"their boat which needed repair before the race. Oxford's crew suffered illness in the days leading up the race, in particular the president Nick Conington who was moved from stroke to bow to reduce the chances of a possible recurrence of glandular fever. The Oxford crew weighed an average of just below 14 st (88.7 kg) per rower, and had a per man advantage over Cambridge. Oxford saw four former Blues return, including the first female cox in Sue Brown. Cambridge's crew contained a single Blue in boat club president Roger Stephens. Despite retiring from rowing, Boris Rankov, a junior"
"number of female coxes – the first to appear in the Boat Race was Sue Brown for Oxford in 1981 – but in practice the rowers are always male. Although the contest is strictly between amateurs, and the competitors must be students of the university for which they race, the training schedules the teams undertake are very gruelling. Typically each team trains for six days a week for six months before the event. Such is the competitive spirit between the universities that it is common for Olympic standard rowers to compete, notably including four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent,"
"The Boat Race 1985 The 131st Boat Race took place on 6 April 1985. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Oxford won by four-and-three-quarter lengths. Bruce Philp became the first man to row for both universities having previously rowed for Cambridge, and Henrietta Shaw became the first female cox for Cambridge. Isis won the reserve race, while Oxford were victorious in the Women's Boat Race. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the ""Dark"
"year, so I'm very pleased"". His Cambridge counterpart, American Deaglan McEachern, responded: ""we're faster"". Umpire and former Cambridge Blue Simon Harris suggested that he did not anticipate any problems with the two coxes obeying his instructions: ""I've been impressed by the coxes, how they've responded to the umpire's calls"". The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Up until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as"
"race. In 1865 a lifeboat was presented to the lifeboat station at Tramore, Southern Ireland, called the Thomas Egan. Egan was a German scholar and translated Schiller's ""Don Carlos, Infant of Spain"", Heine's ""Börne"", and other poems. Egan died at 42, Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent, the home of Mrs. Harriette Mary Powell, with whom he lodged for a number of years, at the age of 78, and was buried in Margate Cemetery. Thomas Selby Egan Thomas Selby Egan (25 December 1814 – 11 May 1893) was the first cox to win The Boat Race for Cambridge University. He was a"
"race, it was announced that the company would be sponsors for the following three years in a deal worth £700,000. Former Oxford Blue Ronnie Howard was the umpire for the race for the seventh occasion. Cambridge were coxed by Leigh Weiss while Oxford's cox was Alison Norrish – it was the first time in the history of the Boat Race that both crews had female coxes. Prior to the race, Oxford coach Pat Sweeney criticised Weiss: ""Their cox is so useless she might hit us. It's not her fault, but Cambridge should have chosen someone who knows the river."" Weiss"
"Metropolitan Police had made contact with the protestor, Trenton Oldfield, to assist him making a more peaceful protest should he wish to do so, but he declined the offer and did not attend the race in any capacity. Oxford announced that they had named their boat ""Acer"" in honour of former cox Acer Nethercott who had died two months earlier from brain cancer. Nethercott, an Olympic silver medallist in Beijing, had coxed Oxford in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 races. The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Up"
"crew weighed on average more than their opponents. Cambridge saw the return of four former Blues while Oxford's crew featured two. The Oxford crew contained two native British rowers to Cambridge's five. Cambridge's crew also featured the first rower from Croatia in the Boat Race, in Marko Banovic. Oxford's cox, 19-year-old Abbie Chapman, became the ninth female cox in the history of the contest, and as a result of her diminutive stature, standing tall, her seat was raised to afford her the visibility required to steer. Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station. In a"
"Women's Boat Race 1927 The inaugural Women's Boat Race took place on 15 March 1927. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on The Isis in Oxford. ""The Times"" reported that ""large and hostile crowds gathered on the towpath"", while ""The New York Times"" stated ""a crowd of fully five thousand persons was on hand as a willing cheering section"". The crews were forbidden from racing side-by-side, and the winners were judged ""rowing down stream for style and back again for speed"" along the course ""from the Free Ferry from the top of"
"favour. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the ""Dark Blues"") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the ""Light Blues""). The race was first held in 1829, and takes place on the River Thames in southwest London. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the previous year's race by three-quarters of a length. There was some disagreement over the day selected for the race, mainly in an attempt to coincide with a suitable tide. The Cambridge cox for the 1839 race, Thomas Selby Egan,"
"36 seconds, beating Cambridge by 15 seconds. The next Women's Boat Race would take place two years later. Women's Boat Race 1927 The inaugural Women's Boat Race took place on 15 March 1927. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on The Isis in Oxford. ""The Times"" reported that ""large and hostile crowds gathered on the towpath"", while ""The New York Times"" stated ""a crowd of fully five thousand persons was on hand as a willing cheering section"". The crews were forbidden from racing side-by-side, and the winners were judged ""rowing down stream"
