Island Challenge Cup

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Island Challenge Cup
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Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates2020 – present

Island Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's student eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England.

The event is open to members of a boat club of any university, college or secondary school. Combined entries may only be made by no more than two college boat clubs of any one university. [1] It was inaugurated in 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic was unable to hold its inaugural running. [2]

Past winners

YearWinnerRunner-UpTimeRef
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [3]
2021 Oxford Brookes University of London 7.10 [4]
2022 Brown University Yale University BC, USA6.57 [5]
2023 Oxford Brookes University of Pennsylvania BC, USA7.18 [6]
2024 Oxford Brookes Newcastle University 7.23 [7]
2025 Rutgers University Newcastle University 6.45 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Events". Henley Royal Regatta.
  2. ↑ "Henley Royal Regatta To Expand To Six Days In 2021". Row 360.
  3. ↑ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "2023 Island Challenge Cup". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Oxford Brookes rowers triumph at Henley Royal Regatta". The Herald Series. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Henley Royal 2025: 'Never Let the Boat Get Heavy'". row2k. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.


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