The Boat Race 2024

Live Stream, TV, Date, Crews, Schedule

The Gemini Boat Race is a prestigious annual rowing competition between the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Held on the River Thames in London, this historic event showcases the rivalry of the two school's as the rowing teams compete for victory in a tradition that dates back to 1829!

Having been known variously in the past as the Oxford vs Cambridge University Boat Race of the Varsity Race this event has now settled on the simple title of The Gemini Boat Race, acknowleding its status as probably the most famous event of its genre anywhere in the world, pitting the dark blues of Oxford against the light blues colours of Cambridge.

The original boat race was competed for by the men's crews only, but there are now men's and women's races on the same afternoon, starting only an hour apart.

In historical terms for the men's race Cambridge are slightly ahead in wins, although the scores are remarakably close for an event that has been taking place for so many years. There have even been a couple of dead heats, but these are very much the exception. For the women's event, the light blues of Cambridge are slightly further ahead, but there's not too much in it.

Date

As it's Easter weekend, the Boat Race in 2024 will take place on Saturday 30th March.

The men's and women's races both take place now on this same date.

Event Course

The Boat Race, this year, will be held on the Championship course Putney to Mortlake in South West London, starting at the University Stone next to Putney Bridge and finishing at across from the the Ship Pub in Mortlake.

Start Times

The women's boat race is scheduled to start at 2.46pm, the men at 3.46pm.

Boat Race Crews

The crews for the race have in recent times acquired something of an international flavour.

You can see the squads for both the men's and women's boat races for this year here:

Boat Race squads

TV & Live Streaming

The main coverage of the Boat Race is provided by the BBC, both on TV and radio, and the day of the race itself is one of those increasingly rare occasions where the main terrestrial broadcaster hosts a large sporting event. You can watch the BBC coverage online via the iPlayer:

The Boat Race on the BBC

In recent years live stream coverage has also been made available on the official event website, using footage from their Youtube channel:

Boat Race live stream

Other TV channels with possible coverage include Eurosport in Europe, SuperSport in Africa, CCTV5 in China and Universal Sports in the USA.

See list of international coverage here.

Hotels and Accommodation

If you're planning on visiting London around the time of the Boat Race and looking for somewhere to stay you can look for hotel and B&B availability and make online reservations for local hotels here.

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