The Boat Race 2019 took place on 7 April 2019. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. This was the 74th women's race and the 165th men's race, and, for the fourth time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day.
The 2019 Women's Boat Race trophy
Vanity Fair caricature of William Fletcher
Richard Phelps umpired OUWBC against Imperial during the build-up to the main races.
City Hall, London, where the official weigh-in took place
The Women's Boat Race is an annual rowing race between Cambridge University Boat Club and Oxford University Women's Boat Club. First rowed in 1927, the race has taken place annually since 1964. Since the 2015 race it has been rowed on the same day and course as the men's Boat Race on the River Thames in London, taking place around Easter, and since 2018 the name "The Boat Race" has been applied to the combined event. The race is rowed in eights and the cox can be of any gender.
Henley Boat Races 2009: Oxford Women (dark blue) lead Cambridge Women
Oxford Women's Blue Boat at The Championship Course finish in 2015
The Newton Women's Boat Race 2015: Reserve Race – Osiris