Wingfield Sculls | |
Frequency: | Annual |
Location: | Championship Course, River Thames in London, England |
Years Active: | 1830–present |
First: | 10 August 1830 |
Prev: | 25 October 2018 |
Next: | tbd 2019 |
Website: | http://www.wingfieldsculls.com/ |
The Wingfield Sculls is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames in London, England, on the NaNmiles Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake.
The race is between single scullers and is usually on the Saturday three to four weeks before the Scullers Head of the River Race which is the same race in reverse, attracts more international entries and is held in November every year. Due to tide changes on the Tideway, the race may therefore be in October or in November.
The race was founded on 10 August 1830, at the instigation of barrister Henry Colsell Wingfield. The idea for the race was suggested at a dinner after a sculling race and following this a subscription dinner was held at the Swan in Battersea, where money was raised to fund the event, the rules were decided and a date was set.[1]
The initial conditions were that the race should be run on the half tide from Westminster to Putney against all challengers, annually on 10 August forever (10 August being Wingfield's birthday), though the first race actually went from the Red House, Battersea to Hammersmith.[1]
The Wingfield Sculls, the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the London Cup in the Metropolitan Regatta made up the "Triple Crown" of the three premier men's amateur single sculling events in the United Kingdom.[1]
Following the first Wingfield Sculls race, a separate Championship of the Thames for professional scullers was held for the first time in October 1831, which ceased in 1957 due to a decline in prize purses from betting in the sport and on the merger of the 'amateur' and 'professional'/'manual trade' former class-based categories of rowers.
Henry Colsell Wingfield, born 1805, an Old Westminster, married Jane Nicholls in Margate, Kent in 1828. Henry Wingfield ("the First" of 3 Henrys) was the grandson of a rich hatter (felt hats), the son of an attorney and was raised at St James's Parish, Westminster.
He and Jane lived at 37 Great Marlborough Street near Oxford Circus — now rebuilt as a Coffee Republic and O'Neill's Irish Bar. They had two children. In 1842 Jane divorced Henry for adultery. Henry stayed long enough to bury his beloved daughter Emma 10 months later, in a new grand family grave at Kensal Green, Kensington and then emigrated to Prince Edward County — now part of Canada — which juts into Lake Ontario.
He farmed near Picton near South Marysburgh for 20 years, sometimes visiting England. In 1861, Henry Wingfield sold his farm and — wishing to spend his last days in England, embarked for Liverpool. At noon on 4 June 1861, 4 miles off the north point of Newfoundland in fog, his ship, the SS Canadian, struck an iceberg and the Wingfield Sculls founder and about 30 others of the passengers and crew of 300 succumbed to the cold and waves of the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Date | Winner | Club | Time | Course | |
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1830 | NTT | Battersea to Hammersmith | |||
1831 | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1832 | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |||
1833 | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1834 | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |||
1835 | A. A. Julius | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1836 | H.Wood | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |
1837 | 38.30 | Westminster to Putney | |||
1838 | H.Wood | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1839 | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1840 | Row Over | Westminster to Putney | |||
1841 | T.L.Jenkins | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1842 | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1843 | H. Chapman | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |
1844 | Scullers' Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1845 | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1846 | W.Russell | NTT | Westminster to Putney | ||
1847 | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |||
1848 | J. R. L. Walmisley | Row Over | Westminster to Putney | ||
1849 | NTT | Putney to Kew | |||
1850 | Meteor Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew | ||
1851 | T. R. Bone | Row Over | Putney to Kew | ||
1852 | Row Over | Putney to Kew | |||
1853 | NTT | Putney to Kew | |||
1854 | Wandle Club, London | Row Over | Putney to Kew | ||
1855 | Wandle Club, London | NTT | Putney to Kew | ||
1856 | A. A. Casamajor | Row Over | Putney to Kew | ||
1857 | A. A. Casamajor | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew | |
1858 | A. A. Casamajor | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew | |
1859 | A. A. Casamajor | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew | |
1860 | A. A. Casamajor | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew | |
1861 | London Rowing Club | 29.52 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1862 | 27.00 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1863 | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1864 | 25.22 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1865 | 27.04 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1866 | 27.36 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1867 | Oxford Radleian Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1868 | London Rowing Club | 26.40 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1869 | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1870 | A. de L. Long | London Rowing Club | 27.16 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1871 | 26.13 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1872 | 27.15 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1873 | 24.40 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1874 | A. C. Dicker | 25.45 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1875 | London Rowing Club | 27.08 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1876 | F. L. Playford | London Rowing Club | 24.46 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1877 | F. L. Playford | London Rowing Club | 26.03 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1878 | F. L. Playford | London Rowing Club | 24.41 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1879 | F. L. Playford | London Rowing Club | 24.13 