The Wingfield Sculls - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Wingfield Sculls is a rowing

Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

race held annually on the River Thames

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, on the 4¼ mile (6.8 km) Championship Course

The Championship Course

The stretch of the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney in London, England is a well-established course for rowing races, most famously the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. It is often referred to as The Championship Course...

from Putney

Putney

Putney is a district in south-west London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....

to Mortlake

Mortlake

Mortlake is a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes with East Sheen inland to the south. Mortlake was part of Surrey until 1965.-History:...

.

The race is between single scull

Single scull

A single scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand....

ers and is for the amateur sculling championship of the Thames and Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

Background

The race was founded on 10 August 1830, at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield. The idea for the race was suggested at a dinner after a sculling

Sculling

Sculling generally refers to a method of using oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the port and starboard sides of the craft, or over the stern...

race and following this a subscription dinner was held at the Swan in Battersea

Battersea

Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...

, where money was raised to fund the event, the rules were decided and a date was set.

The initial conditions were that the race should be run on the half tide from Westminster

Westminster

Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...

to Putney

Putney

against all challengers, annually on the 10th August forever (10 August being Wingfield's birthday), though the first race actually went from the Red House, Battersea to Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...

.

The Wingfield Sculls, the Diamond Challenge Sculls

Diamond Challenge Sculls

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...

at Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta

Metropolitan Regatta

The Metropolitan Regatta is an international rowing regatta. It takes place on Dorney Lake, Buckinghamshire near Eton next to the River Thames in southern England. It attracts crews from schools, clubs and universities from around the United Kingdom, Europe and the USA...

made up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier amateur single sculling events in the United Kingdom.

Following the first Wingfield Sculls race, a separate Championship of the Thames

World Sculling Championship (Professional)

The World Sculling Championship , evolved from the Championship of the Thames for professional scullers.Only the sport of boxing claims an older Championship of the World...

for professional scullers was held for the first time in October 1831.

The 2009 race took place on Thursday 5 November.

Women's race

The 2007 event on 25 October saw the revival of the women's championship which, except for the years between 1939–48, had been an annual event from 1929 until the early 1970s, when the Women's Amateur Rowing Association amalgamated with the ARA.

The Wingfield Family Society have been involved with the Wingfield Sculls for the last 10 years (and a few years ago presented the Wingfield Sculls Committee with a new giant flag). It has also has funded and presented a silver Trophy – based on Henry Wingfield’s original 1830 Trophy - for the revived Women’s Wingfields.

The closest living relative to Henry Wingfield, Clare Morton (the g-g-great granddaughter of Henry’s Uncle John Wingfield) presented both the trophy to the winner of the 2007 race, Elise Laverick

Elise Laverick

Elise Mary Laverick is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington...

(Thames RC

Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club is a rowing club situated on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1860.-Club colours:Red, white and black in stripes, the white stripe lying between the red and black and being of half their width....

), and a framed montage of extracts about the “Life of the Wingfield Sculls Founder” to Wade Hall-Craggs

Wade Hall-Craggs

Oliver Wade Hall-Craggs is a British rower and Olympic sculler. He is current head coach at Durham University Boat Club, a position he has held since 2000, and mainly coaches the heavy-weight men. He represented Great Britain in the Single Scull at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- External links :*...

, the Honorary Secretary of the Wingfield Sculls Committee.

Results

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! Date !! Winner !! Club!! Time !! Course
|-
|1830 ||J. H. Bayford

James Bayford

James Heseltine Bayford was an English rower who was the first winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

|| Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Trinity Hall Boat Club

Trinity Hall Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1827 it is amongst the oldest college boat clubs in Cambridge, England....

|| NTT || Battersea to Hammersmith
|-
|1831 ||C. Lewis

Charles Lewis (sculler)

Charles Lewis was an English rower who was twice winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

||London ||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1832 ||A. A. Julius

A. A. Julius

Alfred Alexander Julius was an English rower who was a three times winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1833 ||C. Lewis

Charles Lewis (sculler)

Charles Lewis was an English rower who was twice winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

||London ||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1834 ||A. A. Julius

A. A. Julius

Alfred Alexander Julius was an English rower who was a three times winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1835 ||A. A. Julius

A. A. Julius

Alfred Alexander Julius was an English rower who was a three times winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1836 ||H.Wood ||London ||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1837 ||P. Colquhoun

