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Doggett's Coat and Badge is the prize and name for the oldest rowing race in the world, and is believed to be the oldest sporting contest in continued existence. Up to six apprentice Watermen of the ...
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Thomas Doggett, an Irish comedian and joint manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, provided in his will dated 10th September 1721, for a prize of a coat and silver badge to be rowed for annually by six watermen within a year of completing their apprenticeships.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Doggett's Coat and Badge (sports), one of the world’s oldest continuing rowing races, held annually in England along the River Thames from London Bridge to Chelsea, a distance of 4 miles 5 furlongs (7.4 km). The race is a sculling contest between skiffs originally used to ferry ...
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Race for the Doggett’s Coat and Badge ... The 296th Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race took place on 10th July 2009. Six young watermen freemen of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen lined up for the start at London Bridge and race to the finish line in the vicinity of Cadogan Pier.
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London Taxi Tour guide to pubs in London with a historical interest including the Dogget's Coat and Badge pub. ... Dogget Coat & Badge, from Blackfriars Bridge.
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- Taken from "A Short History of Rowing" by Thomas Mendenhall The first documented race in rowing occurred in 1716 in London, and it  was called the Dogget Coat and Badge Race. Essentially it started as a source  of pride and honor between competing ferrym ... The first documented race in rowing occurred in 1716 in London,
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She had a bright red lipstick pout on her fender, and long fluttery eyelashes painted on her bow. ... When the Great River Race began in 1988 it was a homage to another colourful Thames tradition: The Annual Doggett’s Coat & Badge race.
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