The Thames Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's eights 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.
Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted, neither are squad oarsmen seeking selection for F.I.S.A. Heavyweight or Lightweight Championships. A crew may not include oarsmen who have rowed or sculled in an Olympic Games or a F.I.S.A. Senior World Championships for Heavyweights or Lightweights or who have won a medal at World Under 23 Championships (or the World Under 23 Regatta or The Nations' Cup).
Past winners 1868–1939 YearWinnerRunner-upref 1868Pembroke College, Oxford Radley College Boat Club 1869Oscillators Club, Surbiton row over 1870 Oscillators Club, KingstonLondon Rowing Club 1871 Ino Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club 1872Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club 1873Thames Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club 1874 Thames Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club 1875London Rowing ClubWest London Rowing Club 1876West London Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club 1877 London Rowing ClubThames Rowing Club 1878London Rowing Club Ino Rowing Club 1879 Twickenham Rowing Club London Rowing Club 1880London Rowing ClubTwickenham Rowing Club 1881 Twickenham Rowing ClubEton College Boat Club 1882 Royal Chester Rowing Club Reading Rowing Club 1883 London Rowing Club West London Rowing Club 1884 Twickenham Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club 1885 London Rowing ClubThames Rowing Club 1886London Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club 1887 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Thames Rowing Club 1888 Lady Margaret Boat Club Thames Rowing Club 1889 Christ Church Boat Club London Rowing Club 1890 Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club 1891 Molesey Boat ClubThames Rowing Club 1892 Jesus College, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin 1893 Thames Rowing ClubEton College Boat Club & Eton Excelsior Rowing Club 1894 Trinity College, Oxford London Rowing Club 1895 Nereus Rowing ClubMolesey Boat Club 1896 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Societe d’Encouragement du Sport Nautique, FRA 1897 Kingston Rowing ClubChrist Church Boat Club 1898 Trinity College, Oxford First Trinity, Cambridge 1899 First Trinity, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club 1900 Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin 1901 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club 1902 Trinity Hall, Cambridge Royal School of Mines 1903 Trinity College DublinKingston Rowing Club 1904 Caius College, Cambridge St. John's College, Oxford 1905 Thames Rowing ClubKingston Rowing Club 1906 Christ's College, Cambridge First Trinity, Cambridge 1907 Christ's College, CambridgeCorpus Christi College, Cambridge 1908Wadham College Boat Club Christ Church Boat Club 1909 Wadham College Boat Club Oriel College, Oxford 1910 Anglian Boat ClubClare College, Cambridge 1911First Trinity, Cambridge Twickenham Rowing Club 1912 Rowing Club de Paris, FRASt. John's College, Oxford 1913Oriel College, Oxford Christ's College, Cambridge 1914 Caius College, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge 1915–1919 no races due to World War I 1920 Thames Rowing Club Caius College, Cambridge 1921 Christiania RK, NorwayCorpus Christi College, Cambridge 1922 Worcester College, OxfordClare College, Cambridge 1923 First Trinity, CambridgeMaidenhead Rowing Club 1924 Maidenhead Rowing Club Twickenham Rowing Club 1925 First Trinity, CambridgeHenley Rowing Club 1926 Selwyn College, Cambridge Kingston Rowing Club 1927 Thames Rowing ClubTwickenham Rowing Club 1928 Thames Rowing ClubTwickenham Rowing Club 1929 Browne & Nichols School, USA Thames Rowing Club 1930 Vesta Rowing ClubWorcester College, Oxford 1931 London Rowing Club Magdalen College, Oxford 1932 London Rowing ClubImperial College Boat Club 1933Kent School, USA Bedford Rowing Club 1934 Thames Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club 1935London Rowing Club Pembroke College, Cambridge 1936 Tabor AcademyKent School, USA 1937 Tabor AcademyLondon Rowing Club 1938 Kent School, USALondon Rowing Club 1939 Tabor Academy Kent School, USA 1940–1945 no races due to World War II Gallery
