Island Challenge Cup Explained

Island Challenge Cup
Location:Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates:2020 – present
Venue:Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames

Island Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's student eights at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England.

The event is open to members of a boat club of any university, college or secondary school. Combined entries may only be made by no more than two college boat clubs of any one university.[1] It was inaugurated in 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic was unable to hold its inaugural running.[2]

Winners

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2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021 Oxford Brookes[4] University of London
2022 Brown University, USA[5] Yale University BC, USA
2023 Oxford Brookes[6] University of Pennsylvania BC, USA
2024 Oxford BrookesNewcastle University Boat Club

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Events. Henley Royal Regatta.
  2. Web site: Henley Royal Regatta To Expand To Six Days In 2021. Row 360.
  3. Web site: 2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). Henley Royal Regatta.
  4. Web site: Results 2021. Henley Royal Regatta. 21 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Results 2022. Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2022.
  6. Web site: 2023 Island Challenge Cup . Henley Royal Regatta . 4 July 2023.