Hilary 2018

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, we focused training on building stamina in the gym and on the water whilst also integrating all the squad members together in crews.

Our first experience of racing action was in Henley Fours and Eights with a women’s eight, a men’s eight and a men’s four all competing. All three crews posted respectable times and it was a good chance for the less experienced rowers to have their first taste of racing action pre-Torpids.

Our Torpids campaign was disrupted by the Beast from the East, which led to the cancellation of two days of racing. Despite the snow, all crews had a very successful first day of racing with 3 bumps and 2 new divisions! W2 overbumped ChristChurch in Division 5 and M2 rowed over at the top of Division 5 and then bumped Univ in Division 4. W1 rowed over at the top of Division 3 and then bumped Worcester in Division 2. M1 rowed over, holding off Linacre.

Sadly, only M1 and W1 were able to row on the final day of racing with W1 bumping Mansfield before Donnington Bridge (see the video below!) and M1 got bumped by Queens.