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At Oxford and Cambridge universities, a blue is a sporting honour awarded to students representing their university in a game or athletics. It consists of a strip of light or dark blue ribbon and is said to have originated with the second Oxford and Cambridge boat race in 1836.
The Oxford and Cambridge boat race, originally known as the Putney and Mortlake Race, is an annual eight-oared boat-race held between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the Thames.
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Henley Royal Regatta is the oldest rowing regatta in Europe and the most famous in the world. It was inaugurated in 1839 at Henley-on-Thames as a direct result of the interest aroused locally by the first Oxford and Cambridge boat race which took place at Henley in 1829.
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A regatta is a public boat race. Regattas were introduced to Britain from Venice in 1775, the first taking place on the River Thames.
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Boat race is London Cockney rhyming slang for face.
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