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Prince Albert Challenge Cup
The Prince Albert Challenge Cup is an event at Henley Royal Regatta. It is contested by Men's Student Crews in Coxed fours. It has been held since 2004. Creation in 2004 The Britannia Challenge Cup was originally presented in 1969 as an event for four-oars with coxswain (Coxed Fours) open to club and student crews, and was contested for its first 35 years by an entry of 32 crews, racing over 5 days - with many times its entry number entering qualification and pre-qualifying races. The Britannia Challenge Cup was split between club and student crews in 2004, having created additional competition time by removing the Prince Philip Challenge Cup, which had been contested by a small entry (usually between 2–4) of international elite oarsmen but was removed from the racing programme in line with the continued removal of coxed fours racing from international regattas meaning that it had lost value. The Britannia Challenge Cup remained as the club coxed fours' competition, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, west of Maidenhead, England, Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The population at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census was 12,186. History Henley does not appear in Domesday Book of 1086; often it is mistaken for ''Henlei'' in the book which is in Surrey. There is archaeological evidence of people residing in Henley since the second century as part of the Romano-British period. The first record of Henley as a substantial settlement is from 1179, when it is recorded that Henry II of England, King Henry II "had bought land for the making of buildings". King John of England, John granted the manor of Benson, Oxfordshire, Benson and the town and manor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University Of Ireland, Galway
The University of Galway () is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) () from 1908 to 1997 and as "National University of Ireland Galway" (NUI Galway) () from 1997 to 2022. In September 2022, it changed its name to "University of Galway". The University of Galway is a member of the Coimbra Group, a network of 40 long-established European universities. History The university was established in 1845 as Queen's College, Galway, together with Queen's College, Cork, and Queen's College, Belfast. It opened for teaching on 30 October 1849 with 68 students. In 1850, it became part of the Queen's University of Ireland, and its degrees were conferred in the name of that university. Located close to the city centre, the university campus stretches along the River Corrib. The oldest part of the university, the Quadrangle with its ''Aula Maxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876. Bristol Medical School, founded in 1833, was merged with the University College in 1893, and later became the university's school of medicine. The university is organised into #Academic structure, six academic faculties composed of multiple schools and departments running over 200 undergraduate courses, largely in the Tyndalls Park area of the city. It had a total income of £1.06 billion in 2023–24, of which £294.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £768.7 million. It is the largest independent employer in Bristol. Current academics include 23 fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 13 fellows of the British Academy, 43 fellows of the Academy of Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest university. UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the Catholic University of Ireland on the feast of Saint Malachy, St. Malachy with John Henry Newman as its first rector; it re-formed in 1880 and chartered in its own right in 1908. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the constituent university as the "National University of Ireland, Dublin", and a ministerial order of 1998 renamed the institution as "University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin". Originally located at St Stephen's Green and National Concert Hall, Earlsfort terrace in Dublin's city centre, all faculties later relocated to a campus at Belfield, Dublin, Belfield, six kilometres to the south of the city centre. In 1991, it purchas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Durant
Scott David Durant (born 12 February 1988) is a British rower and gold medallist in the Men's Eight at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games. Rowing career Durant, along with his brother Mason, started his rowing career at Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) they have since had a boat named after them in the school boat club fleet. He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Alan Sinclair and Henry Fieldman. The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes. He competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal. He was a gold medallist in the men's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tom Ransley, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Benn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Tarrant
Matthew T Tarrant (born 11 July 1990) is a British rower. Rowing career Tarrant won a gold medal in the eight at the 2014 World Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam. He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the coxed pair with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell and Henry Fieldman. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the coxless four. He then won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Will Satch and Fieldman. He won another bronze medal the following year at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hudspith
