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 G Scherli and E Broschi of Trieste, who were the reigning European champions. The result was a dead-heat.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winners	Club	Time	Runners-up	Club
1946	R E Panelo E D Chafuen	Buenos Aires RC	8.8 4 L	G G Newton H L Warren	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1947	W E C Horwood D C H Garrod	Quintin Boat Club	8.23 4 L	F Vrba J Vavrena	Cesky Athletic Club, Czech.
1948	B Piessens WA Collet	Belgian Royal RF	8.2 2 L	W E C Horwood D C H Garrod	Quintin Boat Club
1949	E W Parsner A Larsen	DFDS Rowing Club, Denmark	7.39 2½ L	J W Bown K W Tingate	Loughborough Birmingham Rowing Club
1950	E W Parsner A Larsen	DFDS Roklubb, Denmark	8.21 E	J B Brown K W Tinegate	Loughborough Birmingham Rowing Club
1951	P Bradley R D Burnell	Leander Club	8.41 2 L	B G Davies A A P Kemp	Reading Rowing Club
1952	R M A George J Van Stichel	UNdL & A, Belgium	7.37 E	J Rodgers M Riley	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia
1953	E Schriever P Stebler	Seeclub, Zurich	7.37 E	C E Poynter W T J Baker	Bedford Rowing Club
1954	E Schriever P Stebler	Seeclub Zurich, Switzerland	8.46 E	W G Beech KW Tinegate	Birmingham Rowing Club
1955	G Zhilin I Emchuk	Club Burevestnik, USSR	7.55 ½ L	H Vollmer T Keller	Grasshopper Club, Zurich
1956	S C Rand E H Rand	Royal Air Force	7.47 1½ L	A J Marsden D V Melvin	London Rowing Club
1957	A Berkutov Y Tyukalov	Club Krasnoe Z, USSR	7.41 E	G W Baker M A Spracklen	Marlow Rowing Club Royal Air Force
1958	A Berkutov Y Tyukalov	Trud Club, Leningrad,USSR	7.21 E	G W Baker M A Spracklen	Marlow Rowing Club
1959	C G V Davidge S A Mackenzie	Leander Club	7.55 2¾ L	G C Justicz N J Birkmyre	Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club
1960	G C Justicz N J Birkmyre	Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club	7.17 1¾ L	B Monnereau R Duhamel	CNeAdRouen, France
1961	G C Justicz N J Birkmyre	Birmingham Rowing Club Bristol Ariel Rowing Club	7.38 1¾ l.	A Berkutov Y Tyukalov	Trud & Dynamo, USSR
1962	G C Justicz N J Birkmyre	Leander Club	7.39 E	DN Joyce A Maclehose	Exeter College Corpus Christi
1963	MB Alwin W van der Togt	Rv Willem III & Skadi	7.30 2 L	B Monnereau R Duhamel	CN de Rouen, France
1964	G C Justicz N J Birkmyre	Leander Club	7.32 ¾L	H Frederiksen IJ Kruse	Dansk SR, Denmark
1965	M Studach M Bürgin	Grasshopper Club, Zurich	7.1 1⅔ L	M Haake J Bruckhandler	TSC Berlin, Germany
1966	M Haake J Bruckhandler	TSC Berlin, Germany	7.20 3¾ L	NP Cooper AV Cooke	Leander Club
1967	M Studach M Bürgin	Grasshopper Club, Zurich	7.47 1¼ L	K Schabitz J Bohmer	SG Dynamo, Potsdam
1968	P A Barry R Findlay	Tideway Scullers NP Bank	9.18 2 L	AJ Crowley NS Drake	St Ives Rowing Club
1969	D Oswald M Bürgin	Grasshopper RC, Zurich	7.35 3 L	AJ Cowley NS Drake	St Ives Rowing Club
1970	T McKibbon J Van Blom	Long Beach RA, USA	7.43 3½ L	PJ Webb AV Cooke	Nottingham & Union RC
1971	MA Brigden CA Brigden	Walton Rowing Club	8.21 1 L	B Balmer GG Parsonage	Scottish Argonauts BC
1972	P G R Delafield T J Crooks	Leander Club	7.24 1⅔ L	L Klecatsky JW Dietz	New York Athletic Club USA
1973	M J Hart C L Baillieu	Leander Club Cambridge University Boat Club	7.11 4½ L	U Isler H Ruckstuhl	See Club Stafa & Zurich
1974	G Korshikov A Timoshinin	Dynamo Club, USSR	7.23 2½ L	U Isler HE Ruckstahl	See Club Stafa & Zurich
1975	M J Hart C L Baillieu	Leander Club	7.23 E	P Levy KB Gee	Weybridge Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club
1976	R Prentice MS Spencer	London Rowing Club	7.22 2 L	JH van Drooge R Nolet	ASR Nereus, Holland
1977	M J Hart C L Baillieu	Leander Club	7.20 E	RG Stone CR Wood	Harvard University, USA
1978	M J Hart C L Baillieu	Leander Club	7.44 E	MS Spencer R Prentice	Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club
