
Note: Last races on 19 March 2016

The Henley Boat Races are a series of rowing races between crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The event takes place on the River Thames at Henley, usually the week before the University Boat Race that is held on the Championship Course in London. The Henley Boat races take place over a 2,000m course, downstream — the opposite direction to the Henley Royal Regatta course — and finish halfway down Temple Island.[4][5][6][7]

The Henley Boat Races continued to enlarge their original event format from purely the Men's Lightweight races in 1975, to incorporating both the Women's Boat Race and their reserve crews from 1977 onwards, and adding the Women's Lightweight Race in 1984.[1] From 2000 until 2009 the Lightweight Men also held a race for their reserve crews Nephthys (Oxford) and Granta (Cambridge).[3] The race of the reserve boats had fallen into abeyance as Cambridge decided not to field a Granta crew. In 2016 Nephthys and Granta faced off racing in 4x- a week prior to the Henley Boat races. A women’s lightweight reserve race is scheduled for the first time on race day for 2016.[8]

The 2013 event was moved to Dorney Lake as a result of flooding on the Thames.[9][10]

In 2015 the Women's Boat Race moved further down the River Thames to the Tideway to take place on the same course and day as the men's Boat Race and becoming an enlarged form of the race often known as The Boat Races.[11][12]

Events

The 2016 races included:[13]

  • Lightweight Men's Boat Race (OULRC vs CULRC)
  • Lightweight Women's Boat Race (OUWLRC vs CUWBC Lightweights)
  • Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta) [held separately on 13 March 2016][14]
  • Lightweight Women's Reserves
  • Women's Intercollegiate Boat Race (between one college representing Oxford and one representing Cambridge)
  • Men's Intercollegiate Boat Race (between one college representing Oxford and one representing Cambridge)

Previously, the following races have been held at Henley:

Results

The history of the results of the races are as follows.[3]

Lightweight Men's Boat Race

  • Cambridge: 26 wins
  • Oxford: 16 wins
Date Winner Time Winning Margin (Lengths) Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
1975 Cambridge - 1
1976 Oxford 1 1
1977 Oxford 2 1
1978 Cambridge 2 2
1979 Cambridge 2 3
1980 Cambridge 2 4
1981 Cambridge 2 5
1982 Cambridge 2 6
1983 Cambridge 2 7
1984 Cambridge 1⅓ 2 8
1985 Cambridge 6 ft 2 9
1986 Cambridge 2 2 10
1987 Cambridge 6:09 ½ 2 11
1988 Cambridge 2 12
1989 Cambridge 5:51 4½ 2 13
1990 Cambridge 6:40 4¾ 2 14
1991 Cambridge 6:39 ⅓ 2 15
1992 Oxford 5:40 2½ 3 15
1993 Cambridge 5:39 ½ 3 16
1994 Oxford 5:35 ¾ 4 16
1995 Cambridge 5:29 ⅓ 4 17
1996 Oxford NRO disq 5 17
1997 Oxford 5:49 1 6 17
1998 Cambridge 5:45 ½ 6 18
1999 Oxford 5:31 1½ 7 18
2000 Cambridge 5:40 2 7 19
2001 Cambridge 6:33 4 7 20
2002 Oxford 5:21 2 8 20
2003 Oxford 5:55 1¼ 9 20
2004 Oxford 5:36 ½ 10 20
2005 Oxford 5:51 3 11 20
1 April 2006 Oxford 5:18 2¼ 12 20
1 April 2007 Oxford 3:44 1 13 20
23 March 2008 Oxford 6:15 2½ 14 20
22 March 2009 Cambridge 5:49 3 14 21
28 March 2010 Cambridge 5:28 2 ft 14 22
27 March 2011 Oxford 5:54 Canvas 15 22
25 March 2012 Cambridge 6:00 ¾ 15 23
24 March 2013 Oxford 6:49 1⅔ 16 23
30 March 2014 Cambridge 5:30 3½ 16 24
5 April 2015 Cambridge 5:55 4 ft 16 25
19 March 2016 Cambridge 6:19 Easily 16 26

