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Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls trophy (centre in wooden case)
VenueHenley Royal Regatta, River Thames
LocationHenley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1844 – present

The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs.[1][2]

The Diamond Challenge Sculls, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta make up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier single sculling events in the United Kingdom.

Past winners

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Alexander Alcée Casamajor (single scull) five-time winner in the mid-19th century
Guy Nicholls caricature from 1889
Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref
1844 Thomas Bumpsted Scullers Club, London H Morgan Christ Church, Ox
1845 S Wallace Leander Club J W Conant St. John's College, Ox
1846 Sir Edward Moon Magdalen College, Oxford Thomas Howard Fellows Leander Club
1847 William Maule Trinity College, Cm Edward Moon Magdalen College, Ox
1848 William Bagshawe Trinity College, Cm W Wilberforce Oxford University BC
1849 Thomas Bone London C S Bagot Trinity College, Cm
1850 Thomas Bone Meteor Club, London John Erskine Clarke Wadham College
1851 Edward Gryffydh Peacock Thames Club Edward Macnaghten Trinity College, Cm
1852 Edward Macnaghten Trinity College, Cm Edward Gryffydh Peacock London
1853 Stephen Rippingall Peterhouse, Cm Martin Howy Irving Balliol College, Ox
1854 Herbert Playford Wandle Club, London R C Galton Trinity College, Cm
1855 A. A. Casamajor Wandle Club, London Herbert Playford Wandle Club
1856 A. A. Casamajor Argonaut Club, London C Stephens Caversham BC [3]
1857 A. A. Casamajor London RC James Paine London RC
1858 A. A. Casamajor London RC rowed over n/a [4]
1859 Edwin Brickwood Richmond RC R Beaumont Third Trinity, Cm
1860 Herbert Playford London RC Edwin Brickwood London
1861 A. A. Casamajor London RC Edwin Brickwood London
1862 Edwin Brickwood London RC Walter Bradford Woodgate Brasenose College, Ox
1863 Charles Bennett Lawes Third Trinity, Cm Edwin Brickwood London
1864 Walter Bradford Woodgate Brasenose College, Ox Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox
1865 Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox Charles Bennett Lawes Third Trinity, Cm
1866 Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox Walter Bradford Woodgate Kingston RC
1867 William Crofts Brasenose College, Ox Frank Willan Exeter College, Ox
1868 William Stout London Rowing Club William Crofts Brasenose College, Ox
1869 William Crofts Brasenose College, Oxford A C Yarborough Lincoln College, Ox
1870 John Brooks Close First Trinity, Cm R J Waldie-Griffith Jesus College, Cm
1871 William Fawcus Tynemouth RC John Goldie Lady Margaret BC, Cm
1872 Clement Courtenay Knollys Magdalen College, Ox C H Lawton York
1873 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm W Chillingworth Twickenham RC
1874 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm William Fawcus Tynemouth RC
1875 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm William Brooks Close Cambridge
1876 Frank Lumley Playford London RC Robert Labat London RC
1877 Tom Edwards-Moss Brasenose College, Ox A V Frere Kingston RC
1878 Tom Edwards-Moss Brasenose College, Ox Jefferson Lowndes Hertford College, Ox
1879 Jefferson Lowndes Hertford College, Ox Frank Lumley Playford London RC
1880 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC C E Adam Oxford
1881 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC Achilles Wild Frankfurt, GER
1882 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC Alexandre Lein Paris, FRA
1883 Jefferson Lowndes Twickenham RC Achilles Wild Frankfurt, GER
1884 William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox R H Smith Thames RC
1885 William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox Frederick I Pitman Third Trinity, Cm
1886 Frederick I. Pitman Third Trinity, Cm William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox
1887 James Cardwell Gardner Emmanuel College, Cm Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Oxford
1888 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox E Doering F Hammonia BC, GER
1889 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Charles J Psotta New York AC, USA
1890 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Gilbert Kennedy Kingston RC
1891 Vivian Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox rowed over n/a [5]
1892 Janus Ooms Neptune RC, NED S M Boyd Trinity College, Dublin, IRE
1893 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Gilbert Kennedy Kingston RC
1894 Guy Nickalls Formosa BC Vivian Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox
1895 Rupert Guinness Leander Club Guy Nickalls London RC [6]
1896 Rupert Guinness Leander Club Rupert Kendall Beaumont Burton-On-Trent RC
1897 Edward Ten Eyck Wachusett, USA Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC
1898 Benjamin Hunting Howell Trinity Hall, Cm Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC
1899 Benjamin Hunting Howell Thames RC Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC
1900 Edward Hemmerde University College, Ox Benjamin Hunting Howell Thames RC
1901 Charles Vincent Fox Guards Brigade RC St G Ashe Thames RC
1902 Frederick Septimus Kelly Balliol College, Ox Raymond Etherington-Smith Leander Club
1903 Frederick Septimus Kelly Leander Club Jack Beresford Kennsington RC
1904 Lou Scholes Toronto RC, CAN Arthur Cloutte London RC
1905 Frederick Septimus Kelly Leander Club Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC
1906 Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC Captain W H V Darell Household Brigade
1907 Captain W H V Darell Household Brigade Alexander McCulloch University College, Ox
1908 Alexander McCulloch Leander Club Athol Alexander Stuart Kingston RC
1909 Athol Alexander Stuart Kingston RC Rudolph Lucas Mainz RC, GER
1910 Wally Kinnear Kensington RC Rudolph Lucas Mainz RC, GER
1911 Wally Kinnear Kensington RC Eric Powell Vikings Club
1912 Eric Powell Vikings Club Alexander McCulloch Leander Club
1913 Cecil McVilly Derwent RC, AUS Edward Dennis P Pinks London RC
1914 Giuseppe Sinigaglia Lario Club, Como, ITA Colin M Stuart Trinity Hall, Cm [7]
No races 1915–1919 (WWI)

