The Britannia Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxed fours 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.
Since 2004, Boat clubs from any university, college, or secondary school are not permitted, with a separate event (now the Prince Albert Challenge Cup) for student crews.
The Britannia Challenge Cup was first awarded in 1969, as an event for club and student men's coxed fours, and is named after the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, to mark the club's centenary.
Winners As Henley Prize YearWinnerRunner-Upref 1968 Crowland Rowing Club Thames Rowing Club
As Britannia Challenge Cup YearWinnerRunner-Upref1969 Kingston Rowing Club Bedford Rowing Club1970 London Rowing Club Bedford Rowing Club1971 Hereford Rowing Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club1972 Wallingford Rowing ClubNottingham & Union Rowing Club1973 Isis Boat Club University of London Boat Club1974 Wallingford Schools University College, Dublin, IRL1975 Leander Club Tideway Scullers School1976 Tideway Scullers SchoolWallingford Schools1977 Tideway Scullers School Henley Rowing Club1978 Kingston Rowing Club Thames Tradesmen's RC1979 City Orient Rowing Club St Neots Rowing Club1980 Leander Club Wallingford Schools1981 Vesta Rowing Club Saxon Boat Club1982 Neptune Rowing Club, IRL Molesey Boat Club1983 Lea Rowing Club Univ of London BC1984 Tideway Scullers School Neptune Rowing Club, IRL1985 Maidenhead Rowing Club Lea Rowing Club1986 Bedford Star Lea Rowing Club1987 Lea Rowing Club Kingston Rowing Club1988 University of London Boat Club Lea Rowing Club1989 Leander Club Lea Rowing Club1990 University College, Galway, IRL Cappoquin Rowing Club, IRL1991 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Nottingham & Union Rowing Club1992 Goldie Boat Club London Rowing Club1993 Harvard University, USA Goldie Boat Club1994 Belfast Rowing Club, IRL Univ of London Boat Club1995 Wallingford Rowing Club Univ of London Boat Club1996 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Univ of London Boat Club1997 University of London Boat Club Rg Hansa Hamburg, GER1998 Oxford Brookes University Boat Club Neptune Rowing Club, IRL1999 Molesey Boat Club Isis Boat Club2000 Cambridge University Boat Club Imperial College Boat Club2001 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Durham University Boat Club2002 Harvard University, USA 'B' Harvard University, USA 'A'2003 Goldie Boat ClubUniv of London Boat Club2004 Molesey Boat Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club2005 Leander Club Thames Rowing Club2006 Army Rowing ClubYork City Rowing Club2007 York City Rowing Club Henley Rowing Club2008 Molesey Boat Club Ortner Boat Club2009 Agecroft Rowing Club Vesta Rowing Club2010 Tideway Scullers SchoolLondon Rowing Club2011 Banks Rowing Club, Australia London Rowing Club2012 Star ClubTaurus Boat Club2013 Taurus Boat ClubUnion Boat Club, USA2014 Upper Thames Rowing ClubRTHC Bayer Leverkusen, GER2015 Sydney Rowing Club, AUSThames Rowing Club2016 RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, GER Sport Imperial2017 N.S.R. Oslo, NOR St Andrew Boat Club2018 Thames Rowing Club Molesey Boat Club2019 Molesey Boat ClubMercantile Rowing Club, AUS2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic2021 Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, GERHinksey Sculling School2022 Thames Rowing ClubLondon Rowing Club ‘A’2023 Thames Rowing ClubMolesey Boat Club2024 Thames Rowing Club Royal Chester Rowing Club2025 Thames Rowing Club London Rowing Club2026 , NED London Rowing Club 'A'
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