Double Sculls Challenge Cup

The Double Sculls Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's double 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 clubs may combine to make an entry.

On the centenary of the regatta in 1939 a Centenary Double Sculls event was introduced. The crews in the final were Jack Beresford and Dick Southwood of Thames Rowing Club against Giorgio Scherli and Ettore Broschi of Trieste, who were the reigning European champions. The result was a dead-heat.Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003 (currently to 2009) Henley Royal Regatta - Results

Past winners Key L = Lengths E = Easily NRO = Not rowed out 1946 to 1999 YearWinning crewClubTimeDistanceRunner-upClubref 1946 Rafael E. PaneloErgasto D. Chafuen Buenos Aires RC, ARG 8.8 4 L Guy NewtonHumphrey Warren Trinity Hall, Cm 1947 Wally E. C. HorwoodDavid C. H. Garrod Quintin Boat Club 8.23 4 L Frantisek VrbaJaroslav Vavrena Cesky AC, CZE 1948 Ben PiessensWilly Collet Belgian Royal RF 8.2 2 L Wally E. C. HorwoodDavid C. H. Garrod Quintin Boat Club 1949 Ebbe ParsnerAage Larsen DFDS Roklubb, DEN 7.39 L Jack B. BrownKen Tinegate Loughborough BCBirmingham RC 1950 Ebbe ParsnerAage Larsen DFDS Roklubb, DEN 8.21 E Jack B. BrownKen Tinegate Loughborough BCBirmingham RC 1951 Pat BradleyDickie Burnell Leander Club 8.41 2 L B. Glyn DaviesA. A. Paddy Kemp Reading Rowing Club 1952 Robert GeorgeJos Van Stichel UNdL & A, BEL 7.37 E John RodgersMurray Riley Sydney Rowing Club, AUS 1953 Erich SchrieverPeter Stebler Seeclub, Zurich, SWI 7.37 E C. E. 'Ted' PoynterW T J Baker Bedford Rowing Club 1954 Erich SchrieverPeter Stebler Seeclub, Zurich, SWI 8.46 E Graham BeechKen Tinegate Birmingham RC 1955 Heorhiy ZhylinIgor Emchuk Club Burevestnik, USSR 7.55 L Hansruedi VollmerThomas Keller Grasshopper Club, Zurich 1956 Sidney RandBill Rand Royal Air Force 7.47 L John MarsdenDoug Melvin London Rowing Club 1957 Aleksandr BerkutovYuriy Tyukalov Club Krasnoe Z, USSR 7.41 E Geoff BakerMike Spracklen Marlow Rowing ClubRoyal Air Force 1958 Aleksandr BerkutovYuriy Tyukalov Trud Club, Leningrad, USSR 7.21 E Geoff BakerMike Spracklen Marlow Rowing Club 1959 Christopher DavidgeStuart Mackenzie Leander Club 7.55 L George JusticzNicholas Birkmyre Birmingham RCBristol Ariel RC 1960 George JusticzNicholas Birkmyre Birmingham RCBristol Ariel RC 7.17 L Bernard MonnereauRené Duhamel CNeAdRouen, FRA 1961 George JusticzNicholas Birkmyre Birmingham RCBristol Ariel RC 7.38 L Aleksandr BerkutovYuriy Tyukalov Trud & Dynamo, USSR 1962 George JusticzNicholas Birkmyre Leander Club 7.39 E David N. JoyceAlex Maclehose Exeter College, Oxford Corpus Christi 1963 Max AlwinWillem van der Togt Rv Willem IIISkadi RC, NED 7.30 2 L Bernard MonnereauRené Duhamel CN de Rouen, FRA 1964 George JusticzNicholas Birkmyre Leander Club 7.32 L Hans FrederiksenIbs J. Kruse Dansk SR, DEN 1965 Martin Studach Melchior Bürgin Grasshopper Club, Zurich 7.1 L Manfred HaakeJochen Brückhändler TSC Berlin, GDR 1966 Manfred HaakeJochen Brückhändler TSC Berlin, GDR 7.20 L Nick CooperArnold Cooke Leander Club 1967 Martin StudachMelchior Bürgin Grasshopper Club, Zurich 7.47 L Klaus SchabitzJoachim Böhmer SG Dynamo, Potsdam, GDR 1968 Pat A. BarryDick. M. Findlay Tideway ScullersNat Prov Bank 9.18 2 L Tony J. CowleyNigel S. Drake St Ives Rowing Club 1969 Denis OswaldMelchior Bürgin Grasshopper RC, Zurich 7.35 3 L Tony J. CowleyNigel S. Drake St Ives Rowing Club 1970 Thomas McKibbonJohn Van Blom Long Beach RA, USA 7.43 L