Double Sculls Challenge Cup | |
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Venue | Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames |
Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
Dates | 1946 – present |
The Double Sculls Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's double sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two clubs may combine to make an entry.
On the centenary of the regatta in 1939 a Centenary Double Sculls event was introduced. The crews in the final were Jack Beresford and Dick Southwood of Thames Rowing Club against Giorgio Scherli and Ettore Broschi of Trieste, who were the reigning European champions. The result was a dead-heat. [1] [2] [3]
Key
Year | Winners | Club | Time (min) | Distance ahead of 2nd place | Runners-up | Club |
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1946 | R E Panelo E D Chafuen | Buenos Aires RC | 8.8 | 4 L | G G Newton H L Warren | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
1947 | W E C Horwood D C H Garrod | Quintin Boat Club | 8.23 | 4 L | F Vrba J Vavrena | Cesky Athletic Club, Czech. |
1948 | B Piessens WA Collet | Belgian Royal RF | 8.2 | 2 L | W E C Horwood D C H Garrod | Quintin Boat Club |
1949 | E W Parsner A Larsen | DFDS Rowing Club, Denmark | 7.39 | 2+1⁄2 L | J W Bown K W Tingate | Loughborough Birmingham Rowing Club |
1950 | E W Parsner A Larsen | DFDS Roklubb, Denmark | 8.21 | E | J B Brown K W Tinegate | Loughborough Birmingham Rowing Club |
1951 | P Bradley R D Burnell | Leander Club | 8.41 | 2 L | B G Davies A A P Kemp | Reading Rowing Club |
1952 | R M A George J Van Stichel | UNdL & A, Belgium | 7.37 | E | John Rodgers Murray Riley | Sydney Rowing Club, Australia |
1953 | E Schriever P Stebler | Seeclub, Zurich | 7.37 | E | C E Poynter W T J Baker | Bedford Rowing Club |
1954 | E Schriever P Stebler | Seeclub Zurich, Switzerland | 8.46 | E | W G Beech KW Tinegate | Birmingham Rowing Club |
1955 | H Zhylin I Emchuk | Club Burevestnik, USSR | 7.55 | 1⁄2 L | H Vollmer T Keller | Grasshopper Club, Zurich |
1956 | S C Rand E H Rand | Royal Air Force | 7.47 | 1+1⁄2 L | A J Marsden D V Melvin | London Rowing Club |
1957 | A Berkutov Y Tyukalov | Club Krasnoe Z, USSR | 7.41 | E | G W Baker M A Spracklen | Marlow Rowing Club Royal Air Force |
1958 | A Berkutov Y Tyukalov | Trud Club, Leningrad,USSR | 7.21 | E | G W Baker M A Spracklen | Marlow Rowing Club |
1959 | C G V Davidge S A Mackenzie | Leander Club | 7.55 | 2+3⁄4 L | G C Justicz N J Birkmyre | Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club |
1960 | G C Justicz N J Birkmyre | Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club | 7.17 | 1+3⁄4 L | Bernard Monnereau René Duhamel | CNeAdRouen, France |
1961 | G C Justicz N J Birkmyre | Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club | 7.38 | 1+3⁄4 L | A Berkutov Y Tyukalov | Trud & Dynamo, USSR |
1962 | G C Justicz N J Birkmyre | Leander Club | 7.39 | E | DN Joyce A Maclehose | Exeter College, Oxford Corpus Christi |
1963 | MB Alwin W van der Togt | Rv Willem III & Skadi | 7.30 | 2 L | B Monnereau R Duhamel | CN de Rouen, France |
1964 | G C Justicz N J Birkmyre | Leander Club | 7.32 | 3⁄4L | H Frederiksen IJ Kruse | Dansk SR, Denmark |
1965 | M Studach M Bürgin | Grasshopper Club, Zurich | 7.1 | 1+2⁄3 L | M Haake J Bruckhandler | TSC Berlin, Germany |
1966 | M Haake J Bruckhandler | TSC Berlin, Germany | 7.20 | 3+3⁄4 L | NP Cooper AV Cooke | Leander Club |
1967 | M Studach M Bürgin | Grasshopper Club, Zurich | 7.47 | 1+1⁄4 L | K Schabitz J Bohmer | SG Dynamo, Potsdam |
