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Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race
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Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race

The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. It is rowed annually each Spring on the River Thames in London, England. The event is an extremely popular one, not only with the alumni of the universities, but also with rowers in general and those with no connection at all. It's estimated that a quarter of a million people watch the race from the river banks, and last year's television audience of more than a half billion viewers makes it one of the most watched sports events in the world. The first race was in 1829 and it has been held annually since 1856 with the exception of the war years. Logo for the Boat Race. ... Exhausted crews just after the finish of the 2002 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. ... Exhausted crews just after the finish of the 2002 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. ... A coxless pair, sweep-oar rowing to the left of the photo; the bowside rower (or the starboard one, although the British term applied on this occasion) is further towards the bow of the boat. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge entering Oxford: 17. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues and the boats as blue boats, with Cambridge being represented as light blue, and Oxford as dark blue.


The course is 4 miles and 374 yards (6,779 m) from Putney to Mortlake, passing Barnes and Hammersmith. The race is for heavyweight eights (i.e. for eight rowers with a cox steering, and no restrictions on weight). The race is timed so that the rowers row with the tide (but against the usual stream of the Thames). The course for the main part of the races' history has been from Putney to Mortlake, but there have been a few other courses: A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... Putney is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south west London. ... Mortlake is a part of south west London between Sheen and Barnes and bounded by the river Thames to the north. ... Barnes is a place in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Hammersmith is a town in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. ...

In addition, there were four unofficial boat races held during World War II away from London - 1940 (Henley-on-Thames), 1943 (Sandford-on-Thames), 1944 (River Ouse, Ely), and 1945. As none of those competing were awarded blues, these races are not included in the official list. 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Henley, Suffolk, is a village in Suffolk, England Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ouse is the name of more than one river in Great Britain: River Ouse, Yorkshire River Great Ouse in East Anglia River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse River Ouse, Sussex in East Sussex There is also a town named Ouse: Ouse, Tasmania, Australia See also Rivers... There are other places also called Ely. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The tradition was started by Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, and his schoolfriend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. Cambridge challenged Oxford to a race, and the challenge was repeated the next year. The tradition continues, with the loser challenging the winner to a re-match annually.


The event is now a British national institution, and is televised live each year. As of the 2005 race, the BBC will hand over broadcasting rights to ITV, after 66 years. The race has been won by Cambridge 78 times and Oxford 72. The race in 1877 was declared a dead heat. Legend in Oxford has it that the judge, "Honest John" Phelps, was asleep under a bush as the crews came by leading him to announce the result as a "dead heat to Oxford by four feet", but this is not borne out by contemporary reports. The 2003 race was amongst the closest in history, with Oxford winning by less than a foot. One entertainment for spectators is the possibility of a boat sinking. This has occurred on three occasions; to the Oxford crew in 1925 and to Cambridge in 1859 and in 1978. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...


Though the contest is strictly speaking between amateurs and indeed the competitors must be students of the university for whom they race, the training schedules each team undertakes are very gruelling. Typically each team trains for six days a week for six months before the event. Such is the competitive spirit between the universities it is common for Olympic standard rowers to compete, including notably four times Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent who rowed for Oxford in 1990, 1991, and 1993. This has led to unproven accusations that these students are admitted entrance to university not because of their academic ability but rather their rowing skill. Olympic can refer to: The Olympic Games, an international Multi-sport event Various stadiums in the world are known as Olympic Stadium Olympic Airlines, state run airline for Greece and successor to Olympic Airways The Olympic Peninsula, located in the U.S. state of Washington RMS Olympic, sister ship of... Sir Matthew Pinsent (born October 10, 1970) is a British rowing champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist. ...


Although the heavyweight mens eights are the main draw, the two universities compete in other rowing boat races. The main boat race is preceded by a race between the two reserve crews, (called "Isis" for Oxford and "Goldie" for Cambridge). The women's eights, women's reserve eights, men's lightweight eights (and reserves), and women's lightweight eights race in the Henley Boat Races on a different day. The Henley Boat Races are a number of rowing races between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ...

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Build-up

Training for the boat race officially begins in September (when university term starts). The first tests are in November at the British Indoor Rowing Championships where each university sends around 20 rowers to compete. Everyone races 2 km on an indoor rower with the club presidents using adjacent machines. Both universities also send crews to the Fours Head race in London which is raced in reverse over the Boat Race course. The British Indoor Rowing Championships (BIRC) is an indoor rowing event organised by Concept2. ... A row of Concept2 Model C indoor rowers An indoor rower is a machine used to simulate the action of rowing for the purpose of exercise or training for rowing. ...