Peter WebbArnold Cooke Nottingham & Union RC 1971 Mike A. BrigdenChris A. Brigden Walton Rowing Club 8.21 1 L B. BalmerGeorge G. Parsonage Scottish Argonauts BC 1972 Patrick DelafieldTim Crooks Leander Club 7.24 L Lawrence KlecatskyJim Dietz New York AC, USA 1973 Michael HartChris Baillieu Leander ClubCambridge Univ BC 7.11 L Ueli IslerHans E. Ruckstahl SeeClub StafaZurich, SWI 1974 Gennadi KorshikovAleksandr Timoshinin Dynamo Club, USSR 7.23 L Ueli IslerHans E. Ruckstahl SeeClub StafaZurich, SWI 1975 Michael HartChris Baillieu Leander Club 7.23 E Peter LevyK. B. Gee Weybridge Rowing ClubMolesey Boat Club 1976 Bobby PrenticeMartin Samuel Spencer London Rowing Club 7.22 2 L J. H. van DroogeR. Nolet ASR Nereus, NED 1977 Michael HartChris Baillieu Leander Club 7.20 E R. Gregg StoneChristopher R. Tiff Wood Harvard University, USA 1978 Michael HartChris Baillieu Leander Club 7.44 E Martin Samuel SpencerBobby Prentice Poplar Blackwall & District RC 1979 Jim ClarkChris Baillieu Thames Tradesmen's RC Leander Club 7.32 E Andrew RudkinIan Gold Bewl BridgePoplar Blackwall & District RC 1980 Pat WalterBruce Ford Victoria City RC, CAN 7.27 2 L Chris AllsoppChristopher R. Tiff Wood Hartford Bridge-Univ Wash, USA 1981 Eric R. SimsSteve Redgrave Maidenhead RCMarlow Rowing Club 8.16 E Andy M. RiddleBrian A. May Dart Amateur RCStaines Boat Club 1982 Adam CliftSteve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club 7.55 l. Neil StaiteJonathan Spencer-Jones Evesham Rowing Club Bewdley Rowing Club 1983 Jonathan Spencer-JonesChris Baillieu BewdleyLeander Club 7.27 3 L Paul JohnsonNeil Staite Tees Rowing Club Evesham Rowing Club 1984 Morten EspersenLeif Kruse BagsvaerdKolding Rks 7.25 L Tim CrooksHugh Matheson Kingston Rowing Club NCRA 1985 Bjarne EltangLeif Kruse Kolding Danske Rk, DEN 7.14 L Brad Alan LewisGreg Springer Dirty Dozen RC, USA 1986 Jeff I. ParksDan M. Chernoff Charles River RA, USA 7.32 L Rob C. LukeLewis Hancock Llandaff Rowing ClubDerwent Rowing Club 1987 Nikolai ChouprinaValeriy Dosenko Dinamo Moscow, USSR 7.21 E Julian D. M. ScrivenerRorie Henderson Lea Rowing Club 1988 Andrew C. RudkinA. Philip S. Kittermaster Tideway ScullersBarclays 7.26 L Julian D. M. ScrivenerRorie Henderson Lea Rowing Club 1989 Ronald FlorijnNico Rienks Die Leythe Okeanos, NED 7.4 5 L Pavel LůžekIvan Gruza Dukla Praha, CZE 1990 Andrew C. RudkinA. Philip S. Kittermaster Tideway Scullers Barclays 8.28 L Mark B. AllowayChris F. Williams Tideway Scullers 1991 Bjarne EltangHans Bang Danske Fana Roklubs, NOR 7.32 E Rob C. LukeChris J. Skuse Leander Club 1992 Don C. DickersonTodd Hallett Mic MacFredricton, CAN 6.57 L Dilo KruyswykPieter Wiltenburg AGSR GyasSkadi Rowing Club, NED 1993 Ned KittoeRupert F. Redpath London Rowing Club Tyrian 7.32 Ian W. HopkinsMark Pollecutt Molesey Boat Club 1994 Gábor MitringZsolt Dani MTK-Gyori Vizugyi Se, HUN 7.7 L Peter UhrigChristian Händle Wormser RCKarlstadt, GER 1995 Marcus D. FreePeter Antonie Tweed Heads RCMelbourne Univ BC 6.58 Brian JamiesonDave. J Gleeson Augusta RC, USA 1996 Greg WalkerGreg Lewis Potomac BCNational TC, USA 7.7 3 L Günter SchneiderJürg HabermayrRC ThalwilSeeclub Thun, SWI 1997 Marcus. D FreeDuncan Free Tweed Heads RC, AUS 6.58 E Barry A. KleinRanson J. Weaver Undine Barge Club, USA 1998 Yvan DeslavièreFrédéric Kowal Aviron Marne et JoinvilleCercle Aviron de Nogent, FRA 7.17 3 L Greg RuckmanSteve Tucker Augusta SC, USA 1999 Ian McGowanNick Peterson Augusta SC, USA 7.44 3 L Conal GroomSteve Tucker Augusta SC, USA

