Thames Challenge Cup

Thames Challenge Cup
Thames Challenge Cup
	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
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^[3]
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^[4]
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^[5]
1932	London Rowing Club	Imperial College Boat Club
1933	Kent School, USA	Bedford Rowing Club
1934	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club^[6]
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^[7]
1960	Harvard University USA	Detroit Boat Club, USA
1961	University of London Boat Club	Jesus College, Cambridge^[8]
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 Club^[9]
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^[10]	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^[11]
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^[12]
1994	Brown University, USA	Goldie Boat Club
1995	Imperial College Boat Club	University of Washington, USA
1996	Neptune Rowing Club	Wallingford Rowing Club^[13]
1997	Nottingham Boat Club	Neptune Rowing Club
1998	London Rowing Club	Bowbridge Boat Club^[14]
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^[15]	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^[16]
2021	Thames Rowing Club 'A'^[17]	Molesey Boat Club 'A'
2022	Molesey Boat Club 'A'^[18]	Thames Rowing Club 'A'
2023	Thames Rowing Club 'A'	Koninklijke Amsterdamsche Roei-en Zeilvereeniging 'De Hoop', Netherlands
2024	Thames Rowing Club 'A'^[19]	Koninklijke Amsterdamsche Roei-en Zeilvereeniging 'De Hoop', Netherlands

External links

References

^ "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
^ "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
^ "'Henley Royal Regatta' (1895)". The Times. 10 July 1895. p. 13. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "'Leander's Success At Henley' (1914)". The Times. 6 July 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1931) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 6 July 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1934) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 9 July 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "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.
^ "'Mackenzie Takes Pride Of Place At Henley'". The Times. 10 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "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.
^ "Railton, J. (1976) Three major successes for Britain'". The Times. 5 July 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "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.
^ "'Results from Henley'". The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)". The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)". The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ 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.
^ "Three clubs shine in spectacular finals at Henley Royal Regatta 2024". British Rowing. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[1] "results". Henley Royal Regatta.

[2] "Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.

[3] "'Henley Royal Regatta' (1895)". The Times. 10 July 1895. p. 13. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[4] "'Leander's Success At Henley' (1914)". The Times. 6 July 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[5] "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1931) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 6 July 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[6] "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT (1934) 'Henley Royal Regatta'". The Times. 9 July 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[7] "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.

[8] "'Mackenzie Takes Pride Of Place At Henley'". The Times. 10 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[9] "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.

[10] "Railton, J. (1976) Three major successes for Britain'". The Times. 5 July 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[11] "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.

[12] "'Results from Henley'". The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[13] "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)". The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[14] "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)". The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[15] George Ellis wins at Henley 2011 Tamar Rowing Club. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

[16] "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.

[17] "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[18] "Thames Final - Molesey BC A v Thames RC A Henley 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[19] "Three clubs shine in spectacular finals at Henley Royal Regatta 2024". British Rowing. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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Men's coxed fours	Britannia Challenge Cup Prince Albert Challenge Cup
Men's coxless fours	Stewards' Challenge Cup Visitors' Challenge Cup Wyfold Challenge Cup
Men's coxless pairs	Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
Men's quad sculls	Queen Mother Challenge Cup Prince of Wales Challenge Cup Fawley Challenge Cup
Men's double sculls	Double Sculls Challenge Cup
Men's single sculls	Diamond Challenge Sculls
Women's eights	Remenham Challenge Cup Wargrave Challenge Cup Island Challenge Cup Prince Philip Challenge Trophy
Women's coxless fours	Town Challenge Cup
Women's coxless pairs	Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup
Women's quad sculls	Princess Grace Challenge Cup Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup
Women's double sculls	Stonor Challenge Trophy
Women's single sculls	Princess Royal Challenge Cup
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