In December, the coaches put out Trial Eights where two crews from the same university race each other over the full boat race course. These crews are given names - in 2005 Cambridge named theirs Kara and Whakamanawa (Maori words for strength and honour) and Oxford's were called Cowboys and Indians. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...


Over the christmas period the squads go on training camps abroad, where final places for the blue boats are decided. After the final blue boat crews have been decided they race against the top crews from the UK and abroad (e.g. in recent years they have raced Leander, Molesey, and the German international crew). These races are only over part of the course (from Putney to Chiswick Eyot). The Leander Rowing Club is based in Henley-on-Thames, and is the oldest rowing club in the world. ... Putney is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south west London. ...


In case of injury or illness, each university has two extra rowers (called the spare pair). In the week before the main event they race each other from the mile post to university stone (1 mile long). In the final week, there is also an official weigh in and the average crew weights announced.


Trivia

  • "I can't see who's in the lead but it's either Oxford or Cambridge." – John Snagge (BBC radio commentator).
  • Because of this event, boat race has become rhyming slang for face.
  • In the arms of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, which covers much of the course, two griffin supporters hold oars, one light blue, one dark, in reference to the Boat Race. These colours are highly unusual in English heraldry.
  • The first female to take part in the race was Susan Brown, who coxed for Oxford in 1981.
  • Famous participants in the race include Lord Snowdon (Cambridge 1950), Colin Moynihan (Oxford 1977), and Hugh Laurie (Cambridge 1980).

