Women's Eights Head of the River Race

Women's Eights Head of the River Race
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Championship Course, River Thames in London, England
Years active1927 – present
Previous event4 March 2023
Next event9 March 2024
Participants320 crews
Websitewww.wehorr.org
Championship Course on a flood tide (e.g. for the Boat Race). The Start and Finish are reversed when racing on an ebb tide. "Middlesex" and "Surrey" denote banks of the Thames Tideway, not the actual English counties

The Women's Eights Head of the River Race (WEHoRR) is a processional rowing race held annually on the Tideway of the River Thames in London on the 4+1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney.

A mirror of the Eights Head of the River for male crews, it is held a fortnight earlier when the tides are similar. It is raced on the outgoing tide and starting around one hour after high tide in order to maximise advantage from the tidal flow.

Around 300 crews of women (with the occasional male coxswain) compete for over a dozen trophies and pennants.[1] There are categories for beginners, elite and veteran rowers.

  1. ^ "WEHoRR Website". Retrieved 8 March 2016.