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 (or the World Under 23 Regatta or The Nations' Cup) or at a World University Rowing Championships.

Winner (1999 onwards)

Year Winners Beaten finalists
2015 Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK bt RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany
2014 Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, Germany (article on German edition) bt Sport Imperial Boat Club
2013 Griffen Boat Club, UK[n 1] bt Upper Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK
2012 Molesey Boat Club, UK bt Thames Rowing Club 'A'
2011 Upper Yarra Rowing Club, AUS[n 2][1] bt Star Club, UK
2010 1829 Boat Club, UK bt West End Rowing Club, NZ
2009 Molesey Boat Club, UK bt Henley Rowing Club
2008 Leander Club, UK bt Tideway Scullers School Boat Club, UK
2007 Leander Club, UK bt Agecroft Rowing Club, UK
2006 London Rowing Club "A", UK bt Tideway Scullers School Boat Club, UK
2005 Henley Rowing Club, UK bt Lady Elizabeth Boat Club, IRE
2004 London Rowing Club "A", UK bt R.C Reuss Luzern, Switzerland
2003 Homberger Ruderklub, DE (Homberg, Duisburg on German edition) bt London Rowing Club "A", UK
2002 Leander Club, UK bt Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A', UK
2001 Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BE bt Thames Rowing Club 'A', UK
2000 Molesey Boat Club "A", UK bt Crabtree Boat Club, UK
1999 Molesey Boat Club "A", UK bt Crabtree Boat Club, UK

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Notes and references

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References
  1. George Ellis wins at Henley 2011 Tamar Rowing Club. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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