Visitors' Challenge Cup

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Visitors' Challenge Cup
Columbia University Four, Winners of the Visitors' Challenge Cup, Henley Royal Regatta 1878.jpg
1878 winners Columbia College Crew, l to r: Charles Eldridge, Edward E. Sage, Cyrus Edson, Jasper T. Goodwin & Henry G. Ridabock (laying in front)
Venue Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1847 – present

The Visitors Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours 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. [1] Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry. [2]

Past winners

YearWinnerRunner-Up
1847 Christ Church, Oxford St George's Club
1848 Christ Church, Oxford
1849 Second Trinity, Cambridge
1850 Christ Church, Oxford Lincoln College, Oxford
1851 Christ Church, Oxford First Trinity, Cambridge
1852 Argonaut Club Christ Church, Oxford
1853 Argonaut Club Trinity College, Cambridge
1854 Lady Margaret Boat Club Pembroke College, Oxford
1855 Lady Margaret Boat Club Balliol College, Oxford
1856 Lady Margaret Boat Club Royal Chester
1857 Pembroke College, Oxford Lady Margaret Boat Club
1858 First Trinity, Cambridge Pembroke College, Oxford
1859 Third Trinity, Cambridge
1860 First Trinity, Cambridge
1861 First Trinity, Cambridge Brasenose College, Oxford
1862 Brasenose College, Oxford Third Trinity, Cambridge
1863 Brasenose College, Oxford row over Third Trinity, Cambridge (withdrew)
1864 University College, Oxford
1865 Third Trinity, Cambridge
1866 University College, Oxford First Trinity, Cambridge
1867 University College, Oxford
1868 University College, Oxford First Trinity, Cambridge
1869 University College, Oxford Lady Margaret Boat Club
1870 Trinity College Dublin University College, Oxford
1871 First Trinity, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin
1872 Pembroke College, Oxford Trinity College Dublin
1873 Trinity College Dublin
1874 Trinity College Dublin Brasenose College, Oxford
1875 University College, Oxford Trinity College Dublin
1876 University College, Oxford Brasenose College, Oxford
1877 Jesus College, Cambridge Keble College, Oxford
1878 Columbia College Hertford College, Oxford
1879 Lady Margaret Boat Club Magdalen College, Oxford
1880 Third Trinity, Cambridge Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1881 First Trinity, Cambridge Lady Margaret Boat Club
1882 Brasenose College, Oxford Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1883 Christ Church, Oxford Caius College, Cambridge
1884 Third Trinity, Cambridge Christ Church, Oxford
1885 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford
1886 First Trinity, Cambridge Clare College, Cambridge
1887 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge
1888 Brasenose College, Oxford Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1889 Third Trinity, Cambridge Lady Margaret Boat Club
1890 Brasenose College, Oxford Pembroke College, Cambridge
1891 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Brasenose College, Oxford
1892 Third Trinity, Cambridge Queen's College, Oxford
1893 Third Trinity, Cambridge First Trinity, Cambridge
1894 New College, Oxford
1895 Trinity College, Oxford Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1896 Caius College, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford
1897 Trinity College, Oxford Jesus College, Cambridge
1898 New College, Oxford University College, Oxford
1899 Balliol College, Oxford New College, Oxford
1900 Trinity College, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford
1901 Balliol College, Oxford Caius College, Cambridge
1902 Jesus College, Cambridge Balliol College, Oxford
1903 University College, Oxford Magdalen College, Oxford
1904 Third Trinity, Cambridge University College, Oxford
1905 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Third Trinity, Cambridge
1906 Third Trinity, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge
1907 Magdalen College, Oxford Leander Club
1908 Magdalen College, Oxford Jesus College, Cambridge
1909 Christ Church, Oxford St. John's College, Oxford
1910 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Balliol College, Oxford
1911 Third Trinity, Cambridge Trinity College, Oxford
1912 Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford
1913 Pembroke College, Cambridge University College, Oxford
1914 Lady Margaret Boat Club Magdalen College, Oxford
1920 Merton College, Oxford King's College London
1921 Lincoln College, Oxford Magdalen College, Oxford
1922 Third Trinity, Cambridge Lincoln College, Oxford
1923 Magdalen College, Oxford Trinity College, Oxford
1924 Third Trinity, Cambridge Exeter College, Oxford
1925 Third Trinity, Cambridge Brasenose College, Oxford
1926 Christ Church, Oxford Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1927 Christ's College, Cambridge First Trinity, Cambridge
1928 First Trinity, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge
1929 Third Trinity, Cambridge Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1930 Brasenose College, Oxford Pembroke College, Cambridge