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2000 onwards YearWinning crewClubTimeDistanceRunner-upClubref 2000 Bo KaliszanBertil Samuelson Danmarks Rocenter 7.28 E Matt K. LangridgePete J. C. Wells Leander Club Queen Elizabeth HS 2001 Tomasz KucharskiRobert Sycz AZS Gorzow AZS, POL 7.26 4 L Pete P. GardnerIan P. Lawson Leander Club 2002 Sébastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy RC de Cannes, FRA 7.32 4 L Ákos HallerTibor Pető Szegedi Vizisport, HUN 2003 Benedikt Mueller Matthias Weiss Heilbronner RCMainzer RuderVerein, GER 7.18 3 L Martin S. Inglis Tristan Pascall Mosman RC, AUS 2004 Péter Lőrinczy Kornel Szabo Ganz Villany RCTisza RC, HUN 7.47 L Simon D. Goodbrand Guy B. Blanchard Rob Roy BC 2005 Mark Hunter James W. Lindsay-Fynn London Rowing Club Leander Club 7.26 E Ivo M. Snijders Alwin F. Snijders A.S.R. Nereus D.S.R Proteus-Eretes, NED 2006 Matt Wells Stephen C. Rowbotham Leander ClubUnivof London 7.08 NRO Luka Špik Iztok Čop Veslaski Klub Bled, SVN 2007 Luka Špik Iztok Čop Veslaski Klub Bled, SVN 7.33 5 L Michał SłomaMarcin Brzeziński WTW WarszawaAZS Toruń, POL 2008 Wes D. PierariniElliot Hovey California RC, USA 7.35 L Peter F. Graves Thomas H. Graves Bantam BC, USA 2009 Matthew C. Trott Nathan Cohen Waiariki RC, NZL 7.42 1 L Matt Wells Stephen C. Rowbotham Leander Club 2010 Cédric Berrest Julien Bahain Club France, 7.38 NRO Matt Wells R. Marcus Bateman Leander Club 2011 Matt Wells R. Marcus Bateman Leander Club 6.52 L David W. Crawshay Scott M. Brennan Australian Institute of Sport 2012 John E. Collins Alan J. Sinclair Leander Club 7.35 L Alexander Bernsten Hans Magnus Grepperud Oslo Kraftsenter, NOR 2013 Michael A. N. Arms Robbie Manson Waiariki RC, NZL 6:48 2 L Bill P. Lucas Matt K. Langridge London Rowing Club Leander Club 2014 Stany Delayre Jérémie Azou France 7:17 John E. Collins Jonathan F. L. Walton Leander Club 2015 John Collins Jonathan F. L. Walton Leander Club 7:23 L James M. Thompson John E. Smith Univ of Pretoria, RSA 2016 Nick C. Middleton Jack Beaumont Leander Club 7:27 L Gašper Fistravec Dani Fridman Veslaški Klub Maribor, SVN Tiberias Rowing Club, ISR 2017 John Storey Chris Harris Waiariki RC, NZL 6:49 L Pierre Houin Jérémie Azou Club France 2018 Angus Groom Jack Beaumont Leander Club 6:46 L Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan Skibbereen RC, IRE 2019 John E. Collins Graeme Thomas Leander ClubAgecroft RC 6.44 1L John Storey Chris Harris Waiariki RC, NZL 2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan Skibbereen RC University College, Cork 7.13 L Sam Meijer Matt Haywood Tideway Scullers School Nottingham Rowing Club 2022Jack ClearyCaleb Antill Rowing Australia 6.56 L Sam Meijer Matt Haywood Tideway Scullers Nottingham RC 2023Aleix GarciaRodrigo Conde Club Natació Banyoles Club Remo do Miño, ESP 7.19 5 L Aidan Thompson John Collins Twickenham Rowing ClubLeander Club2024 Jamie GareCedol Dafydd Leander Club7.252L Cedar CunninghamCasey FullerPenn ACRC, USASaugatuck RC, U.S.A.2025 Finlay HamillBen MasonWaiariki Rowing Club6.54 1L Oscar McGuinnessMitchell ReinhardRowing Australia

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