38 Articles

Oxford

Over the edge

An hour after the women’s race the Putney pubs emptied again as the men’s crews sat swaying on a high and rolling tide at the...
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Lightweight Boat Races

Cambridge overcome choppy conditions to deliver two comprehensive victories in the Lightweight Boat Races.
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Will Oxford turn the tide?

Last year Cambridge delivered a historic clean sweep of victories. Have they poked the Oxford bear? Hoping for ‘business as usual’ are the Cambridge Women,...
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Boat Race Fixture

The Boat Race fixture saw all crews race from Putney to Chiswick Steps, a little over half the distance of The Championship Course.
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Putney to Mortlake

They say write what you know. I began rowing when I was sixteen at the Marin Rowing Association in California, but being 5’3 I was...
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A classic rewritten

Blending 1987's unorthodox steering and 2003's fraternal subplot, the 168th Men's Boat Race was a classic rewritten: The Light Blue Edition.
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Veteran Boat Race

After wins for their lightweights and spares earlier in the week, Cambridge showed their dominance in the 2023 Veteran Boat Races on Saturday, winning their...
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Notes from Tideway Week

While the BBC piled up hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of outside broadcast equipment along the far end of the Putney Embankment, OUWBC tried...
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