The Head of The River Race on the Thames, a sporting spectacle second to none, takes place on Saturday March 29th. Here is all you need to know!
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The Head of the River Race (HoRR) was founded by
Steve Fairbairn, the Cambridge and Tideway oarsman, the event was created in
order to give crews something to aim for at the end of the winter training
period.
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It is rowed over the 4¼ mile Thames Championship
Course from Mortlake to Putney
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The first race was held in 1926 and 21 crews
took part
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The average time taken for the course used to be
between 19 and 20 minutes but this has gradually decreased and the record is
now 16 minutes, 37 seconds, set by the Great Britain national crew in 1987
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In 1978, the total entry passed 400 for the first
time, the organisers felt obliged for safety reasons to impose an overall limit
of 420.
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