It all began on 12th of March, 1829. Charles Merivale, a Cambridge University student, sent a letter to Charles Wodsworth, an Oxford University student. In this letter Merivale challenged of Oxford to a regatta of canoes in on the river Thames. Oxford accepted and the regatta was held on 10th of june, 1829. Oxford was the winner.
Since thenall years it has held different s regattas have been held every year except in the war years. More than 120 million Tv viewers follows the TV broadcasting.
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