St Hughs Boat Club welcomes rowers, both experienced and novice. We have highly trained coaches and a dedicated collection of men and women that together form some of the fiercest and fastest crews of Oxford. Led by our great captains: Matt Jones (Mens), Chloe Nicklin (Mens), Jo Wharton (Womens) and Sarah Hyland (Womens) our boat club is always willing to take on new members. There are no criteria, whatever height, whatever size - we will take you!
Training in general consists of between 2-6 water sessions (depending on the crew) and 2-3 gym training sessions. Competitions are every term. Michaelmas term sees the Christ Church Regatta, a competition designed only for the novices, so they get an understanding of what they have been working for - always great fun followed by our traditional Christ Church Curry. The end of Hilary term sees the first of two bumps campaigns - Torpids. Normally incredibly cold, this requires a state of mind like none other, but we always flourish well! In Trinity term is the highlight of the year - Summer VIIIs. Bumps racing is racing like no other - crews line up in an order and after the cannon has fired, the objective is to catch and make contact with the crew in front before the crew behind you catches you. Naturally such a racing style comes with some exciting collisions and some less exciting and slightly scary collisions - all to be found on YouTube.
Training in general consists of between 2-6 water sessions (depending on the crew) and 2-3 gym training sessions. Competitions are every term. Michaelmas term sees the Christ Church Regatta, a competition designed only for the novices, so they get an understanding of what they have been working for - always great fun followed by our traditional Christ Church Curry. The end of Hilary term sees the first of two bumps campaigns - Torpids. Normally incredibly cold, this requires a state of mind like none other, but we always flourish well! In Trinity term is the highlight of the year - Summer VIIIs. Bumps racing is racing like no other - crews line up in an order and after the cannon has fired, the objective is to catch and make contact with the crew in front before the crew behind you catches you. Naturally such a racing style comes with some exciting collisions and some less exciting and slightly scary collisions - all to be found on YouTube.
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