Boustead Cup

The Boustead Cup is an annual challenge of the Men's Eight of London Rowing Club and Thames Rowing Club.

The Boustead Cup
Contested by
LRC	TRC
First Race	8 March 1947
Annual event since	1947
Current Champion	Thames (2022)
Course	The Championship Course River Thames, London
Course length	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Trophy	The Boustead Cup
Number of wins
London	Thames
32	31
There has been a ‘No Race’ in 13 of the years since 1947.

Taking place between February and March, upon a formal challenge from the previous years loser. The race is held over the Championship Course in London, England.

History

The Boustead Cup was founded in 1947 by Guy Boustead as an Annual Race between London Rowing Club and Thames Rowing Club. Guy Boustead was the son of J M Boustead, who rowed for Oxford in the University Boat Races of 1875, 1876 and 1877 (the year of the famous “dead heat”).

Course

Nearly all the 50 plus races to date have been raced on the ebb tide between Mortlake and Putney (the reverse of the University Boat Race course). The exceptions were in 2000, 2004 and 2005 when the race was rowed between Putney and Mortlake.

Results

63 Races Rowed

London - 32 Thames - 31

Results 1947 to 2022 Inclusive

Year	Date	Winner	Verdict
1947	08-Mar	LRC	3 lengths
1948	06-Mar	TRC	3 lengths
1949	19-Mar	LRC	¾ lengths
1950	18-Mar	TRC	Easily
1951	03-Mar	LRC	2 ½ lengths
1952	29-Mar	TRC	¾ lengths
1953	13-Dec	TRC	2 ½ lengths
1954	12-Dec	TRC	Easily
1955	No Race
1956	December	LRC
1957	December	LRC
1958	08-Mar	TRC	4 ½ lengths
1959	15-Feb	TRC
1960	No Race
1961	12-Mar	TRC	“Comfortably”
1962	07-Apr	TRC	*Shortened Course
1963-67	No Race
1968	09-Mar	LRC	2¼ lengths
1969	23 and 29 March	TRC	Decided on HORR results
1970	No Race
1971	06-Mar	LRC	18 Secs
1972	No Date Recorded	TRC
1973	17-Mar	LRC
1974	17-Mar	LRC
1975	02-Mar	LRC
1976	07-Mar	LRC
1977	13-Mar	LRC
1978	05-Mar	LRC
1979	04-Mar	LRC
1980	24-Feb	LRC
1981	01-Mar	TRC
1982	No Race
1983	20-Feb	LRC
1984	19-Feb	TRC	“Wide margin”
1985	03-Mar	TRC
1986	No Race
1987	08-Mar	TRC
1988	21-Feb	LRC
1989	05-Mar	TRC
1990	04-Mar	LRC
1991	10-Mar	TRC
1992	01-Mar	LRC
1993	07-Mar	TRC	Easily
1994	06-Mar	LRC
1995	26-Feb	LRC
1996	10-Mar	LRC
1997	09-Mar	LRC	50 seconds
1998	08-Mar	TRC	Not Rowed Out
1999	14-Mar	LRC	28 seconds
2000	05-Mar	TRC	LRC disqualified
2001	No Race
2002	03-Mar	TRC	Canvas
2003	09-Mar	TRC	½ length
2004	22-Feb	LRC	1 m. 2 secs.
2005	27-Feb	LRC	20 seconds
2006	25-Feb	TRC	½ length (shortened course)
2007	11-Feb	LRC	30 seconds
2008	03-Feb	LRC	14 seconds (shortened course)
2009	01-Mar	LRC	1 lengths (to TRC flagpole)
2010	28-Feb	TRC	2½ lengths (shortened course)
2011	06-Mar	LRC	LRC Rowed Over
2012	18-Feb	LRC	TRC Disqualified
2013	17-Feb	LRC	5 lengths
2014	12-Apr	TRC	50 seconds
2015	15-Feb	TRC	48 seconds
2016	14-Feb	TRC	20 seconds
2017	25-Feb	TRC	23 seconds (shortened course)
2018	10-Feb	TRC
2019	17-Feb	TRC
2020-21	No Race
2022	06-Mar	TRC	Easily

Women's Cup

The Boustead Cup is aslo supplemented by The Rayner Cup, which was introduced in 2019 a challenge between the women's crews.

External links

• Past results