Grand Challenge Cup
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The Grand Challenge Cup is a rowing competition for men's eights. It is the oldest and best-known event at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is ope
The Prize Medal of the 1937 Grand Challenge Cup
E.B. Gibson's medal for winning the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta with Royal Chester in 1856
Leander defeat University of Pennsylvania in the Grand Challenge Cup final on 5 July 1901, in a race described as 'something wonderful'.
Royal Sport Nautique de Gand, winners in 1907
Leander Club
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Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, and the oldest non-academic club. It is based in Remenham in Berkshire, England and adjoins Henley-on-Thames. Only three
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…from Australia and Canada, 3 times by Belgian crews, twice by a Dutch crew and once each by crews from Bulgaria, Croatia, France and Switzerland. The Leander Club hold the record of 36 wins. The cup itself records the names of all winning crews since 1839. The base was added in 1896 and extended in 1954 and again…
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The winning Leander boat from the 1912 Summer Olympics