Thames Challenge Cup
Event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta
Thames Challenge Cup | |
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The Tabor Academy boarding the Queen Mary in 1939. They returned home as the champions of the regatta for the third time in four years. | |
Venue | Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames |
Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
Dates | 1868 – present |
The Thames Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club.[1][2]
Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted, neither are squad oarsmen seeking selection for F.I.S.A. Heavyweight or Lightweight Championships. A crew may not include oarsmen who have rowed or sculled in an Olympic Games or a F.I.S.A. Senior World Championships for Heavyweights or Lightweights or who have won a medal at World Under 23 Championships (or the World Under 23 Regatta or The Nations' Cup).
Past winners
Year | Winner | Runner-up |
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1868 | Pembroke College, Oxford | Radley College Boat Club |
1869 | Oscillators Club, Surbiton | row over |
1870 | Oscillators Club, Kingston | London Rowing Club |
1871 | Ino Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1872 | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1873 | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1874 | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1875 | London Rowing Club | West London Rowing Club |
1876 | West London Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1877 | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1878 | London Rowing Club | Ino Rowing Club |
1879 | Twickenham Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1880 | London Rowing Club | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1881 | Twickenham Rowing Club | Eton College Boat Club |
1882 | Royal Chester Rowing Club | Reading Rowing Club |
1883 | London Rowing Club | West London Rowing Club |
1884 | Twickenham Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1885 | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1886 | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1887 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Thames Rowing Club |
1888 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1889 | Christ Church Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
1890 | Thames Rowing Club | Molesey Boat Club |
1891 | Molesey Boat Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1892 | Jesus College, Cambridge | Trinity College Dublin |
1893 | Thames Rowing Club | Eton College Boat Club & Eton Excelsior Rowing Club |
1894 | Trinity College, Oxford | London Rowing Club |
1895 | Nereus Rowing Club | Molesey Boat Club |
1896 | Emmanuel College, Cambridge | Societe d’Encourangement duSport Nautique, FRA |
1897 | Kingston Rowing Club | Christ Church Boat Club |
1898 | Trinity College, Oxford | First Trinity, Cambridge |
1899 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1900 | Trinity College, Cambridge | Trinity College Dublin |
1901 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1902 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Royal School of Mines |
1903 | Trinity College Dublin | Kingston Rowing Club |
1904 | Caius College, Cambridge | St. John's College, Oxford |
1905 | Thames Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club |
1906 | Christ's College, Cambridge | First Trinity, Cambridge |
1907 | Christ's College, Cambridge | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
1908 | Wadham College Boat Club | Christ Church Boat Club |
1909 | Wadham College Boat Club | Oriel College, Oxford |
1910 | Anglian Boat Club | Clare College, Cambridge |
1911 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1912 | Rowing Club de Paris, France | St. John's College, Oxford |
1913 | Oriel College, Oxford | Christ's College, Cambridge |
1914 | Caius College, Cambridge | Jesus College, Cambridge |
1915–1919 no races due to World War I | ||
1920 | Thames Rowing Club | Caius College, Cambridge |
1921 | Christiania RK, Norway | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
1922 | Worcester College, Oxford | Clare College, Cambridge |
1923 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Maidenhead Rowing Club |
1924 | Maidenhead Rowing Club | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1925 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Henley Rowing Club |
1926 | Selwyn College, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1927 | Thames Rowing Club | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1928 | Thames Rowing Club | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1929 | Browne & Nichols School, USA | Thames Rowing Club |
1930 | Vesta Rowing Club | Worcester College, Oxford |
1931 | London Rowing Club | Magdalen College, Oxford |
1932 | London Rowing Club | Imperial College Boat Club |
1933 | Kent School, USA | Bedford Rowing Club |
1934 | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1935 | London Rowing Club | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
1936 | Tabor Academy | Kent School, USA |
1937 | Tabor Academy | London Rowing Club |
1938 | Kent School, USA | London Rowing Club |
1939 | Tabor Academy | Kent School, USA |
1940–1945 no races due to World War II | ||
1946 | Imperial College Boat Club | Isis Boat Club |
1947 | Kent School, USA | Tabor Academy |
1948 | Princeton University, USA | Royal Air Force Rowing Club |
