Prince of Wales Challenge Cup

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Prince of Wales Challenge Cup
Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates2008 – present

The Prince of Wales Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's quadruple 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 and has similar qualifying rules to the Ladies' Challenge Plate. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry. [1]

The trophy was donated to the regatta in 2007 by Mr. V. G. Saunders and was the prize awarded to the winner of the 1931 King's Cup Aero Race - E. C. T. Edwards, the brother of H. R. A. (Jumbo) Edwards.

Past winners

YearWinnerRunner-Up
2008California Rowing Club, U.S.A Leander Club & London Rowing Club
2009 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club & Durham University Boat Club Leander Club
2010 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School
2011 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School
2012 Leander Club Durham University Boat Club & University of London Boat Club
2013 Leander Club Aalesunds Roklub and Moss Roklubb, Norway
2014 Leander Club RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany
2015 Leander Club Leander Club & Oxford Brookes University Boat Club
2016 Schuylkill Navy, USA Leander Club A
2017 Leander Club A Leander Club B
2018A.A.S.R. Skøll, Netherlands Edinburgh University Boat Club & Nottingham Rowing Club
2019 Edinburgh University Boat Club & Nottingham Rowing Club A.A.S.R. Skøll & Orca Rowing Club, Netherlands
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2021 Leander Club [3] Twickenham & Queen's University, Belfast
2022 Leander Club [4] Reading University Boat Club
2023 Leander Club [5] Hollandia Roeiclub, Netherlands

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References

  1. "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
  2. "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.
  3. "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. "2023 Prince of Wales Challenge Cup". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2023.