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The Women's Boat Race is an annual rowing race between Cambridge University Women's Boat Club and Oxford University Women's Boat Club. The race is rowed in eights. It is also known by the title of the Newton Women's Boat Race after its current sponsor Newton Investment Management. ==History== The first women's rowing event between Oxford and Cambridge was held in 1927 on The Isis in Oxford. This was not an actual race in the years up to 1935, as the two boats were not on the river together and were judged mainly on their style and deportment. The next event in 1929 was held on the Tideway of the River Thames in London. Subsequently, with more than one gap of a year or more, the race alternated between the River Cam in Cambridge and The Isis. The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC) was founded in 1941, when Girton College became the second women's college to cater for rowing. Until that year, Cambridge was represented by Newnham College Boat Club. The first ''blues'' were awarded in 1941, when CUWBC raced against Oxford University Women's Boat Club (OUWBC).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cuwbc.org.uk/race-history )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://henleyboatraces.com/results )〕 All of the Cambridge rowers in 1941 were members of Newnham. The following year, the first non-Newnham rower competed. Following the 1952 race, Oxford rowed over a weir and OUWBC and CUWBC were disbanded for financial reasons. After a 12-year gap, the race restarted in 1964 and has been held annually since. The number of women rowers increased as more colleges started to admit women and reserve boats from each university began racing in 1966, later named Osiris (Oxford) and Blondie (Cambridge). In 1975, the men's lightweight race started at Henley-on-Thames and the women's Boat race was relocated there in 1977 creating the Henley Boat Races.〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 The First VIII receive university blues, and are therefore more commonly known as the Blue Boat. The Second VIII receive university colours.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cuwbc.org.uk/about )〕 In 2013, the entire Henley Boat Races was moved to Dorney Lake because of flooding on the river.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ouwbc.org/history )〕 Oxford won in 2014, on the Henley course, having beaten Cambridge by a distance of four boat lengths over two kilometres. On 11 April 2015, the 70th women's race was held on The Championship Course on the same day as the traditional male event for the first time, where OUWBC won by six and half lengths. The race has been won 41 times by Cambridge and 29 times by Oxford.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women's Boat Race」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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