Enjoy live invitational rowing racing ahead of the 2025 Boat Race.
Each year Oxford and Cambridge select top opponents from the UK and beyond for a series of short match races along the Boat Race course. Whether you’re a supporter, fan, pundit or just love a good day out, you’re in for some great racing action and this page will tell you how you can get involved.
Race Times
(all times are provisional and are subject to change due to weather and tidal movements so please check back for updates.)
Sunday 2 March – Cambridge
13:42 CUBC Women – Blue Boat v Leander A
14:42 CUBC Men – Blue Boat v Dutch
Saturday 29 March – Oxford
11:53 OUBC Women – Blue Boat v Leander A
12:53 OUBC Men – Blue Boat v Thames RC
What’s happening?
The London Rowing Club bar will be open all afternoon. Food will be available to purchase and there will be TV screens showing the action from the river LIVE. But most importantly, you’ll be able to meet and mix with fellow fans of The Boat Race, watch the action unfold and discuss the storylines as the crews take advantage of their only chance to race over The Championship Course before Boat Race Day itself.
Our exclusive range of The Boat Race licensed merchandise will be available to purchase on site. Why don’t you show your support for the Light or Dark Blues?
How does it work?
Fixtures are match races that the clubs organise themselves against opposition that they expect to give them a robust challenge (you learn nothing when one crew is much faster than the other).
They won’t race the full Boat Race course, typically they’ll break it up into two or three shorter pieces so that the crews can race, learn some lessons and then have an opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in the next piece.
How to watch
The best place to watch any live sport is in person and like Trial Eights we’ll be hosting spectators at London Rowing Club in Putney where you’ll be able to cheer the crews out, watch the start from the balcony and then enjoy the rest of the race on the big screen.
For those of you who can’t be there in person, the next best thing is to watch on the live stream where you’ll be in the company of expert commentators and can watch all the action from the comfort of… well, pretty much anywhere!
Watch the Cambridge Fixtures here – live streamed. 
Watch the Oxford Fixtures here – live streamed.
Full details for each day of racing will be published, all times are provisional and are subject to change due to weather and tidal movements so please check back for updates.
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