1949 | Princeton University, USA | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
1950 | Kent School, USA | Thames Rowing Club |
1951 | University Pennsylvania, USA | Ruder. Florsheim-Russelshein, Germany |
1952 | University Pennsylvania, USA | Christ's College, Cambridge |
1953 | Royal Air Force Rowing Club | Imperial College Boat Club |
1954 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Royal Navy |
1955 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Royal Air Force Rowing Club |
1956 | Princeton University, USA | Royal Air Force Rowing Club |
1957 | Princeton University, USA | National Provincial Bank Rowing Club |
1958 | Harvard University USA | Thames Rowing Club |
1959 | Harvard University USA | University of London Boat Club |
1960 | Harvard University USA | Detroit Boat Club, USA |
1961 | University of London Boat Club | Jesus College, Cambridge |
1962 | National Provincial Bank Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1963 | Queens' College, Cambridge | Argosies Rowing Club |
1964 | Eliot House, Harvard, USA | London Rowing Club |
1965 | Isis Boat Club | Nottingham Britannia Rowing Clubs |
1966 | Harvard University USA | Isis Boat Club |
1967 | Cornell University, USA | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club |
1968 | Leander Club | Cornell University, USA |
1969 | Leander Club | University of Pennsylvania |
1970 | Leander Club | London Rowing Club |
1971 | Harvard University USA | Kingston Rowing Club |
1972 | Harvard University USA | Kingston Rowing Club |
1973 | Princeton University, USA | Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club |
1974 | Quintin Boat Club | Rob Roy Boat Club |
1975 | Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland | Harvard University USA |
1976 | Harvard University USA | Henley Rowing Club |
1977 | London Rowing Club | Leander Club |
1978 | London Rowing Club | Leander Club |
1979 | Leander Club | London Rowing Club |
1980 | University of London Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
1981 | Charles River Rowing Association, USA | London Rowing Club |
1982 | Charles River Rowing Association, USA | Goldie Boat Club |
1983 | University of London Boat Club | Koninklijke Rv Sport Gent, Belgium |
1984 | Cantabrigian Rowing Club | Leander Club |
1985 | Ridley College, Canada | University College, Dublin, Ireland |
1986 | Ridley College, Canada | Imperial College Boat Club |
1987 | University College, Galway, Ireland | Neptune Rowing Club |
1988 | Tideway Scullers School | Thames Rowing Club |
1989 | University of London Boat Club | Ridley College, Canada |
1990 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Harvard University USA |
1991 | University of Pennsylvania | University of London Boat Club |
1992 | Lea Rowing Club | Goldie Boat Club |
1993 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Isis Boat Club |
1994 | Brown University, USA | Goldie Boat Club |
1995 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of Washington, USA |
1996 | Neptune Rowing Club | Wallingford Rowing Club |
1997 | Nottingham Boat Club | Neptune Rowing Club |
1998 | London Rowing Club | Bowbridge Boat Club |
1999 | Molesey Boat Club "A" | Crabtree Boat Club |
2000 | Molesey Boat Club "A" | Crabtree Boat Club |
2001 | Royal Club Nautique de Gand, Belgium | Thames Rowing Club |
2002 | Leander Club | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A' |
2003 | Homberger Ruderklub, Germany | London Rowing Club |
2004 | London Rowing Club "A" | R.C Reuss Luzern, Switzerland |
2005 | Henley Rowing Club | Lady Elizabeth Boat Club, Ireland |
2006 | London Rowing Club "A" | Tideway Scullers School |
2007 | Leander Club | Agecroft Rowing Club |
2008 | Leander Club | Tideway Scullers School |
2009 | Molesey Boat Club | Henley Rowing Club |
2010 | 1829 Boat Club | West End Rowing Club |
2011 | Upper Yarra Rowing Club, Australia[3] | Star Club |
2012 | Molesey Boat Club | Thames Rowing Club |
2013 | Griffen Boat Club | Upper Thames Rowing Club |
2014 | Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, Germany | Sport Imperial Boat Club |
2015 | Thames Rowing Club 'A' | RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany |
2016 | Molesey Boat Club | N.S.R. Oslo, Norway |
2017 | Thames Rowing Club 'A' | Thames Rowing Club 'B' |
2018 | Thames Rowing Club 'A' | N.S.R. Oslo, Norway |
2019 | R.S.V.U Okeanos, Netherlands | Thames Rowing Club 'A' |
2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |
2021 | Thames Rowing Club 'A'[5] | Molesey Boat Club 'A' |
2022 | Molesey Boat Club 'A'[6] | Thames Rowing Club 'A' |
2023 | Thames Rowing Club 'A' | Koninklijke Amsterdamsche Roei-en Zeilvereeniging 'De Hoop', Netherlands |
External links
- Thames Challenge Cup 2001
- Video Thames Challenge Cup Winner 2001
References
- ^ "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
- ^ "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
- ^ George Ellis wins at Henley 2011 Tamar Rowing Club. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
- ^ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.
- ^ "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Thames Final - Molesey BC A v Thames RC A Henley 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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Events at Henley Royal Regatta
- Grand Challenge Cup
- Ladies' Challenge Plate
- Thames Challenge Cup
- Temple Challenge Cup
- Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup