Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club

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]

Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club
Image showing the rowing club's emblem
LocationWallingford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Coordinates(51.595015°N 1.122915°W / 51.595015; -1.122915 (Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club)),
Home waterRiver Thames
Founded1984 (1984)[1]
Key people
  • Victoria K.J. Fletcher (President)[2]
  • Grace Davison (Social Secretary)
[2]
UniversityUniversity of Oxford
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
Websitewww.ouwlrc.org.uk
Events
The Lightweight Boat Races
Notable members
Roz Savage, Anna Corderoy, Jen Goldsack
Results[3]
Representing  Great Britain
EUSA Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Zagreb4x
Bronze medal – third place2010 Amsterdam8+
Representing Oxford
BUCS Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 BUCS Regatta[4] WLwt 8+
Bronze medal – third place2016 BUCS Regatta[5] WLwt 4-
Bronze medal – third place2016 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4x
Gold medal – first place2015 BUCS Regatta WLwt 8+
Silver medal – second place2015 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4-
Silver medal – second place2015 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4x
Silver medal – second place2013 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4-
Bronze medal – third place2013 BUCS Regatta WLwt 2-
Gold medal – first place2010 BUCS Regatta WLwt 8+
Gold medal – first place2010 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4-
Gold medal – first place2010 BUCS Regatta WLwt 4x
Silver medal – second place2007 BUSA Regatta WLwt 2-
Gold medal – first place2006 BUSA Regatta WLwt 8+
Silver medal – second place2006 BUSA Regatta WLwt 4-
Gold medal – first place2006 BUSA Regatta WLwt 2-

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.[8][9]

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.[10]

Racing

The key race in the club's year is The Lightweight Boat Races against Cambridge on the Championship Course in London.[11][12] 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.[13]

Honours

British champions
Year Winning crew/s
1987Women 4+ [14]

See also

References
  1. Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), About, retrieved 26 September 2016
  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. "BUCS 2016 results" (PDF).
  5. "BUCS 2016 results" (PDF).
  6. Henley Boat Races, Main, retrieved 10 September 2015
  7. Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Trialling, retrieved 26 September 2016
  8. Ltd., Riskpoint. "Henley Boat Races - History". henleyboatraces.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  9. "Women's Lightweight Rowing Club". Oxford University Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  10. Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC), Facilities, retrieved 26 September 2016
  11. "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.
  12. "Rivals share spoils at competitive Henley". The Telegraph. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  13. "Bronze at EUSA! – OUWLRC".
  14. "Railton, Jim. "Hampton's victory is pinched." Times, 20 July 1987, p. 32". Times Digital Archives.
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