1920 to 1939

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Jack Beresford (left) congratulates Walter Hoover (right) after the final of the Diamond Sculls in 1922
Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref
1920 Jack Beresford Thames RC Donald Gollan First Trinity, Cm
1921 Frits Eijken Delft Univ, Laga, NED Jack Beresford Thames RC
1922 Walter Hoover Duluth, Minnesota, USA Jack Beresford Thames RC
1923 Morris Keele Morris London RC Donald Gollan Leander Club
1924 Jack Beresford Thames RC Keith Neville Craig Pembroke College, Cm
1925 Jack Beresford Thames RC Donald Gollan Leander Club
1926 Jack Beresford Thames RC Geoffrey Egbert G Goddard Jesus College, Cm
1927 R T Lee Worcester College, Ox Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC, CAN [8]
1928 Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC, CAN R T Lee Worcester College, Oxford
1929 Bert Gunther De Amstel, NED Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC, CAN
1930 Jack Guest Don Rowing Club, CAN Gerhard Boetzelen Berliner RC, GER
1931 Bobby Pearce Leander BC, Hamilton, CAN Fred Bradley Pembroke College, Cm [9]
1932 Herbert Buhtz Berliner RC, GER Gerhard Boetzelen Berliner RC, GER
1933 Tom Askwith Peterhouse, Cm Humphrey Warren Trinity Hall, Cm
1934 Herbert Buhtz Berliner RC, GER Winthrop Rutherford Princeton University, USA [10]
1935 Ernst Rufli FC Zurich RC, SWI Jiří Zavřel Veslařský Klub, CZE
1936 Ernst Rufli FC Zurich RC, SWI Thomas Harold Tyler Thames RC
1937 Josef Hasenöhrl RV Ellida, AUT John Francis Coulson Argonaut RC, CAN
1938 Joe Burk Penn AC, USA Len D Habbitts Reading RC
1939 Joe Burk Penn AC, USA Roger Verey Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL [11]
No races 1940–1945 (WWII)

