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THE EVENT FOR JUNIOR WOMEN
Quadruple Sculls
THE DIAMOND JUBILEE CHALLENGE CUP was instituted in
2012. The event is open to crews from any one club or school, home and
overseas, where no sculler will have attained her eighteenth birthday before
the first day of September preceding the event. Her Majesty The Queen
graciously consented to the event being titled to mark her 60 years on the
throne, the year in which the event was instituted. A silver cup was presented
by British Rowing in 2013; this had first been raced for in 1933 at the Thames
Championships Regatta, it re-appeared in 1972 as the women’s Victor
Ludorum Trophy at the National Rowing Championships.
More information on the history of the Regatta can be found on the website
and in the published history by Richard Burnell, available in the Regatta
shops.
The Centenary of the Peace Regatta 1919
After the Great War ended in 1918, and the country was adjusting to
the aftermath, tens of thousands of allied troops were stranded in England
waiting for ships to take them home - some had to wait nearly two years.
There was a clear need for these men to be kept occupied.
In England the local rowing communities were coming to terms with reestablishing the sport and the Stewards determined that 1919 was too soon
to hold the Royal Regatta. However, the Stewards were asked - and agreed
- to run a ‘Royal Henley Peace Regatta’ in 1919, with four events included
specifically for servicemen of the Allied armies.
The King’s Cup was the premier event for military Eights. Members of
the crews had to have served, prior to 11th November 1918, for the Navy,
Army or Air Force of a country which fought for the Allied Cause. Won by
the Australian Army crew, the gold cup was presented to the Regatta by His
Majesty King George V. The original trophy is now presented annually to the
fastest inter-state men’s eight in Australia.
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