Henley Royal Regatta 1999

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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 BC Hansa Dortmund, German Allemannia RC Hamburg

Danmarks Rocenter, Denmark

6 mins 51 secs

1 Length

Leander Club/Queens Tower BC

6 mins 15 secs

1/2 length

Augusta Sculling Center, USA

6 mins 45 secs 1 1/4 lengths
DOUBLE SCULLS CHALLENGE CUP DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS SILVER GOBLET & NICKALLS´
I M McGowan/N V Peterson, Augusta SC, USA M Hacker, Magdeburg EC, Germany S D Williams/S J Dennis, Oxford Brookes/Queens

C P Groom/R S Tucker,Augusta SC, USA

7 mins 44 secs 3 lengths

J W Koven, Riverside BC, USA

7 mins 59 secs 4 3/4 lengths

D J Weightman/R G Scott, NSW Inst, Aus.

7 min 25 secs 3 1/4 lengths
LADIES´ CHALLENGE PLATE VISITORS CHALLENGE CUP PRINCE PHILIP CHALLENGE CUP
Cambridge Univ/Queens Tower BC Oxford Brookes Univ Nottinghamshire County RA

Cambridge Univ, Berkeley, USA

6 mins 32 secs 2 1/4 lengths

Imperial College, London

6 mins 59 secs 4 1/2 lengths

Leander Club

7 mins 6 secs 1/2 length
THAMES CHALLENGE CUP WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP BRITANNIA CHALLENGE CUP
Molesey Boat Club A Holme Perrepont RC Molesey Boat Club

Crabtree BC

6 mins 40 secs 3/4 length

Llandaff Rowing Club

7 mins 15 secs 1/2 length

Isis Boat Club

7 mins 19 secs 1 length
This year saw the main trophy retained by the German Club of Hansa Dortmund.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHALLENGE CUP

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

The Presentation Cup for Coxless Fours took place between 1869 and 1872.
St Peters College, Australia

The Town Challenge Cup ran from 1839 to 1883.
6 mins 47 secs 2 1/2 lengths  
 
TEMPLE CHALLENGE CUP FAWLEY CHALLENGE CUP PRINCE ALBERT CHALLENGE CUP
Cambridge University Leander/Tiffin School This event was first staged in 2004.

Imperial College A, London

6 mins 44 secs 3 1/2 lengths

Burway/Walton RC

7 mins 15 secs 2 1/4 lengths

 The race is for Mens coxed fours.
REMENHAM CHALLENGE CUP PRINCESS ROYAL CHALLENGE CUP WOMENS INVITATION EIGHTS (Trophy not as shown)
This event was first staged in 2003. K Rutschow, Wannsee Rk, Berlin Marlow/Thames Rowing Clubs
The race is for Womens eights.

M H Brandin, Kungalvs Rk, Sweden

9 mins 9 secs Sculled over

Thames/Marlow RC

7 mins 5 secs 4 1/2 lengths
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