The Championship Course

The Championship Course is a stretch of the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney in London, England.

Due to the iconic shape of the Championship Course, in orthopaedic surgery, an S-shaped incision along the crease of the elbow is commonly referred to as "a boat-race incision resembling the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake.

The following year, a race for the Professional World Sculling Championship moved to the course for the first time.

The new Atlantic cable allowed daily reports to be received by all major newspapers across America within 23 minutes of the finish.

U.S. public interest in the event was huge, with more publicity than any sporting event to date, and within two years of the event the "newly awakened interest in rowing at many of the most noted seats of learning" doubled the number of boat clubs in the US, and led to the formation of the Rowing Association of American Colleges.

Championship Course on a flood tide (e.g. for the Boat Race ). The Start and Finish are reversed when racing on an ebb tide. "Middlesex" and "Surrey" denote banks of the Thames along this stretch, named for the historic counties
Putney Bridge
Boat houses on the river bank near Putney