Oxford Brookes University will be the opposition as both CUBC and CUWBC begin their fixture campaigns on the Tideway in London.
These are bound to be competitive fixtures as provisional Blue Boat line-ups race publically for the first time in The 2016 Cancer Research UK Boat Races season.
CUBC will race on Saturday 30th January at 16:15, following the opening Goldie fixture versus another Oxford Brookes crew at 15:45.
CUWBC will race on Sunday 31st January with a 16:00 start following the Blondie fixture.
The Blue Boat fixtures will both be umpired by John Garrett, whilst Sarah Winckless will umpire the Goldie fixture.
The crews:
CUBC
Provisional Blue Boat
Bow Charlie Fisher
2 Ali Abbasi
3 Vince Bertram
4 Clemens Auersperg
5 Luke Juckett
6 Henry Hoffstot
7 Ben Ruble
Stroke Lance Tredell
Cox Ian Middleton
Provisional Goldie
Bow Felix Newman
2 Patrick Elwood
3 Peter Carey
4 Peter Rees
5 Joe Carroll
6 Hal Miller
7 Alister Taylor
Stroke Piers Kasas
Cox Hugo Ramambason
CUWBC
Provisional Blue Boat
Bow Ashton Brown
2 Zara Goozee
3 Alice Jackson
4 Fiona Macklin
5 Hannah Roberts
6 Thea Zabell
7 Daphne Martschenko
Stroke Myriam Goudet
Cox Rosemary Ostfeld
Provisional Blondie
Bow Ellie Hopgood
2 Rachel Snow
3 Ruth Allen
4 Rachel Elwood
5 Caroline Habjan
6 Lucy Pike
7 Dorrotya Nagy
Stroke Imogen Grant
Cox Nicole Abernethy