Henley Royal Regatta 2016

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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.

University Boat Race
2016 27th March Cambridge 18 mins 41 secs 2 1/4 lengths Cambridge 82 Oxford 79

STEWARDS CHALLENGE CUP

GRAND CHALLENGE CUP

QUEEN MOTHER CHALLENGE CUP

Hollandia Roeiclub

Leander RC

Erster Wiener, Villach, Austria

6 mins 53 secs

1 3/4 Lengths

Nautilus RC

6 mins 24 secs

3/4 lengths

California RC, USA

6 mins 45 secs 2 1/2 lengths

DOUBLE SCULLS CHALLENGE CUP

DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS

SILVER GOBLET & NICKALLS´

N C Middleton/J R A Beaumont

H Obreno, Belgium

R Braas/M Steenman

G Fistravec/D Fridman

7 mins 27 secs 4 1/2 lengths

A M O Drysdale, NZ

7 mins 56 secs 2 lengths

B Demey/E Jonville

7 min 35 secs 3 3/4 lengths

LADIES´ CHALLENGE PLATE

VISITORS CHALLENGE CUP

PRINCE OF WALES CHALLENGE CUP

Leander Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

Schuylkill Navy HP, USA

Amsterdamsche Studenten, Holland

DISQ

Univ. of California, Berkeley

7 mins 02 sec Not rowed out

Leander Club A

6 mins 43 secs 4 feet

THAMES CHALLENGE CUP

WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP

BRITANNIA CHALLENGE CUP

Molesey Rowing Club A

Grasshoppers, Zurich

Bayer Leverkusen Rudern

N S R Oslo, Norway

6 mins 40 secs 2 1/3 lengths

Upper Thames RC A

7 mins 09 secs 1 Length

Sport Imperial BC

7 mins 16 secs 2 1/2 lengths

This year saw the Grand Challenge Cup and Stewards Cup were won by Hollandia Roeiclub, Holland.

PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHALLENGE CUP

The District Goblets for Pairs took place between 1858 and 1867.

Eton College

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

St Paul's School

The Town Challenge Cup ran from 1839 to 1883.

6 mins 47 secs 1 1/2 lengths

A youtube link to 2016 Henley Regatta races is shown below:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3QNoxWJe-g

TEMPLE CHALLENGE CUP

FAWLEY CHALLENGE CUP

PRINCE ALBERT CHALLENGE CUP

Oxford Brookes RC A

Claires Court School

Edinburgh University A

Harvard University, USA

6 mins 32 secs 3 1/4 lengths

Windsor Boys School

7 mins 03 secs 1 length

Newcastle University

7 mins 22 secs 1 length

REMENHAM CHALLENGE CUP

PRINCESS ROYAL CHALLENGE CUP

PRINCESS GRACE CHALLENGE CUP

Princeton Training Centre

L I Scheenaard, Holland

Reading/Leander RC

Leander/Tees RC

7 mins 00 secs 4 3/4 lengths

A Beenken, Germany

8 mins 58 secs 3 1/2 lengths

Akademicki Zwiazek, Poland

7 mins 27 secs 1 length

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