Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club exists to race and beat Cambridge every year at the Lightweight Boat Races.
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We’re looking forward to seeing familiar faces at Henley this year. We have a combined 8 with OUBC entered into the Temple Challenge Cup as well as rowers distributed in a few college crews. Please join us for Pimms and a picnic lunch on Saturday.
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We’re delighted to invite all friends of Oxford University rowing to our Henley Picnic on Saturday the 2nd July - tickets can be bought here -
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We look forward to welcoming you!
*BUCS Day 3*
The squad finished this years regatta on a high, with successes in the final two lightweight categories of the event.
Lwt Inter 4x - 3rd 🥉 (Matt Hudson, Nick Ryan, Zac Abel and Harrison Kieffer)
Lwt Champ 2- - 4th (Aggy Crumpton, Olly Featherstone) – at Oxford, England
*BUCS Regatta Day 2*
Today saw the club field two entries into the Championship Lightweight 2x.
Champ Lwt 2x - 3rd 🥉 (Nick Ryan, Matt Hudson)
Champ Lwt 2x - 13th (Harrison Kieffer, Zac Abel)
Tomorrow we look forward to racing in the Champ Lwt 2-, and the Int Lwt 4x. – at East Midlands, England
Today marked the first day of BUCS Regatta.
The club had two entries in the Intermediate Lwt 1x, one in the Champ Lwt 1x, and one in the Champ Lwt 4- .
The roundup from the first day are:
🥈 Chmp Lwt 4-
4th Chmp Lwt 1x
16th Int Lwt 1x
22nd Int Lwt 1x
*Crew Announcement*
The club is excited to announce the Blue Boat for the 2022 @ii_couk Lightweight Men's Boat Race.
The crew will face Cambridge on Sunday 20th March at 14:25pm, on the Championship Course in London.
📸 - @nordincatic
*Crew Announcement*
The club is proud to announce our Nephthys 2-, who will be racing Cambridge in the 2022 @ii_couk Men's Lightweight Boat Race.
Stroke: Zac Abel (Corpus)
Bow: Tom Wagstaff (St Catherine's)
Nephthys will race on the Tideway at 11:30am, on Friday 18th March.
Our Trial VIIIs will race against each other on the Boat Race course in London at 12.30pm tomorrow.
We are looking forward to seeing some of you down there!
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Anyone else dreaming of warmer days? 💭☀️
@OULightweights – at Henley-on-Thames, England
This weekend members of the four Oxford Rowing Clubs will erg/run/cycle as far as they can to raise money to increase access in rowing.
Please help make a difference to open rowing up for everyone to enjoy.
Follow the link to donate, and for more info:
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Our Prince Albert 4+ will begin their Henley week on Wednesday
The draw for our Prince of Wales 4x which starts racing on Thursday
Both crews qualify for @HenleyRegatta PA 4+ begins on Wednesday and PoW 4x begins on Thursday!
Great win by our Prince of Wales quad as they look to qualify this Saturday for @HenleyRegatta
Our most successful @BUCSsport campaign ever, winning 5 of the 6 medals which put Oxford in 3rd place on the Victor Ludorum behind only Brookes and Newcastle.
@OxfordUniSport
Another big shift for BUCS Day 2.
Champ Lwt 1x: 🥉 (Nick Ryan)
Int Lwt 1x: 🥉 (Ben de Jager)
Champ Lwt 4-: 🥈 (Ed Lamb, Nick Ryan, Aggy Crumpton, Harrison Kieffer)
Check out Nick's sprint to the line to clinch bronze below!
Many congratulations to Matthew Hudson, who was elected as OULRC President for the 2021-2 season this week. A seasoned sculler on the Tyne, Matt stroked the Nephthys 2- which beat Cambridge this year.
@lwtboatraces
To all of our alumni, make sure you're signed up to our newsletter and other OMA groups here: linktr.ee/OxfordLightweights
Pictured: Presidents' Challenge, 2021 Lightweight Men's Boat Race
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Representation in the winning Blue Boat from @St_Catz @StAnnesCollege @ChCh_Oxford @QueensCollegeOx @UnivOxford @TrinityOxford @KelloggOx @wadhamoxford