# Visitors' Challenge Cup

The Visitors Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs and has similar qualifying rules to the Ladies' Challenge Plate. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.

## Past winners

| Year | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1847 | Christ Church, Oxford | St George's Club |
| 1848 | Christ Church, Oxford | row over |
| 1849 | Second Trinity, Cambridge | row over |
| 1850 | Christ Church, Oxford | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| 1851 | Christ Church, Oxford | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1852 | Argonaut Club | Christ Church, Oxford |
| 1853 | Argonaut Club | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1854 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Pembroke College, Oxford |
| 1855 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Balliol College, Oxford |
| 1856 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Royal Chester |
| 1857 | Pembroke College, Oxford | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1858 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Pembroke College, Oxford |
| 1859 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | row over |
| 1860 | First Trinity, Cambridge | row over |
| 1861 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| 1862 | Brasenose College, Oxford | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1863 | Brasenose College, Oxford | row over, Third Trinity, Cm (withdrew) |
| 1864 | University College, Oxford | row over |
| 1865 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | row over |
| 1866 | University College, Oxford | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1867 | University College, Oxford | row over |
| 1868 | University College, Oxford | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1869 | University College, Oxford | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1870 | Trinity College Dublin | University College, Oxford |
| 1871 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1872 | Pembroke College, Oxford | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1873 | Trinity College Dublin | row over |
| 1874 | Trinity College Dublin | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| 1875 | University College, Oxford | Trinity College Dublin |
| 1876 | University College, Oxford | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| 1877 | Jesus College, Cambridge | Keble College, Oxford |
| 1878 | Columbia College | Hertford College, Oxford |
| 1879 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1880 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| 1881 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1882 | Brasenose College, Oxford | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| 1883 | Christ Church, Oxford | Caius College, Cambridge |
| 1884 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Christ Church, Oxford |
| 1885 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1886 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Clare College, Cambridge |
| 1887 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1888 | Brasenose College, Oxford | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| 1889 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1890 | Brasenose College, Oxford | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| 1891 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| 1892 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Queen's College, Oxford |
| 1893 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1894 | New College, Oxford | row over |
| 1895 | Trinity College, Oxford | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| 1896 | Caius College, Cambridge | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1897 | Trinity College, Oxford | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1898 | New College, Oxford | University College, Oxford |
| 1899 | Balliol College, Oxford | New College, Oxford |
| 1900 | Trinity College, Cambridge | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1901 | Balliol College, Oxford | Caius College, Cambridge |
| 1902 | Jesus College, Cambridge | Balliol College, Oxford |
| 1903 | University College, Oxford | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1904 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | University College, Oxford |
| 1905 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1906 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1907 | Magdalen College, Oxford | Leander Club |
| 1908 | Magdalen College, Oxford | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1909 | Christ Church, Oxford | St. John's College, Oxford |
| 1910 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Balliol College, Oxford |
| 1911 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Trinity College, Oxford |
| 1912 | Christ Church, Oxford | Christ Church, Oxford |
| 1913 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | University College, Oxford |
| 1914 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1920 | Merton College, Oxford | King's College London |
| 1921 | Lincoln College, Oxford | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1922 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| 1923 | Magdalen College, Oxford | Trinity College, Oxford |
| 1924 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Exeter College, Oxford |
| 1925 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| 1926 | Christ Church, Oxford | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| 1927 | Christ's College, Cambridge | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1928 | First Trinity, Cambridge | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| 1929 | Third Trinity, Cambridge | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| 1930 | Brasenose College, Oxford | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| 1931 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1932 | Jesus College, Cambridge | Trinity College, Oxford |
