Cambridge and Oxford compete on the Thames for dominance in the annual Boat Races with women crews to take on the course for the first time.

探花直播Boat Races this weekend will see history made as both the BNY Mellon Boat Race and the Newton Women鈥檚 Boat Race take place on the Thames Tideway course for the first time.

With thousands of spectators on the banks and millions watching on Television the races are a major event in the world sporting calendar.

探花直播first men鈥檚 race was in 1829, becoming an annual race in 1856, but the women鈥檚 race did not start until 1927 and it is only this year that women take on the same course as the men.

Racing on the Tideway is a major landmark in the history of women鈥檚 rowing at Cambridge.

探花直播men this year will be coxed by Ian Middleton of Queens鈥 College while the women will be coxed by Rosemary Ostfeld of Hughes Hall. Full crew lists are available at the .

探花直播crews will be hoping to retain Cambridge鈥檚 supremacy in both races, with Cambridge leading by 81-78 in the men鈥檚 races and 40-29 in the women鈥檚.

Also racing this weekend are the men鈥檚 reserve boats Goldie (for Cambridge) and Isis (for Oxford), while the women鈥檚 reserves Blondie (Cambridge) and Osiris (Oxford) race tomorrow (Friday, April 10).

This follows great success last weekend for the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 lightweight crews at Henley after their victories over Oxford.

探花直播6.8 km (4 miles 374 yards) course is a demanding one starting in Putney, passing landmarks like Hammersmith Bridge before finishing at Chiswick.

探花直播athletes have had to balance academic and sporting timetables to train for the race.

Siobhan Cassidy, vice-chair of CUWBC, said: 鈥淚t is a demanding academic programme here and obviously the rowing programme requires land training in the gym and then water training out at Ely. So you have to be able to coordinate both aspects of your life and, on top of that, have a bit of a social life as well. That means you have to make choices all the time and you鈥檙e having to think about what you are doing and to make good choices that mean you are going to be able to achieve the things you prioritise.

鈥 探花直播rowers are very focussed and it makes them very resilient because they are under an awful lot of pressure in terms of delivering a performance every time they turn up in the gym and every time they are out training.

鈥淭hey are able to cope with the challenges of being viewed, tested and having instant feedback. It is not always easy being coached for an hour and a half. It takes a certain sort of person to deal with that.鈥


Racing times and info:

Friday:

  • Blondie Osiris Race: 4:05pm.

Saturday:

  • Events on the river bank start at 12pm at Bishop's Park and Furnivall Gardens. 探花直播races will be broadcast live on the BBC
  • 探花直播Newton Women鈥檚 Boat Race: 4:50pm
  • Isis Goldie Race: 5:20pm
  • 探花直播BNY Mellon Boat Race: 5:50pm.



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