The Henley Boat Races are a number of rowing races between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Taking place on the River Thames at Henley, they are for crews that do not compete in the main University Boat Race on the 6,779m Championship Course in London:
- Women's Boat Race (OUWBC vs CUWBC)
- Women's Reserves (Osiris vs Blondie)
- Lightweight Men's Boat Race (OULRC vs CULRC)
- Lightweight Men's Reserves (Nephthys vs Granta)
- Lightweight Women's Boat Race (OUWLRC vs CUWBC Lightweights)
The races currently take place over a 2,000 m course, downstream — the opposite direction to the Henley Royal Regatta course — and finish halfway down Temple Island. Currently Cambridge have abandoned their Granta boat due to lack of funding. The 2012 event took place on Sunday 25 March.
The Women's Boat Race will move to the Tideway in 2015, to take place on the same course and on the same day as the men's Boat Race.
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