About
Brown Cup Trophy
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BROWN CUP TROPHY
The Brown Cup boat race is an annual contest between two rowing crews from the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria in Canada. Conceived as a friendly rivalry between coaches Howard Campbell of UVic and Joe Dowd of UBC, the first race was raced on the Gorge Waterways in 1991. Women's crews were included in 1992 when the race was raced in Coal Harbour and from then forward the Brown Cup Boat Races have became one of the most prestigious sporting events in the Pacific Northwest. March 2017 marked the 26th race for the men and 25th year the men's and women's boat races were run in a combined fashion.The format of the race is a dual style head-to-head race where two crews start side by each and race the best line over the set distance on either the Gorge Waterway or the Fraser River. Watched live around the world the Brown Cup Races have become a fixture in the Canadian rowing calendar.
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DAY
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RIVAL UNIVERSITIES
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HEAD-to-HEAD RACES
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CREWS
800
FANS
Agenda
MARCH 28, 2020
Tale of The Tape - Gorge Narrows Rowing Club
09:30
Coin Toss-Tale of The Tape for Women’s Reserve -Campbell-Dowd Cup
10:00
Coin Toss-Tale of The Tape for Men’s Reserve -Campbell-Dowd Cup
10:30
Coin Toss-Tale of The Tape for Women’s Varsity - Brown Cup
11:00
Coin Toss-Tale of The Tape for Men’s Varsity- Brown Cup
Racing -Gorge Waterways
10:30
Women's Campbell Dowd Cup Race
11:00
Men's Campbell Dowd Cup Race
11:30
Women's Brown Cup Race
12:00
Men's Brown Cup Race
Awards- Gorge Narrows Rowing Club
12:40
Women's Campbell Dowd Cup Race
12:50
Men's Campbell Dowd Cup Race
13:00
Women's Brown Cup Race
13:10
Men's Brown Cup Race Awards
The Venues
GORGE WATERWAYS COURSE
The Gorge Waterway course is run on a tidal waterway. Crews warm up and down towards the Johnston Street Bridge, turn around and move through the Selkirk Trestle after the previous race comes through. Crews then row up to the Tillicum Narrows to establish their position on stations for the start. From the start the crews rows through the Selkirk Trestle, under the Bay Street Bridge and finishing in front of the BC Parliament buildings in the Victoria Inner Harbour.
FRASER RIVER COURSE
On the Fraser River the course begins under Canada Line Sky Train and runs out towards the ocean, finishing in front of the Lecky Boathouse.
The secondary course that ran on the Fraser was one that started under the Oak Street Bridge and finished at the Olympic Oval.
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