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 […]
On Monday 3rd January 2022, 18 swimmers and Zichen met at Gatwick Airport to escape the UK for a week of swimming in Lanzarote. Unfortunately the team was slightly depleted having lost a couple of swimmers to COVID isolations. The week-long training camp involved 20 […]
Michaelmas has seen an exciting change to the traditional OUSC Season Schedule this year. The Blues team competed in the British University Swimming League (BUSL), and had duel matches against Brunel, Oxford Brookes and the University of Surrey. With over 50 Universities competing this year […]
At the end of 6th week, swimmers from the Blues and Dolphins teams travelled up to Sheffield for the return of BUCS Short Course on the weekend. OUSC had an impressive weekend with 3 club records being broken, 7 finals, 10 Blues Times, 4 lucky […]
On Saturday 4th November, the Oxford Blues and Dolphins hosted teams from Oxford Brookes, Warwick, Nottingham and Bristol in the annual Friendly Gala at the Rosenblatt Pool, Iffley Road. Having been cancelled in 2020, this was the first proper competition for both the Oxford Blues […]
The annual Open-Water Varsity Mob Match against Cambridge is usually held in Henley, racing the 2.1km classic upstream course, but with COVID and the dates for the Henley Classic not working for either team, this year the race was held at the London Victoria Dock. […]
This year, a friendly varsity was held virtually at the Rosenblatt Pool. Iffley Road, Oxford and the Parkside Pool, Cambridge respectively. It was held on the 23rd of June for Oxford and the 25th of June for Cambridge. Despite the match being friendly, both teams […]
2021 Freshers’ Fair – University Parks, Oxford – (0th week MT21) – 09:00-17:00 – 6th/7th OctoberCome and meet current members of OUSC, hear their experiences of swimming with the club and sign up for our team trials at the end of 0th week. Team Trials – […]
This year’s Varsity Channel Relay was particularly special as both teams were swimming in memory of the co-founder, Nick Thomas, and raising money for his chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. The team is extremely grateful for everyone who has supported them on their swim and […]
Christy Sadler and Emily Manock have recently succeeded in passing a motion for a Para-Blues status, following the success of the Para-Varsity event as a part of the 2020 Varsity Swimming Match. The decision was reached after a Blues Committee meeting on the 11th of […]