Lightweight Women's Boat Race

  • Cambridge: 17 wins
  • Oxford: 16 wins
Date Winner Time Winning Margin (Lengths) Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
1984 Cambridge - 1
1985 Cambridge - 2
1986 Oxford 1 2
1987 Cambridge 1 3
1988 Cambridge 1 4
1989 Cambridge 6:37 1 1 5
1990 Cambridge 7:35 2⅓ 1 6
1991 Cambridge 7:48 2¼ 1 7
1992 Cambridge 6:35 3 1 8
1993 Cambridge 6:18 Easily 1 9
1994 Cambridge 6:23 1 ft. 1 10
1995 Oxford 6:19 2 2 10
1996 Cambridge 6:36 Canvas 2 11
1997 Cambridge 6:37 Canvas 2 12
1998 Oxford 6:36 Canvas 3 12
1999 Oxford 6:01½ 2¾ 4 12
2000 Oxford 6:22 2½ 5 12
2001 Cambridge 7:37 3 5 13
2002 Oxford 6:06 4 6 13
2003 Oxford 6:51 2 7 13
2004 Oxford 6:08 ¾ 8 13
2005 Oxford 6:55 ½ 9 13
1 April 2006 Cambridge 6:00 Canvas 9 14
1 April 2007 Oxford 4:11 1 10 14
23 March 2008 Cambridge 7:01 ⅓ 10 15
22 March 2009 Oxford 6:30 2½ 11 15
28 March 2010 Oxford 6:01 2¾ 12 15
27 March 2011 Cambridge 6:43 1½ 12 16
25 March 2012 Oxford 6:48 1⅓ 13 16
24 March 2013 Oxford 7:33 4¾ 14 16
29 March 2014 Oxford 6:08 3½ 15 16
5 April 2015 Cambridge 6:26 3 ft. 15 17
19 March 2016 Oxford 6:54 Canvas 16 17

Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta)

  • Oxford: 8 wins
  • Cambridge: 3 wins
Date Winner Time Winning Margin (Lengths) Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
2000 Cambridge 5:50 2¾ - 1
2001 Oxford 7 ½ 1 1
2002 Oxford 5:33 2 2 1
2003 Cambridge 6:19 2½ 2 2
2004 Oxford 5:45 Canvas 3 2
2005 Oxford 6:07 4½ 4 2
1 April 2006 Oxford 5:26 5 5 2
1 April 2007 Oxford 4:08 R/O due to no Cambridge crew. Lost to Old Boys. 6 2
23 March 2008 Oxford 6:29 R/O due to no Cambridge crew. Lost to Old Boys. 7 2
22 March 2009 Oxford 6:15 R/O due to no Cambridge crew. Beat Durham. 8 2
Race in abeyance 2010 - 2015
13 March 2016 Cambridge - 1 ¼ (Raced in 4X) 8 3

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

  • Cambridge: 2
  • Oxford: 0

Raced on the Friday before the main event in a 4+ in 2012, and incorporated into main race day in 2016. Second Team Colours are awarded for the Tethys crew.

Date Winner Time Winning Margin (Lengths) Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
19 March 2016 Cambridge 8.55 ¾ (Raced in 2-) 1

Men's Collegiate Boat Race

Year Oxford Cambridge Time Verdict Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
2010 Balliol First & Third easily - 1
2011 Christ Church Caius 4:06 3 - 2
2012 Pembroke Caius - 3
2013 Balliol Caius - 4
2014 Oriel Downing ½ - 5
2015 Oriel Jesus 3 1 5
2016 Pembroke Caius 1 2 5

Women's Collegiate Boat Race

Year Oxford Cambridge Time Verdict Oxford Wins Cambridge Wins
2010 Worcester Queens' narrowly - 1
2011 Magdalen Pembroke 4:47.5 ⅓ - 2
2012 Pembroke 1 2
2013 St John's Downing 1 3
2014 Wadham First & Third 2½ 2 3
2015 Green Templeton Christ's ¾ 2 4
2016 Christ Church Jesus 4 3 4

Results (former races)

Women's Boat Race

Main article: 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.[12] For the full results tables, see the main article on the Women's Boat Race.

  • Cambridge: 21 wins at Henley
  • Oxford: 17 wins at Henley

Notes

‡ – The course was shortened in 2007 due to rough water during the Henley Boat Races. It was reduced from 2000 metres to less than 1500 metres with the start between the Upper Thames Rowing Club and Old Blades.[15]

Women's Reserves (Osiris vs Blondie)

Main article: Women's Boat Race
  • Cambridge: 19 wins at Henley
  • Oxford: 19 wins at Henley

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "History". Henley Boat Races. 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "About". Henley Boat Races. 14 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Results". Henley Boat Races. 14 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Rowing: Day for Light Blue celebration as Cambridge sweep Henley Boat Races". The Independent. 22 March 1993. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. ^ "The Other Boat Race". BBC sport. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Natalie Redgrave helps Oxford win Women's Boat Race". BBC sport. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Rivals share spoils at competitive Henley". The Telegraph. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Race schedule 2016". The Henley Boat Races. Retrieved 14 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Change of venue for 2013 races". The Henley Boat Races. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Clean sweep for Oxford over Cambridge at Henley Boat Races at Dorney Lake". The Telegraph. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  11. ^ "The Cancer Research UK Boat Races". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Women's Boat Race to move to tideway". Henley Boat Races. 8 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Race schedule 2016". The Henley Boat Races. Retrieved 14 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  14. ^ "Cambridge Uni Lwts". OULRC. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Henley Boat Races 2007". CUWBC. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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