Rivalry Renewed at The Presidents’ Challenge ahead of The CHANEL J12 Boat Race 2026

01st October 2025

At the historic Presidents’ Challenge event, at which the losing crew from the previous year’s Boat Race formally challenges the winning crew to a race, the starting gun has been fired on London’s Party By The River in the spring.

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Channel 4 and The Boat Race announce a multi-year broadcast agreement

Channel 4 has today announced they have secured the broadcast rights to The Boat Race, in a multi-year agreement. At the historic Presidents’ Challenge event held at Somerset House, at which the losing crew from the previous year’s Boat Race formally challenges the winning crew to a race, Channel 4 will be welcomed as the new home of The Boat Race.

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Statement from OUBC and CUBC

29th September 2025

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What is the Presidents’ Challenge?

16th September 2025

What is the purpose of the Presidents' Challenge?

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Remembering Chas Newens

11th September 2025

We remember the life of Chas Newens, an integral part of the Boat Race community.

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What’s the point in cities hosting major events?

14th August 2025

Iain Edmondson has had a career in legacies: making sure major events have clear and specific benefits that flow to host cities. He's now joined the Boat Race board to help us do a better job of hosting 'London's Party By The River'. Ever been curious about how these benefits are calculated? Read on.

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Kyra Delray: weddings and data science

28th July 2025

The student-athletes contesting one of the world's oldest sporting rivalries were back to work after The Boat Race. We caught up with Oxford's Kyra Delray, who also found time to get married.

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Oxford Men’s President Announced: Tobias Bernard

18th July 2025

2024 Reserve Crew and 2025 Blue Boat Cox, meet Tobias Bernard who will lead the Dark Blue men for The Boat Race 2026.

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“The Boat Race earned my respect very quickly”: Heidi Long

From cycling around Oxford to learning how hard the Championship Course can be at Trial Eights, incoming OUBC President Heidi Long shares her Boat Race memories and why she wants to help Oxford turn the tide on Cambridge.

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A 3-foot Boat Race win took me to the Southern Ocean and offshore sailing

15th July 2025

Annie Lush rowed in the 2001 Boat Race, which saw a three foot win for the Light Blues - it remains the closest verdict in the history of the race. It was a moment which was in many ways set to change her life. It was the trigger for a sporting obsession: Team GB sailing at the London Olympics, winning four world championship titles, being part of the first all women’s crew in the Volvo Ocean Race and most recently, helping to launch the Magenta Project.

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