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Results

  • Cambridge: 78 wins
  • Oxford: 72 wins
  • Dead heats: 1
Date Winner Time
June 10, 1829 Oxford 14.03
June 17, 1836 Cambridge 36.00
April 3, 1839 Cambridge 31.00
April 15, 1840 Cambridge 29.03
April 14, 1841 Cambridge 32.03
June 11, 1842 Oxford 30.01
March 15, 1845 Cambridge 23.03
April 3, 1846 Cambridge 21.05
April 29, 1849 Cambridge 22.00
December 15, 1849 Oxford foul
April 3, 1852 Oxford 21.36
April 8, 1854 Oxford 25.29
March 15, 1856 Cambridge 25.45
April 4, 1857 Oxford 22.05
March 27, 1858 Cambridge 21.23
April 15, 1859 Oxford 24.04
March 31, 1860 Cambridge 26.05
March 23, 1861 Oxford 23.03
April 12, 1862 Oxford 24.04
March 28, 1863 Oxford 23.06
March 19, 1864 Oxford 21.04
April 8, 1865 Oxford 21.24
March 24, 1866 Oxford 25.35
April 13, 1867 Oxford 22.39
April 4, 1868 Oxford 20.56
March 17, 1869 Oxford 20.04
April 6, 1870 Cambridge 22.04
April 1, 1871 Cambridge 23.01
March 23, 1872 Cambridge 21.15
March 29, 1873 Cambridge 19.35
March 28, 1874 Cambridge 22.35
March 20, 1875 Oxford 22.02
April 8, 1876 Cambridge 20.02
March 24, 1877 Dead Heat 24.08
April 13, 1878 Oxford 22.15
April 5, 1879 Cambridge 21.18
March 22, 1880 Oxford 21.23
April 8, 1881 Oxford 21.51
April 1, 1882 Oxford 20.12
March 15, 1883 Oxford 21.18
April 7, 1884 Cambridge 21.39
March 28, 1885 Oxford 21.36
April 3, 1886 Cambridge 22.03
March 26, 1887 Cambridge 20.52
March 24, 1888 Cambridge 20.48
March 30, 1889 Cambridge 20.14
March 26, 1890 Oxford 22.03
March 21, 1891 Oxford 21.48
April 9, 1892 Oxford 19.01
March 22, 1893 Oxford 18.45
March 17, 1894 Oxford 21.39
March 30, 1895 Oxford 20.05
March 28, 1896 Oxford 20.01
April 3, 1897 Oxford 19.12
March 26, 1898 Oxford 22.15
March 25, 1899 Cambridge 21.04
March 31, 1900 Cambridge 18.45
March 30, 1901 Oxford 22.31
March 22, 1902 Cambridge 19.09
April 1, 1903 Cambridge 19.33
March 26, 1904 Cambridge 21.37
April 1, 1905 Oxford 20.35
April 7, 1906 Cambridge 19.25
March 16, 1907 Cambridge 20.26
April 4, 1908 Cambridge 19.02
April 3, 1909 Oxford 19.05
March 23, 1910 Oxford 20.14
April 1, 1911 Oxford 18.29
April 1, 1912 Oxford 22.05
March 13, 1913 Oxford 20.53
March 28, 1914 Cambridge 20.23
March 28, 1920 Cambridge 21.11
March 30, 1921 Cambridge 19.45
April 1, 1922 Cambridge 19.27
March 24, 1923 Oxford 20.54
April 5, 1924 Cambridge 18.41
Date Winner Time
March 28, 1925 Cambridge 21.05
March 27, 1926 Cambridge 19.29
April 2, 1927 Cambridge 20.14
March 31, 1928 Cambridge 20.25
March 23, 1929 Cambridge 19.24
April 12, 1930 Cambridge 19.09
March 21, 1931 Cambridge 19.26
March 19, 1932 Cambridge 19.11
April 1, 1933 Cambridge 20.57
March 17, 1934 Cambridge 18.03
April 6, 1935 Cambridge 19.48
April 4, 1936 Cambridge 21.06
March 24, 1937 Oxford 22.39
April 2, 1938 Oxford 20.03
April 1, 1939 Cambridge 19.03
March 30, 1946 Oxford 19.54
March 29, 1947 Cambridge 23.01
March 27, 1948 Cambridge 17.05
March 26, 1949 Cambridge 18.57
April 1, 1950 Cambridge 20.15
March 26, 1951 Cambridge 20.05
March 29, 1952 Oxford 20.23
March 28, 1953 Cambridge 19.54
April 3, 1954 Oxford 20.23
March 26, 1955 Cambridge 19.01
March 24, 1956 Cambridge 18.36
March 30, 1957 Cambridge 19.01
April 5, 1958 Cambridge 18.15
March 28, 1959 Oxford 18.52
April 2, 1960 Oxford 18.59
April 1, 1961 Cambridge 19.22
April 7, 1962 Cambridge 19.46
March 23, 1963 Oxford 20.47
March 28, 1964 Cambridge 19.18
April 3, 1965 Oxford 18.07
March 26, 1966 Oxford 19.12
March 25, 1967 Oxford 18.52
March 30, 1968 Cambridge 18.22
April 5, 1969 Cambridge 18.04
March 28, 1970 Cambridge 20.22
March 27, 1971 Cambridge 17.58
April 1, 1972 Cambridge 18.36
March 7, 1973 Cambridge 19.21
April 6, 1974 Oxford 17.35
March 29, 1975 Cambridge 19.27
March 20, 1976 Oxford 16.58
March 19, 1977 Oxford 19.28
March 25, 1978 Oxford 18.58
March 17, 1979 Oxford 20.33
April 5, 1980 Oxford 19.02
April 4, 1981 Oxford 18.11
March 27, 1982 Oxford 18.21
April 2, 1983 Oxford 19.07
March 18, 1984 Oxford 16.45
April 6, 1985 Oxford 17.11
March 29, 1986 Cambridge 17.58
March 28, 1987 Oxford 19.59
April 2, 1988 Oxford 17.35
March 25, 1989 Oxford 18.27
March 31, 1990 Oxford 17.22
March 30, 1991 Oxford 16.59
April 4, 1992 Oxford 17.44
March 27, 1993 Cambridge 17.00
March 26, 1994 Cambridge 18.09
April 1, 1995 Cambridge 18.04
April 6, 1996 Cambridge 16.58
March 29, 1997 Cambridge 17.38
March 28, 1998 Cambridge 16.19
April 3, 1999 Cambridge 16.41
March 25, 2000 Oxford 18.04
March 24, 2001 Cambridge 17.44
March 30, 2002 Oxford 16.54
April 6, 2003 Oxford 18.06
March 28, 2004 Cambridge 18.47
March 27, 2005 Oxford 16.42

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April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Unofficial Wartime Races

Date Location Winner
1940 Henley-on-Thames Cambridge
1943 Sandford-on-Thames Oxford
1944 River Ouse, Ely Oxford
1945 Unknown Unknown

1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map sources for Henley-on-Thames at grid reference SU7682 Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station A Hill near Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ouse is the name of more than one river in Great Britain: River Ouse, Yorkshire River Great Ouse in East Anglia River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse River Ous