on saturday , at the 161st oxford-cambridge boat race , the women 's crews will battle the same thames course as the men , who will follow an hour later .
after decades of campaigning and 88 years since the first women to race were jeered by male spectators , they get equal billing .
and for wilson 's grandfather , 85-year-old richard cowell , from east kilbride , it will be a momentous day .
he is not up to the journey to watch his granddaughter compete for cambridge but will still see the race , which will be televised for the first time that