| Prince Albert Challenge Cup | |
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 Newcastle University celebrate winning the event in 2008 | |
| Venue | Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames |
| Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
| Dates | 2004 – present |
The Prince Albert Challenge Cup is an event at Henley Royal Regatta. It is contested by Men's Student Crews in Coxed fours. It has been held since 2004. [1]
The Britannia Challenge Cup was originally presented in 1969 as an event for four-oars with coxswain (Coxed Fours) open to club and student crews, and was contested for its first 35 years by an entry of 32 crews, racing over 5 days - with many times its entry number entering qualification and pre-qualifying races.
The Britannia Challenge Cup was split between club and student crews in 2004, having created additional competition time by removing the Prince Philip Challenge Cup, which had been contested by a small entry (usually between 2–4) of international elite oarsmen but was removed from the racing programme in line with the continued removal of coxed fours racing from international regattas meaning that it had lost value.
The Britannia Challenge Cup remained as the club coxed fours' competition, while the Prince Albert Challenge Cup for men's student coxed fours created in a similar mould, but with entry restricted to:
No composite crews are allowed to enter. The entry for each competition was set at 16 for both cups. There are now coxed fours events for both clubs and universities at the regatta, and both events have been heavily contested since the change meaning qualifying races have been held for the events. The Prince Albert has attracted international competitors from the US, the Netherlands and Ireland.
Given the success of the fledgling Students Coxed Fours event the stewards agreed to accept and to fund a permanent trophy to be awarded to the winners of the event, two years after its start. The trophy was designed and created by Hector Miller and was presented by Imperial College London - the 2004 winners. It is named after Prince Albert who became the first Royal Patron of the Regatta in 1851 and was also closely associated with the origins of Imperial College. The Cup was accepted by the Regatta in the presence of H.M. The Queen at Buckingham Palace in June 2006. As with other competitions at the Royal Regatta the names of the winning crew are inscribed on the trophy.
| Year | Winners | Beaten finalists | Members of winning crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Imperial College Boat Club | Isis Boat Club | Simon Hislop, George Whittaker, Hugh Mackenzie, Ed Johnson, Seb Pierce (c) |
| 2005 | Durham University Boat Club | National University of Ireland, Galway | P. Evans, Patrick Thomas, J. Foster, N. Jones, T. Hill (c) |
| 2006 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of London Boat Club | Simon Hislop, Jonty McNuff, Ed Johnson, Ole Tietz, Alison Williams (c) |
| 2007 | University of London Boat Club | Goldie Boat Club | Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, Robert Irving, Matt Neame, M. Eldridge (c) |
| 2008 | Newcastle University Boat Club | University of the West of England Boat Club | Nathan O'Reilly, Murray Wilcojc, Mason Durant, Fred Gill, Carolyn Johnson (c) |
| 2009 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Yale University | Karl Hudspith, Chris Abraham, Matthew Tarrant, Scott Durant, Hannah Clews (c) |
| 2010 | University College Dublin | University of Bristol | Tom Doyle, Finbar Manning, Colm Pierce, Dave Neale, cox: Jennie Lynch (c) |
| 2011 | Harvard University | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | J.P Hogan, Ben French, Justin Mundt, Peter Scholle, David Fuller (c) |
| 2012 | University of London Boat Club | Newcastle University Boat Club | Jamie Cook, Paul Bennett, Ollie Cook, Rory Buffachi, Max Gander (c) |
| 2013 | Imperial College Boat Club | Isis Boat Club | Jonny Rankin, Henry Goodier, Ben Spencer-Jones, Tim Richards, Ellie Smith (c) |
| 2014 | Newcastle University Boat Club | Harvard University | Jasper Holst, Tom Ford, James Rudkin, Sam Arnot, Calum McRoberts (c) |
| 2015 | University of Washington | Yale University | Jake Zier, Ed Nainby-Luxmoore, Sean Raffetto, Philip Walczak, Lisa Caldwell (c) |
| 2016 | Edinburgh University Boat Club | Newcastle University Boat Club | Rufus Scholefield, Calum Irvine, Kieran Tierney, James Temple, Rosie Margolis (c) |
| 2017 | Newcastle University Boat Club | Imperial College Boat Club | James Robson, Will New, Alex Haynes, William Stewart, Alex Turner (c) |
| 2018 | Imperial College Boat Club | Goldie Boat Club | David Simmonds, Oliver Hines, Casper Woods, Alex Ball, Wilf Le Brocq (c) |
| 2019 | Harvard University | Durham University Boat Club | Lucas Clarke, Sam Monkley, Ethan Seder, Pieter Quinton, Ed Bracey (c) |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [2] | ||
| 2021 | University of London Boat Club [3] | Newcastle University Boat Club | Isaac Workman, Henry Marles, Tom Worthington, Tom Cross, Jasper Couper (c) |
| 2022 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club [4] | University of California BC, Berkeley, USA | Jack Prior, Louis Nares, Blaise Ivers-Dreux, Marco Tognazzi, Amie Jones (c) |
| 2023 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club [5] | University of Washington BC, USA | Marine Arnerich, Jack Cooper, Dominiko Arnerich, Evan Falstrup, Bakang Zondi (c) |
| Crew | Barrier | Fawley | Finish | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial College London | 1:55 | 3:15 | 6:46 | 2018 | |
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Events at Henley Royal Regatta | ||
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| Men's eights |  | |
| Men's coxed fours | ||
| Men's coxless fours | ||
| Men's coxless pairs | ||
| Men's quad sculls | ||
| Men's double sculls | ||
| Men's single sculls | ||
| Women's eights | ||
| Women's coxless fours | ||
| Women's coxless pairs | ||
| Women's quad sculls | ||
| Women's double sculls | ||
| Women's single sculls | ||
| Former events | ||