 The Thames Barge Driving Race

The Thames Barge Driving Race or Barge Race is a river-race that was set up in 1975 by a charity called The Transport On Water Association (TOW), now known as the Thames Barge Driving Trust with the backing of Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.The race consists of about 11 teams of between 4 and 8 members who steer and row 30 ton barges over a seven-mile course for about 90 minutes from Greenwich to Westminster Bridge.