Patrick Colquhoun (lawyer)

Sir Patrick Colquhoun QC was a British diplomat, legal writer and sculler who was considered the father of Cambridge rowing....

||St John's College, Cambridge

Lady Margaret Boat Club

The Lady Margaret Boat Club , is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The club is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of the College.- History :...

||38.30 ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1838 ||H.Wood ||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1839 ||H. Chapman

Henry Chapman (rower)

Henry Chapman was an English 19th century rower who four times won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur championship of the River Thames.Chapman lived in London and rowed as a member of Crescent Club. He first competed in the Wingfield Sculls in 1838 when the event was won by H Wood. Chapman won the...

||Crescent Club, London ||NTT ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1840 ||T.L.Jenkins

Thomas Lowten Jenkins

Thomas Lowten Jenkins was an English barrister and rower who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur championship of the River Thames....

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

||Row Over ||Westminster to Putney
|-
|1841|| T.L.Jenkins

Thomas Lowten Jenkins

Thomas Lowten Jenkins was an English barrister and rower who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur championship of the River Thames....

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1842||H. Chapman

Henry Chapman (rower)

|| Crescent Club, London || NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1843||H. Chapman

Henry Chapman (rower)

|| Crescent Club, London || NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1844|| T.B.Bumpsted

Thomas Bumpsted

Thomas Brooks Bumpsted was an English surgeon and rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta when it was first competed in 1844 and who also won the Wingfield Sculls in 1844....

|| Scullers' Club, London || NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1845||H. Chapman

Henry Chapman (rower)

|| Crescent Club, London || NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1846|| W.Russell || || NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1847|| J. R. L. Walmisley

John Walmisley

John Richard Lambert Walmisley was an English rower who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

|| Thames Club

Thames Club

The Thames Club was an English rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames that competed in the middle of 19th century.The Thames Club was active in the 1840s and 1850s and its first major success was winning the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1846 with the crew including...

|| NTT || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1848|| J. R. L. Walmisley

John Walmisley

John Richard Lambert Walmisley was an English rower who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

|| Thames Club

Thames Club

|| Row Over || Westminster to Putney
|-
|1849|| F. Playford

Francis Playford

Francis Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1849 and the pairs oars at Henley Royal Regatta....

|| Thames Club

Thames Club

|| NTT || Putney to Kew
|-
|1850|| T. R. Bone

Thomas Bone

Thomas Robson Bone was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1849 and 1850 and who also won the Wingfield Sculls in 1850 and 1851....

|| Meteor Club || Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1851|| T. R. Bone

Thomas Bone

Thomas Robson Bone was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1849 and 1850 and who also won the Wingfield Sculls in 1850 and 1851....

|| Thames Club

Thames Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1852|| E. G. Peacock || Thames Club

Thames Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1853|| J. Paine

James Paine (rower)

James Paine was an English rower who competed in the 19th century and won the Wingfield Sculls and events at Henley Royal Regatta.Paine lived in London and rowed initially as a member of the Argonaut Club...

|| Argonaut Club

Argonaut Club

The Argonaut Club was an English rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames that competed in the middle of 19th century.The Argonaut Club was active in the 1850s and its first major successes were in the Visitors' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1852 and 1953. The most prominent...

|| NTT || Putney to Kew
|-
|1854|| H. H. Playford

Herbert Playford

Herbert Harlee Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. He was instrumental in founding London Rowing Club and the Metropolitan Regatta....

|| Wandle Club, London || Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1855|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

Alexander Alcée Casamajor was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in six successive years and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta as well as being twice in the winning Grand Challenge Cup team....

|| Wandle Club, London || NTT || Putney to Kew
|-
|1856|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

|| Argonaut Club

Argonaut Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1857|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club is one of the oldest rowing clubs on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom.It is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain. and its Patron is HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh....