1931 Pembroke College, Cambridge Third Trinity, Cambridge
1932 Jesus College, Cambridge Trinity College, Oxford
1933 Christ's College, Cambridge Trinity College, Oxford
1934 First Trinity, Cambridge University College, Oxford
1935 Jesus College, Cambridge First Trinity, Cambridge
1936 Jesus College, Cambridge Oriel College, Oxford
1937 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Thames Rowing Club
1938 Oriel College, Oxford Third Trinity, Cambridge
1939 Trinity Hall, Cambridge New College, Oxford
1946 First & Third Trinity, Cambridge New College, Oxford
1947 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Emmanuel College, Cambridge
1948 Magdalen College, Oxford New College, Oxford
1949 Clare College, Cambridge First & Third Trinity, Cambridge
1950 Lady Margaret Boat Club Emmanuel College, Cambridge
1951 Trinity Hall, Cambridge First & Third Trinity, Cambridge
1952 Pembroke College, Cambridge Trinity College, Oxford
1953 Magdalen College, Oxford King's College, Cambridge
1954 First & Third Trinity, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford
1955 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Lady Margaret Boat Club
1956 Merton College, Oxford Magdalene College, Cambridge
1957 Pembroke College, Cambridge Christ Church, Oxford
1958 Keble College, Oxford St Edmund Hall, Oxford
1959 Pembroke College, Cambridge Lady Margaret Boat Club
1960 First & Third Trinity, Cambridge King's College, Cambridge
1961 St Edmund Hall, Oxford St. Catherine's College, Cambridge
1962 Keble College, Oxford Chelsea College, London
1963 Christ's College, Cambridge Pembroke College, Cambridge
1964 Pembroke College, Cambridge St. Catherine's College, Cambridge
1965 St Edmund Hall, Oxford Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge
1966 Lady Margaret Boat Club Imperial College
1967 Magdalene College, Cambridge First & Third Trinity, Cambridge
1968 Imperial College Boat Club Trinity College, Dublin
1969 Eton College Clare College, Cambridge
1970 Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge St. Thomas's Hospital, London
1971 University of London Keble College, Oxford
1972 University of London First & Third Trinity, Cambridge
1973 First & Third Trinity, Cambridge Exeter University
1974 Pembroke College, Cambridge Christ Church, Oxford
1975Ealing High Schools Vesper Boat Club
1976 University of London Salisbury School, USA
1977University of Washington, USA Lady Margaret Boat Club
1978 Durham University University College & Hospital, London
1979Strode's College & Wallingford School Lady Margaret Boat Club
1980 University of London Lady Margaret Boat Club
1981 University of London Durham University
1982 Durham University Natal University, South Africa
1983 University of London Imperial College
1984 Shiplake College & Sir William Borlase's Reading University
1985 Imperial College Boat Club University of London
1986 Reading University University of London
1987 Imperial College Boat Club University of London
1988 Durham University Imperial College
1989 Isis Boat Club Durham University
1990 University of London Goldie Boat Club
1991 Goldie Boat Club University of London
1992 Durham University University of British Columbia, Canada
1993 The King's School, Chester University of London
1994 Imperial College Boat Club University of London
1995 Isis Boat Club University of London
1996 W.S.R. Argo, Holland Isis Boat Club
1997 Oxford Brookes University Imperial College & Charing Cross & Westminster
1998 Isis Boat Club Imperial College
1999 Oxford Brookes University Imperial College Boat Club
2000 Oxford Brookes University University of London
2001 Oxford Brookes University & Taurus Molesey Boat Club
2002 Oxford Brookes University & Imperial College Boat Club Cambridge University
2003 NUI Galway & Skibbereen Rowing Club Cambridge University
2004 Oxford Brookes University & Oxford University Cambridge University
2005 NUI Galway Oxford Brookes University
2006 Oxford Brookes University & Leander Club Molesey Boat Club & Imperial College Boat Club
2007 Leander Club Reading University Boat Club & Agecroft Rowing Club
2008 Imperial College Boat Club & Kingston Rowing Club Martyrs Boat Club & Christ Church, Oxford
2009 Isis Mercyhurst College, U.S.A
2010 Leander Club & Durham University Leander Club A
2011 Leander Club & Imperial College Boat Club NUI Galway & Gráinne Mhaol Rowing Club
2012 Oxford Brookes University & Molesey Boat Club Nereus Rowing Club
2013 Harvard University A Harvard University B
2014 Harvard University Leander Club
2015University of California, Berkeley, USA Sydney Rowing Club
2016 Thames Rowing Club University of California, Berkeley, USA
2017 Leander Club Cambridge University
2018 Leander Club University of London
2019 Cambridge University & Leander Club Nereus Rowing Club & D.S.R.V. Laga
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [3]
2021 Oxford Brookes University [4] Leander Club
2022University of Washington, USA [5] Tideway Scullers' School & Molesey Boat Club
2023 Oxford Brookes University [6] Leander Club

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