The 150th Race and 175th Anniversary
Background
2004 marks the 175th anniversary of the first Boat Race in 1829
and will also feature the 150th encounter in the series between
the two universities
The Boat Race will be on Sunday 28th March at 6.00pm
It will be televised live on BBC television
BBC audience figures for The Race in 2003 were 7.7 million
Oxford won the 2003 Boat Race, and with it the Aberdeen Asset
Management Trophy by the narrowest of margins after one of the
most exciting finishes of all time
The Dark Blue crew edged over the line just one foot ahead of
their rivals from Cambridge to record a second successive triumph in the 149th
meeting of the two varsity teams
The Result - Cambridge win historic 150th
Race
Cambridge won the 150th Boat Race by 6 lengths in a time of
18 minutes 47 seconds after a dramatic clash of oars just before
the Fulham wall saw the Oxford bowman come off his seat.
The result leaves the overall score at 78-71 to Cambridge, with
one dead heat.
The 150th Boat Race attracted a peak television audience of 8.9m
people on the BBC - the highest figure for more than 10 years.
It is estimated that about 250,000 line the banks of the River
Thames to watch the Boat Race each year, while the event also
attracts a worldwide television audience running to tens of millions.
Official web site
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