Princess Grace Challenge Cup

The Princess Grace Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's quadruple sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to female crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.

John Kelly, Sr

The event is named after Princess Grace of Monaco who was the Academy Award winning American actress Grace Kelly. Upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, she became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess Grace of Monaco. Her father John B. Kelly Sr. was an Olympic rowing gold medal winner, and her brother John B. Kelly Jr. won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley in 1947 and 1949.

A year before the Princess's death in 1982 she was invited to present the prizes at the Royal Regatta.

The Princess Grace Challenge Cup was first presented in 2003 by The President of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates. In 2004 Grace's son Prince Albert of Monaco gave out the prizes at the Royal Regatta.

Year	Champions
2013	- Leander Club & Minerva Bath Rowing Club, England	Polly Swann, Victoria Meyer-Laker, Frances Houghton, Helen Glover^[1]
2012	- National Rowing Centre of Excellence, Australia
2011	- Princeton Training Center "B", USA
2010	- Gloucester Rowing Club & Leander Club, England
2009	- Leander Club & Westminster School, England
2008	- Wallingford Rowing Club & Reading University, England
2007	- South Australian Institute of Sport, Australia
2006	- Marlow Rowing Club & University of London, England
2005	- TSSKA Ukraine, Ukraine
2004	- Leander Club & University of London, England
2003	- TSSKA Ukraine, Ukraine

References

Events at Henley Royal Regatta

Men's eights	Grand Challenge Cup Ladies' Challenge Plate Thames Challenge Cup Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup Temple Challenge Cup

Men's coxed fours	Britannia Challenge Cup Prince Albert Challenge Cup

Men's coxless fours	Stewards' Challenge Cup Visitors' Challenge Cup Wyfold Challenge Cup

Men's coxless pairs	Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup

Men's quad sculls	Queen Mother Challenge Cup Prince of Wales Challenge Cup Fawley Challenge Cup

Men's double sculls	Double Sculls Challenge Cup

Men's single sculls	Diamond Challenge Sculls

Women's eights	Remenham Challenge Cup

Women's quad sculls	Princess Grace Challenge Cup Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

Women's single sculls	Princess Royal Challenge Cup

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