Queen Mother Challenge Cup

Queen Mother Challenge Cup
Queen Mother Challenge Cup
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1981–present

Last updated October 23, 2025

The Queen Mother 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. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.^[1]^[2]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Ref
1981	RV Ingelheim & Ulm RC Donau	Maidenhead & Marlow
1982	Marlow & Thames Tradesmen's	Lea Rowing Club
1983	Kingston Rowing Club	Hamburg & Germania
1984	Maidenhead & Bewdley	Quintin Boat Club
1985	Bewdley & Thames Tradesmen's	Tideway Scullers School
1986	Tideway Scullers School & Northampton	Rob Roy Boat Club
1987	Ridley Boat Club, Canada	Soviet Army
1988	Melbourne Univ. & Univ. Queensland	Nautilus
1989	SC Eridanea & SC Firenze, Italy	Kubanj Krasnodar, USSR	^[3]
1990	Danmarks Rocenter Roklub	Nereus Rowing Club
1991	Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School	NCRA
1992	Stromstads Ruddklubb, Sweden	NCRA
1993	Tideway Scullers School & Nottingham City	NCRA & Goldie	^[4]
1994	Rv Treviris & Hallescher Rv Bolllberg, Germany	London Rowing Club
1995	Augusta Training Center, USA	Dinamo Moscow, Russia
1996	Mainzer & Neusser RV, Germany	Ratzeburg RC, Germany	^[5]
1997	Augusta SC, USA	Queen's Tower & Poplar, Blackwall & District
1998	Augusta SC, USA	Commercial RC, Ireland	^[6]
1999	Allemannia RC, Hamburg	Augusta SC Center, USA
2000	Nereus Rowing Club & Laga, Netherlands	Australian Institute of Sport
2001	Leander Club	London Rowing Club
2002	Leander Club & London University	Leander Club & Molesey
2003	Gdansk and Warszawa, Poland	TS.S.K.A. Ukraine
2004	TS.S.K.A. Ukraine	Leander Club & Molesey
2005	A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland	Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School
2006	Club France	Commercial & Offaly, Ireland
2007	A.Z.S. Gdansk & A.Z.S. Szczecin, Poland	Brentwood College & UVIC, Canada
2008	RC Viljandi & RC Narva Energia, Estonia	California R.C
2009	A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland	Leander Club & Reading University
2010	Leander Club & Reading University	Princeton Training Center, U.S.A
2011	Leander Club & Reading University	C.A.RC Mladost & RC Tresnjevka, Croatia
2012	National Rowing Centre of Excellence, Australia	Victoria City R.C., Canada
2013	Leander Club & Reading University	Waiariki R.C, New Zealand
2014	Leander Club & Agecroft	National Training Centre, Australia
2015	Leander Club & Agecroft	Rostock RC 1885 & Potsdam Rowing Society
2016	Leander Club	California R.C
2017	Leander Club	Waiariki R.C, New Zealand
2018	Leander Club & Agecroft	Fana Roklubb Norway
2019	Leander Club	Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic		^[7]
2021	Leander Club	University College, Cork & Skibbereen R.C, Ireland	^[8]
2022	Chinese National Rowing Team	Texas Rowing Center & Vesper Boat Club, USA	^[9]
2023	Nottingham & Leander	Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Torun & Wloclawskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie, Pol
2024	Leander Club	RC Normannia Braunschweig e.V. & SC Magdeburg e.V. Abteilung Rudern, Ger	^[10]
2025	Nottingham & Leander	Rowing Australia

References

↑ "Events". Henley Royal Regatta official site.
↑ "Henley results". Friends of Rowing History. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
↑ "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner'" . The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "'Results from Henley'" . The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)" . The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)" . The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2024.
↑ "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
↑ "Henley Regatta Finals: Leander Win Hat-trick of Trophies". Henley Herald. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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[1] "Events". Henley Royal Regatta official site.

[2] "Henley results". Friends of Rowing History. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner'" . The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "'Results from Henley'" . The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)" . The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)" . The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[7] "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2024.

[8] "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[9] "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[10] "Henley Regatta Finals: Leander Win Hat-trick of Trophies". Henley Herald. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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