Britannia Challenge Cup

The Britannia Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxed fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from a single rowing club.^[1]

Britannia Challenge Cup
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates	1968 – present

Since 2004, Boat clubs from any university, college, or secondary school are not permitted, with a separate event (now the Prince Albert Challenge Cup) for student crews.

The Britannia Challenge Cup was first awarded in 1969, as an event for club and student men's coxed fours, and is named after the Nottingham Britannia Rowing Club, to mark the club's centenary.

Winners

As Henley Prize

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	ref
1968	Crowland Rowing Club	Thames Rowing Club	[2]

As Britannia Challenge Cup

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	ref
1969	Kingston Rowing Club	Bedford Rowing Club	[3]
1970	London Rowing Club	Bedford Rowing Club	[4]
1971	Hereford Rowing Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club	[5]
1972	Wallingford Rowing Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club	[6]
1973	Isis Boat Club	University of London Boat Club	[7]
1974	Wallingford Schools	University College, Dublin, IRE	[8]
1975	Leander Club	Tideway Scullers School	[9]
1976	Tideway Scullers School	Wallingford Schools	[10]
1977	Tideway Scullers School	Henley Rowing Club	[11]
1978	Kingston Rowing Club	Thames Tradesmen's RC	[12]
1979	City Orient Rowing Club	St Neots Rowing Club
1980	Leander Club	Wallingford Schools	[13]
1981	Vesta Rowing Club	Saxon Boat Club	[14]
1982	Neptune Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club	[15]
1983	Lea Rowing Club	Univ of London BC
1984	Tideway Scullers School	Neptune Rowing Club
1985	Maidenhead Rowing Club	Lea Rowing Club
1986	Bedford Star	Lea Rowing Club
1987	Lea Rowing Club	Kingston Rowing Club
1988	University of London Boat Club	Lea Rowing Club
1989	Leander Club	Lea Rowing Club	[16]
1990	University College, Galway, Ireland	Cappoquin Rowing Club, IRE
1991	Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
1992	Goldie Boat Club	London Rowing Club
1993	Harvard University, USA	Goldie Boat Club	[17]
1994	Belfast Rowing Club	Univ of London Boat Club
1995	Wallingford Rowing Club	Univ of London Boat Club
1996	Oxford Brookes University Boat Club	Univ of London Boat Club	[18]
1997	University of London Boat Club	Rg Hansa Hamburg, GER
1998	Oxford Brookes University Boat Club	Neptune Rowing Club	[19]
1999	Molesey Boat Club	Isis Boat Club
2000	Cambridge University Boat Club	Imperial College Boat Club
2001	Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association	Durham University Boat Club
2002	Harvard University, USA 'B'	Harvard University, USA 'A'
2003	Goldie Boat Club	Univ of London Boat Club
2004	Molesey Boat Club	Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
2005	Leander Club	Thames Rowing Club
2006	Army Rowing Club	York City Rowing Club
2007	York City Rowing Club	Henley Rowing Club
2008	Molesey Boat Club	Ortner Boat Club
2009	Agecroft Rowing Club	Vesta Rowing Club
2010	Tideway Scullers School	London Rowing Club
2011	Banks Rowing Club, Australia	London Rowing Club
2012	Star Rowing Club	Taurus Boat Club
2013	Taurus Boat Club	Union Boat Club, USA
2014	Upper Thames Rowing Club	RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, GER
2015	Sydney Rowing Club, Australia	Thames Rowing Club
2016	RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, Germany	Sport Imperial
2017	N.S.R. Oslo, Norway	St Andrew Boat Club
2018	Thames Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club
2019	Molesey Boat Club	Mercantile Rowing Club, AUS
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic		[20]
2021	Frankfurter Rudergesellschaft Germania 1869, GER	Hinksey Sculling School	[21]
2022	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club ‘A’	[22]
2023	Thames Rowing Club	Molesey Boat Club	[23]
2024	Thames Rowing Club	Royal Chester Rowing Club	[24]
2025	Thames Rowing Club	London Rowing Club	[25]