"of its history, Henley Royal Regatta has only been open to male competitors but this has changed more recently. Women coxswains of male crews were permitted from 1975 and as such the first female competitor in the regatta was Christine Paul, cox of Furnivall Sculling Club in the Thames Challenge Cup in that year. There was much discussion about the introduction of events for women. The Stewards felt that they faced a dilemma: on the one hand it was argued that women's rowing would never flourish while there were no women's events at Britain's premier regatta; on the other it"
"Behrens claimed: ""All our boat are at Cambridge on academic merit. They came for a particular course ... and they also row."" In contrast, an editorial in ""The Times"" claimed: ""The performers are no longer ingenuous native undergraduates but supercharged, international, professional rowing machines."" Oxford's Bruce Robertson (men's eight) and Pinsent (coxless pair) were both gold medallists at the Barcelona Olympics. A late change in the Oxford cox saw Samantha Benham replace Gordon Buxton to steer the Dark Blues, becoming the eighth female cox in the history of the race. Oxford's Royle noted that Buxton's form had declined in the"
"be worth about £30,000 to each boat club, and was umpired by former Cambridge rower Mike Sweeney. The Oxford crew weighed an average of over per rower more than Cambridge. Cambridge's crew featured only two rowers over the age of 24 while Oxford had just three men under 25. Oxford saw three Blues return while Cambridge welcomed back four. The Cambridge crew featured three international rowers: two Canadians (Gibson and Wilson), and the American Pew. The Light Blue cox, Carole Burton, was the first woman to steer the Cambridge boat. Oxford's MacDonald was the oldest in the race at the"
"also contained five participants with Boat Race experience, including Robert Bourne who was making his fourth appearance in the event. Seven of the Oxford crew were educated at Eton College. Three participants in the race were registered as non-British: Oxford's Charles Littlejohn was Australian while Cambridge's cox C. A. Skinner hailed from South Africa and their number two D. C. Collins came from New Zealand. Oxford won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Cambridge. In very rough conditions, Pitman started the race at 11:43 a.m., with both coxes"
"Women's Boat Race 1975 The 30th Women's Boat Race took place on 13 March 1975. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Cam. The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. Cambridge's crew included five Blues while Oxford saw three rowers with Boat Race experience return. The race took place on the River Cam. Cambridge won the toss and elected to start on the towpath side of the river. They got off to the better start and were a length ahead after the first minute. Oxford"
"victorious in the Women's Boat Race. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the ""Dark Blues"") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the ""Light Blues""). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Cambridge by three-and-a-quarter lengths in the previous year's race. However Cambridge held"
"and a steersman acting as coxswain, ""flash[ed] through their races like running fire."" The ""Kloochman"" (""wife"" in Chinook Jargon) was ""an even grander race"" than the men's, with the women giving ""every scrap of themselves to the canoe"", working in complete unity The Haida of Haida Gwaii reputedly made the biggest ones - some 60 feet (18 metres) long. In 1937 Betty Lowman Carey (born July 31, 1914) became the first woman to row single-handed the Inside Passage of British Columbia in a dugout canoe. In 1978 Geordie Tocher and two companions sailed a 3½ ton, 40 foot (12 metre)"
"Women's Boat Race 1973 The 28th Women's Boat Race took place on 12 March 1973. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Cam. The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. The race took place on a stretch of the River Cam between the Stop to Peter's Posts. The contest was won by Cambridge by two and a half lengths in a time of 4 minutes 7 seconds. The victory took the overall record in the competition to 18–10 in their favour. Vicky Markham of Newnham"
"Katja Rothe Katja Rothe is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. Rothe is first mentioned in the media when she took out the coxed four title in the junior class at the 1969 East German national championships. Of the 93 races that day, theirs was the closest that any of the five leading boats could have won. Monika Kurtz was the cox of their team; she would become the 1973 European Champion with the coxed quad scull. At the 1974 East German national championships, Rothe came third with the women's eight. The following year, she came"
"Sylvia Cook Sylvia Cook is a British ocean rower and adventurer who, on 22 April 1972, became the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean, in tandem with John Fairfax. In fact, she became the first woman to row any ocean. The journey took 363 days at sea from San Francisco to Australia. Sylvia born to a middle-class family, the daughter of a teacher and a secretary. Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax started rowing for their cross-Pacific journey in San Francisco on 26 April 1971 in a specially designed tandem row boat called ""Britannia II"", a self-bailing, self uprighting vessel,"
"The Boat Race 1958 The 104th Boat Race took place on 5 April 1958. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race was umpired by former Cambridge rower Kenneth Payne and featured the first cox to follow his father in steering one of the boats. The reigning champions Cambridge won by three-and-a-half lengths in a time of 18 minutes 15 seconds, the third-fastest winning time in history, and took the overall record to 58–45 in their favour. The Boat Race is a side-by-side"
