Thames Challenge Cup

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Thames Challenge Cup
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Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1868 – present

The Thames Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club. [1] [2]

Contents

Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted, neither are squad oarsmen seeking selection for F.I.S.A. Heavyweight or Lightweight Championships. A crew may not include oarsmen who have rowed or sculled in an Olympic Games or a F.I.S.A. Senior World Championships for Heavyweights or Lightweights or who have won a medal at World Under 23 Championships (or the World Under 23 Regatta or The Nations' Cup).

Past winners

1868–1939

YearWinnerRunner-upref
1868 Pembroke College, Oxford Radley College Boat Club
1869Oscillators Club, Surbitonrow over
1870Oscillators Club, Kingston London Rowing Club
1871Ino Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1872 Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1873Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1874Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1875 London Rowing Club West London Rowing Club
1876West London Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1877London Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
1878London Rowing ClubIno Rowing Club
1879 Twickenham Rowing Club London Rowing Club
1880London Rowing Club Twickenham Rowing Club
1881Twickenham Rowing Club Eton College Boat Club
1882 Royal Chester Rowing Club Reading Rowing Club
1883 London Rowing Club West London Rowing Club
1884 Twickenham Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
1885London Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
1886London Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
1887 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Thames Rowing Club
1888 Lady Margaret Boat Club Thames Rowing Club
1889 Christ Church Boat Club London Rowing Club
1890 Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club
1891 Molesey Boat Club Thames Rowing Club
1892 Jesus College, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin
1893Thames Rowing Club Eton College Boat Club & Eton Excelsior Rowing Club
1894 Trinity College, Oxford London Rowing Club
1895 Nereus Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club [3]
1896 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Societe d’Encourangement duSport Nautique, FRA
1897 Kingston Rowing Club Christ Church Boat Club
1898 Trinity College, Oxford First Trinity, Cambridge
1899 First Trinity, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club
1900 Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin
1901 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club
1902Trinity Hall, CambridgeRoyal School of Mines
1903 Trinity College Dublin Kingston Rowing Club
1904 Caius College, Cambridge St. John's College, Oxford
1905 Thames Rowing Club Kingston Rowing Club
1906 Christ's College, Cambridge First Trinity, Cambridge
1907Christ's College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1908 Wadham College Boat Club Christ Church Boat Club
1909Wadham College Boat Club Oriel College, Oxford
1910Anglian Boat Club Clare College, Cambridge
1911 First Trinity, Cambridge Twickenham Rowing Club
1912Rowing Club de Paris, France St. John's College, Oxford
1913 Oriel College, Oxford Christ's College, Cambridge
1914 Caius College, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge [4]
1915–1919 no races due to World War I
1920 Thames Rowing Club Caius College, Cambridge
1921 Christiania RK, Norway Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1922 Worcester College, Oxford Clare College, Cambridge
1923 First Trinity, Cambridge Maidenhead Rowing Club
1924 Maidenhead Rowing Club Twickenham Rowing Club
1925 First Trinity, Cambridge Henley Rowing Club
1926 Selwyn College, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club [5]
1927 Thames Rowing Club Twickenham Rowing Club [6]
1928Thames Rowing Club Twickenham Rowing Club [7]
1929Browne & Nichols School, USA Thames Rowing Club [8]
1930 Vesta Rowing Club Worcester College, Oxford [9]
1931 London Rowing Club Magdalen College, Oxford [10]
1932London Rowing Club Imperial College Boat Club [11]
1933 Kent School, USA Bedford Rowing Club [12]
1934 Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club [13]
1935 London Rowing Club Pembroke College, Cambridge [14]
1936 Tabor Academy Kent School, USA [15]
1937Tabor Academy London Rowing Club [16]
1938 Kent School, USA London Rowing Club [17]
1939Tabor Academy Kent School, USA [18]
1940–1945 no races due to World War II
The Tabor Academy boarding the Queen Mary in 1939. They returned home as the champions of the regatta for the third time in four years. TaborAcademyHenleyCrew1939.png
The Tabor Academy boarding the Queen Mary in 1939. They returned home as the champions of the regatta for the third time in four years.

