Syracuse's Run Ends in Quarterfinals

Friday, July 6

Henley, England

All day

Syracuse University

V8 vs. Brown University - Henley Royal Regatta

7/6/2007 8:16:07 AM | Men's Rowing

The Syracuse University men’s varsity eight crew team was defeated by Brown University by five lengths today in the quarterfinals of the Ladies’ Challenge Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta. Fans can click here for more information and results. SU's alumni website also has more pictures and a blog from Henley.

The Orange won its first race against the Isis & Oxford Brooks Crew by 2 ½ lengths but could not get by the Bears from Brown.

SU’s junior varsity eight boat also was victories in its first race against Glasgow University in the first round of the Temple Challenge Cup, but the Orange lost by 1 ¼ lengths to the University of West of England in the second round.

In 1845 a new challenge prize was offered for eight-oared crews which, in the following year, was named the Ladies’ Challenge Plate. Up to the 1966 Regatta, entries for this event were restricted to boat clubs from colleges, schools and certain other academic institutions within the United Kingdom together with Trinity College, Dublin. The rules were then widened to permit entries from any college, school or academic institution throughout the world. In 1985 major changes to the rules for the "Ladies" and the "Thames" removed the 'student' requirement for the "Ladies", which became an event open to crews from any club and is now the second most senior event for men's eights at the Regatta.

The Orange junior varsity eight was racing for the Temple Challenge Cup. As part of the search to find the right formula for the eights events at the Regatta an additional event was instituted in 1990 for the eights of single colleges, of smaller university boat clubs and of schools unable to enter for the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup by reason of age. This proved to be a very popular event. The Stewards quickly decided that it should become a permanent part of the Regatta program and provided a trophy, Temple Challenge Cup. The cup, made in 1835 by Charles Fox, has been engraved with a sketch of the Temple.