For most of Wolfson College Boat Club, racing is why we do what we do. Our long-serving top men’s coach, Paul Kelly, may have put it best:

I don’t know who decided to take nine people from each college, put them in a boat, and see who can go backwards down the river fastest. But we might as well be the best at it.

Wolfson enters racing events throughout the year. The biggest events on the racing calendar are:

Michaelmas Novice Regatta 2020

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Michaelmas Novice Regatta 2020 - The Michaelmas Novice Regatta is a one-off rowing tournament for novice crews at the University of Oxford, organised by Wolfson College Boat Club, Linacre College Boat Club, and OURCs. This year, weather permitting, we’re hoping to give novices their first…

Christ Church Regatta

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Christ Church Regatta 2015 - 2015 was Wolfson’s most successful campaign in the Christ Church regatta; the women’s A boat won the women’s competition (for the first time since 1995) and the men’s A boat were valiant runners-up. Day 1 Both our WA and our…

For past Christ Church race reports, click here.

Torpids

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Men’s update Summer 2022–Pre-Torpids 2023 - High time for an update on what’s been going on at the men’s side of the club in the past year. It has been an exciting year thus far and anticipation for Torpids is high. Continue reading below for an…

For past Torpids race reports, click here.

Summer Eights

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Wolfson crews at Summer Eights 2023 - Summer Eights 2023 is around the corner (24–27 May), and at Wolfson we’ve been training hard for the past couple of months to make the most of it. See below for announcements of the crews that will be competing this…

For past Summer Eights race reports, click here.

Blues Squads

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Two WCBC Rowers in Henley Boat Races 2013 - As Oxford defeated Cambridge in every Blues rowing fixture this year, Wolfson rowers Cynthia Eccles (OUWLRC) and James Kirkbride (OULRC) fought for their victories.

For older Blues rowing reports, click here.

Other Oxford Regattas

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City Bumps 2016 - City Bumps started with an early-morning briefing in the packed bar at CORC, followed by thick snow showers that dumped lots of cold, wet flake all over everyone. The weather improved at times over the day, sometimes raining, other times…

Nephthys Regatta 2015 - Day 1 – Friday 20th: Seniors Wolfson M8+ The first race was accidentally against Catz novices, Wolfson won by a middle even though they only did the first minute at pressure. Second race against Jesus, a bit tighter since Wolfson…

For older Oxford regatta reports, click here.

External Regattas

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The winning women’s eight at Milton Keynes Regatta 2023. Molly and Timea (seated) also won the women’s double sculls.

Women’s update Summer 2022–Pre-Torpids 2023 - Summer races The women’s rowers in Oxford over the summer had a packed calendar of racing: Henley Womens, Henley Town and Visitors, Kingston Regatta, Oxford City Royal Regatta and Milton Keynes Regatta. We didn’t qualify for Henley Women’s Regatta despite…

WEHoRR 2018 - Great is the race where all the crazy stuff happens *after* the finish line, and not before it.

For older external regatta reports, click here.

Race Reports

You can find a listing of all available race reports here.