1946–1999

YearWinnerRunner-upref
1946 Imperial College Boat Club Isis Boat Club [19]
1947 Kent School, USA Tabor Academy [20] [21]
1948Princeton University, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club [22]
1949Princeton University, USA Lady Margaret Boat Club [23]
1950 Kent School, USA Thames Rowing Club [24]
1951 University Pennsylvania, USA Ruder. Florsheim-Russelshein, Germany [25]
1952University Pennsylvania, USA Christ's College, Cambridge
1953Royal Air Force Rowing Club Imperial College Boat Club [26] [27]
1954Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USARoyal Navy [28]
1955Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club [29]
1956Princeton University, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club [30]
1957Princeton University, USANational Provincial Bank Rowing Club [31]
1958 Harvard University USA Thames Rowing Club [32]
1959Harvard University USA University of London Boat Club [33]
1960Harvard University USADetroit Boat Club, USA [34]
1961 University of London Boat Club Jesus College, Cambridge [35]
1962National Provincial Bank Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club [36]
1963 Queens' College, Cambridge Argosies Rowing Club [37]
1964Eliot House, Harvard, USA London Rowing Club [38]
1965 Isis Boat Club Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club [39]
1966 Harvard University USA Isis Boat Club [40]
1967Cornell University, USA Nottingham & Union Rowing Club [41]
1968 Leander Club Cornell University, USA [42]
1969Leander Club University of Pennsylvania [43]
1970Leander Club London Rowing Club
1971 Harvard University USA Kingston Rowing Club [44]
1972Harvard University USA Kingston Rowing Club [45]
1973Princeton University, USA Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club [46]
1974 Quintin Boat Club Rob Roy Boat Club [47]
1975Garda Siochana Boat Club, IrelandHarvard University USA [48]
1976Harvard University USA Henley Rowing Club [49]
1977 London Rowing Club Leander Club [50]
1978 London Rowing Club Leander Club [51]
1979 Leander Club London Rowing Club
1980 University of London Boat Club London Rowing Club [52]
1981Charles River Rowing Association, USALondon Rowing Club [53]
1982Charles River Rowing Association, USA Goldie Boat Club [54]
1983 University of London Boat Club Koninklijke Rv Sport Gent, Belgium
1984 Cantabrigian Rowing Club Leander Club
1985Ridley College, CanadaUniversity College, Dublin, Ireland
1986Ridley College, Canada Imperial College Boat Club
1987University College, Galway, Ireland Neptune Rowing Club
1988 Tideway Scullers School Thames Rowing Club
1989 University of London Boat Club Ridley College, Canada [55]
1990 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Harvard University USA
1991 University of Pennsylvania University of London Boat Club
1992 Lea Rowing Club Goldie Boat Club
1993Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Isis Boat Club [56]
1994 Brown University, USA Goldie Boat Club
1995 Imperial College Boat Club University of Washington, USA
1996 Neptune Rowing Club Wallingford Rowing Club [57]
1997Nottingham Boat Club Neptune Rowing Club
1998 London Rowing Club Bowbridge Boat Club [58]
1999 Molesey Boat Club "A" Crabtree Boat Club

2000 onwards

YearWinnerRunner-upref
2000Molesey Boat Club "A" Crabtree Boat Club
2001 Royal Club Nautique de Gand, Belgium Thames Rowing Club
2002 Leander Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A'
2003Homberger Ruderklub, Germany London Rowing Club
2004 London Rowing Club "A"R.C Reuss Luzern, Switzerland
2005 Henley Rowing Club Lady Elizabeth Boat Club, Ireland
2006London Rowing Club "A" Tideway Scullers School
2007Leander Club Agecroft Rowing Club
2008Leander Club Tideway Scullers School
2009 Molesey Boat Club Henley Rowing Club
2010 1829 Boat Club West End Rowing Club
2011Upper Yarra Rowing Club, Australia Star Club [59]
2012Molesey Boat Club Thames Rowing Club
2013 Griffen Boat Club Upper Thames Rowing Club
2014FFRG 1869, Germany Sport Imperial Boat Club
2015 Thames Rowing Club 'A' RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany
2016Molesey Boat ClubN.S.R. Oslo, Norway
2017Thames Rowing Club 'A' Thames Rowing Club 'B'
2018Thames Rowing Club 'A'N.S.R. Oslo, Norway
2019R.S.V.U Okeanos, Netherlands Thames Rowing Club 'A'
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [60]
2021 Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club [61]
2022 Molesey Boat Club Thames Rowing Club [62]
2023 Thames Rowing Club KARZV 'De Hoop', NED
2024 Thames Rowing Club KARZV 'De Hoop', NED [63]
2025 London Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
Green Lake Crew from Seattle compete in the 2007 Thames Challenge Cup Green Lake Crew Junior Men's 8 @ 2007 Henley Royal Regatta.jpg
Green Lake Crew from Seattle compete in the 2007 Thames Challenge Cup

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