Torpids 1994

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 192 186 Oriel 2 University 137 129 University 3 New College 128 123 Pembroke 4 Pembroke 122 123 Christ Church 5 Christ Church 122 119 New College 6 Brasenose 108 108 Brasenose 7 Worcester 100 101 Worcester 8 St Catherine's 91 97 St Catherine's 9 Magdalen 87 88 Magdalen 10 Wadham 83 88 Wadham 11 L.M.H. 82 83 L.M.H. 12 S.E.H. 77 82 S.E.H. 13 Balliol 74 76 Osler House 14 Osler House 73 76 Balliol 15 Wolfson 64 62 Lincoln 16 St John's 59 60 St John's 17 Lincoln 59 60 Wolfson 18 Hertford 58 58 Somerville 19 Somerville 57 53 Exeter 20 Queen's 54 52 Jesus 21 Keble 54 52 Hertford 22 Exeter 52 50 Keble 23 Jesus 48 47 Queen's 24 Trinity 44 44 Trinity 25 St Peter's 38 40 St Peter's 26 St Anne's 35 38 St Anne's 27 Merton 31 34 Merton 28 St Hilda's 27 25 St Hilda's 29 St Hugh's 25 25 St Hugh's 30 Linacre 21 24 Linacre 31 Mansfield 18 19 Mansfield 32 Corpus Christi 13 13 Corpus Christi 33 Regent's Park 6 5 Regent's Park 34 St Benet's Hall 4 5 St Benet's Hall 35 St Antony's 2 2 St Antony's 36 Templeton 1 1 Templeton 37 Manchester 1 1 Manchester

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Merton 5[ 3] 7[ 1] 1.40[ 2] 4[ 2] 5[ 1] 1.25[ 5] 1[16] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Jesus 4[13] 5[ 2] 1.25[ 4] 2[19] 3[ 5] 1.50[ 3] 2[ 3] 2[ 1] 1.00[ 2] Magdalen 5[ 3] 5[ 2] 1.00[ 5] 4[ 2] 4[ 2] 1.00[ 6] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] L.M.H. 6[ 2] 5[ 2] 0.83[ 8] 3[ 4] 3[ 5] 1.00[ 6] 3[ 1] 2[ 1] 0.67[12] St Catherine's 3[23] 4[ 5] 1.33[ 3] 2[19] 4[ 2] 2.00[ 2] 1[16] 0[19] 0.00[19] Mansfield 5[ 3] 4[ 5] 0.80[ 9] 3[ 4] 3[ 5] 1.00[ 6] 2[ 3] 1[ 5] 0.50[13] St Anne's 5[ 3] 4[ 5] 0.80[ 9] 3[ 4] 3[ 5] 1.00[ 6] 2[ 3] 1[ 5] 0.50[13] St Benet's Hall 1[33] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 1] 1[29] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 1] Linacre 3[23] 3[ 8] 1.00[ 5] 2[19] 2[10] 1.00[ 6] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] St Peter's 4[13] 3[ 8] 0.75[11] 3[ 4] 4[ 2] 1.33[ 4] 1[16] -1[25] -1.00[26] Lincoln 4[13] 3[ 8] 0.75[11] 3[ 4] 2[10] 0.67[13] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] S.E.H. 4[13] 3[ 8] 0.75[11] 3[ 4] 2[10] 0.67[13] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] Worcester 4[13] 3[ 8] 0.75[11] 3[ 4] 2[10] 0.67[13] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] St Antony's 1[33] 1[14] 1.00[ 5] 1[29] 1[16] 1.00[ 6] Somerville 2[29] 1[14] 0.50[15] 2[ 3] 1[ 5] 0.50[13] St Hugh's 2[29] 1[14] 0.50[15] 1[29] 0[20] 0.00[20] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] Exeter 4[13] 1[14] 0.25[17] 3[ 4] 2[10] 0.67[13] 1[16] -1[25] -1.00[26] Osler House 5[ 3] 1[14] 0.20[18] 2[19] 0[20] 0.00[20] 3[ 1] 1[ 5] 0.33[18] St Hilda's 2[29] 0[19] 0.00[19] 2[ 3] 0[19] 0.00[19] Manchester 1[33] 0[19] 0.00[19] 1[29] 0[20] 0.00[20] Corpus Christi 3[23] 0[19] 0.00[19] 2[19] 0[20] 0.00[20] 1[16] 0[19] 0.00[19] Trinity 2[29] 0[19] 0.00[19] 1[29] 0[20] 0.00[20] 1[16] 0[19] 0.00[19] Wadham 5[ 3] 0[19] 0.00[19] 3[ 4] -1[26] -0.33[26] 2[ 3] 1[ 5] 0.50[13] Balliol 3[23] 0[19] 0.00[19] 2[19] 2[10] 1.00[ 6] 1[16] -2[28] -2.00[30] Christ Church 5[ 3] -1[25] -0.20[25] 3[ 4] 0[20] 0.00[20] 2[ 3] -1[25] -0.50[25] Brasenose 3[23] -1[25] -0.33[27] 2[19] -2[28] -1.00[29] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2] Oriel 7[ 1] -2[27] -0.29[26] 5[ 1] -2[28] -0.40[28] 2[ 3] 0[19] 0.00[19] Pembroke 4[13] -2[27] -0.50[28] 2[19] 1[16] 0.50[17] 2[ 3] -3[29] -1.50[28] St John's 5[ 3] -3[29] -0.60[29] 3[ 4] -5[33] -1.67[31] 2[ 3] 2[ 1] 1.00[ 2] New College 5[ 3] -3[29] -0.60[29] 3[ 4] -3[30] -1.00[29] 2[ 3] 0[19] 0.00[19] Templeton 1[33] -3[29] -3.00[35] 1[29] -3[30] -3.00[32] University 5[ 3] -4[32] -0.80[31] 3[ 4] -1[26] -0.33[26] 2[ 3] -3[29] -1.50[28] Wolfson 3[23] -4[32] -1.33[33] 2[19] 1[16] 0.50[17] 1[16] -5[31] -5.00[31] Regent's Park 1[33] -4[32] -4.00[36] 1[29] -4[32] -4.00[33] Keble 4[13] -5[35] -1.25[32] 3[ 4] 1[16] 0.33[19] 1[16] -6[32] -6.00[32] Hertford 4[13] -8[36] -2.00[34] 2[19] -9[34] -4.50[34] 2[ 3] 1[ 5] 0.50[13] Queen's 4[13] -17[37] -4.25[37] 3[ 4] -18[35] -6.00[35] 1[16] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 2]

