Ladies' Challenge Plate

The Ladies' Challenge Plate is one of the events at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. Crews of men's eight-oared boats below the standard of the Grand Challenge Cup can enter, although international standard heavyweight crews are not permitted to row in the Ladies' Plate.

The Ladies' Plate was first competed for in 1845, initially as the "New Challenge Cup". The following year, it became the "Ladies' Challenge Plate", and it has been competed for every year since, except for years which were affected by the two World Wars. Until 1966, the Ladies' Plate was originally for academic institutions in the United Kingdom, and Trinity College, Dublin, but in 1967, the entry requirements were relaxed to allow entries from academic institutions throghout the world. Further changes in 1985 allowed entries from any club, and certain restrictions were placed on entries of the Thames Challenge Cup to ensure that crews of the required standard entered the more senior Ladies' Plate.

Winners

1845-1849

*1845 St. George's Club, London, UK
*1846 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1847 Brasenose College, Oxford, UK
*1848 Christ Church, Oxford, UK
*1849 Wadham College, Oxford, UK

1850-1899

*1850 Lincoln College, Oxford, UK
*1851 Brasenose College, Oxford, UK
*1852 Pembroke College, Oxford, UK
*1853 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1854 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1855 Balliol College, Oxford, UK
*1856 Royal Chester Rowing Club, UK
*1857 Exeter College, Oxford, UK
*1858 Balliol College, Oxford, UK
*1859 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1860 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1861 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1862 University College, Oxford, UK
*1863 University College, Oxford, UK
*1864 Eton College, UK
*1865 Third Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1866 Eton College, UK
*1867 Eton College, UK
*1868 Eton College, UK
*1869 Eton College, UK
*1870 Eton College, UK
*1871 Pembroke College, Oxford, UK
*1872 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1873 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1874 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1875 Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
*1876 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1877 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1878 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1879 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1880 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, UK
*1881 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1882 Eton College, UK
*1883 Christ Church, Oxford, UK
*1884 Eton College, UK
*1885 Eton College, UK
*1886 Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
*1887 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, UK
*1888 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1889 Christ Church, Oxford, UK
*1890 Balliol College, Oxford, UK
*1891 Balliol College, Oxford, UK
*1892 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1893 Eton College, UK
*1894 Eton College, UK
*1895 Eton College, UK
*1896 Eton College, UK
*1897 Eton College, UK
*1898 Eton College, UK
*1899 Eton College, UK

1900-1949

*1900 New College, Oxford, UK
*1901 University College, Oxford, UK
*1902 University College, Oxford, UK
*1903 Magdalen College, Oxford, UK
*1904 Eton College, UK
*1905 Eton College, UK
*1906 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1907 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, UK
*1908 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1909 St. John's College, Oxford, UK
*1910 Eton College, UK
*1911 Eton College, UK
*1912 Eton College, UK
*1913 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1914 Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
*1915-1919 "not held"
*1920 Christ Church, Oxford, UK
*1921 Eton College, UK
*1922 Brasenose College, Oxford, UK
*1923 Trinity College, Oxford, UK
*1924 Shrewsbury School, UK
*1925 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1926 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1927 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1928 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1929 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1930 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1931 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1932 Shrewsbury School, UK
*1933 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1934 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1935 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, UK
*1936 First Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1937 Clare College, Cambridge, UK
*1938 Radley College, UK
*1939 Clare College, Cambridge, UK
*1940-1945 "not held"
*1946 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1947 First and Third Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1948 Eton College, UK
*1949 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK

1950-1999

*1950 New College, Oxford, UK
*1951 Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
*1952 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1953 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1954 First and Third Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1955 Queens' College, Cambridge, UK
*1956 Peterhouse, Cambridge, UK
*1957 Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
*1958 Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
*1959 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1960 Eton College, UK
*1961 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1962 Queens' College, Cambridge, UK
*1963 Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK
*1964 Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK
*1965 St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK
*1966 Lady Margaret Boat Club, UK
*1967 First and Third Trinity Boat Club, UK
*1968 Cherwell Boat Club, UK
*1969 ASR Nereus, Netherlands
*1970 GSR Aegir, Netherlands
*1971 University of London, UK
*1972 DSR Laga, Netherlands
*1973 Harvard University, USA
*1974 University College, Dublin, Ireland
*1975 University of London, UK
*1976 Trinity College, Hartford, USA
*1977 Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
*1978 Imperial College, London, UK
*1979 Yale University, USA
*1980 Yale University, USA
*1981 University of Washington, USA
*1982 University of London, UK
*1983 Harvard University, USA
*1984 Brown University, USA
*1985 Leander Club "A", UK
*1986 Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland
*1987 University of London, UK
*1988 Mercantile Rowing Club, Australia
*1989 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, UK
*1990 Harvard University, USA
*1991 Leander Club & Molesey Boat Club, UK
*1992 Imperial College, London, UK
*1993 Brown University, USA
*1994 College Boat Club, Pennsylvania, USA
*1995 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, UK
*1996 Goldie Boat Club, UK
*1997 Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association and Oxford Brooks University, UK
*1998 Harvard University, USA
*1999 Cambridge University Boat Club and Queen's Tower Boat Club, UK

2000 onwards

*2000 Brown University, USA
*2001 Dartmouth Rowing Club, USA
*2002 Harvard University, USA
*2003 University of Washington, USA
*2004 Leander Club, UK
*2005 Cambridge University Boat Club, UK
*2006 Princeton University, USA
*2007 Harvard University, USA

References

* [http://www.hrr.co.uk/history/trophies.php Henley Royal Regatta trophies]
* [http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm Henley Royal Regatta winners 1839-1939]
* [http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm Henley Royal Regatta winners 1946-present]