Britannia Challenge Cup

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Britannia Challenge Cup
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Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1968 – present

The Britannia Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxed fours 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]

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Since 2004, Boat clubs from any university, college, or secondary school are not permitted, with a separate event (now the Prince Albert Challenge Cup) for student crews.

The Britannia Challenge Cup was first awarded in 1969, as an event for club and student men's coxed fours, and is named after the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, to mark the club's centenary.

Winners

As Henley Prize

YearWinnerRunner-Upref
1968 Crowland Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club [2]

As Britannia Challenge Cup

YearWinnerRunner-Upref
1969 Kingston Rowing Club Bedford Rowing Club [3]
1970 London Rowing Club Bedford Rowing Club [4]
1971 Hereford Rowing Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club [5]
1972 Wallingford Rowing Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club [6]
1973 Isis Boat Club University of London Boat Club [7]
1974Wallingford SchoolsUniversity College, Dublin, IRE [8]
1975 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School [9]
1976 Tideway Scullers School Wallingford Schools [10]
1977 Tideway Scullers School Henley Rowing Club [11]
1978 Kingston Rowing Club Thames Tradesmen's RC [12]
1979City Orient Rowing Club St Neots Rowing Club
1980 Leander Club Wallingford Schools [13]
1981 Vesta Rowing Club Saxon Boat Club [14]
1982 Neptune Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club [15]
1983 Lea Rowing Club Univ of London BC
1984 Tideway Scullers School Neptune Rowing Club
1985 Maidenhead Rowing Club Lea Rowing Club
1986 Bedford Star Lea Rowing Club
1987 Lea Rowing Club Kingston Rowing Club
1988 University of London Boat Club Lea Rowing Club
1989 Leander Club Lea Rowing Club [16]
1990University College, Galway, IrelandCappoquin Rowing Club, IRE
1991 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
1992 Goldie Boat Club London Rowing Club
1993 Harvard University, USA Goldie Boat Club [17]
1994Belfast Rowing Club Univ of London Boat Club
1995 Wallingford Rowing Club Univ of London Boat Club
1996 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Univ of London Boat Club [18]
1997 University of London Boat Club Rg Hansa Hamburg, GER
1998 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Neptune Rowing Club [19]
1999 Molesey Boat Club Isis Boat Club
2000 Cambridge University Boat Club Imperial College Boat Club
2001 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Durham University Boat Club
2002 Harvard University, USA 'B' Harvard University, USA 'A'
2003 Goldie Boat Club Univ of London Boat Club
2004 Molesey Boat Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
2005 Leander Club Thames Rowing Club
2006Army Rowing Club York City Rowing Club
2007 York City Rowing Club Henley Rowing Club
2008 Molesey Boat Club Ortner Boat Club
2009 Agecroft Rowing Club Vesta Rowing Club
2010 Tideway Scullers School London Rowing Club
2011Banks Rowing Club, AustraliaLondon Rowing Club
2012 Star Rowing Club Taurus Boat Club
2013 Taurus Boat Club Union Boat Club, USA
2014 Upper Thames Rowing Club RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, GER
2015 Sydney Rowing Club, Australia Thames Rowing Club
2016 RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany Sport Imperial
2017N.S.R. Oslo, Norway St Andrew Boat Club
2018 Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club
2019 Molesey Boat Club Mercantile Rowing Club, AUS
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [20]
2021Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, GER Hinksey Sculling School [21]
2022 Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club ‘A’ [22]
2023Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club [23]
2024Thames Rowing Club Royal Chester Rowing Club [24]

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