#OnThisDay, 15 Mar 1927, the inaugural women's boat race between Oxford and Cambridge takes place on the Isis.

In 2015, the women’s race was finally held on the same day, and over the same course, as the men’s race.

Watch silent newsreel of the 1927 race here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6kqhJGOWI

More: http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/03/women-making-waves-newton-womens-oxford.html

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Boat Race will not be aired on BBC as radio rights go to rival

The BBC will have neither radio nor TV coverage of this year’s Boat Race in a broadcast rarity…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/427224/

BBC won't air Boat Race for first time in nearly a century due to controversial approach

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/bbc-boat-race-radio-rights-36842245