- Disher Challenge Cup
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The Disher Challenge Cup is awarded to the winner of an annual eight oar rowing boat race held over a distance of approximately 3 miles at a regatta between three tertiary institutions in the Australian Capital Territory:
- the Royal Military College, Duntroon,
- the Australian National University, and
- the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Other crews race by invitation, but cannot be awarded the Cup.
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History
The Disher Challenge Cup was named for Captain H.C. (Clive) Disher of the Australian Army Medical Corps, who stoked the 1919 Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Number 1 crew that beat Oxford University in the final of the Inter-Allied Services event at the Henley Peace Regatta after the end of the World War I[1].
Disher presented the Disher Cup to the inaugural winning crew, the Australian National University, in 1971.
Initially the Cup was between the Royal Military College and the Australian National University until the Australian Defence Force Academy was established in 1986.
The inscription reads:
The Disher Challenge Cup Presented by Dr Clive Disher CBE ED
Royal Henley Peace Regatta 1919.
for annual competition between eight oared crews representing the Australian National University and
the Royal Military College Duntroon in memory of the AIF eight oared crew, winners of the King's Cup,Disher Cup Regatta
The regatta for the Disher Cup is held on Lake Burley Griffin, an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, Australia's national capital city. The lake is about 10 km long. The original course was 4.8 km, from Sullivan's Creek at the ANU to the mouth of the Molonglo River near Duntroon.
The course was changed to be fairer and safer, at 4250 metres, that begins at Aspen Island, passes under Commonwealth Bridge and finishes at Yarralumla. Both the men's (for the Disher Challenge Cup) and women's eights race are over the 4250 metre course.
Races for men's and women's coxed fours over 2000 metres are also held as a part of the Disher Cup Regatta.
Other trophies contested for at the Disher Cup Regatta are:
- L.W. Nicholl Shield for men's 4s (first presented in 1989)
- Colonel Diane Harris Trophy for women's 4s (first presented in 1999)
- Anne Curtis Cup for women's 8s: RMC v ADFA v ANU (first presented in 1993)
Results
- 1978 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1979 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1980 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1981 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1982 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1983 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1984 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1985 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1986 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1987 ANU/RMC - ANU won
- 1988 ANU/RMC - RMC won
- 1989 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1990 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1991 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1992 RMC/ADFA/ANU - RMC won
- 1993 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1994 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 1995 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1996 RMC won
- 1997 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 1998 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 1999 ADFA/ANU/RMC - ADFA won
- 2000 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2001 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2002 ANU/RMC/ADFA - ANU won
- 2003 ANU/UC/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2004 UC/ADFA/RMC/ANU missed start - UC won
- 2005 UC/ANU/ADFA/RMC - UC won
- 2006 (14 October) - ADFA / ANU / RMC - affected by strong winds, limited to 2000m [1]
- 2007 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2008 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2009 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
- 2010 ANU/ADFA/RMC - ANU won
See also
- Henley Royal Regatta
- Rowing Australia
- Head of the River (Australia)
- Head of the River
- Head of the River Race
References
- ^ "Disher Cup". ACT Rowing Association. http://www.rowingact.org.au/disher_cup/disher_cup_about.html.
External links
Categories:- Rowing
- History of rowing
- Rowing regattas
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