WebMay 31, 2024 · Summer Eights 2024. UCBC had a fantastic week at Summer Eights, with the highlight being W1 taking the Summer Eights headship for the first time in history in front of a roaring Univ Boat House. We had eight crews racing, coached ably by a team led by Head Coach Jono Cheesman, as well as 2nd VIII coaches Clare Holubowskyj and Argyris … WebMay 29, 2024 · Another victory at Summer Eights for the historic club. Yesterday marked the final day of the 2024 Summer Eights (Oxford University’s principal “bumping” race – a format in which rowing crews attempt to bump into the boat ahead) and another victory for Oriel, the most successful college in Oxford rowing during the last fifty years.A […]

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Bumps, Blades, Boating: Summer Eights explained - Cherwell

Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main intercollegiate rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in May of each year, from the Wednesday to the Saturday of the fifth week of Trinity Term. Men's and women's coxed eights compete in separate divisions for their colleges. WebThe major Oxford college competition, 'Summer Eights', is reckoned to date from the summer of 1815, a few weeks prior to the battle of Waterloo. Crews from Brasenose and Jesus, probably at the end of a day's excursion downriver, decided to race the final leg home from Iffley Lock. http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/racedesk.html philosopher\u0027s it