Visitors' Challenge Cup

Visitors' Challenge Cup
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1847 – 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

1878 winners Columbia College Crew, l to r: Charles Eldridge, Edward E. Sage, Cyrus Edson, Jasper T. Goodwin & Henry G. Ridabock (laying in front)

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	ref
1847	Christ Church, Oxford	St George's Club
1848	Christ Church, Oxford	row over
1849	Second Trinity, Cambridge	row over
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	[3]
1857	Pembroke College, Oxford	Lady Margaret Boat Club
1858	First Trinity, Cambridge	Pembroke College, Oxford	[4]
1859	Third Trinity, Cambridge	row over
1860	First Trinity, Cambridge	row over
1861	First Trinity, Cambridge	Brasenose College, Oxford
1862	Brasenose College, Oxford	Third Trinity, Cambridge
1863	Brasenose College, Oxford	row over, Third Trinity, Cm (withdrew)
1864	University College, Oxford	row over
1865	Third Trinity, Cambridge	row over
1866	University College, Oxford	First Trinity, Cambridge
1867	University College, Oxford	row over
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	row over
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	[5]
1892	Third Trinity, Cambridge	Queen's College, Oxford
1893	Third Trinity, Cambridge	First Trinity, Cambridge
1894	New College, Oxford	row over
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	[6]
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	[7]
1927	Christ's College, Cambridge	First Trinity, Cambridge	[8]
1928	First Trinity, Cambridge	Jesus College, Cambridge	[9]
1929	Third Trinity, Cambridge	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	[10]
1930	Brasenose College, Oxford	Pembroke College, Cambridge	[11]
1931	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Third Trinity, Cambridge	[12]
1932	Jesus College, Cambridge	Trinity College, Oxford	[13]
1933	Christ's College, Cambridge	Trinity College, Oxford	[14]
1934	First Trinity, Cambridge	University College, Oxford	[15]
1935	Jesus College, Cambridge	First Trinity, Cambridge	[16]
1936	Jesus College, Cambridge	Oriel College, Oxford	[17]
1937	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Thames Rowing Club	[18]
1938	Oriel College, Oxford	Third Trinity, Cambridge	[19]
1939	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	New College, Oxford	[20]
1946	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	New College, Oxford	[21]
1947	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	[22] [23]
1948	Magdalen College, Oxford	New College, Oxford	[24]
1949	Clare College, Cambridge	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	[25]
1950	Lady Margaret Boat Club	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	[26]
1951	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	[27]
1952	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Trinity College, Oxford
1953	Magdalen College, Oxford	King's College, Cambridge	[28] [29]
1954	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	Magdalen College, Oxford	[30]
1955	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Lady Margaret Boat Club	[31]
1956	Merton College, Oxford	Magdalene College, Cambridge	[32]
1957	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Christ Church, Oxford	[33]
1958	Keble College, Oxford	St Edmund Hall, Oxford	[34]
1959	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Lady Margaret Boat Club	[35]
1960	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	King's College, Cambridge	[36]
1961	St Edmund Hall, Oxford	St. Catharine's College, Cambridge	[37]
1962	Keble College, Oxford	Chelsea College, London	[38]
1963	Christ's College, Cambridge	Pembroke College, Cambridge	[39]
1964	Pembroke College, Cambridge	St. Catharine's College, Cambridge	[40]
1965	St Edmund Hall, Oxford	Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge	[41]
1966	Lady Margaret Boat Club	Imperial College	[42]
1967	Magdalene College, Cambridge	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	[43]
1968	Imperial College Boat Club	Trinity College, Dublin	[44]
1969	Eton College	Clare College, Cambridge	[45]
1970	Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge	St. Thomas's Hospital, London	[46]
1971	University of London	Keble College, Oxford	[47]
1972	University of London	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	[48]
1973	First & Third Trinity, Cambridge	Exeter University	[49]
1974	Pembroke College, Cambridge	Christ Church, Oxford	[50]
1975	Ealing High Schools	Vesper Boat Club	[51]
1976	University of London	Salisbury School, USA	[52]
1977	University of Washington, USA	Lady Margaret Boat Club	[53]
1978	Durham University	University College & Hospital, London	[54]
1979	Strode's College & Wallingford School	Lady Margaret Boat Club
1980	University of London	Lady Margaret Boat Club	[55]
1981	University of London	Durham University	[56]
1982	Durham University	Natal University, South Africa	[57]
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	[58]
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	[59]
1994	Imperial College Boat Club	University of London
1995	Isis Boat Club	University of London
1996	W.S.R. Argo, Holland	Isis Boat Club	[60]
1997	Oxford Brookes University	Imperial College & Charing Cross & Westminster
1998	Isis Boat Club	Imperial College	[61]
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
2015	University 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
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic		[62]
2021	Oxford Brookes University	Leander Club	[63]
2022	University of Washington, USA	Tideway Scullers' School & Molesey Boat Club	[64]
2023	Oxford Brookes University	Leander Club [65]
2024	Leander Club	Oxford Brookes University & Taurus	[66]
2025	Leander Club & Tideway Scullers	Oxford Brookes University

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