Double Sculls Challenge Cup

The Double Sculls Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's double sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two clubs may combine to make an entry.

Double Sculls Challenge Cup
VenueHenley Royal Regatta, River Thames
LocationHenley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dates1946 – present

On the centenary of the regatta in 1939 a Centenary Double Sculls event was introduced. The crews in the final were Jack Beresford and Dick Southwood of Thames Rowing Club against Giorgio Scherli and Ettore Broschi of Trieste, who were the reigning European champions. The result was a dead-heat.[1][2][3]

Past winners

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Key

  • L = Lengths
  • E = Easily
  • NRO = Not rowed out

1946 to 1999

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Year Winning crew Club Time Distance Runner-up Club ref
1946 Rafael E. Panelo
Ergasto D. Chafuen
Buenos Aires RC, ARG 8.8 4 L Guy Newton
Humphrey Warren
Trinity Hall, Cm [4]
1947 Wally E. C. Horwood
David C. H. Garrod
Quintin Boat Club 8.23 4 L Frantisek Vrba
Jaroslav Vavrena
Cesky AC, CZE [5][6]
1948 Ben Piessens
Willy Collet
Belgian Royal RF 8.2 2 L Wally E. C. Horwood
David C. H. Garrod
Quintin Boat Club [7]
1949 Ebbe Parsner
Aage Larsen
DFDS Roklubb, DEN 7.39 2+12 L Jack B. Brown
Ken Tinegate
Loughborough BC
Birmingham RC
[8]
1950 Ebbe Parsner
Aage Larsen
DFDS Roklubb, DEN 8.21 E Jack B. Brown
Ken Tinegate
Loughborough BC
Birmingham RC
[9]
1951 Pat Bradley
Dickie Burnell
Leander Club 8.41 2 L B. Glyn Davies
A. A. Paddy Kemp
Reading Rowing Club [10]
1952 Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
UNdL & A, BEL 7.37 E John Rodgers
Murray Riley
Sydney Rowing Club, AUS
1953 Erich Schriever
Peter Stebler
Seeclub, Zurich, SWI 7.37 E C. E. 'Ted' Poynter
W T J Baker
Bedford Rowing Club [11][12]
1954 Erich Schriever
Peter Stebler
Seeclub, Zurich, SWI 8.46 E Graham Beech
Ken Tinegate
Birmingham RC [13]
1955 Heorhiy Zhylin
Igor Emchuk
Club Burevestnik, USSR 7.55 12 L Hansruedi Vollmer
Thomas Keller
Grasshopper Club, Zurich [14]
1956 Sidney Rand
Bill Rand
Royal Air Force 7.47 1+12 L John Marsden
Doug Melvin
London Rowing Club [15]
1957 Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
Club Krasnoe Z, USSR 7.41 E Geoff Baker
Mike Spracklen
Marlow Rowing Club
Royal Air Force
[16]
1958 Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
Trud Club, Leningrad, USSR 7.21 E Geoff Baker
Mike Spracklen
Marlow Rowing Club [17]
1959 Christopher Davidge
Stuart Mackenzie
Leander Club 7.55 2+34 L George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre
Birmingham RC
Bristol Ariel RC
[18]
1960 George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre
Birmingham RC
Bristol Ariel RC
7.17 1+34 L Bernard Monnereau
René Duhamel
CNeAdRouen, FRA [19]
1961 George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre
Birmingham RC
Bristol Ariel RC
7.38 1+34 L Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
Trud & Dynamo, USSR [20]
1962 George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre
Leander Club 7.39 E David N. Joyce
Alex Maclehose
Exeter College, Oxford
Corpus Christi
[21]
1963 Max Alwin
Willem van der Togt
Rv Willem III
Skadi RC, NED
7.30 2 L Bernard Monnereau
René Duhamel
CN de Rouen, FRA [22]
1964 George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre
Leander Club 7.32 34L Hans Frederiksen
Ibs J. Kruse
Dansk SR, DEN [23]
1965 Martin Studach
Melchior Bürgin
Grasshopper Club, Zurich 7.1 1+23 L Manfred Haake
Jochen Brückhändler
TSC Berlin, GDR [24]
1966 Manfred Haake
Jochen Brückhändler
TSC Berlin, GDR 7.20 3+34 L Nick Cooper
Arnold Cooke
Leander Club [25]
1967 Martin Studach
Melchior Bürgin
Grasshopper Club, Zurich 7.47 1+14 L Klaus Schabitz
Joachim Böhmer
SG Dynamo, Potsdam, GDR [26]
1968 Pat A. Barry
Dick. M. Findlay
Tideway Scullers
Nat Prov Bank
9.18 2 L Tony J. Cowley
Nigel S. Drake
St Ives Rowing Club [27]
1969 Denis Oswald
Melchior Bürgin
