Diamond Challenge Sculls

Diamond Challenge Sculls
Diamond Challenge Sculls
	The Diamond Challenge Sculls trophy (centre in wooden case)
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1844 – present

The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs.^[1]^[2]

The Diamond Challenge Sculls, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta make up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier single sculling events in the United Kingdom.

Winners[edit]

Diamond Challenge Sculls
Year	Winner	Club	Runner-up
1844	Thomas Bumpsted	Scullers Club, London	H Morgan
1845	S Wallace	Leander Club	J W Conant
1846	Sir Edward Moon	Magdalen College, Oxford	Thomas Howard Fellows
1847	William Maule	Trinity College, Cambridge	Edward Moon
1848	William Bagshawe	Trinity College, Cambridge	W Wilberforce
1849	Thomas Bone	London	C S Bagot
1850	Thomas Bone	Meteor Club, London	John Erskine Clarke
1851	Edward Gryffydh Peacock	Thames Club	Edward Macnaghten
1852	Edward Macnaghten	Trinity College, Cambridge	Edward Gryffydh Peacock
1853	Stephen Rippingall	Peterhouse, Cambridge	Martin Howy Irving
1854	Herbert Playford	Wandle Club, London	R C Galton
1855	A. A. Casamajor	Wandle Club, London	Herbert Playford
1856	A. A. Casamajor	Argonaut Club, London	C Stephens
1857	A. A. Casamajor	London Rowing Club	James Paine
1858	A. A. Casamajor	London Rowing Club
1859	Edwin Brickwood	Richmond Rowing Club	R Beaumont
1860	Herbert Playford	London Rowing Club	Edwin Brickwood
1861	A. A. Casamajor	London Rowing Club	Edwin Brickwood
1862	Edwin Brickwood	London Rowing Club	Walter Bradford Woodgate
1863	Charles Bennett Lawes	Third Trinity, Cambridge	Edwin Brickwood
1864	Walter Bradford Woodgate	Brasenose College, Oxford	Edward Michell
1865	Edward Michell	Magdalen College, Oxford	Charles Bennett Lawes
1866	Edward Michell	Magdalen College, Oxford	Walter Bradford Woodgate
1867	William Crofts	Brasenose College, Oxford	Frank Willan
1868	William Stout	London Rowing Club	William Crofts
1869	William Crofts	Brasenose College, Oxford	A C Yarborough
1870	John Brooks Close	First Trinity, Cambridge	R J Waldie-Griffith
1871	William Fawcus	Tynemouth Rowing Club	John Goldie
1872	Clement Courtenay Knollys	Magdalen College, Oxford	C H Lawton
1873	Alfred Dicker	Lady Margaret, Cambridge	W Chillingworth
1874	Alfred Dicker	Lady Margaret, Cambridge	William Fawcus
1875	Alfred Dicker	Lady Margaret, Cambridge	William Brooks Close
1876	Frank Lumley Playford	London Rowing Club	Robert Labat
1877	Tom Edwards-Moss	Brasenose College, Oxford	A V Frere
1878	Tom Edwards-Moss	Brasenose College, Oxford	Jefferson Lowndes
1879	Jefferson Lowndes	Hertford College, Oxford	Frank Lumley Playford
1880	Jefferson Lowndes	Derby School Rowing Club	C E Adam
1881	Jefferson Lowndes	Derby School Rowing Club	A Wild
1882	Jefferson Lowndes	Derby School Rowing Club	A Lein
1883	Jefferson Lowndes	Twickenham Rowing Club	A Wild
1884	William Sully Unwin	Magdalen College, Oxford	R H Smith
1885	William Sully Unwin	Magdalen College, Oxford	Frederick I Pitman
1886	Frederick I. Pitman	Third Trinity, Cambridge	William Sully Unwin
1887	James Cardwell Gardner	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	Guy Nickalls
1888	Guy Nickalls	Magdalen College, Oxford	E Doering
1889	Guy Nickalls	Magdalen College, Oxford	C J Psotta
1890	Guy Nickalls	Magdalen College, Oxford	Gilbert Kennedy
1891	Vivian Nickalls	Magdalen College, Oxford
1892	Janus Ooms	Neptune RC, Amsterdam, Netherlands	S M Boyd
1893	Guy Nickalls	Magdalen College, Oxford	Gilbert Kennedy
1894	Guy Nickalls	Formosa Boat Club	Vivian Nickalls
1895	Rupert Guinness	Leander Club	Guy Nickalls
1896	Rupert Guinness	Leander Club	R K Beaumont
1897	Edward Ten Eyck	Wachusett, USA	Harry Blackstaffe
1898	Benjamin Hunting Howell	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Harry Blackstaffe
1899	Benjamin Hunting Howell	Thames Rowing Club	Harry Blackstaffe
1900	Edward Hemmerde	University College, Oxford	Benjamin Hunting Howell
1901	Charles Vincent Fox	Guards Brigade Rowing Club	St G Ashe