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1858|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1859|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1860|| A. A. Casamajor

A. A. Casamajor

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Kew
|-
|1861|| E. D. Brickwood

Edwin Brickwood

Edwin Dampier Brickwood was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1861 and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1859 and 1862. He also wrote about rowing....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 29.52 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1862|| W. B. Woodgate

Walter Bradford Woodgate

Walter Bradford Woodgate was a British barrister and oarsman who won the Wingfield Sculls three times, and various events at Henley Royal Regatta including the Silver Goblets five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls once...

|| Brasenose College, Oxford || 27.00 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1863|| J. E. Parker

James Parker (rower)

James Edward Parker was an English rower who won several events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

|| University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1864|| W. B. Woodgate

Walter Bradford Woodgate

|| Brasenose College, Oxford || 25.22 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1865|| C. B. Lawes

Charles Bennett Lawes

Sir Charles Bennett Lawes-Wittewronge, 2nd Baronet was an English rower, athlete and sculptor. He exhibited twelve works at the Royal Academy....

|| Third Trinity, Cambridge

First and Third Trinity Boat Club

The First and Third Trinity Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity College in Cambridge, England. The club formally came into existence in 1946 when the First Trinity Boat Club and the Third Trinity Boat Club merged, although the 2 clubs had been rowing together for several years before that date...

|| 27.04 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1866|| E. B. Michell

Edward Michell

Edward Blair Michell was an English barrister and rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1866 and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1866 and 1867...

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...

|| 27.36 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1867|| W. B. Woodgate

Walter Bradford Woodgate

|| Oxford Radleian Club || Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1868|| W. Stout

William Stout (rower)

William Stout was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1868....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 26.40 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1869|| A. de L. Long

Albert de Laude Long

Albert De Laude Long was an English iron founder and manufacturer who co-founded the company Dorman Long. He was also an amateur rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1869 and 1870....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1870|| A. de L. Long

Albert de Laude Long

Albert De Laude Long was an English iron founder and manufacturer who co-founded the company Dorman Long. He was also an amateur rower who won the Wingfield Sculls in 1869 and 1870....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 27.16 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1871|| W. Fawcus

William Fawcus

William Fawcus was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1871, being the first provincial competitor to do so....

|| Tynemouth RC || 26.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1872|| C. C. Knollys

Clement Courtenay Knollys

Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys KCMG was a British rower and colonial administrator and governor.Knollys was the son of Rev. Erskine Knollys and his wife Caroline Augusta North. His father was rector at Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, among other parishes.. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford...

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 27.15 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1873|| A. C. Dicker

Alfred Dicker

Alfred Cecil Dicker was an English clergyman and rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta three times and the Wingfield Sculls twice....

|| Lady Margaret BC, Cambridge

Lady Margaret Boat Club

The Lady Margaret Boat Club , is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The club is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of the College.- History :...

|| 24.40 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1874|| A. C. Dicker

Alfred Dicker

Alfred Cecil Dicker was an English clergyman and rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta three times and the Wingfield Sculls twice....

|| Lady Margaret BC, Cambridge

Lady Margaret Boat Club

The Lady Margaret Boat Club , is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The club is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of the College.- History :...

|| 25.45 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1875|| F. L. Playford

Frank Lumley Playford

Frank Lumley Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1876....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 27.08 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1876|| F. L. Playford

Frank Lumley Playford

Frank Lumley Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1876....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.46 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1877|| F. L. Playford

Frank Lumley Playford

Frank Lumley Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1876....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 26.03 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1878|| F. L. Playford

Frank Lumley Playford

Frank Lumley Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1876....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.41 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1879|| F. L. Playford

Frank Lumley Playford

Frank Lumley Playford was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1876....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1880|| A. Payne || Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.-Location:The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock...

|| 25.50 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1881|| J. Lowndes

Jefferson Lowndes

Jefferson Lowndes was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta five times and who also won the Wingfield Sculls twice....

|| Derby School

Derby School

Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational and comprehensive in 1974 and was closed in 1989...

|| 25.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1882|| A. Payne || Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.-Location:The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock...

|| 27.40 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1883|| J. Lowndes

Jefferson Lowndes

Jefferson Lowndes was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta five times and who also won the Wingfield Sculls twice....

|| Twickenham Rowing Club

Twickenham Rowing Club

Twickenham Rowing Club was founded on July 26, 1860 and is jointly the third oldest of the rowing clubs on the River Thames...

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1884|| W. S. Unwin

William Sully Unwin

William Sully Unwin was an English clergyman and amateur rower. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1884 and 1885, and rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race in 1885 and 1886....

