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

width=50	Year	width=500	Winner	width=500	Runner-Up
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 Brookes	Newcastle 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.