Australians at 1993 Henley Royal Regatta
Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
Champion
Brisbane Boys College - Bow: Trent Jenson, 2: Matt Kesby, 3: Niv Hollingworth, 4: Neil Simmonds, 5: Scott Wilson, 6: Greg Brown, 7: Haimish Karrasch, Str: Lachlan Brown, Cox: Lachlan Winterbotham, Cch: Ian Luxford
This was the first Australian school eight to race at Henley. The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup was instituted in 1946 for English public schools. From 1964, entries were opened to overseas schools. In round one, they defeated Cheltenham College easily. In round two, they met and defeated Holy Cross Secondary College from Canada by four lengths. In the next round they defeated La Salle College High School from the US by 1 1/4 lengths. In the semi-finals, they defeated local school Kington Grammar School by one length after Kington got an early lead which was steadily removed. In the final they met local favourites, Eton College. Both crews went out hard rating 48 before settling down to race pace at 35 strokes per minute. Brisbane Boys led from the strt and moved out to one length lead in the middle stages of the race. Under heavy pressure from Eton, the margin was reduced but not overcome. The winning margin was 2/3 length.
Brisbane Boys College in training in Australia
Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup
Round 2
Sydney Rowing Club (NSW) - Eric Moore and Rob Walker
Phil Cayzer (Sydney Vice-President), Rob Walker, Ernie Chapman (Sydney President) and Eric Moore on even of departure to Henley
Diamond Challenge Sculls
Round 2
The Southport School - A E Cook
Sources
- Image from the Guerin collection
- Australian Rowing Magazine Vol 16
- Sydney Rowing Club 1992-93