Abingdon School’s powerful crew celebrated after a record-breaking victory at Henley Royal Regatta.

In the best race of the four-day event on the Thames, Abingdon retained their Princess Elizabeth Cup schools eight's crown with an exciting victory over local rivals St Edward's School, Oxford, on Sunday.

Both crews smashed the exisiting record, but it was Abingdon, the national school champions, who prevailed by just one second with a time of 6mins 17secs – two seconds faster than their 2012 record.

St Edward’s, who had defeated favoured Hampton in the semi-finals, beat the pre-2011 record in the final, clocking 6.18.

Abingdon coach Dave Currie, a former world championship bronze-medallist, said: “At the outset our rate was a bit high which made me nervous. However, we came up with the goods, but massive credit to Teddies. It was a great race.”

Celebrations continued for the huge Abingdon support when Griffen, their old boys club, took the Thames Cup men’s eights.

Oxfordshire's Olympics heroes also collected gold medals.

Oxford’s Andy Triggs Hodge stroked the Great Britian eight to a convincing victory against University of Washington in the Grand Eights final.

Wheatley’s Frances Houghton won in the cobbled-together women’s GB quad scull.

The Great Britain women’s eight won the Remenham Cup, bringing medals for Wallingford's Katie Greves and Oxford’s Olivia Carnegie-Brown.

Taurus, the Oxford Brookes old boys, won the Britannia Cup, while Matt Tarrant and Scott Durant, both also Brookes, were in the winning GB Steward’s coxless four There are no prizes for second places at Henley.

But Isis lost in the final of the Prince Albert fours, while Headington were beaten in the women’s junior quads.

The GB lightweights, including brothers Richard and Peter Chambers, formerly of Oxford Brookes, lost in the quarter-finals of the double sculls.