Queen Mother Challenge Cup

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Queen Mother Challenge Cup
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Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1981–present

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
1981RV 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
1987Ridley Boat Club, CanadaSoviet Army
1988Melbourne Univ. & Univ. Queensland Nautilus
1989SC Eridanea & SC Firenze, ItalyKubanj Krasnodar, USSR [3]
1990Danmarks Rocenter Roklub Nereus Rowing Club
1991 Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School NCRA
1992Stromstads Ruddklubb, Sweden NCRA
1993 Tideway Scullers School & Nottingham City NCRA & Goldie [4]
1994Rv Treviris & Hallescher Rv Bolllberg, Germany London Rowing Club
1995Augusta Training Center, USADinamo Moscow, Russia
1996Mainzer & Neusser RV, GermanyRatzeburg RC, Germany [5]
1997Augusta SC, USA Queen's Tower & Poplar, Blackwall & District
1998Augusta SC, USACommercial RC, Ireland [6]
1999Allemannia RC, HamburgAugusta SC Center, USA
2000 Nereus Rowing Club & Laga, NetherlandsAustralian Institute of Sport
2001 Leander Club London Rowing Club
2002 Leander Club & London University Leander Club & Molesey
2003Gdansk and Warszawa, PolandTS.S.K.A. Ukraine
2004TS.S.K.A. Ukraine Leander Club & Molesey
2005A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School
2006Club FranceCommercial & Offaly, Ireland
2007A.Z.S. Gdansk & A.Z.S. Szczecin, PolandBrentwood College & UVIC, Canada
2008RC Viljandi & RC Narva Energia, EstoniaCalifornia R.C
2009A.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
2012National Rowing Centre of Excellence, AustraliaVictoria 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
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2021 Leander Club [8] University College, Cork & Skibbereen R.C, Ireland
2022Chinese National Rowing Team [9] Texas Rowing Center & Vesper Boat Club, USA
2023Nottingham Rowing Club and Leander ClubAkademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Torun & Wloclawskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie, Pol
2024Leander Club [10] RC Normannia Braunschweig e.V. & SC Magdeburg e.V. Abteilung Rudern, Ger

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