Diamond Challenge Sculls
Diamond Challenge Sculls
Dates 1844 – present
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 .
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 The Diamond Challenge Sculls trophy (centre in wooden case) Alexander Alcée Casamajor (single scull) five-time winner in the mid-19th century Guy Nicholls caricature from 1889 Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref 1844 Thomas Bumpsted Scullers Club, London H Morgan Christ Church, Ox 1845 S Wallace Leander Club J W Conant St. John's College, Ox 1846 Sir Edward Moon Magdalen College, Oxford Thomas Howard Fellows Leander Club 1847 William Maule Trinity College, Cm Edward Moon Magdalen College, Ox 1848 William Bagshawe Trinity College, Cm W Wilberforce Oxford University BC 1849 Thomas Bone London C S Bagot Trinity College, Cm 1850 Thomas Bone Meteor Club, London John Erskine Clarke Wadham College 1851 Edward Gryffydh Peacock Thames Club Edward Macnaghten Trinity College, Cm 1852 Edward Macnaghten Trinity College, Cm Edward Gryffydh Peacock London 1853 Stephen Rippingall Peterhouse, Cm Martin Howy Irving Balliol College, Ox 1854 Herbert Playford Wandle Club, London R C Galton Trinity College, Cm 1855 A. A. Casamajor Wandle Club, London Herbert Playford Wandle Club 1856 A. A. Casamajor Argonaut Club , LondonC Stephens Caversham BC 1857 A. A. Casamajor London RC James Paine London RC 1858 A. A. Casamajor London RC rowed over n/a 1859 Edwin Brickwood Richmond RC R Beaumont Third Trinity, Cm 1860 Herbert Playford London RC Edwin Brickwood London 1861 A. A. Casamajor London RC Edwin Brickwood London 1862 Edwin Brickwood London RC Walter Bradford Woodgate Brasenose College, Ox 1863 Charles Bennett Lawes Third Trinity, Cm Edwin Brickwood London 1864 Walter Bradford Woodgate Brasenose College, Ox Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox 1865 Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox Charles Bennett Lawes Third Trinity, Cm 1866 Edward Michell Magdalen College, Ox Walter Bradford Woodgate Kingston RC 1867 William Crofts Brasenose College, Ox Frank Willan Exeter College, Ox 1868 William Stout London Rowing Club William Crofts Brasenose College, Ox 1869 William Crofts Brasenose College, Oxford A C Yarborough Lincoln College, Ox 1870 John Brooks Close First Trinity, Cm R J Waldie-Griffith Jesus College, Cm 1871 William Fawcus Tynemouth RC John Goldie Lady Margaret BC, Cm 1872 Clement Courtenay Knollys Magdalen College, Ox C H Lawton York 1873 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm W Chillingworth Twickenham RC 1874 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm William Fawcus Tynemouth RC 1875 Alfred Dicker Lady Margaret, Cm William Brooks Close Cambridge 1876 Frank Lumley Playford London RC Robert Labat London RC 1877 Tom Edwards-Moss Brasenose College, Ox A V Frere Kingston RC 1878 Tom Edwards-Moss Brasenose College, Ox Jefferson Lowndes Hertford College, Ox 1879 Jefferson Lowndes Hertford College, Ox Frank Lumley Playford London RC 1880 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC C E Adam Oxford 1881 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC Achilles Wild Frankfurt, GER 1882 Jefferson Lowndes Derby School RC Alexandre Lein Paris, FRA 1883 Jefferson Lowndes Twickenham RC Achilles Wild Frankfurt, GER 1884 William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox R H Smith Thames RC 1885 William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox Frederick I Pitman Third Trinity, Cm 1886 Frederick Pitman Third Trinity, Cm William Sully Unwin Magdalen College, Ox 1887 James Cardwell Gardner Emmanuel College, Cm Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Oxford 1888 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox E Doering F Hammonia BC, GER 1889 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Charles J Psotta New York AC, USA 1890 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Gilbert Kennedy Kingston RC 1891 Vivian Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox rowed over n/a 1892 Janus Ooms Neptune RC, NED S