Grasshopper RC, Zurich 7.35 3 L Tony J. Cowley
Nigel S. Drake
St Ives Rowing Club [28]
1970 Thomas McKibbon
John Van Blom
Long Beach RA, USA 7.43 3+12 L Peter Webb
Arnold Cooke
Nottingham & Union RC [29]
1971 Mike A. Brigden
Chris A. Brigden
Walton Rowing Club 8.21 1 L B. Balmer
George G. Parsonage
Scottish Argonauts BC [30]
1972 Patrick Delafield
Tim Crooks
Leander Club 7.24 1+23 L Lawrence Klecatsky
Jim Dietz
New York AC, USA [31]
1973 Michael Hart
Chris Baillieu
Leander Club
Cambridge Univ BC
7.11 4+12 L Ueli Isler
Hans E. Ruckstahl
SeeClub Stafa
Zurich, SWI
[32]
1974 Gennadi Korshikov
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Dynamo Club, USSR 7.23 2+12 L Ueli Isler
Hans E. Ruckstahl
SeeClub Stafa
Zurich, SWI
[33]
1975 Michael Hart
Chris Baillieu
Leander Club 7.23 E Peter Levy
K. B. Gee
Weybridge Rowing Club
Molesey Boat Club
[34]
1976 Bobby Prentice
Martin Samuel Spencer
London Rowing Club 7.22 2 L J. H. van Drooge
R. Nolet
ASR Nereus, NED [35]
1977 Michael Hart
Chris Baillieu
Leander Club 7.20 E R. Gregg Stone
Christopher R. Tiff Wood
Harvard University, USA [36]
1978 Michael Hart
Chris Baillieu
Leander Club 7.44 E Martin Samuel Spencer
Bobby Prentice
Poplar Blackwall & District RC [37]
1979 Jim Clark
Chris Baillieu
Thames Tradesmen's RC
Leander Club
7.32 E Andrew Rudkin
Ian Gold
Bewl Bridge
Poplar Blackwall & District RC
[38]
1980 Pat Walter
Bruce Ford
Victoria City RC, CAN 7.27 2 L Chris Allsopp
Christopher R. Tiff Wood
Hartford Bridge-Univ Wash, USA [39]
1981 Eric R. Sims
Steve Redgrave
Maidenhead RC
Marlow Rowing Club
8.16 E Andy M. Riddle
Brian A. May
Dart Amateur RC
Staines Boat Club
[40]
1982 Adam Clift
Steve Redgrave
Marlow Rowing Club 7.55 3+12 l. Neil Staite
Jonathan Spencer-Jones
Evesham Rowing Club
Bewdley Rowing Club
[41]
1983 Jonathan Spencer-Jones
Chris Baillieu
Bewdley
Leander Club
7.27 3 L Paul Johnson
Neil Staite
Tees Rowing Club
Evesham Rowing Club
1984 Morten Espersen
Leif Kruse
Bagsvaerd
Kolding Rks
7.25 1+14 L Tim Crooks
Hugh Matheson
Kingston Rowing Club
NCRA
1985 Bjarne Eltang
Leif Kruse
Kolding
Danske Rk, DEN
7.14 3+14 L Brad Alan Lewis
Greg Springer
Dirty Dozen RC, USA [42]
1986 Jeff I. Parks
Dan M. Chernoff
Charles River RA, USA 7.32 3+12 L Rob C. Luke
Lewis Hancock
Llandaff Rowing Club
Derwent Rowing Club
1987 Nikolai Chouprina
Valeriy Dosenko
Dinamo Moscow, USSR 7.21 E Julian D. M. Scrivener
Rorie Henderson
Lea Rowing Club
1988 Andrew C. Rudkin
A. Philip S. Kittermaster
Tideway Scullers
Barclays
7.26 12 L Julian D. M. Scrivener
Rorie Henderson
Lea Rowing Club
1989 Ronald Florijn
Nico Rienks
Die Leythe
Okeanos, NED
7.4 5 L Pavel Lůžek
Ivan Gruza
Dukla Praha, CZE [43]
1990 Andrew C. Rudkin
A. Philip S. Kittermaster
Tideway Scullers
Barclays
8.28 1+34 L Mark B. Alloway
Chris F. Williams
Tideway Scullers
1991 Bjarne Eltang
Hans Bang
Danske
Fana Roklubs, NOR
7.32 E Rob C. Luke
Chris J. Skuse
Leander Club
1992 Don C. Dickerson
Todd Hallett
Mic Mac
Fredricton, CAN
6.57 1+14 L Dilo Kruyswyk
Pieter Wiltenburg
AGSR Gyas
Skadi Rowing Club, NED
1993 Ned Kittoe
Rupert F. Redpath
London Rowing Club
Tyrian
7.32 2 ft (0.61 m) Ian W. Hopkins
Mark Pollecutt
Molesey Boat Club [44]
1994 Gábor Mitring
Zsolt Dani
MTK-Gyori Vizugyi Se, HUN 7.7 2+12 L Peter Uhrig
Christian Händle
Wormser RC
Karlstadt, GER
1995 Marcus D. Free
Peter Antonie
Tweed Heads RC
Melbourne Univ BC
6.58 2 ft (0.61 m) Brian Jamieson
Dave. J Gleeson
Augusta RC, USA
1996 Greg Walker
Greg Lewis
Potomac BC
National TC, USA
7.7 3 L Günter Schneider
Jürg Habermayr
RC Thalwil
Seeclub Thun, SWI
[45]
1997 Marcus. D Free
Duncan Free
Tweed Heads RC, AUS 6.58 E Barry A. Klein
Ranson J. Weaver
Undine Barge Club, USA [46]
1998 Yvan Deslavière
Frédéric Kowal
Aviron Marne et Joinville
Cercle Aviron de Nogent, FRA
7.17 3 L Greg Ruckman
Steve Tucker
Augusta SC, USA [47]
1999 Ian McGowan
Nick Peterson
Augusta SC, USA 7.44 3 L Conal Groom
Steve Tucker
Augusta SC, USA
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2000 onwards

