boat race boat race took place march held annually event rowing race crews universities oxford cambridge river thames race won oxford eighteen competitors race thirteen british race sponsored second time oxford won lengths cambridge beat oxford isis reserve race background boat race rowing competition university_of_oxford university_of_cambridge held competition mile race championship course river thames southwest london rivalry major point honour universities followed united_kingdom worldwide cambridge went race reigning champions having won race lengths led overall victories oxford excluding dead heat race sponsored seventh consecutive year second time title given sponsorship referred boat race bbc broadcast event united_kingdom high definition time women boat race took place annual fixture 1960s contest conducted race held river_thames day men main reserve races reserve race contested oxford isis boat cambridge boat held usually takes place prior main boat race crews cambridge crew slightly heavier opponents weighing ceremony city hall overseen pounds rower oxford thirteen eighteen competitors british highest proportion decade crews cambridge featured returning blues oxford president suggested home grown guys know boat race keen oxford coached set boat tandem rigged consecutive crew row boat time configuration boat race making debut cambridge coach oxford stroke recovered cancer time participate race races oxford won toss elected start surrey station despite falling slightly early race cambridge rowed way contention umpire forced warn crews steered following brief clash oxford started pull away furniture bridge oxford cox called push shouting memories margin victory history event race oxford took lead steered cambridge boat despite attempts touch oxford cambridge fell farther farther oxford passed finishing post lengths clear time minutes seconds oxford won women boat race lengths consecutive victory cambridge beat oxford isis reserve race lengths win years isis won defeated having won reaction cambridge number remarked strength character went let slip oxford said held cambridge high regard certainly didn predict margin like cambridge president called defeat
The Boat Race 2011