| 1933 | Christ's College, Cambridge | Trinity College, Oxford |
| 1934 | First Trinity, Cambridge | University College, Oxford |
| 1935 | Jesus College, Cambridge | First Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1936 | Jesus College, Cambridge | Oriel College, Oxford |
| 1937 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Thames Rowing Club |
| 1938 | Oriel College, Oxford | Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1939 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | New College, Oxford |
| 1946 | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge | New College, Oxford |
| 1947 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| 1948 | Magdalen College, Oxford | New College, Oxford |
| 1949 | Clare College, Cambridge | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1950 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| 1951 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1952 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Trinity College, Oxford |
| 1953 | Magdalen College, Oxford | King's College, Cambridge |
| 1954 | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| 1955 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1956 | Merton College, Oxford | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| 1957 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Christ Church, Oxford |
| 1958 | Keble College, Oxford | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| 1959 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1960 | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge | King's College, Cambridge |
| 1961 | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | St. Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| 1962 | Keble College, Oxford | Chelsea College, London |
| 1963 | Christ's College, Cambridge | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| 1964 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | St. Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| 1965 | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge |
| 1966 | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Imperial College |
| 1967 | Magdalene College, Cambridge | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1968 | Imperial College Boat Club | Trinity College, Dublin |
| 1969 | Eton College | Clare College, Cambridge |
| 1970 | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | St. Thomas's Hospital, London |
| 1971 | University of London | Keble College, Oxford |
| 1972 | University of London | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge |
| 1973 | First & Third Trinity, Cambridge | Exeter University |
| 1974 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | Christ Church, Oxford |
| 1975 | Ealing High Schools | Vesper Boat Club |
| 1976 | University of London | Salisbury School, USA |
| 1977 | University of Washington, USA | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1978 | Durham University | University College & Hospital, London |
| 1979 | Strode's College & Wallingford School | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1980 | University of London | Lady Margaret Boat Club |
| 1981 | University of London | Durham University |
| 1982 | Durham University | Natal University, South Africa |
| 1983 | University of London | Imperial College |
| 1984 | Shiplake College & Sir William Borlase's | Reading University |
| 1985 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of London |
| 1986 | Reading University | University of London |
| 1987 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of London |
| 1988 | Durham University | Imperial College |
| 1989 | Isis Boat Club | Durham University |
| 1990 | University of London | Goldie Boat Club |
| 1991 | Goldie Boat Club | University of London |
| 1992 | Durham University | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 1993 | The King's School, Chester | University of London |
| 1994 | Imperial College Boat Club | University of London |
| 1995 | Isis Boat Club | University of London |
| 1996 | W.S.R. Argo, Holland | Isis Boat Club |
| 1997 | Oxford Brookes University | Imperial College & Charing Cross & Westminster |
| 1998 | Isis Boat Club | Imperial College |
| 1999 | Oxford Brookes University | Imperial College Boat Club |
| 2000 | Oxford Brookes University | University of London |
| 2001 | Oxford Brookes University & Taurus | Molesey Boat Club |
| 2002 | Oxford Brookes University & Imperial College Boat Club | Cambridge University |
| 2003 | NUI Galway & Skibbereen Rowing Club | Cambridge University |
| 2004 | Oxford Brookes University & Oxford University | Cambridge University |
| 2005 | NUI Galway | Oxford Brookes University |
| 2006 | Oxford Brookes University & Leander Club | Molesey Boat Club & Imperial College Boat Club |
| 2007 | Leander Club | Reading University Boat Club & Agecroft Rowing Club |
| 2008 | Imperial College Boat Club & Kingston Rowing Club | Martyrs Boat Club & Christ Church, Oxford |
| 2009 | Isis | Mercyhurst College, U.S.A |
| 2010 | Leander Club & Durham University | Leander Club A |
| 2011 | Leander Club & Imperial College Boat Club | NUI Galway & Gráinne Mhaol Rowing Club |
| 2012 | Oxford Brookes University & Molesey Boat Club | Nereus Rowing Club |
| 2013 | Harvard University A | Harvard University B |
| 2014 | Harvard University | Leander Club |
| 2015 | University of California, Berkeley, USA | Sydney Rowing Club |
| 2016 | Thames Rowing Club | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| 2017 | Leander Club | Cambridge University |
| 2018 | Leander Club | University of London |
| 2019 | Cambridge University & Leander Club | Nereus Rowing Club & D.S.R.V. Laga |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Oxford Brookes University | Leander Club |
| 2022 | University of Washington, USA | Tideway Scullers' School & Molesey Boat Club |
| 2023 | Oxford Brookes University | Leander Club |
| 2024 | Leander Club | Oxford Brookes University & Taurus |