Crews announced for The Gemini Boat Races 2023

The 2023 Boat Races will take place on Sunday, 26th March 2023

On Monday, 6 March 2023, crews were announced for the upcoming Gemini Boat Races 2023.

Last year saw the Races return to the River Thames and the iconic Championship Course following cancellation due to COVID in 2020 and a change of course to the Great Ouse at Ely in 2021.

Four exciting races ended in victory for Cambridge for both the Women’s Boat Race and the Women’s Reserve Boat Race, while Oxford dominated both Men’s Boat Races.

This year England’s two oldest universities will once again do battle on the Tideway in one of the world’s oldest and most famous amateur sporting events. Find the newly-announced crews for the Women’s and Men’s Boat Races below.

The Boat Races will be shown live on BBC One from 15:30 – 17:45 on Sunday, 26 March 2023. 

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The Women’s Boat Race Crews 2023

Defending champions: Cambridge

Oxford Women	Cambridge Women
Laurel Kaye (bow)	Carina Graf (bow)
Claire Aitken	Rosa Millard
Sara Helin	Alex Riddell-Webster
Ella Stadler	Jenna Armstrong
Alison Carrington	Freya Keto
Freya Willis	Isabelle Bastian
Sarah Marshall	Claire Brillon
Esther Austin (stroke)	Caoimhe Dempsey (stroke)
Tara Slad (cox)	James Trotman (cox)

The Men’s Boat Race Crews 2023

Defending champions: Oxford

Oxford Men	Cambridge Men
James Forward (bow)	Matt Edge (bow)
Alex Bebb	Brett Taylor
Freddy Orpin	Noam Mouelle
Tom Sharrock	Seb Benzecry
James Doran	Thomas Lynch
Jean-Philippe Dufour	Nick Mayhew
Tassilo von Mueller	Ollie Parish
Felix Drinkall (stroke)	Luca Ferraro (stroke)
Anna O’Hanlon (cox)	Jasper Parish (cox)

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History of The Boat Races

The first Men’s Boat Race took place on 10 June 1829 at Henley on Thames and saw victory go to Oxford. Their winning boat can still be seen in the River & Rowing Museum in Henley.

The Women’s Boat Race was first held in 1927 on the Isis in Oxford, but only raced intermittently until the mid-1960’s. From 1977 The Women’s Boat Race was held at Henley-on-Thames, until 2015 when it moved to The Championship Course. The women’s teams have received the same funding as the men’s teams since 2014.

The Championship Course is 4 miles (or 6.8 km) long. It stretches between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in South West London. Most head races (a time-trial rowing race, as opposed to a regatta, which is traditionally side-by-side racing) on the Thames race the course in reverse.

On 3 April 2022, Cambridge retained their title as winners of the Women’s Boat Race for the fifth consecutive year, finishing 2 ½ lengths ahead of the Oxford crew. Both crews broke the course record of 2017, with Cambridge setting a winning record time of 18:23.

Last year the Oxford men broke Cambridge’s five year winning streak, winning by 2 ¼ lengths in a time of 16:42. This equalled the winning Oxford time in 2005, which hasn’t been matched since.

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Race Day Timetable – Sunday, 26 March 2023

Time	Race
16:00	77th Women’s Boat Race
16:15	Women’s Reserve Race: Osiris vs Blondie
16:30	Men’s Reserve Race: Isis vs Goldie
17:00	168th Men’s Boat Race