The Men’s 167th and Women’s 76th Oxford vs Cambridge boat races return to the River Thames this Sunday, 3rd April. To mark the occasion, we talk to Charles Fisher, winning Cambridge Boat Race 2016 oarsman and shine a spotlight on identical twin sisters, Lady Eleanor Holles alumnae, who have recently secured a spot on the Cambridge Women’s Lightweight Blue Coat Crew.
The annual Oxford Cambridge Boat Race returns this Sunday 3rd April, which sees the top two English universities compete on the River Thames.
What we know about the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2022
This year, the globally-renowned Oxford Cambridge Boat Race is known as The Gemini Boat Race with this year marking the 167th Men’s Boat Race and the 76th Women’s Boat Race, making this prestigous sporting event one of the oldest in the world. This year’s races are particularly special, as they return to the River Thames in London, after being totally cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic and being held in Ely on the River Ouse without spectators due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions in 2021.
The race will begin this Sunday 3rd April, with the women’s race at 14:23 BST and the men’s at 15:23.
Oxford Cambridge Boat Race teams will follow the 4 mile route of The Championship Course between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames, which has been the same since 1845.
The Lady Eleanor Holles alumnae turned Cambridge rowers
The King Twins pictured the last two from the right...