The Lightweight Boat Races

The Lightweight Boat Races
Event information
Race areaThe Championship Course[1]
Formerly Henley Regatta course (downstream)[2]
Dates1975–present
CompetitorsCUBC (formerly CULRC / CUWBC), OULRC / OUWLRC
Distance4.2 miles (6.8 km)[1]
First race1975 (men), 1984 (women)[3]
Websitewww.lightweightboatraces.co.uk

The Lightweight Boat Races are a series of annual rowing races between men's and women's lightweight crews representing the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

The first men's race took place in 1975, being joined by the women's race in 1984. Both races are currently held on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake, although they previously formed part of the Henley Boat Races, along with various other rowing races between the two universities, including the openweight women's Boat Race. Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues or half blues and each boat as a Blue Boat. Competitors at the events have gone on to compete at international and Olympic levels.

  1. ^ a b "The Lightweight Boat Races". Lightweight Boat Races. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Henley Boat Races - Course Map". Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ "History". Henley Boat Races. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022.