Inter club events – history

The Lowe Cup

In 1905 F.S.Lowe presented a cup, of Indian design and workmanship, to be competed for in single skiffs by teams from clubs affiliated to the Amateur Rowing Association or the SRA, each team to consist of five men with up to three substitutes. 

The Davis Challenge Cup

In 1935 the Graham Davis Challenge Cup was presented to the SRA, in honour of Graham J. Davis, jointly by the SRA Committee, The Skiff Club, the Thames Valley Skiff Club, the Dittons Skiff and Punting Club, the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club, and many of his friends, for an inter-club double-sculling team competition similar to the Lowe Cup competition for single sculling

The Penny Chuter Cup

In 1976, following the inauguration in that year of the inter-club competitions for ladies in single and double skiffs, Miss P.A.Chuter offered to present a cup for one of these events. The SRA accepted her offer and decided that the cup should be used for the single-sculling event.

The Churchill Trophy

In 1971 Mrs Jose M.Wilkins presented a plate to The Skiff Club for a Ladies’ Single Punting Club Championship, but in 1972 the club vacated its premises in Kingston, punting within the club ceased, and the trophy was never competed for. In 1977, with the agreement of Mrs Wilkins, The Skiff Club offered the trophy to the SRA for the ladies’ double-sculling inter-club team competition.

The offer was accepted and the plate suitably engraved, but with a presentation date of 1976 to coincide with the inauguration of the event. Mrs Wilkins wished the trophy to bear her maiden name of Churchill, as that was the name she was known by when she was an active member of the Skiff Club and the Dutton’s Skiff and Punting Club. She died in 2002.

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