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1880 | 25.50 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1881 | 25.13 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1882 | 27.40 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1883 | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1884 | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1885 | W. S. Unwin | ? | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1886 | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1887 | 25.23 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1888 | G. Nickalls | 23.36 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1889 | G. Nickalls | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1890 | 26.20 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1891 | G. Nickalls | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1892 | 23.40 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1893 | Kingston Rowing Club | 24.56 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1894 | 27.30 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1895 | V. Nickalls | London Rowing Club | 25.06 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1896 | 24.10 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1897 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 23.58 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1898 | 22.56 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1899 | B. H. Howell | Thames Rowing Club | 23.07 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1900 | Guards Brigade RC | 22.54 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1901 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 24.16 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1902 | London Rowing Club | 24.32 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1903 | Leander Club | 23.32 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1904 | London Rowing Club | 23.25 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1905 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 25.17 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1906 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 23.10 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1907 | J. de G.Edye | 23.51 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1908 | 24.48 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1909 | Kingston Rowing Club | 26.06 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1910 | W.D. Kinnear | 23.12 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1911 | W.D. Kinnear | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1912 | W.D. Kinnear | 23.51 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1913 | C. W. Wise | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1914 | 23.39 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1915–19 | no races | ||||
1920 | Jack Beresford | 23.14 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1921 | 24.44 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1922 | 22.13 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1923 | 24.27 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1924 | 24.36 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1925 | Jack Beresford | 23.27 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1926 | Jack Beresford | 22.25 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1927 | David Collet | 23.10 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1928 | David Collet | 23.00 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1929 | David Collet | 21.47 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1930 | London Rowing Club | 23.50 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1931 | Denis Guye | London Rowing Club | NTT | Putney to Mortlake | |
1932 | Denis Guye | London Rowing Club | 21.01 | LRC to Mortlake (Putney Bridge being repaired) | |
1933 | Dick Southwood | Thames Rowing Club | 21.11 | LRC to Mortlake (Putney Bridge being repaired) | |
1934 | London Rowing Club | 22.21 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1935 | 22.06 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1936 | 22.31 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1937 | Ralph Hope | Thames Rowing Club | 21.44 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1938 | 22.40 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1939–45 | no races | ||||
1946 | Leander Club | 22.36 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1947 | Bert Bushnell | Maidenhead Rowing Club | 22.14 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1948 | London Rowing Club | 25.45 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1949 | London Rowing Club | 22.55 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1950 | London Rowing Club | 22.07 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1951 | Pembroke College, Cambridge | 22.14 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1952 | Tony Fox | London Rowing Club | 24.33 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1953 | Tony Fox | London Rowing Club | 22.30 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1954 | Royal Air Force | 24.43 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1955 | John o'Gaunt Rowing Club | 22.05 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1956 | London Rowing Club | 25.33 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1957 | Graham Beech | London Rowing Club | 22.57 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1958 | London Rowing Club | 22.12 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1959 | London Rowing Club | 22.37 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1960 | George Justicz | Birmingham Rowing Club | 24.41 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1961 | Robert Carpmael | 23.50 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1962 | Charlie Dearsley | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.57 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1963 | 23.30 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1964 | 25.50 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1965 | 23.06 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1966 | William L. Barry | 25.22 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1967 | London Rowing Club | 24.00 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1968 | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.39 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1969 | Kenny Dwan | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.21 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1970 | Kenny Dwan | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.51 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1971 | Kenny Dwan | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.45 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1972 | Kenny Dwan | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 21.59 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1973 | 21.50 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1974 | 21.24 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1975 | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 24.16 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1976 | 22.20 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1977 | Tim Crooks | 24.13 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1978 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | 22.37 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1979 | Leander Club | 24.55 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1980 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | 23.27 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1981 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | 22.05 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1982 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | 22.01 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1983 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | 23.08 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1984 | Chris Baillieu | Leander Club | 22.14 | Putney to Mortlake | |
1985 | Steve Redgrave | 21.40 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1986 | Steve Redgrave | 23.04 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1987 | 21.41 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1988 | Steve Redgrave | 21.01 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1989 | Steve Redgrave | 20.16 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1990 | Rorie Henderson | 20.23 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1991 | 20.3 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1992 | 22.04 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1993 | Tideway Scullers School | 21.13 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1994 | 19.58 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1995 | Peter Haining | 21.01 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1996 | Peter Haining | 22.03 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1997 | 20.29 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
1998 | Greg Searle | 20.44 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
1999 | Greg Searle | 21.56 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2000 | 22.27 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2000 | Greg Searle | 22.21 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2001 | Ian Lawson | 21.41 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2002 | Ian Lawson | 26.13 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2003 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | 20.13 | Putney to Mortlake | |
2004 | Leander Club | 21.52 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2005 | Matthew Wells | 23.14 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2006 | 22.48 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2007 | Mahé Drysdale | Tideway Scullers School | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake | |
2008 | Tideway Scullers School | 21.14 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2009 | 20.27 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2010 | 22.34 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2011 | 19.41 (record) | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2012 | 24.00 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2013 | 21.15 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2014 | Imperial College | 21.06 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2015 | Imperial College | 21.40 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2016 | Leander Club | 20:56 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2017 | Rich Clarke | University of London Boat Club | 22:03 | Putney to Mortlake | |
2018 | Griffen Boat Club | 21:57 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2019 | 20.35 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2020 | Matt Haywood[3] | Nottingham Rowing Club | 17.04 | Hammersmith to Kew |
The 2007 event on 25 October saw the revival of the women's championship which, except for the years between 1939 and 1948, had been an annual event from 1929 until the early 1970s, when the Women's Amateur Rowing Association amalgamated with the ARA.
The Wingfield Family Society have been involved with the Wingfield Sculls for the last 10 years (and a few years ago presented the Wingfield Sculls Committee with a new giant flag). It has also funded and presented a silver Trophy – based on Henry Wingfield's original 1830 Trophy – for the revived Women's Wingfields.
The closest living relative to Henry Wingfield, Clare Morton (the g-g-great-granddaughter of Henry's Uncle John Wingfield) presented both the trophy to the winner of the 2007 race, Elise Laverick (Thames RC), and a framed montage of extracts about the "Life of the Wingfield Sculls Founder" to Wade Hall-Craggs, the Honorary Secretary of the Wingfield Sculls Committee.
Date | Winner | Club | Time | Course | |
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2007 | 21.53 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2008 | 22.05 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2009 | 23.05 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2010 | 23.07 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2011 | 20.55 (record) | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2012 | 23.32 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2013 | 21.44 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2014 | 21.31 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2015 | 21.54 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2016 | 22:32 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2017 | Tideway Scullers School | 22:54 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2018 | Leander Club | 22:29 | Putney to Mortlake | ||
2019 | 22:30 | Putney to Mortlake | |||
2020 | Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne[4] | 17.11 | Hammersmith to Kew |
The last champion to win a hat trick on the Tideway was Margaret Gladden, she held the title from 1966 to 1971.
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