Photo gallery of the crews in action

The bad weather, which was responsible for the cancellation of the men's head of the river race on the Tideway the day before, was still in evidence and there was a strong cross tail wind for all five races, helping to produce fast times and favouring crews on the Berkshire station, especially over the first half of the race. Oxford, who won most of the tosses, had the Berks station for all races expect the men's lightweight.

Rowing clubs often have winning streaks and the Cambridge dominance of the other boat races in the 1990s has been reversed over the last five years. On Sunday, for the second time since the five race format was introduced in 2000, Oxford won everything.

With the exception of the women's blue boat race (where Oxford won by four lengths), all the races were close and exciting but the dark blues responded to any challenge Cambridge could muster. As to whether the light blues can break their losing streak or not, that question will be answered on the Tideway next Sunday evening.