Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club

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Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club
OUWLRC crest.jpg
Oxford University Boat Club.svg
Location Wallingford, Oxford, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Home water River Thames
Founded1984 (1984) [1]
Key people
  • Victoria K.J. Fletcher (President) [2]
  • Grace Davison (Social Secretary)
[2]
University University of Oxford
Affiliations British Rowing
Website www.ouwlrc.org.uk
Events
The Lightweight Boat Races
Notable members
Roz Savage, Anna Corderoy, Jen Goldsack
Results [3]
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
EUSA Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Zagreb 4x
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Amsterdam 8+
Representing Oxford University Boat Club.svg Oxford
BUCS Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 BUCS Regatta [4] WLwt 8+
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 BUCS Regatta [5] WLwt 4-
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4x
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 BUCS RegattaWLwt 8+
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4-
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4x
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4-
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 BUCS RegattaWLwt 2-
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 BUCS RegattaWLwt 8+
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4-
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 BUCS RegattaWLwt 4x
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2007 BUSA RegattaWLwt 2-
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 BUSA RegattaWLwt 8+
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2006 BUSA RegattaWLwt 4-
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 BUSA RegattaWLwt 2-

The Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club was established in 1984 to represent the University of Oxford in the race against the Cambridge University Boat Club at the Lightweight Boat Races. [6] Throughout the season, the Club races as Tethys Boat Club. [7]

Contents

In 2023, OUWLRC was dissolved as a part of a merger between the various rowing clubs that represent Oxford at a University Level into one Oxford University Boat Club. [8]

Membership

Membership in the rowing club is open to all female student members of the University [7] who qualify as lightweight. Lightweight rowing for women details a maximum weight of 59 kg per athlete, with an average weight of 57 kg across the crew. This is a requirement for competition and for entry into the lightweight squad. [9] [10]

Facilities and training

The club trains out of the Fleming Boathouse in Wallingford, alongside the other university squads (OUBC, OUWBC, and OULRC). The club also uses the facilities at the university's Iffley Road Sports Centre. [11]

Racing

The key race in the club's year is The Lightweight Boat Races against Cambridge on the Championship Course in London. [12] [13] The club also competes at national head races and regattas. In particular, the club regularly competes at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Regatta. In 2016, it won silver medal in the 8+ [4] and bronze in the 4-. categories [5] The club also competes at an international level, recording a latest achievement with a bronze with 4x- in Zagreb in July 2016. [14]

Honours

British champions

YearWinning crew/s
1987 Women 4+ [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), About , retrieved 26 September 2016
  2. 1 2 Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Contact and Documents , retrieved 15 February 2018
  3. ↑ Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Results , retrieved 27 September 2016
  4. 1 2 "BUCS 2016 results" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 "BUCS 2016 results" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Henley Boat Races, Main , retrieved 10 September 2015
  7. 1 2 Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Trialling , retrieved 26 September 2016
  8. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Ltd., Riskpoint. "Henley Boat Races - History". henleyboatraces.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Women's Lightweight Rowing Club". Oxford University Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Facilities , retrieved 26 September 2016
  12. ↑ "Rowing: Day for Light Blue celebration as Cambridge sweep Henley Boat Races" . The Independent. 22 March 1993. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rivals share spoils at competitive Henley". The Telegraph. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Bronze at EUSA! – OUWLRC".
  15. ↑ "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
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