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Year Winning crew Club Time Distance Runner-up Club ref
2000 Bo Kaliszan
Bertil Samuelson
Danmarks Rocenter 7.28 E Matt K. Langridge
Pete J. C. Wells
Leander Club
Queen Elizabeth HS
2001 Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
AZS Gorzow
AZS, POL
7.26 4 L Pete P. Gardner
Ian P. Lawson
Leander Club
2002 Sébastien Vieilledent
Adrien Hardy
RC de Cannes, FRA 7.32 4 L Ákos Haller
Tibor Pető
Szegedi Vizisport, HUN
2003 Benedikt Mueller
Matthias Weiss
Heilbronner RC
Mainzer RuderVerein, GER
7.18 3 L Martin S. Inglis
Tristan Pascall
Mosman RC, AUS
2004 Péter Lőrinczy
Kornel Szabo
Ganz Villany RC
Tisza RC, HUN
7.47 2+23 L Simon D. Goodbrand
Guy B. Blanchard
Rob Roy BC
2005 Mark Hunter
James W. Lindsay-Fynn
London Rowing Club
Leander Club
7.26 E Ivo M. Snijders
Alwin F. Snijders
A.S.R. Nereus
D.S.R Proteus-Eretes, NED
2006 Matt Wells
Stephen C. Rowbotham
Leander Club
Univof London
7.08 NRO Luka Špik
Iztok Čop
Veslaski Klub Bled, SVN
2007 Luka Špik
Iztok Čop
Veslaski Klub Bled, SVN 7.33 5 L Michał Słoma
Marcin Brzeziński
WTW Warszawa
AZS Toruń, POL
2008 Wes D. Pierarini
Elliot Hovey
California RC, USA 7.35 1+14 L Peter F. Graves
Thomas H. Graves
Bantam BC, USA
2009 Matthew C. Trott
Nathan Cohen
Waiariki RC, NZL 7.42 1 L Matt Wells
Stephen C. Rowbotham
Leander Club
2010 Cédric Berrest
Julien Bahain
Club France, 7.38 NRO Matt Wells
R. Marcus Bateman
Leander Club
2011 Matt Wells
R. Marcus Bateman
Leander Club 6.52 2+12 L David W. Crawshay
Scott M. Brennan
Australian Institute of Sport
2012 John E. Collins
Alan J. Sinclair
Leander Club 7.35 4+14 L Alexander Bernsten
Hans Magnus Grepperud
Oslo Kraftsenter, NOR
2013 Michael A. N. Arms
Robbie Manson
Waiariki RC, NZL 6:48 2 L Bill P. Lucas
Matt K. Langridge
London Rowing Club
Leander Club
[48]
2014 Stany Delayre
Jérémie Azou
France 7:17 3 ft (0.91 m) John E. Collins
Jonathan F. L. Walton
Leander Club
2015 John Collins
Jonathan F. L. Walton
Leander Club 7:23 2+13 L James M. Thompson
John E. Smith
Univ of Pretoria, RSA
2016 Nick C. Middleton
Jack Beaumont
Leander Club 7:27 4+12 L Gašper Fistravec
Dani Fridman
Veslaški Klub Maribor, SVN
Tiberias Rowing Club, ISR
2017 John Storey
Chris Harris
Waiariki RC, NZL 6:49 1+14 L Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
Club France
2018 Angus Groom
Jack Beaumont
Leander Club 6:46 15 L Paul O'Donovan
Gary O'Donovan
Skibbereen RC, IRE
2019 John E. Collins
Graeme Thomas
Leander Club
Agecroft RC
6.44 1L John Storey
Chris Harris
Waiariki RC, NZL
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [49]
2021 Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Skibbereen RC
University College, Cork
7.13 1+34 L Sam Meijer
Matt Haywood
Tideway Scullers School
Nottingham Rowing Club
[50]
2022 Jack Cleary
Caleb Antill
Rowing Australia 6.56 13 L Sam Meijer
Matt Haywood
Tideway Scullers School]
Nottingham RC
[51]
2023 Aleix Garcia
Rodrigo Conde
Club Natació Banyoles
Club Remo do Miño, ESP
7.19 5 L Aidan Thompson
John Collins
Twickenham Rowing Club
Leander Club
[52]
2024 Jamie Gare
Cedol Dafydd
Leander Club 7.25 2 L Cedar Cunningham
Casey Fuller
Penn ACRC, USA
Saugatuck RC, U.S.A.
[53]

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