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IWL 2009
St Peter’s novice and senior crews got their first taste of racing this academic year in Isis Winter League yesterday. The performances were outstanding from all members of the boat club, but I just wanted to make sure that all of the Peter’s women were giving themselves a huge pat on the back this morning.…
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Update: Men’s Seniors
Men’s Seniors The traditional bad luck of Michaelmas rowing has somewhat plagued our first squad this term, whether it has been illness in the boat or our poor launch “Gilly” choosing to selfishly die on us just as we pushed off at Radley last weekend. However, a solid core has stayed strong in the boat,…
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Update: SPCWBC
Women’s Novices The women’s novices have been coming along in leaps and bounds this week – the improvement has been outstanding and as we start to fix them into crews we can see them really working together. This morning Francis asked me why I was in such a good mood, that I normally wasn’t like…
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Boathouse Chic
When you are a member of a racing crew, a uniform is very important. It makes you feel good and gives your opponents something to think about as well. Rowing an VIII is all about merging individuality into the oneness of the crew and a uniform is part and parcel of this mindset. However while…
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Thames or Isis
The stretch of the Thames that flows through Oxford is known as “The Thames or Isis” The Thames bit is easy, it probably means “dark” as when all said and done it does look pretty murky. Funnily enough the river these days is chemically very clean, supporting a decent variety of coarse fish; pike, roach and perch.…
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Novices in the mist…
Novice training for Christ Church regatta started with a bang this weekend, when we held our first ever Freshers’ Week BBQ at the Boathouse. We had an excellent turnout and managed to get far more boats than we could have imagined out on the water for a taste of Oxford rowing. The river was busy,…
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And so it begins…
This weekend saw a fresh crop of St. Peter’s rowers make their way down to the boat house for the first time. Upon arrival they were shown the basics of the rowing stroke, learnt the difference between “bowside” and “strokeside”, and pushed off to make a splash on the Isis. Their safe arrival back at…
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On Yer Bike
Apart perhaps from your lap top and mobile phone, your best mechanical friend at Oxford is a bike. For Boaties I suggest, sine qua non. That the trip from College (indeed anywhere in town) to the Boat House is downhill is surely one of those acts of Divine Providence which would have convinced the mediaeval philosopher that…
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F***ing Flags
College rowing on the Thames/Isis is governed by the Oxford University Rowing Club. It is their job to ensure that proper order is maintained on the river which means that safety is a paramount concern. It would be very embarrassing to have to ring Mrs Cholmondley-Smythe to tell her that eight years of paying for their…
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A Fantastic Year!
The 2008 – 09 season has seen the St Peter’s College Boat Club go from strength to strength with some of the most successful crews in the club’s recent history and around about 120 active members. We started as we meant to go on by claiming victory in Christchurch Regatta (an intercollegiate competition solely for…
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