Thames Challenge Cup


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.

Winners (1999 onwards)

YearWinnersBeaten finalists
2019:nl:R.S.V.U Okeanos|R.S.V.U Okeanos, NL btThames Rowing Club 'A', UK
2018Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK btN.S.R. Oslo, Norway
2017Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK btThames Rowing Club 'B'
2016Molesey Boat Club, UK btN.S.R. Oslo, Norway
2015Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK btRTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany
2014 :de:Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869|Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, Germany btSport Imperial Boat Club
2013Griffen Boat Club, UK btUpper Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK
2012Molesey Boat Club, UK btThames Rowing Club 'A'
2011Upper Yarra Rowing Club, AUS btStar Club, UK
2010 1829 Boat Club, UK btWest End Rowing Club, NZ
2009Molesey Boat Club, UK btHenley Rowing Club
2008Leander Club, UK btTideway Scullers School Boat Club, UK
2007Leander Club, UK btAgecroft Rowing Club, UK
2006London Rowing Club "A", UK btTideway Scullers School Boat Club, UK
2005Henley Rowing Club, UK btLady Elizabeth Boat Club, IRE
2004London Rowing Club "A", UK btR.C Reuss Luzern, Switzerland
2003 :de:Homberg |Homberger Ruderklub, DE btLondon Rowing Club "A", UK
2002Leander Club, UK btNottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A', UK
2001Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BE btThames Rowing Club 'A', UK
2000Molesey Boat Club "A", UK btCrabtree Boat Club, UK
1999Molesey Boat Club "A", UK btCrabtree Boat Club, UK