Town Challenge Cup (men)

Town Challenge Cup was a rowing event for men's club fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England.[1]

Town Challenge Cup
VenueHenley Royal Regatta, River Thames
LocationHenley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1839 – 1883

The event ran from 1839 until 1883. The trophy which was awarded during the duration of the event is now used by a different regatta known as the Henley Town and Visitors Regatta. It is awarded for the Regatta’s highest-ranking fours event but today has no connection to the Henley Royal Regatta.[2]

Past winners

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Year Winner Runner-Up
1839 The Wave The Albion
1840 The Dreadnought The Albion
1841 Dreadnought Club, Henley Rowed Over
1842 Dreadnought Club, Henley Rowed over
1843 Albion Club, Henley Dreadnought Club, Henley
1844 Henley Aquatic Club Albion Club, Henley
1845 Henley Aquatic Club Rowed Over
1846 Dreadnought Club, Henley Rowed Over
1847 Dreadnought Club, Henley Rowed Over
1848 Dreadnought Club, Henley Henley Aquatic Club
1849 Albion Club, Henley Rowed Over
1850 Albion Club, Henley Albion Club, Henley
1854 Defiance Boat Club, Wargrave Henley Boat Club
1855 Henley Boat Club Defiance Boat Club, Wargrave
1856 Lady Margaret, Cambridge Defiance Boat Club, Wargrave[3]
1857 Henley Boat Club Rowed Over
1858 Henley Boat Club Rowed Over[4]
1859 Henley Boat Club Rowed Over
1860 Dreadnought Club, Henley Henley Boat Club
1861 Henley Boat Club Rowed Over
1862 Oxford Staff Rowing Club Windsor Rowing Club
1863 Henley Boat Club The Elms Club, Caversham
1864 Henley Boat Club Grammar School, Henley
1865 Henley Boat Club Grammar School, Henley
1866 Eton College & Eton Excelsior Henley Boat Club
1867 Eton College & Eton Excelsior Henley Boat Club
1868 Henley Boat Club Rowed Over
1869 Eton College & Eton Excelsior Henley Boat Club
1870 Eton College & Eton Excelsior Dreadnought Club, Henley
1871 Reading Rowing Club Eton College & Eton Excelsior
1872 Marlow Rowing Club Henley Rowing Club
1873 Henley Rowing Club Eton College & Eton Excelsior
1874 Marlow Rowing Club Henley Rowing Club
1875 Marlow Rowing Club Rowed Over
1876 Marlow Rowing Club Abingdon Rowing Club
1877 Marlow Rowing Club Henley Rowing Club
1878 Henley Rowing Club Neptune Rowing Club, Oxford
1879 Greenwood Lodge Boat Club, Wargrave Henley Rowing Club
1880 Reading Rowing Club Neptune Rowing Club, Oxford
1881 Reading Rowing Club Marlow Rowing Club
1882 Reading Rowing Club Marlow Rowing Club
1883 Marlow Rowing Club Maidenhead Rowing Club

References

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  1. ^ "Town Challenge Cup Results". Friends of Henley Rowing.
  2. ^ "A brief history". Henley Town Regatta.
  3. ^ "Heney Royal Regatta". Reading Mercury. 14 June 1856. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Heney Royal Regatta". The Field. 26 June 1858. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.