Britannia Challenge Cup

Britannia Challenge Cup
Britannia Challenge Cup
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1968 – present

The Britannia Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxed fours 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]

Since 2004, Boat clubs from any university, college, or secondary school are not permitted, with a separate event (now the Prince Albert Challenge Cup) for student crews.

The Britannia Challenge Cup was first awarded in 1969, as an event for club and student men's coxed fours, and is named after the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, to mark the club's centenary.

Winners

As Henley Prize

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	ref
1968	Crowland Rowing Club	Thames Rowing Club	^[2]

As Britannia Challenge Cup

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	ref
1969	Kingston Rowing Club	Bedford Rowing Club	^[3]
1970	London Rowing Club	Bedford Rowing Club	^[4]
1971	Hereford Rowing Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club	^[5]
1972	Wallingford Rowing Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club	^[6]
1973	Isis Boat Club	University of London Boat Club	^[7]
1974	Wallingford Schools	University College, Dublin, IRE	^[8]
1975	Leander Club	Tideway Scullers School	^[9]
1976	Tideway Scullers School	Wallingford Schools	^[10]
1977	Tideway Scullers School	Henley Rowing Club	^[11]
1978	Kingston Rowing Club	Thames Tradesmen's RC	^[12]
1979	City Orient Rowing Club	St Neots Rowing Club
1980	Leander Club	Wallingford Schools	^[13]
1981	Vesta Rowing Club	Saxon Boat Club	^[14]
1982	Neptune Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club	^[15]
1983	Lea Rowing Club	Univ of London BC
1984	Tideway Scullers School	Neptune Rowing Club
1985	Maidenhead Rowing Club	Lea Rowing Club
1986	Bedford Star	Lea Rowing Club
1987	Lea Rowing Club	Kingston Rowing Club
1988	University of London Boat Club	Lea Rowing Club
1989	Leander Club	Lea Rowing Club	^[16]
1990	University College, Galway, Ireland	Cappoquin Rowing Club, IRE
1991	Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
1992	Goldie Boat Club	London Rowing Club
1993	Harvard University, USA	Goldie Boat Club	^[17]
1994	Belfast Rowing Club	Univ of London Boat Club
1995	Wallingford Rowing Club	Univ of London Boat Club
1996	Oxford Brookes University Boat Club	Univ of London Boat Club	^[18]
1997	University of London Boat Club	Rg Hansa Hamburg, GER
1998	Oxford Brookes University Boat Club	Neptune Rowing Club	^[19]
1999	Molesey Boat Club	Isis Boat Club
2000	Cambridge University Boat Club	Imperial College Boat Club
2001	Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association	Durham University Boat Club
2002	Harvard University, USA 'B'	Harvard University, USA 'A'
2003	Goldie Boat Club	Univ of London Boat Club
2004	Molesey Boat Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
2005	Leander Club	Thames Rowing Club
2006	Army Rowing Club	York City Rowing Club
2007	York City Rowing Club	Henley Rowing Club
2008	Molesey Boat Club	Ortner Boat Club
2009	Agecroft Rowing Club	Vesta Rowing Club
2010	Tideway Scullers School	London Rowing Club
2011	Banks Rowing Club, Australia	London Rowing Club
2012	Star Rowing Club	Taurus Boat Club
2013	Taurus Boat Club	Union Boat Club, USA
2014	Upper Thames Rowing Club	RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, GER
2015	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	Thames Rowing Club
2016	RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany	Sport Imperial
2017	N.S.R. Oslo, Norway	St Andrew Boat Club
2018	Thames Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club
2019	Molesey Boat Club	Mercantile Rowing Club, AUS
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic		^[20]
2021	Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, GER	Hinksey Sculling School	^[21]
2022	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club ‘A’	^[22]
2023	Thames Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club	^[23]
2024	Thames Rowing Club	Royal Chester Rowing Club	^[24]