1902	Frederick Septimus Kelly	Balliol College, Oxford	Raymond Etherington-Smith
1903	Frederick Septimus Kelly	Leander Club	Jack Beresford
1904	Lou Scholes	Toronto Rowing Club, Canada	Arthur Cloutte
1905	Frederick Septimus Kelly	Leander Club	Harry Blackstaffe
1906	Harry Blackstaffe	Vesta Rowing Club	Captain W H V Darell
1907	Captain W H V Darell	Household Brigade	Alexander McCulloch
1908	Alexander McCulloch	Leander Club	Athol Alexander Stuart
1909	Athol Alexander Stuart	Kingston Rowing Club	R Lucas
1910	Wally Kinnear	Kensington RC	R Lucas
1911	Wally Kinnear	Kensington RC	Eric Powell
1912	Eric Powell	Vikings Club	Alexander McCulloch
1913	Cecil McVilly	Derwent Rowing Club, Tasmania, Aus	E D P Pinks
1914	Giuseppe Sinigaglia	Lario Club, Como, Italy	C M Stuart
No races 1915–1919 (WWI)
1920	Jack Beresford	Thames Rowing Club	Donald Gollan
1921	Frits Eijken	Delft University, Laga, Netherlands	Jack Beresford
1922	Walter Hoover	Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Jack Beresford
1923	M K Morris	London Rowing Club	Donald Gollan
1924	Jack Beresford	Thames Rowing Club	K N Craig
1925	Jack Beresford	Thames Rowing Club	Donald Gollan
1926	Jack Beresford	Thames Rowing Club	G E G Goddard
1927	R T Lee	Worcester College, Oxford	Joseph Wright Jr.
1928	Joseph Wright Jr.	Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, Canada	R T Lee
1929	Bert Gunther	De Amstel, Netherlands	Joseph Wright Jr.
1930	Jack Guest	Don Rowing Club, Canada	Gerhard Boetzelen
1931	Bobby Pearce	Leander Boat Club, Hamilton, Canada	F Bradley
1932	Herbert Buhtz	Berliner RC, Germany	Gerhard Boetzelen
1933	Tom Askwith	Peterhouse, Cambridge	Humphrey Warren
1934	Herbert Buhtz	Berliner RC, Germany	W Rutherford
1935	Ernst Rufli	FC Zurich RC, Switzerland	J Zavrel
1936	Ernst Rufli	FC Zurich RC, Switzerland	T H Tyler
1937	Josef Hasenöhrl	RV Ellida, Austria	J F Coulson
1938	Joe Burk	Penn Athletic Club, USA	L D Habbitts
1939	Joe Burk	Penn Athletic Club, USA	Roger Verey
No races 1940–1945 (WWII)
1946	Jean Séphériadès	SN Basse Seine, France	John B. Kelly Jr.
1947	John B. Kelly Jr.	University of Penn, USA	C H Fronsdal
1948	Mervyn Wood	NSW Police Rowing Club, Australia	Bert Bushnell
1949	John B. Kelly Jr.	University of Penn, USA	J H Trinsey
1950	Antony Rowe	Leander Club	R H van Mesdag
1951	Tony Fox	Pembroke College, Cambridge	E Larsen
1952	Mervyn Wood	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	Tony Fox
1953	Tony Fox	London Rowing Club	R George
1954	Perica Vlašić	Mornar Club, Yugoslavia	A Colomb
1955	Teodor Kocerka	AZS Bydgoszsz, Poland	Sidney Rand
1956	Teodor Kocerka	AZS Bydgoszsz, Poland	Tony Fox
1957	Stuart Mackenzie	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	Vyacheslav Ivanov
1958	Stuart Mackenzie	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	Vyacheslav Ivanov
1959	Stuart Mackenzie	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	H L Parker
1960	Stuart Mackenzie	Leander Club	Teodor Kocerka
1961	Stuart Mackenzie	Mosman Rowing Club, Australia	O Yjurin
1962	Stuart Mackenzie	Leander Club	William L. Barry
1963	Gottfried Kottmann	Belvoir RC, Switzerland	William L. Barry
1964	Seymour Cromwell	Nonpareil Rowing Club, USA	Alberto Demiddi
1965	Donald Spero	NY Athletic Club, USA	Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh
1966	Achim Hill	BSGM Baumschuleneweg, Germany	Jan Wienese
1967	Martin Studach	Grasshopper Club Zürich, Switzerland	Jochen Meißner
1968	Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh	Eton Vikings	Kenny Dwan
1969	Joachim Böhmer	SC Dynamo Berlin, Germany	W B Tytus
1970	Jochen Meißner	Mannheimer RV Amicitia, Germany	Patrick Delafield
1971	Alberto Demiddi	Club de Regatas Rosario, Argentica	J W Dietz
1972	Aleksandr Timoshinin	WMF Moscow, USSR	Seán Drea
1973	Seán Drea	Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland	David Sturge
1974	Seán Drea	Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland	Kenny Dwan
1975	Seán Drea	Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland	J E Dietz
