Henley Royal Regatta 2001

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In any sport there are particularly significant events and venues which have great importance. For tennis junkies the venue is Wimbledon and the event the Lawn Tennis Association Championships. For National Hunt racing fans it is Aintree and the Grand National, whilst for Flat racing enthusiasts it is Epsom and The Derby. However, for rowing there are two events, the University Boat Race and the Royal Regatta, yet in the beginning just one important venue, Henley-on-Thames.
The inaugural University Boat race took place in 1829 at Henley-on-Thames. It was the brainchild of a Cambridge student, Charles Merivale who, at the time, was a student at St Johns College. His great friend Charles Wordsworth was a student at Christ Church College, Oxford and it was to be the dark blues of Oxford who easily defeated their light blue rivals. Today the race takes place between Putney and Mortlake and, to date, Cambridge have recorded more wins than Oxford.
The first Henley Regatta was held in 1839 when amateur rowers contested races on one afternoon. The day was so successful that in 1840 the event was extended to two days, and by 1851 it was so popular that Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, attended so enabling the annual event to be called Henley Royal Regatta for the first time. The event has grown in popularity ever since, and this site records the results of the main races since its inception.
STEWARDS CHALLENGE CUP GRAND CHALLENGE CUP QUEEN MOTHER CHALLENGE CUP
Leander/Queens Tower HAVK Mladost/VK Croatia Leander Club

George Rowing Center, Canada

6 mins 50 secs

4 Lengths

Sydney RC/Univ Technology

6 mins 29 secs

4 3/4 lengths

London Rowing Club

7 mins 9 secs 2 3/4 lengths
DOUBLE SCULLS CHALLENGE CUP DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS SILVER GOBLET & NICKALLS´
T Kucharski/R Syez, AZS Gorzow,Poland D S Free, Surfers Paradise RC, Aus J E Cracknell/M C Pinsent, Leander

P P Gardner/I P Lawson, Leander

7 mins 26 secs 4 lengths

D T Hallett, Mic Mac Amateur RC, Canada

8 mins 18 secs 4 lengths

P M haning/N J Strange, Auriol Kensington/Leander

7 min 40 secs Easily
LADIES´ CHALLENGE PLATE VISITORS CHALLENGE CUP PRINCE PHILIP CHALLENGE CUP
Dartmouth RC, USA Oxford Brookes/Taurus BC Leander/Oxford Brookes

Princeton Univ, USA

6 mins 30 secs Canvas

Molesey BC

7 mins 11 secs 1 1/2 lengths

Molesey/Oxford Univ

7 mins 14 secs Easily
THAMES CHALLENGE CUP WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP BRITANNIA CHALLENGE CUP
Koninklijke Rc, Gent, Belgium Leander Club Nottinghamshire County RA

Thames RC A

6 mins 44 secs 2 1/2 lengths

Nottinghamshire County RA

7 mins 19 secs Canvas

Durham Univ A

7 mins 15 secs 3 lengths
This year saw the main prize captured by a combined eight from HAVK Mladost and VK Croatia.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHALLENGE CUP

The District Goblets for Pairs took place between 1858 and 1867.
The Kings School, Parramatta, Aus

The Presentation Cup for Coxless Fours took place between 1869 and 1872.
Radley College

The Town Challenge Cup ran from 1839 to 1883.
6 mins 48 secs 1 3/4 lengths  
 
TEMPLE CHALLENGE CUP FAWLEY CHALLENGE CUP MENS QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Harvard Univ A Southport Sch/St Josephs Coll,Aust Univ Technology, Sydney/Notts County RA

Oxford Brookes Univ

6 mins 36 secs 1 length

Maidenhead/Marlow RC

7 mins 6 secs 1 3/4 lengths

Leander Club

6 mins 55 secs 2 1/2 lengths
REMENHAM CHALLENGE CUP PRINCESS ROYAL CHALLENGE CUP WOMENS QUAD SCULLS
This event was first staged in 2003. E Karsten, Minsk City Club, Belarus Potsdamer Rd/Gesellschaft, Germany
The race is for Womens eights.

K Rutschow-Stomporowski, Wannsee RC, Ger

6 mins 55 secs 2 1/2 lengths

Nautilus RC

7 mins 31 secs Easily
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