References

^ "results". Henley Royal Regatta.
^ "Much Of Henley Meaningless". The Times. 15 July 1968. p. 13. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "CALDER,, D. (1969) 'Perfect Day's Racing At Henley". The Times. 7 July 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "RAILTON, J. (1970) 'Foreign Supremacy Again At Henley'". The Times. 6 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Why Lucerne is more important to Britain than Henley". The Times. 5 July 1971. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Railton, J. (1972) 'One week when you drift back to the Edwardian era". The Times. 3 July 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Railton, J. (1973) 'Rowing'". The Times. 9 July 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Russians pull back British lead". The Times. 8 July 1974. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "A Grand triumph for British eight". The Times. 7 July 1975. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Railton, J. (1976) Three major successes for Britain'". The Times. 5 July 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Rowing". The Times. 4 July 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Crooks runs away with Diamonds to prove he is Britain's top sculler". The Times. 3 July 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Railton, J. (1980) 'Rowing'". The Times. 7 July 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Powerful Oxford find a winning formula". The Times. 6 July 1981. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "National eight keep afloat for testing Amsterdam event". The Times. 5 July 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner'". The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "'Results from Henley'". The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)". The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)". The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2024.
^ "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "Britannia Final - London RC 'A' v Thames RC, Henley 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "2023 Britannia Challenge Cup". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Three clubs shine in spectacular finals at Henley Royal Regatta 2024". British Rowing. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[1] "results". Henley Royal Regatta.

[2] "Much Of Henley Meaningless". The Times. 15 July 1968. p. 13. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[3] "CALDER,, D. (1969) 'Perfect Day's Racing At Henley". The Times. 7 July 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[4] "RAILTON, J. (1970) 'Foreign Supremacy Again At Henley'". The Times. 6 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[5] "Why Lucerne is more important to Britain than Henley". The Times. 5 July 1971. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[6] "Railton, J. (1972) 'One week when you drift back to the Edwardian era". The Times. 3 July 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[7] "Railton, J. (1973) 'Rowing'". The Times. 9 July 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[8] "Russians pull back British lead". The Times. 8 July 1974. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[9] "A Grand triumph for British eight". The Times. 7 July 1975. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[10] "Railton, J. (1976) Three major successes for Britain'". The Times. 5 July 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[11] "Rowing". The Times. 4 July 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[12] "Crooks runs away with Diamonds to prove he is Britain's top sculler". The Times. 3 July 1978. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[13] "Railton, J. (1980) 'Rowing'". The Times. 7 July 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[14] "Powerful Oxford find a winning formula". The Times. 6 July 1981. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[15] "National eight keep afloat for testing Amsterdam event". The Times. 5 July 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[16] "Railton, J. (1989) 'Redgrave takes Goblets with Ms new partner'". The Times. 3 July 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[17] "'Results from Henley'". The Times. 5 July 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[18] "'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996)". The Times. 8 July 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[19] "Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998)". The Times. 6 July 1998. p. 34. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.

[20] "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2024.

[21] "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[22] "Britannia Final - London RC 'A' v Thames RC, Henley 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[23] "2023 Britannia Challenge Cup". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[24] "Three clubs shine in spectacular finals at Henley Royal Regatta 2024". British Rowing. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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v t e Events at Henley Royal Regatta
Men's eights	Grand Challenge Cup Ladies' Challenge Plate Thames Challenge Cup Temple Challenge Cup Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
Men's coxed fours	Britannia Challenge Cup Prince Albert Challenge Cup
Men's coxless fours	Stewards' Challenge Cup Visitors' Challenge Cup Wyfold Challenge Cup
Men's coxless pairs	Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
Men's quad sculls	Queen Mother Challenge Cup Prince of Wales Challenge Cup Fawley Challenge Cup
Men's double sculls	Double Sculls Challenge Cup
Men's single sculls	Diamond Challenge Sculls
Women's eights	Remenham Challenge Cup Wargrave Challenge Cup Island Challenge Cup Prince Philip Challenge Trophy
Women's coxless fours	Town Challenge Cup
Women's coxless pairs	Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup
Women's quad sculls	Princess Grace Challenge Cup Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup
Women's double sculls	Stonor Challenge Trophy
Women's single sculls	Princess Royal Challenge Cup
Former events	Town Challenge Cup (men) Prince Philip Challenge Cup District Challenge Cup Silver Wherry District Goblets Presentation Cup Public Schools Challenge Cup Special Race for Schools Women's Invitation Coxed Fours Women's Invitation Double Sculls