1976	Ted Hale	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	P Zeum
1977	Tim Crooks	Leander Club	J W Dietz
1978	Tim Crooks	Leander Club	Hugh Matheson
1979	Hugh Matheson	Nottingham Rowing Club	J T Ghoos
1980	Ricardo Ibarra	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Rolf Thorsen, Norway
1981	Chris Baillieu	Leander Club	S C Howell
1982	Chris Baillieu	Leander Club	A Whitwell
1983	Steve Redgrave	Marlow Rowing Club	Tim Crooks
1984	Chris Baillieu	Leander Club	Bjarne Eltang
1985	Steve Redgrave	Marlow Rowing Club	Brad Alan Lewis
1986	Bjarne Eltang	Danske Stud. RK, Denmark	Steve Redgrave
1987	PM Kolbe	RC Hamburg, Germany	V Jakusha
1988	Hamish McGlashan	Melbourne University Boat Club	A H Sudduth
1989	Václav Chalupa	Dukla Praha, Czechoslovakia	K Broniewski
1990	Eric Verdonk	Koru Rowing Club, New Zealand	Wim Van Belleghem
1991	Wim Van Belleghem	Royal Club Nautique de Gand, Belgium	Eric Verdonk
1992	Rorie Henderson	Leander Club	Paul Reedy
1993	Thomas Lange	Ruderverein Bollberg-Halle, Germany	Václav Chalupa
1994	Xeno Müller	Grasshopper Club Zurich, Switzerland	Martin Haldbo Hansen
1995	Jüri Jaanson	Parnu Rowing Club, Estonia	Xeno Müller
1996	Merlin L. O. Vervoorn	DSR Proteus-Eretes, Delft, Netherlands	Andy. R Bihrer
1997	Greg Searle	Molesey Boat Club	Peter Haining
1998	Jamie Koven	Brown Alumni, USA	Greg Searle
1999	Marcel Hacker	RC Magdeburg, Germany	Jamie Koven, USA
2000	Aquil Abdullah	Princeton Training Center, USA	Simon D. Goodbrand
2001	Duncan Free	Surfers Paradise RC, Australia	D. Todd Hallett, Canada
2002	Pete Wells	University of London	Matt Langridge
2003	Alan Campbell	Tideway Scullers School	Ben P. Hopkins, Australia
2004	Marcel Hacker	Casseler Fraven Ruderverein, Germany	Colin Smith
2005	Wyatt Allen	Princeton Training Center, U.S.A.	Charlie M. Palmer
2006	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Charlie M. Palmer
2007	Alan Campbell	Tideway Scullers School	Mahé Drysdale
2008	Ian Lawson	Leander Club	Sean M Jacob, Ireland
2009	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Alan Campbell
2010	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Lassi Karonen, Sweden
2011	Alan Campbell	Tideway Scullers School	Nick Hudson, Australia
2012	Peter Lambert	Old Edwardian Boat Club, South Africa	Graeme Thomas
2013	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Kur Club, Azerbaijan	Alan Campbell
2014	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Roel Braas, Netherlands
2015	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Gabor Csepregi, Hungary
2016	Hannes Obreno	Brugse Trim en Roeiclub, Belgium	Mahé Drysdale, New Zealand
2017	Matthew Dunham	Waiariki Rowing Club, New Zealand	John Graves, United States
2018	Mahé Drysdale	West End Rowing Club, New Zealand	Kjetil Borch, Norway
2019	Oliver Zeidler	Donau-Ruder-Club, Germany	Guillaume Krommenhoek, Netherlands
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2021	Graeme Thomas^[4]	Agecroft Rowing Club	Sebastian Deveraux
2022	Oliver Zeidler^[5]	Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869	David Bartholot, Australia
2023	Oliver Zeidler^[6]	Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869	Piotr Płomiński, Poland

References[edit]

^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2009 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.
^ "Results 2021". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "Olympians thrive in unique Henley waters". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[1] Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2009 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)". Henley Royal Regatta.

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

[5] "Results 2022". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[6] "Olympians thrive in unique Henley waters". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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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

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