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It’s the end of week one and Oxford is full of snowflakes. The weather also took a turn for the colder overnight, giving students an excuse to take a break from their essays. Sunday saw them build snowmen and post pictures of beautiful Oxford buildings covered in white on their Instagram stories (did you know […]
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It is estimated that 100,000 people used a food bank for the first time during the first month of lockdown, and so it is clear that support for local food banks is desperately needed. To help satisfy the rising demand, an initiative has been launched by the charity Because We Can, founded by former […]
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Varsity Trip announced today that the annual Ski Trip, which sees over 3000 students from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge travel to France each year for a week, has been moved to the 19th – 27th March 2021, for the safety of participants, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a post made to […]
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This year’s season has been unrivalled in Oxford University Equestrian Club’s (OUEC) history. The squad, captained by Psychology finalist Amy Small, consists of three teams: two of these compete in BUCS leagues and all three in varsity. At trials in Michaelmas, the new intake of freshers was promising, with many of these talented riders joining […]
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This year has seen one of the most successful seasons in recent OUFC history. Within Oxford, fencing remains one of the most popular sports for beginners, with the club recording over 500 signups at Freshers Fair. With four teams in BUCS, fencing was Oxford’s highest scoring sport in BUCS this season, scoring 179 BUCS points, […]
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Here are some selected Varsity reports to highlight some of the sporting action you may have missed during the vacation. The standard of sport was very impressive with a thrilling atmosphere for all those involved. Swimming Oxford emerged victorious in a closely contested Varsity following last year’s draw. Many records were broken in a day […]
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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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Oxford Ladies – Hannah Li Last week, golfers descended upon Camber, East Sussex to face down Cambridge. Rye golf course, the original home of the Varsity match, rose to expectations as a test of verve, endurance, and skill that one could hope to enjoy from a fine Harry Colt designed links course. Come lunchtime on […]
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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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Ahead of the London Series between the Red Sox and Yankees in June, Oxford students were able to enjoy some baseball last weekend as the Oxford University Baseball club took on Cambridge in their first-ever home Varsity match. The teams squared off at 12:30 on Saturday, 2 March at the Horsepath Sports Ground with free […]
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It’s an undertaking many would find daunting, to say the least – with the shortest route clocking in at 21 miles, the swim across the English Channel is not your average Varsity challenge. OUSC (Oxford University Swimming Club) captain on the women’s side Lauren Burton is one of a team of five who participated in […]
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Image Credit: Dtcdthingy (CC BY-SA 3.0) Plans for the next stage of the re-opening of the Oxford to Cambridge Varsity line have been submitted to the Government. The line, more formally known as the East-West rail scheme, is scheduled to open fully in the mid 2020s, replacing its former incarnation which closed in the 1960s. […]
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Pictured: Action from the Women’s Varsity lacrosse match from February 2018 I am walking through the University Parks beneath clear and deep blue sky, among trees of pine and sycamore, mottled oak and marvellous copper beech. There is a light breeze in the air and birdsong can be heard all around. I’m with Bella, co-captain of Oxford’s Mixed Lacrosse […]
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Oxford won both the men’s and women’s football Varsity matches today in what proved to be a successful day out for OUAFC. This is the fourth year in a row that Oxford have won both fixtures as they celebrated more success at The Hive, home of Barnet FC, following last year’s inaugural double-header at the […]
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On the 17th November, the ‘Jazz-off’ between the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra (OUJO), and the Cambridge University Jazz (CUJO), was less about shoeing the Tabs in a battle of the bands, as it was a relaxed, friendly showcase of each band’s jazz chops. Both bands treated us to a tour de force of big band […]
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The University Match, 4th day Cambridge University 225 & 417-7dec beat Oxford University 212 & 214 (Gnodde 54, Crichard 6-68) by 216 runs There are some bowlers who are hard to define: the type who defy the established science and the biomechanics of cricket. Sometimes they’re off, disjointed and sporadic. Sometimes they’re on, and wicket-taking […]
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The University Match, 3rd day Oxford University 212 & 49-0 (Hughes 28*) trail Cambridge University 225 & 417-7dec (Dewhurst 91, Moses 80*) by 381 runs The first over of the day was bowled by the leg-spin of Dan Escott. Day one’s bowling carnival feels long and distant in the memory: as the pitch continues to […]
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The University Match, 2nd day Oxford University 212 (Rackow 95, Crichard 5-72) trail Cambridge University 225 & 121-2 (Colverd 47*) by 134 runs A collective groan filled the Fenner’s air. Then it morphed to a silence imbued with disbelief. Then a final incarnation: lavish applause, genuine in origin and extended in length. Alex Rackow had […]
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The University Match, 1st day Oxford University 50-5 (Crichard 4-23) trail Cambridge University 225 (Tice 54, Marsden 4-47) by 175 runs A captain’s knock. An innings compiled under huge pressure in a middlingly-bad to severe situation. Produced only by a leader of men. Typified by hard-graft and punchiness, hallmarked by immediate command of an unwarranted […]
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