Thames Challenge Cup

Thames Challenge Cup
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1868 – 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]}

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

Year	Winner	Runner-up	ref
1868	Pembroke College, Oxford	Radley College Boat Club
1869	Oscillators Club, Surbiton	row over
1870	Oscillators Club, Kingston	London Rowing Club
1871	Ino Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1872	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1873	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1874	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1875	London Rowing Club	West London Rowing Club
1876	West London Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1877	London Rowing Club	Thames Rowing Club
1878	London Rowing Club	Ino Rowing Club
1879	Twickenham Rowing Club	London Rowing Club
1880	London Rowing Club	Twickenham Rowing Club
1881	Twickenham 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
1885	London Rowing Club	Thames Rowing Club
1886	London 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
1893	Thames 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
1902	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Royal 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
1907	Christ's College, Cambridge	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1908	Wadham College Boat Club	Christ Church Boat Club
1909	Wadham College Boat Club	Oriel College, Oxford
1910	Anglian Boat Club	Clare College, Cambridge
1911	First Trinity, Cambridge	Twickenham Rowing Club
1912	Rowing 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]
1928	Thames Rowing Club	Twickenham Rowing Club	[7]
1929	Browne & Nichols School, USA	Thames Rowing Club	[8]
1930	Vesta Rowing Club	Worcester College, Oxford	[9]
1931	London Rowing Club	Magdalen College, Oxford	[10]
1932	London 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]
1937	Tabor Academy	London Rowing Club	[16]
1938	Kent School, USA	London Rowing Club	[17]
1939	Tabor Academy	Kent School, USA	[18]
1940–1945 no races due to World War II

Gallery

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

Year	Winner	Runner-up	ref
1946	Imperial College Boat Club	Isis Boat Club	[19]
1947	Kent School, USA	Tabor Academy	[20] [21]
1948	Princeton University, USA	Royal Air Force Rowing Club	[22]
1949	Princeton University, USA	Lady Margaret Boat Club	[23]
1950	Kent School, USA	Thames Rowing Club	[24]
1951	University Pennsylvania, USA	Ruder. Florsheim-Russelshein, Germany	[25]
1952	University Pennsylvania, USA	Christ's College, Cambridge
1953	Royal Air Force Rowing Club	Imperial College Boat Club	[26] [27]
1954	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	Royal Navy	[28]
1955	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	Royal Air Force Rowing Club	[29]
1956	Princeton University, USA	Royal Air Force Rowing Club	[30]
1957	Princeton University, USA	National Provincial Bank Rowing Club	[31]
1958	Harvard University USA	Thames Rowing Club	[32]
1959	Harvard University USA	University of London Boat Club	[33]
1960	Harvard University USA	Detroit Boat Club, USA	[34]
1961	University of London Boat Club	Jesus College, Cambridge	[35]
1962	National Provincial Bank Rowing Club	Thames Rowing Club	[36]
1963	Queens' College, Cambridge	Argosies Rowing Club	[37]
1964	Eliot House, Harvard, USA	London Rowing Club	[38]
1965	Isis Boat Club	Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club	[39]
1966	Harvard University USA	Isis Boat Club	[40]
1967	Cornell University, USA	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club	[41]
1968	Leander Club	Cornell University, USA	[42]
1969	Leander Club	University of Pennsylvania	[43]
1970	Leander Club	London Rowing Club
1971	Harvard University USA	Kingston Rowing Club	[44]
1972	Harvard University USA	Kingston Rowing Club	[45]
1973	Princeton University, USA	Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club	[46]
1974	Quintin Boat Club	Rob Roy Boat Club	[47]
1975	Garda Siochana Boat Club, Ireland	Harvard University USA	[48]
1976	Harvard 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]
1981	Charles River Rowing Association, USA	London Rowing Club	[53]
1982	Charles 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
1985	Ridley College, Canada	University College, Dublin, Ireland
1986	Ridley College, Canada	Imperial College Boat Club
1987	University 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
1993	Nottinghamshire 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]
1997	Nottingham Boat Club	Neptune Rowing Club
1998	London Rowing Club	Bowbridge Boat Club	[58]
1999	Molesey Boat Club "A"	Crabtree Boat Club

2000 onwards

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

Gallery

Green Lake Crew from Seattle compete in the 2007 Thames Challenge Cup

External links

• Thames Challenge Cup 2001
• Video Thames Challenge Cup Winner 2001

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