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unusual facts about Grand Challenge Cup


Francis Elliot

He also rowed in an Oxford-Etonian eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1871.


Lady Margaret Boat Club

In 1951, Lady Margaret won the Grand at Henley Royal Regatta and had five members of the successful Cambridge crew, which also defeated Harvard and Yale in the United States.

Thorsten Engelmann

In 2005, Engelmann was a member of the Dortmund crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.

William Backman

Backman helped lead the Huskies to victories in the Eastern Sprints during the 1972 and 1973 seasons along with competing in the Grand Challenge Cup and Henley Royal Regatta.


see also

A. A. Casamajor

Casamajor helped the club eight win the Grand Challenge Cup and partnered Paine in the Silver Goblets in 1859 when they were runners-up to Warre and John Arkell.

Wadham College Boat Club

This defeat would be avenged in the next decade when, in 1849, Wadham raced Trinity, Cambridge and Oriel College in the Ladies' Challenge Plate and the Grand Challenge Cup on successive days.