The Wingfield Sculls is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames in London, England, on the 4+1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake.
| Wingfield Sculls | |
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| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Championship Course, River Thames in London, England |
| Years active | 1830–present |
| Inaugurated | 10 August 1830 |
| Previous event | 25 October 2018 |
| Next event | tbd 2019 |
| Website | http://www.wingfieldsculls.com/ |
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.
History
editThe 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 Wingfield
editHenry 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]
Results
edit| Date | Winner | Club | Time | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830 | J. H. Bayford | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | NTT | Battersea to Hammersmith |
| 1831 | C. Lewis | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1832 | A. A. Julius | Leander Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1833 | C. Lewis | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1834 | A. A. Julius | Leander Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1835 | A. A. Julius | Leander Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1836 | H.Wood | London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1837 | P. Colquhoun | St John's College, Cambridge | 38.30 | Westminster to Putney |
| 1838 | H.Wood | Leander Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1839 | H. Chapman | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1840 | T.L.Jenkins | Leander Club | Row Over | Westminster to Putney |
| 1841 | T.L.Jenkins | Leander Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1842 | H. Chapman | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1843 | H. Chapman | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1844 | T.B.Bumpsted | Scullers' Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1845 | H. Chapman | Crescent Club, London | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1846 | W.Russell | NTT | Westminster to Putney | |
| 1847 | J. R. L. Walmisley | Thames Club | NTT | Westminster to Putney |
| 1848 | J. R. L. Walmisley | Thames Club | Row Over | Westminster to Putney |
| 1849 | F. Playford | Thames Club | NTT | Putney to Kew |
| 1850 | T. R. Bone | Meteor Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew |
| 1851 | T. R. Bone | Thames Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew |
| 1852 | E G Peacock | Thames Club | Row Over | Putney to Kew |
| 1853 | J. Paine | Argonaut Club | NTT | Putney to Kew |
| 1854 | H. H. Playford | Wandle Club, London | Row Over | Putney to Kew |
| 1855 | A. A. Casamajor | Wandle Club, London | NTT | Putney to Kew |
| 1856 | A. A. Casamajor | Argonaut Club | 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 | E. D. Brickwood | London Rowing Club | 29.52 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1862 | W. B. Woodgate | Brasenose College, Oxford | 27.00 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1863 | J. E. Parker | University College, Oxford | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1864 | W. B. Woodgate | Brasenose College, Oxford | 25.22 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1865 | C. B. Lawes | Third Trinity, Cambridge | 27.04 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1866 | E. B. Michell | Magdalen College, Oxford | 27.36 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1867 | W. B. Woodgate | Oxford Radleian Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1868 | W. Stout | London Rowing Club | 26.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1869 | A. de L. Long | London Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1870 | A. de L. Long | London Rowing Club | 27.16 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1871 | W. Fawcus | Tynemouth Rowing Club | 26.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1872 | C. C. Knollys | Magdalen College, Oxford | 27.15 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1873 | A. C. Dicker | Lady Margaret BC, Cambridge | 24.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1874 | A. C. Dicker | Lady Margaret BC, Cambridge | 25.45 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1875 | F. L. Playford | 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 | A. Payne | Molesey Boat Club | 25.50 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1881 | J. Lowndes | Derby School | 25.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1882 | A. Payne | Molesey Boat Club | 27.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1883 | J. Lowndes | Twickenham Rowing Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1884 | W. S. Unwin | Magdalen College, Oxford | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1885 | W. S. Unwin | Magdalen College, Oxford | ? | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1886 | F.I.Pitman | Third Trinity, Cambridge | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1887 | G. Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford | 25.23 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1888 | G. Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford | 23.36 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1889 | G. Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1890 | J. C. Gardner | Cambridge University BC | 26.20 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1891 | G. Nickalls | Leander Club | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1892 | V. Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford | 23.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1893 | G. E. B. Kennedy | Kingston Rowing Club | 24.56 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1894 | V. Nickalls | Magdalen College, Oxford | 27.30 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1895 | V. Nickalls | London Rowing Club | 25.06 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1896 | R. Guinness | Leander Club | 24.10 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1897 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 23.58 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1898 | B. H. Howell | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 22.56 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1899 | B. H. Howell | Thames Rowing Club | 23.07 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1900 | C. V. Fox | Guards Brigade RC | 22.54 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1901 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 24.16 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1902 | A. H. Cloutte | London Rowing Club | 24.32 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1903 | F. S. Kelly | Leander Club | 23.32 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1904 | St.G.Ashe | 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 | Auriol RC | 23.51 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1908 | H. T. Blackstaffe | Vesta RC | 24.48 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1909 | A. A. Stuart | Kingston Rowing Club | 26.06 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1910 | W.D. Kinnear | Kensington RC | 23.12 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1911 | W.D. Kinnear | Kensington RC | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1912 | W.D. Kinnear | Kensington RC | 23.51 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1913 | C. W. Wise | London Rowing Club | 24.12 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1914 | J.L.Tann | Thames Rowing Club | 23.39 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1915–19 | no races | |||
| 1920 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 23.14 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1921 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 24.44 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1922 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 22.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1923 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 24.27 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1924 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 24.36 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1925 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 23.27 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1926 | Jack Beresford | Thames Rowing Club | 22.25 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1927 | David Collet | Leander Club | 23.10 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1928 | David Collet | Leander Club | 23.00 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1929 | David Collet | Leander Club | 21.47 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1930 | Denis Guye | 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 | Cuthbert Buckle | London Rowing Club | 22.21 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1935 | Peter H. Jackson | London Rowing Club | 22.06 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1936 | Peter H. Jackson | London Rowing Club | 22.31 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1937 | Ralph Hope | Thames Rowing Club | 21.44 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1938 | Peter H. Jackson | London Rowing Club | 22.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1939–45 | no races | |||