1968 | P A Barry R Findlay | Tideway Scullers NP Bank | 9.18 | 2 L | AJ Cowley NS Drake | St Ives Rowing Club |
1969 | D Oswald M Bürgin | Grasshopper RC, Zurich | 7.35 | 3 L | AJ Cowley NS Drake | St Ives Rowing Club |
1970 | T McKibbon J Van Blom | Long Beach RA, USA | 7.43 | 3+1⁄2 L | PJ Webb AV Cooke | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club |
1971 | MA Brigden CA Brigden | Walton Rowing Club | 8.21 | 1 L | B Balmer GG Parsonage | Scottish Argonauts BC |
1972 | P G R Delafield T J Crooks | Leander Club | 7.24 | 1+2⁄3 L | L Klecatsky JW Dietz | New York Athletic Club USA |
1973 | M J Hart C L Baillieu | Leander Club Cambridge University Boat Club | 7.11 | 4+1⁄2 L | U Isler H Ruckstuhl | See Club Stafa & Zurich |
1974 | G Korshikov A Timoshinin | Dynamo Club, USSR | 7.23 | 2+1⁄2 L | U Isler HE Ruckstahl | See Club Stafa & Zurich |
1975 | M J Hart C L Baillieu | Leander Club | 7.23 | E | P Levy KB Gee | Weybridge Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club |
1976 | R Prentice MS Spencer | London Rowing Club | 7.22 | 2 L | JH van Drooge R Nolet | ASR Nereus, Holland |
1977 | M J Hart C L Baillieu | Leander Club | 7.20 | E | RG Stone CR Wood | Harvard University, USA |
1978 | M J Hart C L Baillieu | Leander Club | 7.44 | E | MS Spencer R Prentice | Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club |
1979 | J Clark C L Baillieu | Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club Leander Club | 7.32 | E | AC Rudkin I Gold | Bewl Bridge Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club |
1980 | P Walter B Ford | Victoria City RC, Canada | 7.27 | 2 L | C Allsopp C Wood | Hartford Bridge-Univ Wash, USA |
1981 | ER Sims S G Redgrave | Maidenhead Rowing Club Marlow Rowing Club | 8.16 | E | AM Riddle BA May | Dart Amateur RC Staines Boat Club |
1982 | DA Clift S G Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | 7.55 | 3+1⁄2 l. | NA Staite J Spencer-Jones | Evesham Rowing Club Bewdley |
1983 | J Spencer-Jones C L Baillieu | Bewdley Leander Club | 7.27 | 3 L | P Johnson NA Staite | Tees Rowing Club Evesham Rowing Club |
1984 | M Espersen L Kruse | Bagsvaerd & Kolding Rks | 7.25 | 1+1⁄4 L | T J Crooks H P Matheson | Kingston Rowing Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association |
1985 | B Eltang L Kruse | Kolding & Danske Rk, Denmark | 7.14 | 3+1⁄4 L | BA Lewis G Springer | Dirty Dozen RC, USA |
1986 | JI Parks DM Chernoff | Charles River RA, USA | 7.32 | 3+1⁄2 L | RC Luke L Hancock | Llandaff Rowing Club Derwent Rowing Club |
1987 | N Couprina V Dosenko | Dinamo Moscow, USSR | 7.21 | E | JDM Scrivener R Henderson | Lea Rowing Club |
1988 | AC Rudkin APS Kittermaster | Tideway Scullers Barclays | 7.26 | 1⁄2 L | JDM Scrivener R Henderson | Lea Rowing Club |
1989 | R Floryn N Rienks | Die Leythe & Okeanos, Holland | 7.4 | 5 L | P Luzek I Gruza | Dukla Praha, Czechoslovakia |
1990 | AC Rudkin APS Kittermaster | Tideway Scullers Barclays | 8.28 | 1+3⁄4 L | MB Alloway CF Williams | Tideway Scullers |
1991 | B Eltang H Bang | Danske & Fana Roklubs, Norway | 7.32 | E | RC Luke CJ Skuse | Leander Club |
1992 | DC Dickerson TD Hallett | Mic Mac Frdrcton, Can | 6.57 | 1+1⁄4 L | D Kruyswyk P Wiltenburg | Groninger & Amsterdam |
1993 | EWM Kittoe RF Redpath | London Rowing Club Tyrian | 7.32 | 2 ft (0.61 m) | IW Hopkins M Pollecutt | Molesey Boat Club |
1994 | G Mitring J Dani | MTK-Gyori Vizugyi Se, Hungary | 7.7 | 2+1⁄2 L | P Urig C Handle | Wormser RC & Karlstadt, Germany |
