The history of competitive rowing races goes back to the ancients, but which is the oldest race still being held? The annual Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has been a fixture on the sporting calendar of Britain for almost two centuries — but there is a far older example still going, Doggett’s Coat and Badge, which boasts an unbroken record of winners for more than three centuries examples. Martin Fone explains.
With roads narrow, congested, and poorly maintained and…
