The Wargrave Challenge Cup is a

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event for women's eights at the annual

Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...

on the

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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 M ...

in England. It is open to female crews from all eligible clubs (not university, college or school) and rowers who are not former or current internationals.

History

The event was supposed to have been run for the first time during 2020 but due to the

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it was not held.

Past winners

References

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