History of Australian University Championships Rowing

The Challenge Trophy for Women's Pair, Australian University Championships

The Challenge Trophy

This event commenced in 1998 and was a coxed event event until 1978.

In Intervarsity Women's rowing, the Lady Margaret Cup was the recognised goal of all competing fours. However it had long been felt that recognition should be paid to the Intervarsity Pairs Event, and as a result Mrs Anne Ellison of Sydney donated the"Challenge trophy' for perpetual competition.

This trophy was first presented for contest at the 1969 Women's Rowing Intervarsity hosted by Western Australia. Newcastle University won this event, the Universities of Western Australia and Sydney gaining second and third placing respectively. Subsequently, in the 1970 Intervarsity hosted by the University of Queensland, a close final was fought out between Queensland and Sydney University. Queensland winning by the narrowest of margins.

Interest in rowing for Mrs Ellison was a result of her daughter's involvement in the sport at University. One of the foundation members of the Sydney University Women's Rowing Club, Anne has been president for the past four years and both managed and rowed in the 1969 Intervarsity in Perth; a member of the successful four and also winning the sculls.

It was with great delight that Mrs Ellison learnt that A.S.S.A had accepted the offer of the Challenge Trophy, and even more rewarding that it should be competed for in such an exciting and skilled manner at its first presentation in 1969 in Perth.

Australian Universities' Women's Pair Championship
Year	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
1968	Newcastle	Sydney
1969	Newcastle	Western Australia	Sydney
1970	Queensland	Sydney	Other placings unknown
1971	Western Australia	Other placings unknown
1972	Australian National University	Other placings unknown
1973	Newcastle	Other placings unknown
1974	No race
1975	Western Australia	Other placings unknown
1976	Monash	Other placings unknown
1977	Sydney	Other placings unknown
1978	Melbourne	Sydney	Western Australia
1979	Melbourne	Sydney	Other placings unknown
1980	LaTrobe	Melbourne	Other placings unknown
1981	Monash	Western Australia	Sydney
1982	Sydney	Monash
1983	Australian National University	Sydney	Melbourne
1984	Monash	Melbourne	Adelaide	Deakin
1985	Adelaide	Monash	Queensland
1986	Adelaide	New South Wales	Sydney	Macquarie
1987	New South Wales	Sydney	Macquarie
1988	Australian National University	Queensland	Tasmania
1989	Melbourne	Sydney
1990	Australian National University	Queensland	Melbourne	New South Wales	Adelaide
1991	Australian National University	Queensland	Tasmania
1992	Melbourne	Canberra	Sydney
1993	Adelaide	New South Wales	Sydney
1994	Adelaide	Western Australia	Monash
1995	Melbourne	ADFA
1996	UTS
1997	UTS	Queensland	ADFA	Melbourne	Sydney
1998	UTS
1999
2000	Melbourne	RMIT	UTS	Macquarie	NSW	Sydney
2001	Canberra	RMIT	Melbourne	Sydney	Adelaide
2002	Sydney	Melbourne	UTS	New South Wales	Adelaide	ANU
2003	Sydney	UTS	Melbourne	NSW
2004	UTS	Victoria	Melbourne	Macquarie	Sydney	NSW
2005	Canberra	Sydney	UTS	NSW	Macquarie	Western Australia
2006	Melbourne	Deakin	Monash	New South Wales	Macquarie	Sydney
2007	Melbourne	Western Australia	Sydney	New South Wales	Queensland	Macquarie
2008	Sydney	Melbourne	ACPE	Canberra	ANU
2009	Sydney	Queensland	Melbourne	Adelaide	ANU	Canberra
2010	Sydney	Western Australia
2011	Sydney	Melbourne	Western Australia	ANU	Adelaide
2012	Sydney	ANU	UTS	Western Australia
2013	Sydney	Newcastle	ANU	New South Wales	Melbourne
2014	Melbourne	Sydney	Griffith	Adelaide	New South Wales	South Australia
2015	Melbourne	Queensland	Griffith	ANU	Sydney	Monash
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