Temple Challenge Cup Explained
The Temple Challenge Cup is one of the eights races at Henley Royal Regatta at Henley-on-Thames on the River Thames in England. It is open to male crews from universities, colleges or schools. Combined entries from two colleges of the same university, or from different schools, are allowed.[1] There are restrictions on individual rowers to ensure that the faster crews row in the Ladies' Challenge Plate. A rower cannot take part in this race if he has previously won an event at Henley, except The Thames, The Wyfold, The Britannia, The Prince Albert, The Princess Elizabeth, or The Fawley Challenge Cups. The race is limited to 32 entrants.[2]
History
The event was first staged in 1990, and, after a successful first year, the Regatta Stewards decided to make it a permanent fixture. The cup, awarded to the winning crew on finals day, was made in 1835 by Charles Fox, and has been engraved with a sketch of the Temple on Temple Island at the start of the regatta course.
There was no foreign winner until 1996, when the United States' Yale University won the final. Since 2000, foreign crews have dominated the event winning 14 times in 18 years with 10 of the winners hailing from the United States. Only Oxford Brookes University Boat Club have broken the foreign stranglehold on the trophy, winning the event a record seven times in 2006, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
Past winners
As Henley Prize
As Temple Challenge Cup
| width=50 | Year | width=500 | Winner | width=500 | Runner-Up |
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| 1992 | Imperial College Boat Club | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1993 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Trinity College Dublin[3] |
| 1994 | | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1995 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1996 | Yale University, USA | Imperial College Boat Club[4] |
| 1997 | Goldie Boat Club | Imperial College Boat Club & King's College, London |
| 1998 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of Wales College, Cardiff[5] |
| 1999 | Cambridge University Boat Club | Imperial College Boat Club |
| 2000 | Yale University, USA | Exeter University |
| 2001 | | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club |
| 2002 | Harvard University | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club |
| 2003 | Princeton University "A", USA | Princeton University "B", USA |
| 2004 | ASR Nereus, Netherlands | DSR Proteus-Eretes, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Trinity College, Hartford, USA | Yale University, USA |
| 2006 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Cornell University, USA |
| 2007 | University of California, Berkeley, USA | Cornell University, USA |
| 2008 | University of Western Ontario, Canada | Trinity College, Hartford, USA |
| 2009 | Princeton University, USA | Brown University, USA |
| 2010 | University of Washington, USA | ASR Nereus, Netherlands |
| 2011 | University of California, Berkeley, USA | ASR Nereus, Netherlands |
| 2012 | University of Washington, USA | Brown University, USA |
| 2013 | DSRV Laga, Netherlands | |
| 2014 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Brown University, USA |
| 2015 | ASR Nereus, Netherlands | Universite de Lyon BC, France |
| 2016 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | University of California BC, Berkeley, USA |
| 2017 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | University of London Boat Club |
| 2018 | University of Washington, USA | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club |
| 2019 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | Northeastern University BC, USA |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[6] |
| 2021 | ASR Nereus, Netherlands[7] | Imperial College Boat Club |
| 2022 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club[8] | University of Washington BC, USA |
| 2023 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club[9] | Syracuse University BC, USA |
| 2024 | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club[10] | Princeton University 'A', U.S.A. | |
References
Notes and References
- Web site: results. Henley Royal Regatta.
- Web site: Constitution and Rules of Henley Royal Regatta.
- News: 'Results from Henley' . 5 July 1993 . The Times . 5 August 2024 . 24 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
- News: 'Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1996) . 8 July 1996 . The Times . 4 August 2024 . 33 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
- News: Results from Henley Royal Regatta' (1998) . 6 July 1998 . The Times . 4 August 2024 . 34 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
- Web site: 2020 REGATTA CANCELLATION - STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). Henley Royal Regatta.
- Web site: Results 2021. Henley Royal Regatta. 21 October 2021.
- Web site: Results 2022. Henley Royal Regatta. 10 July 2022.
- Web site: Leander, Oxford Brookes and Thames dominate at Henley Royal Regatta . British Rowing . 4 July 2023.
- Web site: Oxford Brookes rowers triumph at Henley Royal Regatta with six trophies on finals day . Oxford Brookes . 1 August 2024.
