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BUCS Short Course

It was a busy weekend for our Blues and Second Team swimmers at BUCS Short Course 2022, with a number of standout performances across a packed weekend. Over the weekend of 18-20th November, 33 swimmers from Oxford University Swimming Club travelled up to Sheffield once […]

Friendly Gala 2022

Oxford University Swimming Club’s annual Friendly Gala was back in 2022 for a Halloween Special on Sunday 30th October. Teams from Bristol, Warwick and Oxford Brookes travelled to the Rosenblatt Fortress to compete against Oxford University Blues and Second (Dolphins) Teams for the prestigious title […]

Henley Classic Open Water Varsity 2022

Newly elected Open Water Captain Joe Read selected their team and the 8 swimmers from Oxford were eager to start the 2.1km swim upstream at 5:40am on Sunday 26th June 2022 after a 3 year break in the Henley Classic Open Water Varsity Match against […]

BUCS Teams 2022

Back over the Easter Weekend, 10 swimmers headed up to Sheffield for the day to race in BUCS Teams. This is where the teams swim head to head and the team with the most points at the end is crowned the winners. Going into the […]

Second’s Varsity 2022

This year, the Second Team Varsity Match took place at the Rosenblatt Pool, Iffley Road, Oxford on Saturday 26th February 2022.  Having not had a Varsity Competition for 2 years due to COVID, the standard of the Dolphins vs Marlins Match was the highest it […]

Varsity 2022

This year, the Blues Varsity Match was held at the Rosenblatt Pool, Iffley Road, Oxford on Saturday 26th February 2022. Oxford dominated the Varsity Match, winning all but 3 races and finishing a massive 26 points ahead of the Cambridge Team. A massive congratulations goes […]

2nds Varsity Match Report 2022

2nds Varsity Match Report 2022

On a freezing winter morning, the OUSC 2nds woke up ready to win Varsity. The metres had been swum, the alcohol ban (mostly) followed, and it was now time to show the tabs what we were made of.  First up was the 100IM: Katherine McKane […]

Blues Varsity Match Report 2022

Blues Varsity Match Report 2022

With a strong team, and a lot of training under their belts, the Oxford Blues team were very excited, and confident leading up to the 127th Varsity match on Saturday 26th February 2022. A few threats of COVID and some injuries did risk putting the […]

BUCS Long Course 2022

BUCS Long Course 2022

BUCS Long Course was the return of Long Course racing for OUSC after the 2 year covid pandemic.  The weekend saw a fantastic weekend of swimming, with 12 Blues Times swims, 18 PBs, 3 Club Records broken and one person’s special 10 year anniversary of […]

British University Swimming League  Phase 2 2022

British University Swimming League Phase 2 2022

On Wednesday 2nd February the Blues Team travelled back to the Surrey Sports Park for the Phase 2 of the British University Swimming League. This competition was the head-to-head divisional final against the University of Surrey, Oxford Brookes and Brunel University. The team from Oxford […]