Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta is a

regatta Boat racing is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water. Boat racing powered by oars is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt, and it is likely that people have engaged in races involving boats and other wate ...

on the

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in England which takes place at

Thames Ditton Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross ...

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beside

Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...

. The regatta was inaugurated in 1887, being described as an "Aquatic Sports and Venetian Fete", although

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's painting illustrates a regatta in existence some thirteen years earlier at the same location. Pleasure boating on the River Thames between

Teddington Lock Teddington Lock is a complex of three lock (water transport), locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham, London, Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first buil ...

and

Molesey Lock Molesey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England at East Molesey, Surrey on the right bank. The lock was built by the City of London Corporation in 1815 and was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1906. It is the second longest on the ri ...

had become extremely popular, and owners of self-propelled craft were interested in more sporting activity than just recreational boating, and competitors came from local sports clubs. The regatta was from the start under the royal patronage of

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who was then residing at Hampton Court Palace. The start point, then as now, was from the Hampton Court Palace Water Gallery, but finished then at the lower end of Boyle Farm Island.G. Dear ''One Hundred Years of Skiff Racing'' British Rowing Almanack 2001 The regatta has remained a traditional boat event, being a competition for

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and punting and is run from

Dittons Skiff and Punting Club Dittons Skiff and Punting Club (DSPC or Dittons) is an English skiff and punting club, which was founded in 1923. It is based on the River Thames with a club and boat house at Thames Ditton on the reach above Teddington Lock. As well as taking p ...

in July. Skiffing is run under the rules of the

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and the course goes downstream from Hampton Court Palace Water Gallery to the clubhouse at

. Punting is run under the rules of the

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and the course is along the Hampton Court side on the opposite bank of the river from the clubhouse.

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and dinghy racing for juniors is also included in the regatta. The regatta should not be confused with

Thames Ditton Regatta {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Thames Ditton Regatta is a rowing regatta, on the River Thames in England which takes place at Thames Ditton, Surrey opposite Hampton Court Palace. Thames Ditton Regatta was established in 1948, and is held annu ...

which is a

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regatta held at approximately the same location in May.

Results 2019

Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta took place on 20 July and scullers from Dittons Skiff and Punting Club won the following events: GSS - Russell Groom LSS - Siobhan O'Sulllivan MHD - Chez Fransella, Fabrice Gouttebroze, Patricia Cammack (cox) GIS - Ross Donnellan LES - Tuesday Manthorpe LED - Elly MacDonald, Tuesday Manthorpe, Anne Newman (cox) MVD - Deborah Charles, Chris Millward, Jai Patel (cox)

Results 2018

Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta took place on 21 July and scullers from Dittons Skiff and Punting Club won the following events: GHD - Andy Wells, Fabrice Gouttebroze, Patricia Cammack (cox) LSD - Natalie MacLean, Rebecca Hurley, Patricia Cammack (cox) LND - Pamela Hoad, Mandi Ronald, Ruth Knight (cox) GVS - Tim Tomlinson NJVD - John Roscoe, Nick Ronald, Sarah Duffy (cox)

Results 2017

Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta took place on 22 July and scullers from Dittons Skiff and Punting Club won the following events: Gents Senior Single - Robin Barwick Gents Novice Single - Andy Wells Gents Vet Double - Blu Laughland, Chris Millward, Lucy Richardson (cox) Mixed Senior Double - Siobhan O'Sullivan, Ross Donnellan, Patricia Cammack (cox) Mixed Higher Double - Lyssum Ross, Chris Millward, Maia Grace (cox) Gents Intermediate Double - Andy Wells, Fabrice Gouttebroze, Patricia Cammack (cox) U18 Mixed Double - Maia Grace, Daniel Cully, James Tyson (cox)

References

External links

The Skiff Racing Association

Punting Rules of Racing
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Results 2019

Results 2018

Results 2017

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