1946–1999 YearWinnerRunner-upref 1946Imperial College Boat Club Isis Boat Club 1947 Kent School, USATabor Academy 1948 Princeton University, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club 1949 Princeton University, USA Lady Margaret Boat Club 1950 Kent School, USAThames Rowing Club 1951 University Pennsylvania, USARuder. Florsheim-Russelshein, GER 1952 University Pennsylvania, USAChrist's College, Cambridge 1953 Royal Air Force Rowing ClubImperial College Boat Club 1954 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Royal Navy 1955 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club 1956 Princeton University, USARoyal Air Force Rowing Club 1957 Princeton University, USANational Provincial Bank Rowing Club 1958 Harvard University USAThames Rowing Club 1959 Harvard University USA University of London Boat Club 1960 Harvard University USADetroit Boat Club, USA 1961 University of London Boat ClubJesus College, Cambridge 1962 National Provincial Bank Rowing ClubThames Rowing Club 1963 Queens' College, Cambridge Argosies Rowing Club 1964 Eliot House, Harvard, USA London Rowing Club 1965Isis Boat ClubNottingham Britannia Rowing Club 1966 Harvard University USAIsis Boat Club 1967 Cornell University, USANottingham & Union Rowing Club 1968 Leander ClubCornell University, USA 1969 Leander Club University of Pennsylvania 1970 Leander ClubLondon Rowing Club 1971 Harvard University USAKingston Rowing Club 1972 Harvard University USAKingston Rowing Club 1973 Princeton University, USAThames Tradesmen's Rowing Club 1974 Quintin Boat Club Rob Roy Boat Club 1975 Garda Siochana Boat Club, IRLHarvard University USA 1976 Harvard University USAHenley Rowing Club 1977 London Rowing ClubLeander Club 1978 London Rowing ClubLeander Club 1979 Leander Club London Rowing Club 1980 University of London Boat Club London Rowing Club 1981 Charles River Rowing Association, USALondon Rowing Club 1982 Charles River Rowing Association, USAGoldie Boat Club 1983 University of London Boat Club Koninklijke Rv Sport Gent, Belgium 1984 Cantabrigian Rowing Club Leander Club 1985Ridley College, CAN University College Dublin, IRL 1986Ridley College, CAN Imperial College Boat Club 1987University College Galway, IRL Neptune Rowing Club, IRL 1988 Tideway Scullers SchoolThames Rowing Club 1989 University of London Boat Club Ridley College, CAN 1990 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Harvard University USA 1991 University of Pennsylvania University of London Boat Club 1992 Lea Rowing Club Goldie Boat Club 1993 Nottinghamshire County Rowing AssociationIsis Boat Club 1994 Brown University, USA Goldie Boat Club 1995 Imperial College Boat Club University of Washington, USA 1996 Neptune Rowing Club, IRL Wallingford Rowing Club 1997 Nottingham Boat Club Neptune Rowing Club, IRL 1998 London Rowing Club Bowbridge Boat Club 1999 Molesey Boat Club "A" Crabtree Boat Club
2000 onwards YearWinnerRunner-upref 2000Molesey Boat Club 'A' Crabtree Boat Club 2001Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BEL Thames Rowing Club 'A' 2002 Leander Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A' 2003 Homberger Ruderklub, GER London Rowing Club 'A' 2004 London Rowing Club 'A' Ruderclub Reuss Luzern, SUI 2005 Henley Rowing Club Lady Elizabeth Boat Club, IRL 2006 London Rowing Club 'A' Tideway Scullers School 2007 Leander Club Agecroft Rowing Club 2008 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School 2009 Molesey Boat Club Henley Rowing Club 2010 1829 Boat Club West End Rowing Club 2011 Upper Yarra Rowing Club, AUS Star ClubGeorge Ellis wins at Henley 2011 Tamar Rowing Club. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-14. 2012 Molesey Boat Club Thames Rowing Club 'A' 2013Griffen Boat Club Upper Thames Rowing Club 'A' 2014, GER Sport Imperial Boat Club 2015 Thames Rowing Club 'A' Ruder Tennis Hockey Club Bayer Leverkusen, GER 2016 Molesey Boat Club 'A' , NOR 2017 Thames Rowing Club 'A' Thames Rowing Club 'B' 2018 Thames Rowing Club 'A' Norske Studenters Roklub Oslo, NOR 2019 Thames Rowing Club 'A'2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021Thames Rowing Club 'A' Molesey Boat Club 'A' 2022Molesey Boat Club 'A' Thames Rowing Club 'A'2023 Thames Rowing Club 'A' , NED2024 Thames Rowing Club 'A' Koninklijke Amsterdamsche Roei- en Zeilvereeniging 'De Hoop', NED2025 London Rowing Club 'A' Thames Rowing Club 'A'2026 Thames Rowing Club 'A' London Rowing Club 'A'
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External links Thames Challenge Cup 2001 Video Thames Challenge Cup Winner 2001
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