Henley Boat Races

The Henley Boat Races
Contested by
CULRC / CUWBC	OULRC / OUWLRC
henleyboatraces.com
Lightweight Men’s Boat Race	contested since 1975[1]
Lightweight Women’s Boat Race	contested since 1984[1]
Collegiate Boat Races	contested since 2010[1]
Former races held at the Henley Boat Races	1977 – 2014[2] Women’s Boat Races 1977 – 2014[2] Women’s Boat Races (reserve crews Osiris and Blondie) 2000 – 2009[3] Lightweight Men’s Boat Race (reserve crews Nephthys and Granta)
Course	Henley Regatta course (downstream) River Thames
Course length	Blue Boats: 2000m[2] Collegiate races: 1750m[2]
Number of wins[3]
CULRC	OULRC
25	16
CUWBC	OUWLRC
17	15
Note: Last races on 5 April 2015

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 which is held on the 4.2 miles (6.8 km) Championship Course in London. The university races take place over a 2,000m course, downstream — the opposite direction to the Henley Royal Regatta course — and finish halfway down Temple Island. 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] Currently Cambridge have abandoned their Granta (lightweight men's reserves) boat due to lack of funding.

The 2013 event was moved to Dorney Lake as a result of flooding on the Thames.^[4]

The Women's Boat Race has moved to the River Thames's Tideway in 2015 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 University Boat Race or The Boat Race(s).^[5]

Events

The 2015 races include:

• Lightweight Men's Boat Race (OULRC vs CULRC)
• Lightweight Women's Boat Race (OUWLRC vs CUWBC Lightweights)
• 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:

• Women's Boat Race (OUWBC vs CUWBC)
• Women's Reserves (Osiris vs Blondie)
• Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta) [In abeyance since 2009]^[6]

Results

Lightweight Men's Boat Race

• Cambridge: 25 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

Lightweight Women's Boat Race

• Cambridge: 17 wins
• Oxford: 15 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

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				-	3
2013	Balliol				-	4
2014	Oriel	Downing		½	-	5
2015	Oriel	Jesus		3	1	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
2013	St John's
2014	Wadham	First & Third		2½	1	2
2015	Green Templeton	Christ's		¾	1	3

Results (former races)

Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta)

• Oxford: 8 wins
• Cambridge: 2 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 now in abeyance

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 The Boat Races 2015, the race as well as the race of the reserve boats Osiris and Blondie cease to be part of the Henley Boat Races.^[5] 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

No.	Date	Winner	Time	Winning Margin (Lengths)	Oxford Wins	Cambridge Wins
32	1977	Cambridge			11	21
33	1978	Cambridge			11	22
34	1979	Cambridge			11	23
35	1980	Oxford			12	23
36	1981	Oxford			13	23
37	1982	Cambridge			13	24
38	1983	Cambridge			13	25
39	1984	Cambridge			13	26
40	1985	Oxford			14	26
41	1986	Oxford			15	26
42	1987	Cambridge			15	27
43	1988	Oxford			16	27
44	1989	Cambridge	6:20	1	16	28
45	1990	Cambridge	7:17	3¼	16	29
46	1991	Oxford	7:29	3	17	29
47	1992	Cambridge	6:20	⅓	17	30
48	1993	Cambridge	6:10	4½	17	31
49	1994	Cambridge	6:11	1	17	32
50	1995	Cambridge	6:02	1⅓	17	33
51	1996	Cambridge	6:12	4	17	34
52	1997	Cambridge	6:26	1¼	17	35
53	1998	Cambridge	6:25	1¼	17	36
54	1999	Cambridge	6:01	1	17	37
55	2000	Oxford	6:18	2¼	18	37
56	2001	Cambridge	7:27	3 ft.	18	38
57	2002	Oxford	6:02	2½	19	38
58	2003	Oxford	6:35	3½	20	38
59	2004	Oxford	6:06	4	21	38
60	2005	Cambridge	6:27	2⅓	21	39
61	1 April 2006	Oxford	5:44	½	22	39
62	1 April 2007	Cambridge	4:03	½	22	40
63	23 March 2008	Oxford	6:39	½	23	40
64	22 March 2009	Oxford	6:24	1¼	24	40
65	28 March 2010	Oxford	5:56	4	25	40
66	27 March 2011	Oxford	6:24	1	26	40
67	25 March 2012	Cambridge	6:38	¼	26	41
68	24 March 2013	Oxford	7:21	1¾	27	41
69	29 March 2014	Oxford	5:50	4	28	41

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.^[7]

Women's Reserves (Osiris vs Blondie)

• Cambridge: 19 wins at Henley
• Oxford: 19 wins at Henley

Date	Winner	Time	Winning Margin (Lengths)	Oxford Wins	Cambridge Wins
1977	Cambridge			-	5
1978	Cambridge			-	6
1979	Cambridge			-	7
1980	Cambridge			-	8
1981	Oxford			1	8
1982	Cambridge			1	9
1983	Oxford			2	9
1984	Oxford			3	9
1985	Oxford			4	9
1986	Cambridge			4	10
1987	Cambridge			4	11
1988	Oxford			5	11
1989	Oxford	6:33	1	6	11
1990	Cambridge	7:34	1¼	6	12
1991	Cambridge	7:36	2¾	6	13
1992	Cambridge	6:32	3½	6	14
1993	Cambridge	6:22	1½	6	15
1994	Cambridge	6:22	Canvas	6	16
1995	Cambridge	6:08	1	6	17
1996	Cambridge	6:33	5	6	18
1997	Cambridge	6:36	¼	6	19
1998	Cambridge	6:32	4	6	20
1999	Oxford	6:09	1¾	7	20
2000	Cambridge	6:27	1¾	7	21
2001	Oxford	7:32	Easily	8	21
2002	Oxford	6:09	1¾	9	21
2003	Oxford	6:43	2	10	21
2004	Oxford	6:16	½	11	21
2005	Oxford	6:41	1¾	12	21
1 April 2006	Oxford	5:54	2½	13	21
1 April 2007	Oxford	NTT	1	14	21
23 March 2008	Oxford	7:09	Easily	15	21
22 March 2009	Cambridge	6:50	1½	15	22
28 March 2010	Oxford	6:10	3½	16	22
27 March 2011	Cambridge	-	Disq	16	23
25 March 2012	Oxford	6:57	3½	17	23
24 March 2013	Oxford	7:41	6	18	23
29 March 2014	Oxford	6:01.5	½	19	23

External links

• Official website

References

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