1946 to 1999

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Stuart Mackenzie, six times winner from 1957 to 1962
Three-time winner Seán Drea
Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref
1946 Jean Séphériadès SN Basse Seine, FRA John B. Kelly Jr. US Navy, USA
1947 John B. Kelly Jr. University of Penn, USA Carl H Fronsdal Bergens Roklubb, NOR
1948 Mervyn Wood NSW Police RC, AUS Bert Bushnell Maidenhead RC
1949 John B. Kelly Jr. University of Penn, USA Jack H Trinsey Notre Dame Club of Phila, USA
1950 Antony Rowe Leander Club Rob van Mesdag Trinity College, Dublin
1951 Tony Fox Pembroke College, Cm Erik Larsen Koge Roklubb, DEN
1952 Mervyn Wood Sydney Rowing Club, AUS Tony Fox London Rowing Club
1953 Tony Fox London Rowing Club Robert George Union Nautique de Liege, BEL
1954 Perica Vlašić Mornar Club, YUG Alain Colomb Aviron Romand, SWI
1955 Teodor Kocerka AZS Bydgoszsz, POL Sidney Rand Royal Air Force
1956 Teodor Kocerka AZS Bydgoszsz, POL Tony Fox London Rowing Club
1957 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Vyacheslav Ivanov Krasnoe Znamia, USSR
1958 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Vyacheslav Ivanov Central Army Club, USSR
1959 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Harry Parker Vesper BC, USA [12]
1960 Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club Teodor Kocerka AZS Szczecin, POL
1961 Stuart Mackenzie Mosman RC, AUS Oleg Tyurin Trud Club, Leningrad [13]
1962 Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club William L. Barry Quintin BC
1963 Gottfried Kottmann Belvoir RC, SWI William L. Barry Quintin BC
1964 Seymour Cromwell Nonpareil RC, USA Alberto Demiddi Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG
1965 Donald Spero NY AC, USA Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh Bristol RC [14]
1966 Achim Hill BSGM Baumschuleneweg, GDR Jan Wienese Roei en Zeilverenging de Amstel
1967 Martin Studach Grasshopper Club Zürich, SWI Jochen Meißner Mannheimer Rv Amiciitia Von 1876
1968 Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh Eton Vikings Kenny Dwan Poplar, Blackwall & District RC
1969 Joachim Böhmer SC Dynamo Berlin, GER William B Tytus Seattle Tennis Club
1970 Jochen Meißner Mannheimer RV Amicitia, GER Patrick Delafield Tideway Scullers' School
1971 Alberto Demiddi Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG Jim Dietz New York AC, USA
1972 Aleksandr Timoshinin WMF Moscow, USSR Seán Drea Vesper BC, USA
1973 Seán Drea Neptune Rowing Club, IRE David Sturge Lady Margaret BC
1974 Seán Drea Neptune RC, IRE Kenny Dwan Poplar, Blackwall & District RC
1975 Seán Drea Neptune RC, IRE Jim Dietz New York AC
1976 Ted Hale Sydney Rowing Club, AUS Peter Zeun Peterborough City RC [15]
1977 Tim Crooks Leander Club Jim Dietz New York AC
1978 Tim Crooks Leander Club Hugh Matheson Thames Tradesmen's RC
1979 Hugh Matheson Nottingham Rowing Club Johan Ghoos Antwerpse RV, BEL [16]
1980 Ricardo Ibarra Mar del Plata, ARG Rolf Thorsen Horten Roklubb, NOR
1981 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Chris Howell University of London RC
1982 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Allan Whitwell Thames Tradesmen's RC
1983 Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club Tim Crooks Kingston RC
1984 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Bjarne Eltang Danske SR, DEN
1985 Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club Brad Alan Lewis Dirty Dozen RC, USA [17]
1986 Bjarne Eltang Danske Stud RK, DEN Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club
1987 Peter-Michael Kolbe RC Hamburg, GER Vasil Yakusha Soviet Army, USSR [18]
1988 Hamish McGlashan Melbourne University BC Andrew Sudduth Harvard University, USA
1989 Václav Chalupa Dukla Praha, CZE Kajetan Broniewski AZS-AWF Warszawa, POL [19]
1990 Eric Verdonk Koru RC, NZL Wim Van Belleghem Bruges Trimm-en, BEL
1991 Wim Van Belleghem Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BEL Eric Verdonk Koru RC, NZL
1992 Rorie Henderson Leander Club Paul Reedy Melbourne University BC
1993 Thomas Lange Ruderverein Bollberg-Halle, GER Václav Chalupa Dukla Praha, CZE [20]
1994 Xeno Müller Grasshopper Club Zurich, SWI Martin Haldbo Hansen Denmark Rocenter
1995 Jüri Jaanson Parnu Rowing Club, EST Xeno Müller Grasshopper Club, Zurich
1996 Merlin L. O. Vervoorn DSR Proteus-Eretes, Delft, NED Andy. R Bihrer Grasshopper Club, Zurich [21]
1997 Greg Searle Molesey Boat Club Peter Haining Auriol Kensington RC
1998 Jamie Koven Brown Alumni, USA Greg Searle Molesey Boat Club [22]
1999 Marcel Hacker RC Magdeburg, GER Jamie Koven Riverside Boat Club, USA

