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The bright future of baseball in Oxford, Britain, and beyond

23rd February 202122nd February 2021Emily Rosindell

Image Description: Baseball at the Dodgers’ Stadium Oxford University baseball is one of Oxford’s newest Half-Blue sports. While boasting a robust history as a sport at Oxford, baseball was only made a Half-Blue this past year. This inclusive community creates a space for players of all abilities; players can learn a new skill or compete […]

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Univ hosts 24-hour charity Ergathon

11th November 201911th November 2019Emily Charley

On 16th November, members of University College Boat Club will be rowing continuously for 24 hours to raise £2000 for local mental health charity, Oxfordshire Mind. The rowers will be powering two rowing machines overnight to raise money for the charity, rotating every twenty minutes to half an hour. The challenge will start on the […]

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New College wins dancesport cuppers

7th June 20197th July 2019Timothy Parker

On 25th May at 13:00, Oxford University Dancesport Cuppers took place. This is quite a well-established competition with records going back to at least 1986. Dancesport is roughly defined as any kind of competitive partner dancing, with the two most popular categories being Ballroom (also known as Standard) and Latin. Cuppers teams compete over four […]

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Women’s* Weightlifters Qualify for Nationals

28th May 20197th July 2019Ruth Harris & Evie Fleck

Sunday of 4th week saw four members of Wadham Women’s* Weightlifting travel to Stourbridge for the West-Midlands BDFPA Regionals, with the hope of hitting the qualifying weights to make it to Nationals in Edinburgh this summer. This was the first time competing for all four women, but the wonderful and experienced Catherine Walter, World Full […]

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What sport to look out for in Trinity

4th May 201918th May 2019Hannah Li

Summer sports will soon be getting into full swing so here is a taste of what to expect! Athletics After great success in the FEAR/ Indoor Varsity, Athletics promises another exciting term. The 145th Varsity will be hosted away at Cambridge’s Wilberforce Road on 18th May. It will be a jam-packed day as Oxford looks […]

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Breaking: Crews announced for 2019 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

14th March 201914th March 2019Elena Casale

Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) and Women’s Boat Club (OUWBC) announced their crews for the upcoming Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race at City Hall in London this morning. The Oxford women’s crew go into the race with a crew 9.5 kg lighter than their Cambridge counterparts, while the men’s crew outweighed the Cambridge crew by just 1.3kg. In […]

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Wadham clinches victory in Alternative Ice Hockey cuppers finals

22nd February 201922nd February 2019Richard Mifsud

Overnight on Friday 15th February, there was the annual Alternative Ice Hockey (ALTS) cuppers. This tournament is 30 years in the making. So what is “alternative” about ALTS? There is no need for huge amounts of padding and kit like you see in normal ice hockey, and far less chance of getting injured too; the […]

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A day in practice with the Octopush Club

14th February 2019Evalena Labayen

Octopush was a bit of mystery to me since I’ve never seen a game before, and the idea of “underwater hockey” intrigued me. The metaphor is a bit ill-fitting as Octopush is a different type of sport altogether. Teams were originally comprised of eight players in the water at once, hence the octo-, but the […]

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Football Cuppers 2018/19: First round round-up

26th October 201823rd October 2018Charlotte Austin

Image Credit: Wadham College Facebook – Description – Wadham Cuppers winning team Cuppers, for those of you not yet fluent in Oxford jargon, is an intercollegiate competition played in a wide range of sports, from shooting to powerlifting, every year. Football Cuppers gives colleges the opportunity of extra playing time, cross-division competition and the chance […]

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“Absolute Filth” – Pembroke Triumph in Mixed Netball Cuppers

2nd June 20182nd June 2018Connor Thirlwell

Pictured:  the Hertford A and Pembroke teams pose for the cameras after a hard-fought final Pembroke capped off a flawless Mixed Cuppers tournament run today at Lady Margaret Hall with a thumping 5-1 victory against Hertford A in the final. After winning all seven of their Pool B matches, then beating Oriel A by five […]

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Keble and Pembroke clinch Heads of the River on a sizzling Summer Eights Saturday

27th May 201829th May 2018Connor Thirlwell

Image Credit: Connor Thirlwell Keble seized the Head of the River in the Men’s division, and Pembroke in the women’s, to conclude a delightful week’s rowing on the final day of the Summer Eights Competition on Saturday afternoon. Keble M1 and Pembroke W1, after bumping themselves to the top spot on the Wednesday, delivered consistently […]

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College rowing: the what, the why, the wackiness, and the swans

23rd May 201823rd May 2018Connor Thirlwell

Sports Editor Connor Thirlwell, who doesn’t row, wonders about rowing, and why people do it I high-tail down past Christchurch Meadows  to the Boathouse Walk for some light research. It’s a bright, blue-sky mid-morning, to be filled in a few days’ time with the fervour of the Summer 8s rowing competition. It starts on Wednesday […]

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Let’s fall in love with croquet this summer

13th May 2018Connor Thirlwell

OxStu offers an impassioned introduction to a much beloved garden sport In 0th week, I fell in love, or, more aptly, was sent madly through the hoop with a precise mallet stroke (that works!), with croquet, one of the great garden sports. To the unsuspecting passer-by, croquet might seem innocuous, at best a picturesque element […]

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Wicket-to-Wicket: exploring the top and bottom of University Cricket

6th May 2018Connor Thirlwell

OxStu studies Oxford’s ‘winning draw’ against Cambridge and a 3rd division league college clash. At around mid-day I am patrolling the boundary and studying play. It’s a chilly, overcast Wednesday in University Parks, laced with a stiff north-westerly breeze. This changeable spring-time weather is a nemesis to cricket, always threatening rain.   Later in the […]

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What’s on in Trinity: a preview

6th May 201819th May 2018Connor Thirlwell

Trinity Term is here and a new summer season of sport begins, making the next couple of months as fine a time as any to get outside in the sun for an hour or two a week and get active! With Varsity matches for Netball, Hockey, Football, Fencing, Rowing, and Real Tennis all taking place […]

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Trinity Term – A Sporting Preview

30th April 20174th May 2017Adam Rhaiti

Croquet – Grant Dalton, University College 8s The game of croquet is one with indelible connotations of Oxford life, an integral part of the sepia-hazed, Brideshead Revisited image of long summer nights on the lawns and quads of the university. For many first-years however, this term will be the first time they encounter the game, […]

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Cuppers: Teddy Hall electrify Iffley with late winner to reign supreme

16th March 201717th March 2017Calum Flintoff

After cutting their teeth on the biggest stage of them all as defeated finalists last season, St Edmund Hall AFC roared with a vengeance at Iffley under the Friday night lights, defeating Christ Church 1-0 in a disciplined display of passion, drive and ambition. Teddy electrified the fiercely contested occasion in the 85th minute as […]

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Christ Church to Face Teddy Hall in Cuppers Final

25th February 2017Calum Flintoff

Played only a stone’s throw away from Iffley itself, at Christ Church grounds, the geographical proximity of the opening Cuppers semi-final match is fitting, as it mirrors the progression to the business end of the tournament, where the history books are written. Both Christ Church, and their opponents Exeter, were all too aware that Thursday’s […]

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Cross-Country Cuppers 2016

16th November 201618th November 2016Laura Fenwick

Early in the morning on the twenty-third of October, as the mist hung low in the trees and the moon showed its pale face from behind the clouds, it was almost as if South Park itself was anticipating the drama that would later unfold on its unforgiving slopes. With every stake, flag, and sprinkling of […]

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