Quintin Head & Park Run

On Saturday 5th February the OUWLRC traveled to the tideway to take part in Quintin VIIIs’ head. The course runs the reverse of the Championship course from University Post, Chiswick to Harrods Wharf over a distance 4.6 km. Conditions were looking to be a strong trail wind for the majority of the course. We entered …

Trial VIIIs 2021

Trial VIIIs Race Report- “Over” By Rosie Thorogood The OUWLRC Trial Eights took place on the 6th December, on the Tideway Boat Race Course. The two crews “Over” and “Under,” took each other on, racing down the challenging 6.8km course. The day began with a briefing from the umpire, Matthew Holland, who also umpired the …

Wallingford Head

Harriet Thomas On the 28th Novermber the squad raced at Wallingford head. We were in matched boats, on home water and ready for our longest race to date. This weekend also saw the arrival of storm Awen, below freezing temperatures and gusts of up to 40mph. Stormy conditions coupled with 150 boats racing in each …

The Tide is High

By Megan Chester “The tide is high, but I’m holding on” – these lyrics from the 1967 hit song were uncannily accurate at points last weekend! On Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th November, the squad headed to the big city to row in London. For many of us, it was our first experience of the …

Upper Thames Autumn Head

This Halloween weekend saw the full squad travel to Henely in for our first race of the season at Upper Thames Autumn Head! Vicki Reports:‘On Sunday 31st October, the squad braved the wind and torrential weather to participate in the first regatta ofthe 2021-22 season: Upper Thames Autumn Head, a 3km head race along the …

BUCS 2021

With the 2021 Boat Race campaign wrapped up, our squad moved on into regatta season, kicking everything off with a storming performance at BUCS Regatta in Nottingham. OUWLRC athletes competed across a range of categories, with an impressive set of results! Hazel Wake claimed a bronze medal in the Intermediate Lightweight 1x, and we saw …

2021 Boat Race

Rosie Thorogood                                                                                                                                                  On the 18th of May 2021, the 38th Women’s Lightweight Boat Race was held on the River Ouse in Ely, Cambridgeshire.  It was safe to say, the run up to the race had been unlike any previous Boat Race. The challenges of COVID had significantly limited our water preparation, but the 21 weeks …