Wyfold Challenge Cup

Rowing competition

Wyfold Challenge Cup

Venue| Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames
Location| Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates| 1855 - present

The Wyfold Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless 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. Boat clubs from any university, college or secondary school are not permitted.[1][2]

The trophy was presented in 1847 by George David Donkin, and named after his home, Wyfold Court. It was originally awarded to the winner of the trial heats for the Grand, but in 1855 it became a new event for fours.

## Past winners

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Year  | Winner  | Runner-Up  | ref

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1855  | Royal Chester Rowing Club | Wargrave Club |
1856  | Argonaut Club | Royal Chester Rowing Club | [3]
1857  | Pembroke College, Oxford | London Rowing Club |
1858  | First Trinity, Cambridge | row over |
1859  | First Trinity, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1860  | London Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club |
1861  | Brasenose College, Oxford | London Rowing Club |
1862  | London Rowing Club | West London Rowing Club |
1863  | Kingston Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1864  | Kingston Rowing Club | row over |
1865  | Kingston Rowing Club | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
1866  | Kingston Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1867  | Kingston Rowing Club | Oxford Etonian Club |
1868  | Kingston Rowing Club | Twickenham Rowing Club |
1869  | Oscillators Club, Kingston | Kingston Rowing Club |
1870  | Thames Rowing Club | Oxford Etonian Club |
1871  | Thames Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club |
1872  | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1873  | Kingston Harbor Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
1874  | Newcastle Rowing Club | Royal Chester Rowing Club |
1875  | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1877  | Kingston Rowing Club | row over |
1878  | Kingston Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1879  | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1880  | London Rowing Club | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
1881  | Dublin University Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1882  | Jesus College, Cambridge | First Trinity, Cambridge |
1883  | Kingston Rowing Club | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
1884  | Thames Rowing Club | Marlow Rowing Club |
1885  | Kingston Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1886  | Thames Rowing Club | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
1887  | Pembroke College, Cambridge | London Rowing Club |
1888  | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1889  | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1890  | Kingston Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1891  | Royal Chester Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club | [4]
1892  | Molesey Boat Club | Trinity College Dublin |
1893  | Molesey Boat Club | Medway Rowing Club |
1894  | Thames Rowing Club | Balliol College, Oxford |
1895  | London Rowing Club | First Trinity, Cambridge | [5]
1896  | Trinity College, Oxford | London Rowing Club |
1897  | Kingston Rowing Club | Jesus College, Cambridge |
1898  | Kingston Rowing Club | Caius College, Cambridge |
1899  | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | London Rowing Club |
1900  | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1901  | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Chris's College, Cambridge |
1902  | Burton-on-Trent Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club |
1903  | Kingston Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1904  | Birmingham Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1905  | London Rowing Club | Reading Rowing Club |
1906  | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
1907  | Magdalen College, Oxford | London Rowing Club |
1908  | Thames Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1909  | Balliol College, Oxford | Christ Church, Oxford |
1910  | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | London Rowing Club |
1911  | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Kingston Rowing Club |
1912  | Queens' College, Cambridge | London Rowing Club |
1913  | Lady Margaret Boat Club, Cambridge | University College, Oxford |
1914  | London Rowing Club | Lady Margaret Boat Club, Cambridge | [6]
1920  | Thames Rowing Club | Vesta Rowing Club |
1921  | Jesus College, Cambridge | Royal Chester Rowing Club |
1922  | Thames Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club |
1923  | Imperial College Boat Club | Jesus College, Cambridge |
1924  | Royal Chester Rowing Club | Imperial College Boat Club |
1925  | Thames Rowing Club | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
1926  | London Rowing Club | Lady Margaret Boat Club, Cambridge | [7]
1927  | Thames Rowing Club | Vesta Rowing Club | [8]
1928  | Trinity College, Oxford | Jesus College, Cambridge | [9]
1929  | Thames Rowing Club | Jesus College, Cambridge | [10]
1930  | London Rowing Club | Vesta Rowing Club | [11]
1931  | Thames Rowing Club | Vesta Rowing Club | [12]
1932  | London Rowing Club | Nottingham Union Rowing Club | [13]
1933  | London Rowing Club | Westminster Bank Rowing Club | [14]
1934  | Reading Rowing Club | Royal Chester Rowing Club | [15]
1935  | Reading Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club | [16]
1936  | London Rowing Club | Reading Rowing Club | [17]
1937  | London Rowing Club | Walton Rowing Club | [18]
1938  | London Rowing Club | Royal Chester Rowing Club | [19]
1939  | Maidenhead Rowing Club | Tigre Boat Club, Argentina | [20]
1946  | King's College, London | Thames Rowing Club | [21]
1947  | Quintin Boat Club | Thames Rowing Club | [22][23]
1948  | Victoria Lake Rowing Club, South Africa | Royal Chester Rowing Club | [24]
1949  | Lensbury Rowing Club | Royal Chester Rowing Club | [25]
1950  | Royal Engineers | RAF Benson Rowing Club | [26]
1951  | Caius College, Cambridge | Clare College, Cambridge | [27]
1952  | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | Worcester College, Oxford |
1953  | Royal Air Force Rowing Club | Molesey Boat Club | [28][29]
1954  | Royal Engineers | Marlow Rowing Club | [30]
1955  | Thames Rowing Club | Kettering Rowing Club | [31]
1956  | Royal Engineers | Brockville Rowing Club, Canada | [32]
1957  | National Provincial Bank Rowing Club | Putney Town Rowing Club | [33]
1958  | Burton Leander Rowing Club | Putney Town Rowing Club | [34]
1959  | Molesey Boat Club | Walton Rowing Club | [35]
1960  | St. Thomas' Hospital | Vesta Rowing Club | [36]
1961  | National Provincial Bank RC | South Kent School, USA | [37]
1962  | Force Navale Belge | Nottingham City Rowing Club | [38]
1963  | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club | Derby Rowing Club | [39]
1964  | Sons of the Thames | Nottingham Britannia Rowing Clubs | [40]
1965  | Derby Rowing Club | Christiania RK | [41]
1966  | Norwich Union Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club | [42]
1967  | Tideway Scullers School | Quintin Boat Club | [43]
1968  | Severn Scullers Rowing Club | Isis Boat Club | [44]
1969  | London Rowing Club | Trident Rowing Club, South Africa | [45]
1970 | Trident Rowing Club, South Africa | Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club | [46]
1971 | Harvard University | Marlow Rowing Club | [47]
1972 | Leander Club | Trident Rowing Club, South Africa | [48]
1973 | Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club | Kingston Rowing Club | [49]
1974 | Porcellian Club, USA | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club | [50]
1975 | Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club | Leander Club | [51]
1976 | London Rowing Club | Potomac Boat Club, USA | [52]
1977 | City Orient Scullers’ School | University of London Boat Club | [53]
1978 | Molesey Boat Club | London Rowing Club | [54]
1979 | Wallingford Rowing Club | Molesey Boat Club |
1980 | Nottingham Boat Club | Leander Club | [55]
1981 | Hanlan Boat Club, Canada | Leander Club | [56]
1982 | Nottingham Boat Club | Trident Rowing Club, South Africa | [57]
1983 | Lea Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
1984 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Nautilus Lightweight Rowing Club |
1985 | Molesey Boat Club | Nautilus Lightweight Rowing Club |
1986 | Charles River Rowing Association, USA | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association |
1987 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Lea Rowing Club |
1988 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Nautilus Rowing Club |
1989 | Leander Club | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | [58]
1990 | London Rowing Club | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association |
1991 | Nautilus Rowing Club | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association |
1992 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | University of London Boat Club |
1993 | London Rowing Club 'B' | Leander Club | [59]
1994 | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association | Lea Rowing Club |
1995 | Lea Rowing Club | Tyrian |
1996 | Queen's Tower Boat Club | Molesey Boat Club | [60]
1997 | Molesey Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
1998 | Bowbridge Rowing Club | Worcester Rowing Club | [61]
1999 | Holme Pierrepont Rowing Club | Llandaff Rowing Club |
2000 | Worcester Rowing Club | Queen's Tower Boat Club |
2001 | Leander Club | Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association 'A' |
2002 | Aberdeen Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
2003 | Thames Rowing Club | Army Rowing Club |
2004 | London Rowing Club | Army Rowing Club |
2005 | Army Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club |
2006 | Thames Rowing Club | Marlow Rowing Club |
2007 | 1829 Boat Club | London Rowing Club |
2008 | Tyne Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
2009 | Sydney Rowing Club, Australia | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club |
2010 | Nottingham & Union Rowing Club | London Rowing Club |
2011 | London Rowing Club | Nottingham Rowing Club |
2012 | Nottingham Rowing Club | ANA Rowing Club, Perth, Australia |
2013 | Tyrian Club | Rob Roy Boat Club |
2014 | Upper Thames Rowing Club | Tideway Scullers School |
2015 | Molesey Boat Club | Tideway Scullers School |
2016 | Grasshopper-Club, Zurich, Switzerland | Upper Thames Rowing Club |
2017 | Sport Imperial | Tideway Scullers School |
2018 | Molesey Boat Club | Mercantile Rowing Club |
2019 | Sydney Rowing Club, Australia | Norske Studenters Roklub, Norway |
2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [62]
2021 | Thames Rowing Club[63] | Lea Rowing Club |
2022 | Thames Rowing Club[64] | Norske Studenters Roklub Oslo, Norway |
2023 | London Rowing Club | Thames Rowing Club 'A' |
2024 | Marlow Rowing Club[65] | Thames Rowing Club 'A' |

