Varsity 2015 was held in Cambridge on February 2015. Oxford were once again victorious in the men’s, women’s and overall trophies. Heerden Herman was recipient of the prestigious ‘Swimmer of the Meet’ award for his performance in the 400m Freestyle. Xander Alari-Williams also broke both […]
After months of tough training, hours of effort, aches and pains, and numerous dark cold mornings, V-Day had finally arrived for Oxford University Swimming Club. On Saturday 28th February, OUSC continued their supremacy in the pool, taking the tabs for the fourth year running. Records […]
There was a fantastic turn-out from some of the colleges on Saturday of 2nd 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 yet again this […]
After a truly successful summer for Oxford University Swimming Club, during which five members of OUSC and one member of OUMPA took part in the biennial Varsity Channel Swim, braving nine hours of the icy, jellyfish-infested depths of the Channel, the swimmers are back with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