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 24.12 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1885|| W. S. Unwin

William Sully Unwin

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| ? || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1886|| F.I.Pitman

Frederick I Pitman

Frederick Islay Pitman was a British rower who rowed in the Boat Race three times and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls in 1886.-Biography:...

|| Third Trinity, Cambridge

First and Third Trinity Boat Club

|| 24.12 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1887|| G. Nickalls

Guy Nickalls

Guy Nickalls was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 25.23 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1888|| G. Nickalls

Guy Nickalls

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 23.36 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1889|| G. Nickalls

Guy Nickalls

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1890|| J. C. Gardner

James Cardwell Gardner

James Cardwell Gardner , also known by his nickname Jumps Gardner, was an English doctor and amateur rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls and rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1888, 1889 and 1890.Gardner was born at Bunbury, Cheshire, the...

|| Cambridge University BC

Cambridge University Boat Club

The Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828...

|| 26.20 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1891|| G. Nickalls

Guy Nickalls

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1892|| V. Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls three times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1891.-Biography:...

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 23.40 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1893|| G. E. B. Kennedy

Gilbert Kennedy

Gilbert Edward B Kennedy was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur single sculling championship of the River Thames, in 1893....

||Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based in England, founded in 1858.The club is one of the world's oldest and most successful amateur rowing clubs...

|| 24.56 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1894|| V. Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls three times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1891.-Biography:...

|| Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

|| 27.30 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1895|| V. Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls

Vivian Nickalls was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls three times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1891.-Biography:...

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 25.06 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1896|| Hon R. Guinness

Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh

Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh KG CB CMG VD ADC FRS, , was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician, oarsman and philanthropist. Born in London, he was the eldest son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh...

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 24.10 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1897||H. T. Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe

Henry Thomas "Harry" Blackstaffe was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Blackstaffe was born in Islington, London, and became a butcher. He was a long-standing member of Vesta Rowing Club in Putney and also a cross-country runner who represented South London Harriers in the...

||Vesta RC

Vesta Rowing Club

Vesta Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames in Putney, London, England. It was founded in 1870.Vesta organizes two head races every year; the Scullers Head and the Veterans Head.-Notable results:...

|| 23.58 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1898|| B. H. Howell

Benjamin Hunting Howell

Benjamin Hunting Howell was an American rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1898 and 1899....

|| Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Trinity Hall Boat Club

Trinity Hall Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1827 it is amongst the oldest college boat clubs in Cambridge, England....

|| 22.56 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1899|| B. H. Howell

Benjamin Hunting Howell

Benjamin Hunting Howell was an American rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1898 and 1899....

||Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 23.07 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1900|| C. V. Fox || Guards Brigade RC || 22.54 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1901||H. T. Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe

||Vesta RC

Vesta Rowing Club

|| 24.16 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1902|| A. H. Cloutte

Arthur Cloutte

Arthur Hamilton Cloutte was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur single sculling championship of the River Thames, in 1902...

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.32 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1903|| F. S. Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly was an Australian and British musician and composer and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.32 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1904|| St.G.Ashe ||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 23.25 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1905||H. T. Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe

||Vesta RC

Vesta Rowing Club

|| 25.17 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1906||H. T. Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe

||Vesta RC

Vesta Rowing Club

|| 23.10 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1907|| J. de G.Edye ||Auriol RC

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based in Hammersmith in west London, England. The club was formed in 1981 by the amalgamation of two separate clubs - Auriol Rowing Club which was founded in 1896, and Kensington Rowing Club which was founded in 1872...

|| 23.51 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1908||H. T. Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe

||Vesta RC

Vesta Rowing Club

|| 24.48 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1909|| A. A. Stuart

Athol Alexander Stuart

Athol Alexander Paul Rees Stuart was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup to achieve the rowing triple crown in 1909....

||Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club

Kingston Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based in England, founded in 1858.The club is one of the world's oldest and most successful amateur rowing clubs...

|| 26.06 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1910|| W.D.Kinnear

William Kinnear

William Duthie Kinnear was a Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won major single scull events prior to the First World War....

|| Kensington RC

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 23.12 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1911||W.D.Kinnear

William Kinnear

William Duthie Kinnear was a Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won major single scull events prior to the First World War....

|| Kensington RC

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
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|1912||W.D.Kinnear

William Kinnear

William Duthie Kinnear was a Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won major single scull events prior to the First World War....

|| Kensington RC

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 23.51 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1913|| C. W. Wise || London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.12 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1914|| J.L.Tann

John Laurence Tann

John Laurence Tann was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur single sculling championship of the River Thames, in 1914....

