Henley Royal Regatta 2004

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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/Imperial College Hollandia Roeiclub, Holland TSSKA Ukraine

Melbourne/Queensland Univ

6 mins 46 secs

3 Lengths

Harvard Univ, USA

6 mins 17 secs

2/3 length

Leander/Molesey Boat Clubs

6 mins 41 secs 1 length
DOUBLE SCULLS CHALLENGE CUP DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS SILVER GOBLET & NICKALLS´
P Lorinczy/K Szabo, Hungary M Hacker, Germany R P diClemente/D Cech, RSA

S D Goodbrand/G B Blanchard

7 mins 47 secs 2 2/3 lengths

C M Smith, Oxford Univ

7 mins 44 secs Easily

J A Livington/R C E C Dunn

7 min 31 secs 4 1/4 lengths
LADIES´ CHALLENGE PLATE VISITORS CHALLENGE CUP MENS QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Leander Club Oxford Brookes Univ Molesey Boat Club

Harvard Univ, USA

6 mins 30 secs 3/4 length

Cambridge Univ A

7 mins 11 secs 2 1/4 lengths

Commercial Rowing Club, Ireland

6 mins 51 secs 1/4 length
THAMES CHALLENGE CUP WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP BRITANNIA CHALLENGE CUP
London Rowing Club London Rowing Club A Molesey Boat Club

Reuss Lucern RC, Switz

6 mins 50 secs 1/2 length

Army Rowing Club

7 mins 1 sec 1 1/4 lengths

Nottingham and Union RC

7 mins 29 secs Easily
This year saw the Grand Challenge Cup remain abroad, this time in the hands of Hallandia Roeiclub.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHALLENGE CUP

The District Goblets for Pairs took place between 1858 and 1867.
St Pauls School/Concord NH, USA

The Presentation Cup for Coxless Fours took place between 1869 and 1872.
Abingdon School

The Town Challenge Cup ran from 1839 to 1883.
6 mins 47 secs 1 1/4 lengths  
 
TEMPLE CHALLENGE CUP FAWLEY CHALLENGE CUP PRINCE ALBERT CHALLENGE CUP
ASR Nereus, Holland Marlow/Tideway Scullers Imperial College, London

DSR Proteus-Eretes, Holland

6 mins 52 secs 3/4 length

Sydney Rowing Club

7 mins 21 secs 1/2 length

Isis Boat Club

7 mins 22 secs 1/2 length
REMENHAM CHALLENGE CUP PRINCESS ROYAL CHALLENGE CUP PRINCESS GRACE CHALLENGE CUP
Thames RC/London Univ C S Bishop, Riverside BC, USA Leander Club/London Univ

Princeton Univ

7 mins 10 secs 3 lengths

R Geyser, Trident RC, RSA

8 mins 59 secs Easily

TSSKA Ukraine

7 mins 27 secs 2 3/4 lengths
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