M Boyd Trinity College, Dublin, IRE 1893 Guy Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox Gilbert Kennedy Kingston RC 1894 Guy Nickalls Formosa BC Vivian Nickalls Magdalen College, Ox 1895 Rupert Guinness Leander Club Guy Nickalls London RC 1896 Rupert Guinness Leander Club Rupert Kendall Beaumont Burton-On-Trent RC 1897 Edward Ten Eyck Wachusett, USA Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC 1898 Benjamin Hunting Howell Trinity Hall, Cm Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC 1899 Benjamin Hunting Howell Thames RC Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC 1900 Edward Hemmerde University College, Ox Benjamin Hunting Howell Thames RC 1901 Charles Vincent Fox Guards Brigade RC St G Ashe Thames RC 1902 Frederick Septimus Kelly Balliol College, Ox Raymond Etherington-Smith Leander Club 1903 Frederick Septimus Kelly Leander Club Julius Beresford Kennsington RC 1904 Lou Scholes Toronto RC, CAN Arthur Cloutte London RC 1905 Frederick Septimus Kelly Leander Club Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC 1906 Harry Blackstaffe Vesta RC William Darell Household Brigade 1907 William Darell Household Brigade Alexander McCulloch University College, Ox 1908 Alexander McCulloch Leander Club Athol Alexander Stuart Kingston RC 1909 Athol Alexander Stuart Kingston RC Rudolph Lucas Mainz RC, GER 1910 Wally Kinnear Kensington RC Rudolph Lucas Mainz RC, GER 1911 Wally Kinnear Kensington RC Eric Powell Vikings Club 1912 Eric Powell Vikings Club Alexander McCulloch Leander Club 1913 Cecil McVilly Derwent RC, AUS Edward Dennis P Pinks London RC 1914 Giuseppe Sinigaglia Lario Club, Como, ITA Colin M Stuart Trinity Hall, Cm No races 1915–1919 (WWI)
1920 to 1939 Jack Beresford (left) congratulates Walter Hoover (right) after the final of the Diamond Sculls in 1922 Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref 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 1927 R T Lee Worcester College, Ox Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC , CAN1928 Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC, CAN R T Lee Worcester College, Oxford 1929 Bert Gunther De Amstel, NED Joseph Wright Jr. Argonaut RC, CAN 1930 Jack Guest Don Rowing Club, CAN Gerhard Boetzelen Berliner RC, GER 1931 Bobby Pearce Leander BC, Hamilton, CAN Fred Bradley Pembroke College, Cm 1932 Herbert Buhtz Berliner RC, GER Gerhard Boetzelen Berliner RC, GER 1933 Tom Askwith Peterhouse, Cm Humphrey Warren Trinity Hall, Cm 1934 Herbert Buhtz Berliner RC, GER Winthrop Rutherford Princeton University, USA 1935 Ernst Rufli FC Zurich RC, SWI Jiří Zavřel Veslařský Klub, CZE 1936 Ernst Rufli FC Zurich RC, SWI Thomas Harold Tyler Thames RC 1937 Josef Hasenöhrl RV Ellida, AUT John Francis Coulson Argonaut RC, CAN 1938 Joe Burk Penn AC , USALen D Habbitts Reading RC 1939 Joe Burk Penn AC , USARoger Verey Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL No races 1940–1945 (WWII)
1946 to 1999 Stuart Mackenzie, six times winner from 1957 to 1962 Three-time winner Seán Drea Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref 1946 Jean Séphériadès SN Basse Seine, FRA John B. Kelly Jr. US Navy, USA 1947 John B. Kelly Jr. University of Penn , USACarl H Fronsdal Bergens Roklubb, NOR 1948 Mervyn Wood NSW Police RC, AUS Bert Bushnell Maidenhead RC 1949 John B. Kelly Jr. University of Penn , USAJack H Trinsey Notre Dame Club of Phila, USA 1950 Antony Rowe Leander Club Rob van Mesdag Trinity College, Dublin 1951 Tony Fox Pembroke College, Cm Erik Larsen Koge Roklubb, DEN 1952 Mervyn Wood Sydney Rowing Club , AUSTony Fox London Rowing Club 1953 Tony Fox London Rowing Club Robert George Union Nautique de Liege, BEL 1954 Perica Vlašić Mornar Club, YUG Alain Colomb Aviron Romand, SWI 1955 Teodor Kocerka AZS Bydgoszsz, POL Sidney Rand Royal Air Force 1956 Teodor Kocerka AZS Bydgoszsz, POL Tony Fox London Rowing Club 1957 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Vyacheslav Ivanov Krasnoe Znamia, USSR 1958 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Vyacheslav Ivanov Central Army