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 23.39 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1915|| || || ||
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|1916|| || || ||
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|1917|| || || ||
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|1918|| || || ||
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|1919|| || || ||
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|1920|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 23.14 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1921|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 24.44 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1922|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 22.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1923|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 24.27 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1924|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 24.36 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1925|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 23.27 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1926|| J.Beresford

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford, CBE, was a British rower who won medals at five Olympic Games in succession, an Olympic record in rowing, which has since been tied by Steven Redgrave.-Early life:...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 22.25 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1927|| T. D. A.Collet

Theodore Collet

Theodore David Anthony Collet was a British rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.Collet was educated at Cambridge University and rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1922, 1923 and 1924. Cambridge won in 1922 and 1924 and Oxford won in 1923.Collet joined Leander Club and concentrated...

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.10 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1928|| T. D. A.Collet

Theodore Collet

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.00 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1929|| T. D. A.Collet

Theodore Collet

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 21.47 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1930|| D. Guye

Denis Guye

Denis Germain Fritz Guye was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 23.50 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1931|| D. Guye

Denis Guye

Denis Germain Fritz Guye was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| NTT || Putney to Mortlake
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|1932|| D. Guye

Denis Guye

Denis Germain Fritz Guye was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 21.01 || LRC to Mortlake (Putney Bridge being repaired)
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|1933|| L.F.Southwood

Dick Southwood

Leslie Frank "Dick" Southwood was a British rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....

|| || 21.11 || LRC to Mortlake (Putney Bridge being repaired)
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|1934|| C.K.H.Buckle || || 22.21 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1935|| P.H.Jackson

Peter H. Jackson

Peter Herbert "Jacko" Jackson was an English rower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics....

|| London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.06 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1936|| P.H.Jackson

Peter H. Jackson

Peter Herbert "Jacko" Jackson was an English rower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics....

|| London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.31 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1937|| R. Hope || || 21.44 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1938|| P.H.Jackson

Peter H. Jackson

Peter Herbert "Jacko" Jackson was an English rower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics....

|| London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.40 || Putney to Mortlake
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|1939|| || || ||
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|1940|| || || ||
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|1941|| || || ||
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|1942|| || || ||
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|1943|| || || ||
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|1944|| || || ||
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|1945|| || || ||
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|1946|| R.D.Burnell

Dickie Burnell

Richard "Dickie" Desborough Burnell was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was born in Henley-on-Thames and died in Wallingford...

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.36 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1947|| B.T.H.Bushnell

Bert Bushnell

Bertram "Bert" Harold Thomas Bushnell was a British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics....

||Maidenhead Rowing Club

Maidenhead Rowing Club

Maidenhead Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated at Maidenhead, Berkshire.The club house is on the reach above Bray Lock on the Maidenhead bank of the Thames between Maidenhead Railway Bridge and Maidenhead Bridge.The club has many wins to its credit...

|| 22.14 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1948|| P.N.Carpmael

Farn Carpmael

Philip Nevil "Farn" Carpmael was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls twice.Carpmael was born at Warwick. He was educated at Oundle School and Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1929/30, he was Captain of Jesus College Boat Club, and he rowed in the winning Cambridge crews of the Boat Race in...

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 25.45 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1949|| P.N.Carpmael

Farn Carpmael

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.55 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1950|| E.M.Sturges

Edward Sturges

Edward M Sturges was an English rower, a behind-the-lines marines officer in World War II and a fitness enthusiast who ran an elite gymnasium in London....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.07 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1951|| T.A.Fox

Tony Fox

Thomas Anthony Fox was a doctor and rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls....

||Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...

|| 22.14 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1952|| T.A.Fox

Tony Fox

Thomas Anthony Fox was a doctor and rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.33 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1953|| T.A.Fox

Tony Fox

Thomas Anthony Fox was a doctor and rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.30 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1954|| S.C.Rand ||Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

|| 24.43 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1955|| D.V.Melvin

Doug Melvin (rower)

Douglas V Melvin is a British rower who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames.Melvin was born at Lancaster. He took a job there with the Electricity Board, and was working there and rowing for John O'Gaunt Rowing Club when he won the Wingfield Sculls...

||John o'Gaunt Rowing Club

Lancaster John O' Gaunt Rowing Club

Lancaster John O'Gaunt Rowing Club is an English rowing club based at Lancaster on the River Lune. Its origins date back to 1842 making it the fifth oldest surviving rowing club in the United Kingdom outside the universities.-History:...

|| 22.05 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1956|| A.J.Marsden

John Marsden (rower)

Arthur John Marsden was an English rower, intelligence officer and teacher. He won the Wingfield Sculls, officially the Amateur Sculling Championship of England, in 1956....

