Prince Philip Challenge Cup

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Prince Philip Challenge Cup
Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1963 – 2003

Prince Philip Challenge Cup was a rowing event for men's coxed fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. [1]

The event ran from 1963 until 2003 but was withdrawn due to declining interest internationally. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-Up
1963Auckland Rowing Club, New Zealand Thames Rowing Club
1964 Molesey Boat Club Phillips Exeter Academy, USA
1965 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School
1966SG Dynamo Potsdam, GermanyKobenhavn Roklub, Denmark
1967ASK Vorwarts, Rostock, USSR Tideway Scullers School
1968 Tideway Scullers School row over
1969DSR Laga, HollandHutt Valley Rowing Club, New Zealand
1970R Konstanz/Wetzlar, W GermanySG Dynamo Potsdam, E Germany
1971 London Rowing Club & University of London Leander Club
1972St. Catherine's Rowing Club, Canada Oxford University Boat Club
1973Northeastern University Rowing Association, USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
1974 Lady Margaret & First & Third Trinity Boat Club University of London
1976 Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club Leander Club
1977Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club
1978Trakia Club, Bulgaria Quintin Boat Club & Marlow Rowing Club
1979Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland University of London
1980Charles River Rowing Association, USAYale University
1981 Kingston Rowing Club Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland
1982 University of London & Tyrian Queensland University & Mosman RC, Australia
1983 Kingston Rowing Club University of London & Oxford University
1984 Marlow Rowing Club & Tyrian KSR Njord, Holland
1985 Tideway Scullers School Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club
1986AZS Szczecin & AZ Wroclaw, Poland Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club & Exeter RC
1987Soviet Army, USSRAZS Szczecin & AZ Wroclaw, Poland
1988Vancouver Rowing Club, CanadaSyracuse University, USA
1989 University of London Levski Spartak, Bulgaria
1990Hansa Dortmund, GermanyLevski Spartak Club, Bulgaria
1991 Leander Club & Star ClubDinamo Vilnius, USSR
1992 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School
1993 Leander Club & Molesey Boat Club Molesey Boat Club & University of London
1994 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Leander Club
1995 Leander Club ‘A’ Leander Club ‘B’
1996Berliner Ruder Club, GermanyPotomac Boat Club & Arco Training Center, USA
1997Eton Vikings & Leander Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association & Newcastle University
1998HVK “Gusar” Split, CroatiaEN d’Boulogne & Aviron Valentinois, France
1999 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Leander Club
2000 Leander Club & Oxford Brookes University Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
2001 Leander Club & Oxford Brookes University [3] Molesey Boat Club & Oxford University
2002 Molesey Boat Club & Oxford Brookes University [4] Cambridge University
2003 Leander Club [5] Molesey Boat Club & Tyrian

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References

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