Club, USSR 1959 Stuart Mackenzie Sydney RC, AUS Harry Parker Vesper BC, USA 1960 Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club Teodor Kocerka AZS Szczecin, POL 1961 Stuart Mackenzie Mosman RC, AUS Oleg Tyurin Trud Club, Leningrad 1962 Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club William L. Barry Quintin BC 1963 Gottfried Kottmann Belvoir RC, SWI William L. Barry Quintin BC 1964 Seymour Cromwell Nonpareil RC, USA Alberto Demiddi Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG 1965 Donald Spero NY AC, USA Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh Bristol RC 1966 Achim Hill BSGM Baumschuleneweg, GDR Jan Wienese Roei en Zeilverenging de Amstel 1967 Martin Studach Grasshopper Club Zürich , SWIJochen Meißner Mannheimer Rv Amiciitia Von 1876 1968 Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh Eton Vikings Kenny Dwan Poplar, Blackwall & District RC 1969 Joachim Böhmer SC Dynamo Berlin , GERWilliam B Tytus Seattle Tennis Club 1970 Jochen Meißner Mannheimer RV Amicitia, GER Patrick Delafield Tideway Scullers' School 1971 Alberto Demiddi Club de Regatas Rosario, ARG Jim Dietz New York AC, USA 1972 Aleksandr Timoshinin WMF Moscow, USSR Seán Drea Vesper BC, USA 1973 Seán Drea Neptune Rowing Club, IRE David Sturge Lady Margaret BC 1974 Seán Drea Neptune RC, IRE Kenny Dwan Poplar, Blackwall & District RC 1975 Seán Drea Neptune RC, IRE Jim Dietz New York AC 1976 Ted Hale Sydney Rowing Club , AUSPeter Zeun Peterborough City RC 1977 Tim Crooks Leander Club Jim Dietz New York AC 1978 Tim Crooks Leander Club Hugh Matheson Thames Tradesmen's RC 1979 Hugh Matheson Nottingham Rowing Club Johan Ghoos Antwerpse RV, BEL 1980 Ricardo Ibarra Mar del Plata, ARG Rolf Thorsen Horten Roklubb, NOR 1981 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Chris Howell University of London RC 1982 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Allan Whitwell Thames Tradesmen's RC 1983 Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club Tim Crooks Kingston RC 1984 Chris Baillieu Leander Club Bjarne Eltang Danske SR, DEN 1985 Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club Brad Alan Lewis Dirty Dozen RC, USA 1986 Bjarne Eltang Danske Stud RK, DEN Steve Redgrave Marlow Rowing Club 1987 Peter-Michael Kolbe RC Hamburg, GER Vasil Yakusha Soviet Army, USSR 1988 Hamish McGlashan Melbourne University BC Andrew Sudduth Harvard University, USA 1989 Václav Chalupa Dukla Praha, CZE Kajetan Broniewski AZS-AWF Warszawa, POL 1990 Eric Verdonk Koru RC, NZL Wim Van Belleghem Bruges Trimm-en, BEL 1991 Wim Van Belleghem Royal Club Nautique de Gand , BELEric Verdonk Koru RC, NZL 1992 Rorie Henderson Leander Club Paul Reedy Melbourne University BC 1993 Thomas Lange Ruderverein Bollberg-Halle, GER Václav Chalupa Dukla Praha, CZE 1994 Xeno Müller Grasshopper Club Zurich , SWIMartin Haldbo Hansen Denmark Rocenter 1995 Jüri Jaanson Parnu Rowing Club, EST Xeno Müller Grasshopper Club, Zurich 1996 Merlin L. O. Vervoorn DSR Proteus-Eretes, Delft, NED Andy. R Bihrer Grasshopper Club, Zurich 1997 Greg Searle Molesey Boat Club Peter Haining Auriol Kensington RC 1998 Jamie Koven Brown Alumni, USA Greg Searle Molesey Boat Club 1999 Marcel Hacker RC Magdeburg, GER Jamie Koven Riverside Boat Club, USA
2000 onwards New Zealander Drysdale winning in 2009 Oliver Zeidler Year Winner Club Runner-up Club ref 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 , NZLCharlie 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 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 , NED2015 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 2021 Graeme Thomas Agecroft Rowing Club Sebastian Devereux Leander Club 2022 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 David Bartholot Rowing Australia 2023 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 Piotr Płomiński WTW Warszawa, POL 2024 Oliver Zeidler Frankfurt RS Germany 1869 James Plihal Craftsbury Green Racing Project, USA. 2025 Melvin Twellaar Hollandia Roeiclub Finlay Hamill Waikato Rowing Club
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