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 25.33 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1957|| W.G.Beech

Graham Beech

W Graham Beech was an English rower who won the Wingfield Sculls the amateur championship of the Thames in 1957.Beech started rowing with Birmingham Rowing Club in 1954. Partnering Ken Tinegate he was runner up in the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1954. He joined London...

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.57 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1958|| D.V.Melvin

Doug Melvin (rower)

||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.12 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1959|| J.M.Russell

John Russell (rower)

John Michael Russell is a British rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.Russell was born in London...

|| || 22.37 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1960|| G.C.Justicz

George Justicz

George C Justicz is a former rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Olympic games and won Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta four times and the Wingfield Sculls....

||Birmingham Rowing Club

Birmingham Rowing Club

Birmingham Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based at Birmingham in England. It is situated on Edgbaston Reservoir in the centre of Birmingham. The club was founded in 1873 although there is reference to a Birmingham Soh club using the reservoir earlier in 1859.The club, which serves...

|| 24.41 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1961|| R.N.Carpmael || || 23.50 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1962|| C.A.Dearsley || || 23.57 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1963|| W.L.Barry

William L. Barry

William "Bill" Louis Barry is a former rower who won a silver medal for Great Britain in the coxless fours at the 1964 Olympics. Others in the crew were John Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh and John James....

|| Quintin Boat Club

Quintin Boat Club

Quintin Boat Club is a rowing club based at the University of Westminster Boathouse on the River Thames, close to Chiswick Bridge in West London. Formally constituted in 1907, it evolved out of the Regent Street Polytechnic’s rowing club which was started in 1879...

|| 23.30 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1964|| W.L.Barry

William L. Barry

|| Quintin Boat Club

Quintin Boat Club

|| 25.50 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1965|| W.L.Barry

William L. Barry

|| Quintin Boat Club

Quintin Boat Club

|| 23.06 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1966|| W.L.Barry

William L. Barry

|| Quintin Boat Club

Quintin Boat Club

|| 25.22 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1967|| N.P.Cooper ||London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 24.00 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1968|| K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 23.39 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1969|| K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 23.21 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1970|| K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 23.51 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1971|| K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 23.45 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1972||K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 21.59 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1973|| D.P.Sturge

David Sturge

David Philip Sturge is a former British rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1976 Summer Olympics.Sturge was educated at Cambridge University. He rowed in the winning Cambridge boat in The Boat Race in 1973. Also in 1973, Sturge was runner up in the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley...

|| || 21.50 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1974|| D.P.Sturge

David Sturge

|| || 21.24 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1975|| K.V.Dwan

Kenny Dwan

Kenneth Victor Dwan is a former British rower who competed in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972 and won the Wingfield Sculls six times....

||Poplar and Blackwall RC

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club

Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs....

|| 24.16 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1976|| G.A.Mulcahy || || 22.20 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1977|| T.J.Crooks

Tim Crooks

Timothy John Crooks is a former British rower who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was seven times winner at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 24.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1978|| T.J.Crooks

Tim Crooks

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.37 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1979|| M.D.A.Carmichael

Malcolm Carmichael

Malcolm James Carmichael is a British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he and his partner Charles Wiggin won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...

|| || 24.55 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1980||T.J.Crooks

Tim Crooks

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.27 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1981|| C.L.Baillieu

Chris Baillieu

Christopher Latham "Chris" Baillieu MBE is a British former rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was the first chairman of British Swimming, from 2001 to 2008.-Early life:...

