The Queen Mother Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's quadruple sculls 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. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.
Past winners YearWinnerRunner-upRef 1981RV Ingelheim & Ulm RC DonauMaidenhead & Marlow 1982 Marlow & Thames Tradesmen's Lea Rowing Club 1983Kingston Rowing Club Hamburg & Germania 1984Maidenhead & BewdleyQuintin Boat Club 1985 Bewdley & Thames Tradesmen's Tideway Scullers School 1986Tideway Scullers School & Northampton Rob Roy Boat Club 1987Ridley Boat Club, CanadaSoviet Army 1988Melbourne Univ. & Univ. QueenslandNautilus 1989SC Eridanea & SC Firenze, ItalyKubanj Krasnodar, USSR 1990Danmarks Rocenter RoklubNereus Rowing Club 1991Leander Club & Tideway Scullers SchoolNCRA 1992Stromstads Ruddklubb, SwedenNCRA 1993Tideway Scullers School & Nottingham CityNCRA & Goldie 1994Rv Treviris & Hallescher Rv Bolllberg, GermanyLondon Rowing Club 1995Augusta Training Center, USADinamo Moscow, Russia 1996Mainzer & Neusser RV, GermanyRatzeburg RC, Germany 1997Augusta SC, USAQueen's Tower & Poplar, Blackwall & District 1998Augusta SC, USACommercial RC, Ireland 1999Allemannia RC, HamburgAugusta SC Center, USA 2000 Nereus Rowing Club & Laga, Netherlands Australian Institute of Sport 2001 Leander Club London Rowing Club 2002 Leander Club & London University Leander Club & Molesey 2003Gdansk and Warszawa, Poland TS.S.K.A. Ukraine 2004 TS.S.K.A. Ukraine Leander Club & Molesey 2005 A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland Leander Club & Tideway Scullers School 2006Club France Commercial & Offaly, Ireland 2007 A.Z.S. Gdansk & A.Z.S. Szczecin, Poland Brentwood College & UVIC, Canada 2008 RC Viljandi & RC Narva Energia, Estonia California R.C 2009A.Z.S. Szczecin & A.Z.S. Gorzow, Poland Leander Club & Reading University 2010 Leander Club & Reading University Princeton Training Center, U.S.A. 2011 Leander Club & Reading University C.A.RC Mladost & RC Tresnjevka, Croatia 2012 National Rowing Centre of Excellence, Australia Victoria City R.C., Canada 2013 Leander Club & Reading University Waiariki R.C, New Zealand 2014 Leander Club & Agecroft National Training Centre, Australia 2015 Leander Club & Agecroft Rostock RC 1885 & Potsdam Rowing Society 2016 Leander Club California R.C 2017 Leander Club Waiariki R.C, New Zealand 2018 Leander Club & Agecroft Fana Roklubb Norway 2019 Leander Club Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869 2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Leander Club University College, Cork & Skibbereen R.C, Ireland 2022 Chinese National Rowing TeamTexas Rowing Center & Vesper Boat Club, USA 2023 Nottingham & Leander Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Torun & Wloclawskie Towarzystwo Wioslarskie, Pol 2024 Leander Club RC Normannia Braunschweig e.V. & SC Magdeburg e.V. Abteilung Rudern, Ger 2025 Nottingham & Leander Rowing Australia
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