Prince Philip Challenge Cup

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Prince Philip Challenge Cup
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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The event ran from 1963 until 2003 but was withdrawn due to declining interest internationally.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]

Past winners

YearWinnerRunner-Upref
1963Auckland Rowing Club, New Zealand Thames Rowing Club [3]
1964 Molesey Boat Club Phillips Exeter Academy, USA [4]
1965 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School [5]
1966SG Dynamo Potsdam, GermanyKobenhavn Roklub, DEN [6]
1967ASK Vorwarts, Rostock, USSR Tideway Scullers School [7]
1968 Tideway Scullers School row over [8]
1969DSR Laga, HollandHutt Valley Rowing Club, NZL [9]
1970R Konstanz/Wetzlar, FRGSG Dynamo Potsdam, GDR [10]
1971 London Rowing Club & University of London Leander Club [11]
1972St. Catherine's Rowing Club, Canada Oxford University Boat Club [12]
1973Northeastern University Rowing Association, USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology, USA [13]
1974 Lady Margaret & First & Third Trinity Boat Club University of London [14]
1975 Univ of London Vesper BC, USA [15]
1976 Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club Leander Club [16]
1977Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club [17]
1978Trakia Club, Bulgaria Quintin Boat Club & Marlow Rowing Club [18]
1979Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland University of London
1980Charles River Rowing Association, USAYale University [19]
1981 Kingston Rowing Club Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland [20]
1982 University of London & Tyrian Queensland University & Mosman RC, AUS [21]
1983 Kingston Rowing Club University of London & Oxford University
1984 Marlow Rowing Club & Tyrian KSR Njord, NED
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, POL
1988Vancouver Rowing Club, CanadaSyracuse University, USA
1989 University of London Levski Spartak, BUL [22]
1990Hansa Dortmund, GermanyLevski Spartak Club, BUL
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 [23]
1994 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Leander Club
1995 Leander Club A Leander Club B
1996Berliner Ruder Club, GermanyPotomac Boat Club & Arco Training Center, USA [24]
1997Eton Vikings & Leander Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association & Newcastle University
1998HVK “Gusar” Split, CroatiaEN d’Boulogne & Aviron Valentinois, FRA [25]
1999 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Leander Club
2000 Leander Club & Oxford Brookes University Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
2001 Leander Club & Oxford Brookes University Molesey Boat Club & Oxford University [26]
2002 Molesey Boat Club & Oxford Brookes University Cambridge University [27]
2003 Leander Club Molesey Boat Club & Tyrian [28]

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