At 1:43am on the morning of Saturday the 12th of July, 2014, Frederick Faulkner, an Undergraduate at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, stood on Shakespeare Beach in Dover, shook hands with his Cambridge counterpart and dived into the channel to begin Oxford University’s channel relay crossing …
On 22nd March; a small squad of 11 swimmers traveled up to Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield to represent Oxford in the BUCS Team Swimming Championship Final. The Oxford results are published below, but for full results please visit the BUCS website. There were …
The 2014 varsity report has been published and sent out to alumni in the latest mailing. You can read it here. If you want to sign up to the alumni mailing list then scroll to the very bottom of the report and click the red button.
Videos of the event are on our YouTube channel.
As our season draws to a close, a new committee must be elected to replace the old one. Elections were held on 10th March 2014; and the new committee will begin their duties in Trinity term 2014. Well done to those who were elected, and …
Varsity 2014 was held at the Rosenblatt Pool, Iffley Sports Centre in Oxford on 1st March 2014. Oxford were victorious in the men’s, women’s and overall trophies, with scores of 61 – 29, 47 -43, and 108 – 72 respectively. Special mentions: Jack Marriott was …
The Varsity Match against Cambridge will be hosted by the University of Oxford this year, with the teams competing at the Rosenblatt Pool. The event will take place on the 1st March, Saturday of 6th Week (Oxford time).
The schedule of events for the day is as follows:
11:45 – Pool opens to spectators
12:30 – Team parade and start of swimming gala
15:00 – End of the swimming competition
15:20 – Start of water-polo session
15:30 – Alumni Match
16:15 – Mens 2nds
17:30 – Women’s Varsity Match
19:00 – Men’s Varsity Match
20:30 – End of event.
Seven intense days, eleven exhausting pool sessions and two gruelling land training workouts later, Oxford University Swimming Club just about managed to crawl through Malaga airport and onto the flight home – complete with our costume shaped tan lines, aching bodies and wet towels, all …
On the Sunday of 6th week, OUSC sent 13 swimmers to Swansea to participate in the BUCS teams qualifying round (Southern Region). They managed a brilliant 3rd place, competing against swimming goliaths like Bath and Cardiff University. The overall teams scores were: Bath A – …
There was a fantastic turn-out from the colleges on Saturday of 3rd week MT. The atmosphere on poolside was electric as everyone prepared to partake in the greatest sporting event since London’s Olympics.
Congratulations to Magdalen College on winning Cuppers in one of the closest finishes OUSC has seen in a long time. Queen’s and New College both put in very solid performances.
The results by college are:
Magdalen – 109
New College – 103
Queen’s – 82
Teddy Hall – 62
St Peter’s – 47
Green Templeton – 27
Oriel – 26
Balliol – 24
St Hilda’s – 24
Lady Margaret Hall – 22
Lincoln – 21
St Catherine’s – 11
Hertford – 8
Brasenose – 8
Christ Church – 2
Well done to everyone who participated! The event was both hilarious and captivating and wouldn’t have been possible with eager beavers that make up the greatest university in the world.
St Matthew’s managed to achieve a decent 6th place with 40 points. Pretty impressive considering they aren’t actually a real college.
Training camp –– Oxford University –– Monday 30th September – Saturday 5th September 2013 (-1 week MT13) Held every year at the Rosenblatt Pool in –1 week. A good time to dust off the cobwebs and get back into a training regime. Freshers’ Fair –– Oxford University –– Tuesday 8th October – Friday …