| 1946 | Dickie Burnell | Leander Club | 22.36 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1947 | Bert Bushnell | Maidenhead Rowing Club | 22.14 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1948 | Farn Carpmael | London Rowing Club | 25.45 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1949 | Farn Carpmael | London Rowing Club | 22.55 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1950 | E.M.Sturges | London Rowing Club | 22.07 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1951 | Tony Fox | 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 | Sidney Rand | Royal Air Force | 24.43 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1955 | Doug Melvin | John o'Gaunt Rowing Club | 22.05 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1956 | John Marsden | London Rowing Club | 25.33 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1957 | Graham Beech | London Rowing Club | 22.57 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1958 | Doug Melvin | London Rowing Club | 22.12 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1959 | John Russell | London Rowing Club | 22.37 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1960 | George Justicz | Birmingham Rowing Club | 24.41 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1961 | Robert Carpmael | London Rowing Club | 23.50 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1962 | Charlie Dearsley | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 23.57 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1963 | William L. Barry | Quintin Boat Club | 23.30 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1964 | William L. Barry | Quintin Boat Club | 25.50 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1965 | William L. Barry | Quintin Boat Club | 23.06 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1966 | William L. Barry | Quintin Boat Club | 25.22 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1967 | Nick Cooper | London Rowing Club | 24.00 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1968 | Kenny Dwan | 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 | David Sturge | London Rowing Club | 21.50 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1974 | David Sturge | Lady Margaret | 21.24 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1975 | Kenny Dwan | Poplar and Blackwall RC | 24.16 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1976 | Graeme Mulcahy | Quintin Boat Club | 22.20 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1977 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | 24.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1978 | Tim Crooks | Leander Club | 22.37 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1979 | Malcolm Carmichael | 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 | Marlow Rowing Club | 21.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1986 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | 23.04 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1987 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | 21.41 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1988 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | 21.01 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1989 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow Rowing Club | 20.16 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1990 | Rorie Henderson | Leander Club | 20.23 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1991 | Guy Pooley | Leander Club | 20.3 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1992 | Guy Pooley | Leander Club | 22.04 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1993 | Wade Hall-Craggs | Tideway Scullers School | 21.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1994 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington | 19.58 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1995 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington | 21.01 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1996 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington | 22.03 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1997 | Martin Kettle | Queen's Tower | 20.29 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1998 | Greg Searle | Molesey Boat Club | 20.44 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 1999 | Greg Searle | Molesey Boat Club | 21.56 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2000 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington | 22.27 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2000 | Greg Searle | Molesey Boat Club | 22.21 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2001 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | 21.41 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2002 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | 26.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2003 | Ian Lawson | Leander Club | 20.13 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2004 | Matthew Wells | Leander Club | 21.52 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2005 | Matthew Wells | Leander Club | 23.14 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2006 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | 22.48 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2007 | Mahé Drysdale | Tideway Scullers School | Row Over | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2008 | Mahé Drysdale | Tideway Scullers School | 21.14 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2009 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | 20.27 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2010 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | 22.34 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2011 | Adam Freeman-Pask | Imperial College | 19.41 (record) | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2012 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | 24.00 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2013 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School | 21.15 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2014 | Tim Richards | Imperial College | 21.06 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2015 | Tim Richards | Imperial College | 21.40 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2016 | Jamie Kirkwood | Leander Club | 20:56 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2017 | Rich Clarke | University of London Boat Club | 22:03 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2018 | Charles Cousins | Griffen Boat Club | 21:57 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2019 | Sam Meijer | Tideway Scullers School | 20.35 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2020 | Matt Haywood[3] | Nottingham Rowing Club | 17.04 | Hammersmith to Kew |
| 2021 | Graeme Thomas | Agecroft Rowing Club | 28.04 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2022 | Seb Devereux | Leander Club | ||
| 2023 | Joshua Lyon | Reading University Boat Club | 23.48 | Putney to Mortlake |
| 2024 | Callum Dixon | Twickenham Rowing Club | Chiswick to Putney |
Women's race
editThe 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.
- Results
The last champion to win a hat trick on the Tideway was Imogen Grant, who holds the current title.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
- ^ Based on research by Jocelyn Wingfield, International Historian, Wingfield Family Society.
- ^ "Men's Wingfield results". Wingfield Sculls. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Women's Wingfield results". Wingfield Sculls. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
Bibliography
- Cleaver, Hylton, A History of Rowing.
- British Amateur Rowing Association Almanacks, 1898–2007.