1979	J Clark C L Baillieu	Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club Leander Club	7.32 E	AC Rudkin I Gold	Bewl Bridge Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club
1980	P Walter B Ford	Victoria City RC, Canada	7.27 2 L	C Allsopp C Wood	Hartford Bridge-Univ Wash, USA
1981	ER Sims S G Redgrave	Maidenhead Rowing Club Marlow Rowing Club	8.16 E	AM Riddle BA May	Dart Amateur RC Staines Boat Club
1982	DA Clift S G Redgrave	Marlow Rowing Club	7.55 3½ l.	NA Staite J Spencer-Jones	Evesham Rowing Club Bewdley
1983	J Spencer-Jones C L Baillieu	Bewdley Leander Club	7.27 3 L	P Johnson NA Staite	Tees Rowing Club Evesham Rowing Club
1984	M Espersen L Kruse	Bagsvaerd & Kolding Rks	7.25 1¼ L	T J Crooks H P Matheson	Kingston Rowing Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
1985	B Eltang L Kruse	Kolding & Danske Rk, Denmark	7.14 3¼ L	BA Lewis G Springer	Dirty Dozen RC, USA
1986	JI Parks DM Chernoff	Charles River RA, USA	7.32 3½ L	RC Luke L Hancock	Llandaff Rowing Club Derwent Rowing Club
1987	N Couprina V Dosenko	Dinamo Moscow, USSR	7.21 E	JDM Scrivener R Henderson	Lea Rowing Club
1988	AC Rudkin APS Kittermaster	Tideway Scullers Barclays	7.26 ½ L	JDM Scrivener R Henderson	Lea Rowing Club
1989	R Floryn N Rienks	Die Leythe & Okeanos, Holland	7.4 5 L	P Luzek I Gruza	Dukla Praha, Czechoslovakia
1990	AC Rudkin APS Kittermaster	Tideway Scullers Barclays	8.28 1¾ L	MB Alloway CF Williams	Tideway Scullers
1991	B Eltang H Bang	Danske & Fana Roklubs, Norway	7.32 E	RC Luke CJ Skuse	Leander Club
1992	DC Dickerson TD Hallett	Mic Mac Frdrcton, Can	6.57 1¼ L	D Kruyswyk P Wiltenburg	Groninger & Amsterdam
1993	EWM Kittoe RF Redpath	London Rowing Club UL Tyrian	7.32 2 ft	IW Hopkins M Pollecutt	Molesey Boat Club
1994	G Mitring J Dani	MTK-Gyori Vizugyi Se, Hungary	7.7 2½ L	P Urig C Handle	Wormser RC & Karlstadt, Germany
1995	MD Free PT Antonie	Tweed Heads RC Melbourne	6.58 2 ft	B Jamieson DJ Gleeson	Augusta RC, USA
1996	G Walker G Lewis	Potomac BC & National TC, USA	7.7 3 L	D Schildhauer IRW Weighell
1997	MD Free D Free	Tweed Heads RC, Australia	6.58 E	BA Klein RJ Weaver	Undine Barge Club, USA
1998	Y Desaviere F Kowal	France	7.17 3 L	G M Ruckman R S C Tucker	Augusta SC, USA
1999	I M McGowan N V Peterson	Augusta SC, USA	7.44 3 L	C P Groom R S Tucker	Augusta SC, USA
2000	B Kalizan B Samuelson	Danmarks Rocenter	7.28 E	M K Langridge P J C Wells	Leander Club Queen Elizabeth HS
2001	T Kucharski R Sycz	AZS Gorzow AZS, Poland	7.26 4 L	P P Gardner I P Lawson	Leander Club
2002	S. Vieilledent A. Hardy	R. C. de Cannes, France	7.32 4 L	A. Haller T. Peto	Szegedi Vizisport, Hungary
2003	B. Mueller M. Weiss	Heilbronner R.C., Germany	7.18 3L	M.S. Inglis T. Pascall	Mosman R.C., Australia
2004	P. Lorinczy K. Szabo	Hungary	7.47 2⅔ L	S. D. Goodbrand G. B. Blanchard
2005	M. J. Hunter J. W. Lindsay-Fynn	London Rowing Club Leander Club	7.26 E	I. M. Snijders A. F. Snijders	Holland
2006	M. W. Wells S. C. Rowbotham	Leander Club Univ.London	7.08 NRO	L. Špik I. Čop	Slovenia
2007	L. Špik I. Čop	Slovenia	7.33 5 L	M. Sloma M. Brzezinski	Poland
2008	W. D. Pierarini E. M. Hovey	Cal. R.C. USA	7.35 1¼ L	P. F. Graves T. H. Graves	USA
2009	M. C. Trott N. Cohen	Waiariki R.C. New Zealand	7.42 1 L	M. W. Wells S. C. Rowbotham	Leander Club
2010	C. Berrest J. Bahain	Club France, France	7.38 NRO	M. W. Wells R. M. Bateman	Leander Club
2011	M. W. Wells R. M. Bateman	Leander Club	6.52 2½ L	D. W. Crawshay S. M. Brennan	Australian Institute of Sport, Australia
2012	J. E. Collins A. J. Sinclair	Leander Club	7.35 4¼ L	A. Bernsten H. G. E. Grepperud	Oslo Kraftsenter, Norway

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References

1. Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839-1939
2. Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946-2003 (currently to 2009)