Trying to find a comfortable home for a resurrected rowing tradition that attracted international single scullers to race on the Schuylkill River for annual world bragging rights has not been easy for the foundation that brought the Gold Cup Challenge back to life.
The race, which was first run in 1920 – and begun again after the actual Gold Cup trophy was discovered in a back room of a Philadelphia antique shop where it sat lost for some 50-years – has had trouble finding a host event venue and a time of its own.