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Events at Henley Royal Regatta

Men's eights|

* Grand Challenge Cup
* Ladies' Challenge Plate
* Thames Challenge Cup
* Temple Challenge Cup
* Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup

Men's coxed fours|

* Britannia Challenge Cup
* Prince Albert Challenge Cup

Men's coxless fours|

* Stewards' Challenge Cup
* Visitors' Challenge Cup
* Wyfold Challenge Cup

Men's coxless pairs|

* Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup

Men's quad sculls|

* Queen Mother Challenge Cup
* Prince of Wales Challenge Cup
* Fawley Challenge Cup

Men's double sculls|

* Double Sculls Challenge Cup

Men's single sculls|

* Diamond Challenge Sculls

Women's eights|

* Remenham Challenge Cup
* Wargrave Challenge Cup
* Island Challenge Cup
* Prince Philip Challenge Trophy

Women's coxless fours|

* Town Challenge Cup

Women's coxless pairs|

* Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup

Women's quad sculls|

* Princess Grace Challenge Cup
* Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

Women's double sculls|

* Stonor Challenge Trophy

Women's single sculls|

* Princess Royal Challenge Cup

Former events|

* Town Challenge Cup (men)
* Prince Philip Challenge Cup
* District Challenge Cup
* Silver Wherry
* District Goblets
* Presentation Cup
* Public Schools Challenge Cup
* Special Race for Schools
* Women's Invitation Coxed Fours
* Women's Invitation Double Sculls

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