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.05 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1982|| C.L.Baillieu

Chris Baillieu

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.01 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1983|| C.L.Baillieu

Chris Baillieu

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.08 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1984|| C.L.Baillieu

Chris Baillieu

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.14 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1985|| S.G.Redgrave

Steve Redgrave

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE is an English rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships gold medals...

||Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. It is situated on the southern bank of the Thames at Marlow, Buckinghamshire just beside Marlow Bridge and on the reach above Marlow Lock....

|| 21.40 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1986|| S.G.Redgrave

Steve Redgrave

||Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club

|| 23.04 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1987|| S.G.Redgrave

Steve Redgrave

||Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club

|| 21.41 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1988|| S.G.Redgrave

Steve Redgrave

||Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club

|| 21.01 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1989|| S.G.Redgrave

Steve Redgrave

||Marlow Rowing Club

Marlow Rowing Club

|| 20.16 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1990|| R.Henderson

Rorie Henderson

Rorie Henderson is a British rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley and the Wingfield Sculls.Henderson was a member of the unplaced British quad scull at the 1989 World Championships, In 1990 he won the Wingfield Sculls. He competed at the World Championships in 1991 in the Double...

|| || 20.23 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1991|| G.R.Pooley

Guy Pooley

Guy R Pooley is an English rower who has competed for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, raced four times in the University Boat race and won major sculling events at Henley Royal Regatta and Head races.- Career :...

|| || 20.3 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1992|| G.R.Pooley

Guy Pooley

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 22.04 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1993|| O.W.Hall-Craggs

Wade Hall-Craggs

||Tideway Scullers School|| 21.13 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1994|| P.M.Haining

Peter Haining (rower)

Peter Moir Haining is a former Scottish rower and three times World Lightweight Sculling Champion.Haining was born at Dumbarton, Scotland, the son of Jackie and Betty Haining. His father and sister were rowers, and he learnt to row at Loch Lomond Rowing Club...

|| Auriol Kensington

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 19.58 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1995||P.M.Haining

Peter Haining (rower)

|| Auriol Kensington

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 21.01 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1996|| P.M.Haining

Peter Haining (rower)

|| Auriol Kensington

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 22.03 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1997|| M.J.B.Kettle || Queen's Tower

Imperial College Boat Club

Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College and has its boat house on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was housed from 1919 in Thames Rowing Club but has had its own boathouse since 1938. The club has been highly successful, with many wins at Henley...

|| 20.29 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1998|| G.M.P.Searle

Greg Searle

Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle MBE is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University....

||Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.-Location:The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock...

|| 20.44 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|1999|| G.M.P.Searle

Greg Searle

Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle MBE is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University....

||Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.-Location:The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock...

|| 21.56 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|2000|| P.M.Haining

Peter Haining (rower)

|| Auriol Kensington

Auriol Kensington Rowing Club

|| 22.27 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|2000|| G.M.P.Searle

Greg Searle

Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle MBE is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University....

||Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club

Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club on the river Thames in England.-Location:The Club is situated on a stretch of the River Thames between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock...

|| 22.21 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|2001|| I.J.Lawson ||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 21.41 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|2002|| I.J.Lawson ||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 26.13 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2003|| I.J.Lawson ||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 20.13 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2004|| M.W.Wells

Matthew Wells (rower)

Matthew Wells is a British Olympic rower.Wells was born in Bradford and grew up in Hexham, where he learnt to row at Queen Elizabeth High School...

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 21.52 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2005|| M.W.Wells

Matthew Wells (rower)

Matthew Wells is a British Olympic rower.Wells was born in Bradford and grew up in Hexham, where he learnt to row at Queen Elizabeth High School...

||Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.14 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2006|| A.W.Campbell

Alan Campbell (sculler)

Alan Campbell is a British scullerCampbell started rowing for his school, Coleraine Academical Institution for Boys, in Northern Ireland before moving to London and joining the Tideway Scullers School....

||Tideway Scullers School

Tideway Scullers

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club located on the tideway of the River Thames in Chiswick, London.The club is very successful at both junior and senior level...

|| 22.48 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2007|| M. Drysdale

Mahe Drysdale

Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale, MNZM ) is a New Zealand rower and five-time World Champion single sculler. The name Mahé came from the largest island in the Seychelles....

||Tideway Scullers School

Tideway Scullers

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club located on the tideway of the River Thames in Chiswick, London.The club is very successful at both junior and senior level...

||Row Over || Putney to Mortlake
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|2008|| M. Drysdale

