Visitors' Challenge Cup
Event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta
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
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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. Catherine'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. Catherine'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 & Grรกinne 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]
|
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