2000 onwards

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New Zealander Drysdale winning in 2009
Oliver Zeidler
Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref
2000 Aquil Abdullah Princeton Training Center, USA Simon D. Goodbrand Rob Roy Boat Club
2001 Duncan Free Surfers Paradise RC, AUS Todd Hallett Amateur AC, CAN
2002 Pete Wells University of London Matt Langridge Leander Club
2003 Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School Ben P. Hopkins Vurtin Univ, AUS
2004 Marcel Hacker Casseler Fraven Ruderverein, GER Colin Smith Oxford University
2005 Wyatt Allen Princeton Training Center, USA Charlie M. Palmer Cantabridgeian RC
2006 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Charlie M. Palmer Cambridge University
2007 Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL
2008 Ian Lawson Leander Club Sean M Jacob Old Collegians BC, IRE
2009 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School
2010 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Lassi Karonen Brudpiga Roddklubb, SWE [23]
2011 Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School Nick Hudson Australian Institute of Sport
2012 Peter Lambert Old Edwardian BC, RSA Graeme Thomas Agecroft RC
2013 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Kur Club, Azerbaijan Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School
2014 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Roel Braas Hollandia Roeiclub, NED
2015 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Gabor Csepregi Danubius Nemzeti Hajos Egylet, HUN
2016 Hannes Obreno Brugse Trim en RC, BEL Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL
2017 Matthew Dunham Waiariki RC NZL John Graves Craftsbury Sculling Center, USA.
2018 Mahé Drysdale West End RC, NZL Kjetil Borch Horten Roklubb, NOR
2019 Oliver Zeidler Donau-Ruder-Club, GER Guillaume Krommenhoek Hollandia Roeiclub, NED
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [24]
2021 Graeme Thomas Agecroft Rowing Club Sebastian Deveraux Leander Club [25]
2022 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 David Bartholot Rowing Australia [26]
2023 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 Piotr Płomiński WTW Warszawa, POL [27]
2024 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 James Plihal Craftsbury Green Racing Project, USA. [28]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2009 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Heney Royal Regatta". Reading Mercury. 14 June 1856. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Heney Royal Regatta". The Field. 26 June 1858. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "'Henley Royal Regatta' (1895)". The Times. 10 July 1891. p. 12. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "'Henley Royal Regatta' (1895)". The Times. 10 July 1895. p. 13. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "'Leander's Success At Henley' (1914)". The Times. 6 July 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "1920s Rowing: The 1927 Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire". YouTube. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1931) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 6 July 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1934) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 9 July 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "From Our Rowing Correspondent (1939) 'Henley Royal Regatta',". The Times. 10 July 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  12. ^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1959) 'Grand And Thames For Harvard'". The Times. 6 July 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  13. ^ "'Mackenzie Takes Pride Of Place At Henley'". The Times. 10 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  14. ^ "From Our Rowing Correspondent. "Henley Rowing Produces Records Galore."". The Times. 5 July 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "Railton, J. (1976) Three major successes for Britain'". The Times. 5 July 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  16. ^ "Penny's Grand". Daily Mirror. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Royal Henley Regatta : Lewis Reaches Finals of Single, Double Sculls". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Rowing Canadian Crew defeats Harvard". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner',". The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  20. ^ "'Results from Henley'". The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  21. ^ "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)". The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  22. ^ "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)". The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  23. ^ "Henley sculling title stays with Mahe Drysdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  24. ^ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.
  25. ^ "2021 Regatta – Henley Comes Home!". Henley Herald. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  27. ^ "Olympians thrive in unique Henley waters". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  28. ^ "Henley 2024: The Open Finals". Hear the Boat Sing. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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