Notes

• Wed 23 – Sat 26 Feb 1994
• Racing abandoned after first day due to rising stream.
• First appearance of Manchester College in Torpids.

• The Times Wed 23 Feb

  Oriel launch powerful defence

  Oriel rowers look unassailable as head crew in the Oxford University Torpids, which start today. St Edmund Hall, who start ninth, are also expected to go well in the men's first division. Trinity seem set to rise to the second division.

  As usual, the women's first division offers more chance of movement, although Osler House are convinced that Somerville are set to fall to a strong challenge from New College, enabling Osler to pick off both later in the week. [Starting Order]

• The Daily Telegraph Wed 23 Feb, By Geoffrey Page

  Oriel hoping to remain supreme

  The Oxford Torpids and Cambridge Lent Races start today, with Oriel College seeking to extend their record domination of Torpids.

  Oriel have not been bumped for 22 years, but were briefly demoted four places in 1991 for an infrigement of boating regulations before returning to the top the following year ...[discussion of Lents]

  In the women's divisions, Oxford's Somerville should finish head for the fourth year in succession. [Starting Order]

• The Times Thu 24 Feb

  Three sinkings in the Men's Division IV caused near-chaos on the first day of Oxford University Torpids on the Isis yesterday. [Bumps Chart]

  In fact, four of the top five boats in Div IV sank.
• The Daily Telegraph Thu 24 Feb

  In the Oxford Torpids, Oriel scraped home at the head of the first day, but are benig threatened by Brasenose. [List of Bumps]

• The Daily Telegraph Fri 25 Feb

  The second day's racing of Oxford University Torpids was cancelled because of strong stream conditions.

• The Times Mon 28 Feb

  Brasenose are left frustrated as racing is ruled out

  Oriel and Somerville, who both rowed over on the first day, retained the men's and women's headships of Oxford University Torpids after dangerous conditions, following snow and heavy rain, prevented rowing on the swollen Isis for the third day in succession on Saturday.

  The cancellations were frustrating for Brasenose in the men's top division after they had closed within a quarter of a length of Oriel on Wednesday. [Bumps Chart]

• Review from the 1994 Eights Programme, by Roland Brown

  Rowing in Hilary Term this year was, yet again, severely hampered by the weather. Floods, having already disrupted much training, caused the complete cancellation of the last three days of Torpids. Those races that did proceed, on Wednesday, went far from smoothly. A pile up in the Men's Fourth Division delayed all divisions thereafter. The ensuing rush to make up for lost time was responsible for a feast of technical bumps that subsequently rather spoiled the Women's First Division. Despite this haste the Men's First Division was rowed in semi-darkness.

  Oriel successfully defended the Headship but, unsettled by illness, not with their customary ease. Brasenose, in second place, pushed them hard to finish just three-quarters of a length down. Pembroke and S.E.H. has particular cause to rue the weather's interference. Having bumped University and New College respectively they were then denied the opportunity to make the further progress one might have expected. On the other hand Oriel II will have had few regrets over the floods intervention; they dropped three places and start next year as sandwich boat. In the Men's Second Division Hertford and Queen's both suffered similar unhappy falls.

  In the women's races New College, University and St Hilda's were all penalized with technical bumps for not being on the bung-line in time. Since New College were starting second, Somerville were essentially unchallenged and retained the Headship without difficulty. The only genuine bump in the division was that of Christ Church on Pembroke.

• Details of the Women's Head crew taken from photo caption in the 1994 Eights Programme.

• In other news ... [1994]

  February 24

  In Gloucester, local police begin excavations at 25 Cromwell Street, the home of Fred West, a suspect in multiple murders. On February 28, he and his wife are arrested.

  February 25

  Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank; he kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death.

Somerville
B:	Natalia Jefferson
2:	Marisa le Masurier
3:	Emma Rich
4:	Esther Colwill
5:	Nicolette Tam
6:	Michelle Houldsworth
7:	Kirstie Jones
S:	Lucia Pugh
C:	Barbara Cook
Coach:	Phil Halliday

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