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Sports
Rowing
Rowing at
Oxford University takes place on the
Isis, as the
River Thames
is known locally.
The main rowing events of
the University are
Torpids, held on
Wednesday to Saturday of 6th week of
Hilary Term
(February), and the major summer event, Eights Week
(actually four days), held
on Wednesday to Saturday of 5th week of Trinity Term (May).
For local discoussion on rowing, use the
ox.clubs.rowing newsgroup.
Other boat clubs on the
River Thames:
See also
OURC Diary.
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Map of the Isis with hyperlinks to clubs.
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Various rowing terms at Oxford (and elsewhere):
boater,
the Boat Race,
bump,
bump supper,
eight,
Eights Week,
Head of the River,
hearty,
Isis,
over-bump and
Torpids.
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REGATTA On-line magazine was started at Oxford.
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The
Curator
of the
River and Rowing Museum at
Henley-on-Thames,
Jane Bowen, lives in Oxfordshire.
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Sport including rowing in the OUSU
Oxford Handbook.
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General
Oxford information.
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Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs.
Further items, preferably online, are welcome for inclusion.
Acknowledgement:
OURC rules and results supplied by Anu Dudhia.
This information is brought to you by
Jonathan Bowen
as part of the
Oxford information and
WWW Virtual Library Rowing pages.