1995 | MD Free PT Antonie | Tweed Heads RC Melbourne University Boat Club | 6.58 | 2 ft (0.61 m) | B Jamieson DJ Gleeson | Augusta RC, USA |
1996 | G Walker G Lewis | Potomac BC & National TC, USA | 7.7 | 3 L | D Schildhauer IRW Weighell | |
1997 | MD Free D Free | Tweed Heads RC, Australia | 6.58 | E | BA Klein RJ Weaver | Undine Barge Club, USA |
1998 | Y Desaviere F Kowal | France | 7.17 | 3 L | G M Ruckman R S C Tucker | Augusta SC, USA |
1999 | I M McGowan N V Peterson | Augusta SC, USA | 7.44 | 3 L | C P Groom R S Tucker | Augusta SC, USA |
2000 | Bo Kaliszan Bertil Samuelson | Danmarks Rocenter | 7.28 | E | M K Langridge P J C Wells | Leander Club Queen Elizabeth HS |
2001 | T Kucharski R Sycz | AZS Gorzow AZS, Poland | 7.26 | 4 L | P P Gardner I P Lawson | Leander Club |
2002 | S. Vieilledent A. Hardy | R. C. de Cannes, France | 7.32 | 4 L | A. Haller T. Peto | Szegedi Vizisport, Hungary |
2003 | B. Mueller M. Weiss | Heilbronner R.C., Germany | 7.18 | 3 L | M.S. Inglis T. Pascall | Mosman R.C., Australia |
2004 | P. Lorinczy K. Szabo | Hungary | 7.47 | 2+2⁄3 L | S. D. Goodbrand G. B. Blanchard | |
2005 | M. J. Hunter J. W. Lindsay-Fynn | London Rowing Club Leander Club | 7.26 | E | I. M. Snijders A. F. Snijders | Holland |
2006 | M. W. Wells S. C. Rowbotham | Leander Club University of London | 7.08 | NRO | L. Špik I. Čop | Slovenia |
2007 | L. Špik I. Čop | Slovenia | 7.33 | 5 L | M. Sloma M. Brzezinski | Poland |
2008 | W. D. Pierarini E. M. Hovey | Cal. R.C. USA | 7.35 | 1+1⁄4 L | P. F. Graves T. H. Graves | USA |
2009 | M. C. Trott N. Cohen | Waiariki R.C. New Zealand | 7.42 | 1 L | M. W. Wells S. C. Rowbotham | Leander Club |
2010 | C. Berrest J. Bahain | Club France, France | 7.38 | NRO | M. W. Wells R. M. Bateman | Leander Club |
2011 | M. W. Wells R. M. Bateman | Leander Club | 6.52 | 2+1⁄2 L | D. W. Crawshay S. M. Brennan | Australian Institute of Sport, Australia |
2012 | J. E. Collins A. J. Sinclair | Leander Club | 7.35 | 4+1⁄4 L | A. Bernsten H. G. E. Grepperud | Oslo Kraftsenter, Norway |
2013 | M.A.N. Arms R.W. Manson | New Zealand | 6:48 | 2 L | W.P. Lucas M.K. Langridge | London Rowing Club Leander Club |
2014 | S. Delayre J. Azou | France | 7:17 | 3 ft (0.91 m) | J. E. Collins J.F.L. Walton | Leander Club |
2015 | J. E. Collins J.F.L. Walton | Leander Club | 7:23 | 2+1⁄3 L | J.M. Thompson J.E. Smith | South Africa |
2016 | N.C. Middleton J.R.A. Beaumont | Leander Club | 7:27 | 4+1⁄2 L | G. Fistravec D. Fridman | Veslaški Klub Maribor, Slovenia Tiberias Rowing Club, Israel |
2017 | J.W. Storey C.W. Harris | Waiariki R.C. New Zealand | 6:49 | 1+1⁄4 L | P.H. Houin J.A. Azou | Club France |
2018 | Angus Groom Jack Beaumont | Leander Club | 6:46 | 1⁄5 L | Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan | Ireland |
2019 | John Collins Graeme Thomas | Leander Club Agecroft | 6.44 | 1L | John Storey Chris Harris | New Zealand |
2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [4] | |||||
2021 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Skibbereen RC University College, Cork [5] | 7.13 | 1+3⁄4 L | Sam Meijer Matt Haywood | Tideway Scullers School Nottingham Rowing Club |
2022 | Jack Cleary Caleb Antill | Rowing Australia [6] | 6.56 | 1⁄3 L | Sam Meijer Matt Haywood | Tideway Scullers School Nottingham Rowing Club |
2023 | Aleix Garcia Rodrigo Conde | Club Natació Banyoles & Club Remo do Miño, Spain [7] | 7.19 | 5 L | Aidan Thompson John Collins | Twickenham Rowing Club Leander Club |
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