Torpids Report 2021
At the start of Trinity term, the captains were faced with the task of training up scratch crews for Summer Torpids. A two year bumps hiatus (due to weather and a pandemic) coupled with clashes with Finals meant that BNCBC…
At the start of Trinity term, the captains were faced with the task of training up scratch crews for Summer Torpids. A two year bumps hiatus (due to weather and a pandemic) coupled with clashes with Finals meant that BNCBC…
Summer Eights Day 1 The Rugby Beer Boat kicked off the campaign with an early bump under 30s into the race. The (very) heavyweight crew laid down a choopy, but powerful start to row past LMH 3. W2 also set…
We started Hilary Term in style with a training camp in Oxford. This was a great opportunity for the novice rowers to integrate with the more experienced rowers and kickstart their training for the term. For the first four weeks,…
With Novice Women A having come second in Nephthys and Novice Men A reaching the semi-final, we went into Christ Church with strong hopes for all five of our boats – two Men’s, two Women’s, and one Mixed. We were…
After a strong Michaelmas, the women’s squad hit Hilary hard – and it certainly paid off. W1 entered Torpids having ranked 6th highest out of all women’s eights in the final IWL trial of term, with times faster than multiple…