THE yearly Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge has become a British institution. First held in 1829, it has been an annual event since way back in 1856 and attracts 250,000 people to watch from the banks of the Thames each year.
Cambridge crew training on the River Thames ahead of the 2025 edition of the racePA
Do you have to study at Oxford or Cambridge to participate in the Boat Race?
Each team consists of eight rowers and a cox who will race over a 4.2-mile stretch of the Thames. As of 2024, Cambridge have won the race 87 times and Oxford 81 times, with one dead heat. And the rules dictate that every competitor must be a student at their respective University – with neither offering sport scholarships without the student being up to the necessary academic standards.
Boat Race 2025 crews
Here are both sets of crews for the big race on Sunday.
Oxford:
Tom Sharrock (Bow)
William O’Connell
Felix Rawlinson
James Doran
Tassilo von Mueller
Tom Mackintosh
Nick Rusher
Nicholas Kohl (Stroke)
Tobias Bernard (Cox)
Cambridge:
Luca Ferraro (Bow)
Noam Mouelle
Luke Beever
Gabriel Mahler
George Bourne
James Robson
Simon Hatcher
Douwe de Graaf (Stroke)
Ollie Boyne (Cox)
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