Mahe Drysdale

Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale, MNZM ) is a New Zealand rower and five-time World Champion single sculler. The name Mahé came from the largest island in the Seychelles....

||Tideway Scullers School

Tideway Scullers

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club located on the tideway of the River Thames in Chiswick, London.The club is very successful at both junior and senior level...

||21.14 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2009|| A.W.Campbell

Alan Campbell (sculler)

||Tideway Scullers School

Tideway Scullers

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club located on the tideway of the River Thames in Chiswick, London.The club is very successful at both junior and senior level...

|| 20.27 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2010|| A.W.Campbell

Alan Campbell (sculler)

||Tideway Scullers School

Tideway Scullers

Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club located on the tideway of the River Thames in Chiswick, London.The club is very successful at both junior and senior level...

|| 22.34 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2011|| A. Freeman-Pask ||Imperial College

Imperial College Boat Club

|| 19.41 (record) || Putney to Mortlake
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Women's results

Elise Laverick

Elise Mary Laverick is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington...

|| Thames Rowing Club

Thames Rowing Club

|| 21.53 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2008 ||S. Hosking

Sophie Hosking

Sophie Hosking is a British rower.- External links :* at britishrowing.org...

|| London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 22.05 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2009 ||S. Hosking

Sophie Hosking

Sophie Hosking is a British rower.- External links :* at britishrowing.org...

|| London Rowing Club

London Rowing Club

|| 23.05 || Putney to Mortlake
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|2010 ||A. Watkins

Anna Bebington

Anna Rose Watkins is a British rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in Double Sculls and has won 4 medals in the World Championships, most recently a successful defense of her world title with Katherine Grainger, in Bled, Slovenia in...

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 23.07 || Putney to Mortlake
|-
|2011 ||A. Watkins

Anna Bebington

|| Leander Club

Leander Club

Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames...

|| 20.55 (record)|| Putney to Mortlake
|}

Henry Wingfield

Henry Colsell Wingfield, born 1805, an Old Westminster, married Jane Nicholls in Margate

Margate

-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....

, Kent in 1828. Henry Wingfield (“the First” of 3 Henrys) was the grandson of a rich hatter (felt hats), the son of an attorney and was raised at St James’s Parish, Westminster

Westminster

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.

He and Jane lived at 37 Great Marlborough Street

Great Marlborough Street

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near Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus is the area of London at the busy intersection of Regent Street and Oxford Street, in the West End. It is served by Oxford Circus tube station, which is directly beneath the junction itself.- History :...

— now rebuilt as a Coffee Republic

Coffee Republic

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and O'Neill's Irish Bar. They had two children. In 1842 Jane divorced Henry for adultery. Henry stayed long enough to bury his beloved daughter Emma 10 months later, in a new grand family grave at Kensal Green

Kensal Green

Kensal Green, also referred to as Kensal Rise is an area of London, England. It is located on the southern edge of the London Borough of Brent and borders the City of Westminster to the East and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the South....

, Kensington

Kensington

Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...

and then emigrated to Prince Edward County

Prince Edward County, Ontario

Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario.-Geography:Prince Edward County is located in Southern Ontario on a large irregular headland or littoral at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, just west of the head of the St. Lawrence River...

— now part of Canada

Canada

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— which juts into Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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.

He farmed near Picton

Picton, Ontario

Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southern Central Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat and largest community. Picton is located at the south-western end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario...

near South Marysburgh

Marysburgh Township, Ontario

Marysburgh is a historic township in southern Ontario, Canada. It is one of the three original townships that formed Prince Edward County. The other two townships were Ameliasburgh and Sophiasburgh. Originally known as Fifth Township, it was renamed in 1786 after Princess Mary, the fourth daughter...

for 20 years, sometimes visiting England. In 1861, Henry Wingfield sold his farm and — wishing to spend his last days in England, embarked for Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

. At noon on 4 June 1861, 4 miles off the north point of Newfoundland in fog, his ship, the SS Canadian, struck an iceberg and the Wingfield Sculls Founder and about 30 others of the passengers and crew of 300 went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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Sources

Cleaver, Hylton, A History of Rowing.
British Amateur Rowing Association
Amateur Rowing Association
British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association , is the governing body in England for the sport of rowing. It is also responsible for the development and organisation of international rowing teams representing Great Britain...

Almanacks, 1898–2007.

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