The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs.[1][2]
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Venue | Henley Royal Regatta, River Thames |
Location | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
Dates | 1844 – present |
The Diamond Challenge Sculls, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta make up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier single sculling events in the United Kingdom.
Past winners
edit1920 to 1939
editYear | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club | ref |
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1920 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Donald Gollan | First Trinity, Cm | |
1921 | Frits Eijken | Delft Univ, Laga, NED | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | |
1922 | Walter Hoover | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | |
1923 | Morris Keele Morris | London RC | Donald Gollan | Leander Club | |
1924 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Keith Neville Craig | Pembroke College, Cm | |
1925 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Donald Gollan | Leander Club | |
1926 | Jack Beresford | Thames RC | Geoffrey Egbert G Goddard | Jesus College, Cm | [8] |
1927 | R T Lee | Worcester College, Ox | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN | [9][10] |
1928 | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN | R T Lee | Worcester College, Oxford | [11] |
1929 | Bert Gunther | De Amstel, NED | Joseph Wright Jr. | Argonaut RC, CAN | [12] |
1930 | Jack Guest | Don Rowing Club, CAN | Gerhard Boetzelen | Berliner RC, GER | [13] |
1931 | Bobby Pearce | Leander BC, Hamilton, CAN | Fred Bradley | Pembroke College, Cm | [14] |
1932 | Herbert Buhtz | Berliner RC, GER | Gerhard Boetzelen | Berliner RC, GER | [15] |
1933 | Tom Askwith | Peterhouse, Cm | Humphrey Warren | Trinity Hall, Cm | [16] |
1934 | Herbert Buhtz | Berliner RC, GER | Winthrop Rutherford | Princeton University, USA | [17] |
1935 | Ernst Rufli | FC Zurich RC, SWI | Jiří Zavřel | Veslařský Klub, CZE | [18] |
1936 | Ernst Rufli | FC Zurich RC, SWI | Thomas Harold Tyler | Thames RC | [19] |
1937 | Josef Hasenöhrl | RV Ellida, AUT | John Francis Coulson | Argonaut RC, CAN | [20] |
1938 | Joe Burk | Penn AC, USA | Len D Habbitts | Reading RC | [21] |
1939 | Joe Burk | Penn AC, USA | Roger Verey | Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL | [22] |
No races 1940–1945 (WWII) |
1946 to 1999
edit2000 onwards
editYear | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club | ref |
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2000 | Aquil Abdullah | Princeton Training Center, USA | Simon D. Goodbrand | Rob Roy Boat Club | |
2001 | Duncan Free | Surfers Paradise RC, AUS | Todd Hallett | Amateur AC, CAN | |
2002 | Pete Wells | University of London | Matt Langridge | Leander Club | |
2003 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Ben P. Hopkins | Vurtin Univ, AUS | |
2004 | Marcel Hacker | Casseler Fraven Ruderverein, GER | Colin Smith | Oxford University | |
2005 | Wyatt Allen | Princeton Training Center, USA | Charlie M. Palmer | Cantabrigian RC | |
2006 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Charlie M. Palmer | Cambridge University | |
2007 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | |
2008 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | Sean M Jacob | Old Collegians BC, IRE | |
2009 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | |
2010 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Lassi Karonen | Brudpiga Roddklubb, SWE | [67] |
2011 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | Nick Hudson | Australian Institute of Sport | |
2012 | Peter Lambert | Old Edwardian BC, RSA | Graeme Thomas | Agecroft RC | |
2013 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Kur Club, Azerbaijan | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | |
2014 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Roel Braas | Hollandia Roeiclub, NED | |
2015 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Gabor Csepregi | Danubius Nemzeti Hajos Egylet, HUN | |
2016 | Hannes Obreno | Brugse Trim en RC, BEL | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | |
2017 | Matthew Dunham | Waiariki RC NZL | John Graves | Craftsbury Sculling Center, USA. | |
2018 | Mahé Drysdale | West End RC, NZL | Kjetil Borch | Horten Roklubb, NOR | |
2019 | Oliver Zeidler | Donau-Ruder-Club, GER | Guillaume Krommenhoek | Hollandia Roeiclub, NED | |
2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [68] | |||
2021 | Graeme Thomas | Agecroft Rowing Club | Sebastian Devereux | Leander Club | [69] |
2022 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | David Bartholot | Rowing Australia | [70] |
2023 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | Piotr Płomiński | WTW Warszawa, POL | [71] |
2024 | Oliver Zeidler | Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 | James Plihal | Craftsbury Green Racing Project, USA. | [72] |
See also
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