Karl Hudspith (born 31 March 1988 in Hammersmith, London), is a British rower and scientist. Hudspith competed in four Boat Races from 2011 to 2014 for Oxford, and was a member of the winners' team on three occasions. Hudspith competed for Great Britain in rowing at Junior, Under-23, Student, and Senior levels and is a two time World University Rowing Champion. He completed his PhD at the University of Oxford where he developed a next-generation sequencing based diagnostic test for inherited retinal degeneration before beginning a legal career in American intellectual property law in Washington DC. Rowing career Hudspith learned to row at Hampton School Boat Club, where he represented Great Britain in his final year at the 2006 Junior World Championships. Hudspith would go on to represent Great Britain at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships, the 2013 World Rowing Cup, and the 2010 and 2014 FISU World University Rowing Championships. Hudspith was in the five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. Originally restricted to instructing ministers in theology and sacred languages, the school's curriculum expanded, incorporating humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 due to the expansion of the physical campus and its scientif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Brookes University Boat Club
Oxford Brookes University Boat Club (known as Brookes especially verbally and as OBUBC in formal print) is the Sport rowing, rowing club of Oxford Brookes University, England. Its large base is on the longest reach of the River Thames, non-tidal parts of the Thames, Distances given in km at Wallingford, in Oxfordshire – about of easily rowable, little-congested river. The club has been very successful at pre-training and co-training many Olympic competitors including those for Great Britain who won 6 golds at Olympics spread across three consecutive games, starting with the games of 2000. From 1995 into 2007, inclusive, Brookes won its record 13 consecutive British Universities Sport Association (annual BUSA games) men's eight wins. History The club was founded in 1978 as the Oxford Polytechnic Boat Club (OPBC) where it was given its first home with Oxford Falcon Rowing and Canoeing Club and begun to enter competitions as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The West Of England Boat Club
University of the West of England Boat Club is a rowing club on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, based at Wycliffe College boathouse, Junction Bridge, Saul, Gloucestershire, England. The club runs four squads and belongs to the University of the West of England, Bristol. The club uses the boathouse owned by the Wycliffe College Boat Club. History From 1995 UWE and the University of Bristol Boat Club University of Bristol Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Avon based at the Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, England. The boathouse is shared between the Avon County Rowing Club, Monkton Combe School Boat Club, Canoe ... challenged each other to an annual boat race, which became known as the Bristol Boat Race. In 2010 the club produced a national champion crew when winning the open lightweight quad sculls. Honours National champions References Sport in Gloucestershire Rowing clubs in England {{England-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle University Boat Club
Newcastle University Boat Club (NUBC) is the rowing (sport), rowing club of Newcastle University, UK. Established in March 1911 as the boat club for Armstrong College, it celebrated its centenary in 2011, when was also appointed High Performance Programme for heavyweight men and women by British Rowing. In the past 20 years current students and alumni won 60 international vests for GB. Training facilities The club trains on the River Tyne from a purpose-built boathouse on the south bank of the river in the village of Newburn, five miles upriver from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. Built in the 1950s, the boathouse is home to the clubs boats, private single sculls and coaching launches; was redeveloped with work finished in 2011. Rowers have access to of tidal water, extending from the picturesque parkland around Wylam, through the former industrial heartland of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Nichol
Cameron Nichol (born 26 June 1987) is a British rower. Life He is educated at Milfield School and University College London, University of London. Rowing career Nichol was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, James Foad, Alex Partridge, Moe Sbihi, Greg Searle, Tom Ransley, Daniel Ritchie and Phelan Hill. Rowing achievements Olympic Games *2012 2012 London – Team GB, Men's Spare Pair World Championships *2010 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's Eight *2011 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's Eight World Cups *2012 Lucerne – 7th, Men's Pair *2012 Munich – 9th, Men's Pair *2011 Munich – Silver, Eight *2011 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight *2010 Munich – 5th, Men's Pair *2010 Lucerne – 9th, Men's Pair *2010 Bled – 8th, Men's Pair *2008 Lucerne – 13th, Men's Four *2007 Amsterdam – 13th, Men's Four World U23 Championships *2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