"the 1877 race. Notes Bibliography The Boat Race 1829 The 1st Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames on 10 June 1829. The race came about following a challenge laid down to the University of Oxford by University of Cambridge ""to row a match at or near London, each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation"". Oxford wore dark blue jerseys while Cambridge wore ""white with pink waistbands"". In front of a crowd estimated to be around 20,000, and according to the official record, Oxford won the race ""easily"" in a time of 14 minutes 30 seconds. The Boat"
"The Boat Race 1869 The 26th Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on 17 March 1869. Oxford won by three lengths in a time of 20 minutes and 4 seconds. It was their ninth consecutive victory and was, at that point, the fastest time ever recorded in the event. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the ""Dark Blues"") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the ""Light Blues""). The race was first held"
"per rower more than their opponents. Oxford saw four rowers with Boat Race experience return, including bow Maxie Sheske and Anastasia Chitty who was making her third appearances in the event. Cambridge's crew included three former Blues in Caroline Reid, Claire Watkins and Melissa Wilson (who was also making her third appearance in the event). Oxford's stroke, the American Caryn Davies, was a three-time Olympic medallist, having taken silver in the women's coxed eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Cambridge's cox Rosemary Ostfeld steered Goldie the previous year. Over the"
"CUWBC's cox Esther Momcilovic had previously steered the Cambridge reserve boat Blondie, while Oxford's crew included three former Osiris participants in Amy Varney, Keane and cox Katie Apfelbaum. Cambridge's crew was entirely British while Oxford's included Hungarian Mariann Novak at bow, British/Germans Alice Carrington-Windo at two and Maxie Scheske at stroke, and American Apfelbaum. Cambridge won the toss and selected the more sheltered side of the course. The race started at 3:00 p.m. on 24 March 2013. Cambridge made the quicker start and led by a few feet after ten strokes. They were half a length ahead after , out-rating"
"of the race. Notes Sources: Women's Boat Race The Women's Boat Race is an annual rowing race between Cambridge University Women's Boat Club and Oxford University Women's Boat Club. First rowed in 1927, the race has taken place annually since 1964. Since the 2015 race it has been rowed on the same day and course as the men's Boat Race on the River Thames in London, taking place around Easter. The combined event of two races became known as ""The Boat Races"", or since 2018 simply ""The Boat Race"" with a women's and mens' race. It is also known by"
"designed by Uffa Fox. Sylvia works for B&Q in Surrey, UK, where most of her co-workers had no idea she had rowed across the Pacific Ocean. Sylvia Cook Sylvia Cook is a British ocean rower and adventurer who, on 22 April 1972, became the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean, in tandem with John Fairfax. In fact, she became the first woman to row any ocean. The journey took 363 days at sea from San Francisco to Australia. Sylvia born to a middle-class family, the daughter of a teacher and a secretary. Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax started rowing"
"College, the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club president was thrown into the Cam in traditional celebration. Women's Boat Race 1973 The 28th Women's Boat Race took place on 12 March 1973. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Cam. The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. The race took place on a stretch of the River Cam between the Stop to Peter's Posts. The contest was won by Cambridge by two and a half lengths in a time of 4 minutes 7 seconds. The victory"
"The Boat Race 1829 The 1st Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames on 10 June 1829. The race came about following a challenge laid down to the University of Oxford by University of Cambridge ""to row a match at or near London, each in an eight-oared boat during the ensuing Easter vacation"". Oxford wore dark blue jerseys while Cambridge wore ""white with pink waistbands"". In front of a crowd estimated to be around 20,000, and according to the official record, Oxford won the race ""easily"" in a time of 14 minutes 30 seconds. The Boat Race became an annual fixture,"
"Women's Boat Race 1993 The 48th Women's Boat Race took place on 21 March 1993. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held as part of the Henley Boat Races along a two-kilometre course. The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. Oxford were stroked by Phoebe White, an Under-23 international sculler. Oxford initially took the lead but were overtaken by Cambridge after a minute who were warned by the umpire for taking Oxford's water. Cambridge increased their lead and won by 4½ lengths in a time of 6 minutes"
"their technique was inadequate. Notes Bibliography The Boat Race 1958 The 104th Boat Race took place on 5 April 1958. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race was umpired by former Cambridge rower Kenneth Payne and featured the first cox to follow his father in steering one of the boats. The reigning champions Cambridge won by three-and-a-half lengths in a time of 18 minutes 15 seconds, the third-fastest winning time in history, and took the overall record to 58–45 in their favour."
"The Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between men's and women's open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. It is also known as the University Boat Race and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The men's race was first held in 1829 and has been held annually since 1856, except during the First and Second World Wars. The first women's event was in 1927 and the race has been held annually since 1964. Since 2015, the Women's race has taken place"