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After a confident performance in Torpids by Oriel, a tough headship battle was keenly awaited at the top of Men's division one. This however failed to materialise as a triumphant Magdalen shook off any opposition to comfortably retain the top spot for a third [?] consecutive year, leaving Oriel to battle off a strong Pembroke eight, and the top three spots unchanged. Balliol came to join the top four having bumped New College and Exeter on the first two days, both of whom were hit later by a blade-winning Christ Church crew ending up in fifth place. No blades were awarded in division two, although Queen's and Worcester put in strong performances to move up three places each.After claiming the women's headship in Torpids, New College only had to hang on to the top spot to gain a coveted double headship. This they did with aplomb, rowing clear as first Pembroke and then St Edmund Hall tried to catch them. The only big movers in the first division were Merton and St Catherine's, who were awarded spoons, whilst Hertford rose a total of four [?] places to enter the first division and deny a very fast Oriel blades on the first day by overbumping. The success stories of divsion two were St John's and Exeter, both of whom entered the division with two bumps on their days as sandwich boats, giving them a total of five bumps each. Special mention must go to St John's second eight, going up ten [?] places to win blades in style.
A rowing regret
From Sir Richard TuckerSir, Great Britain has recently and famously excelled at rowing, to which you have rightly given some prominence. However, many readers of my generation and modest achievement must regret that you no longer publish the results of Oxford Eights Week or Cambridge Mays. This would be greatly preferred to the seemingly endless tittle-tattle about well-paid ball-game celebrities.
Richard Tucker
(Captain of Boats, The Queen's College, Oxford, 1951–52).
Magdalen | |||
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B: | Sam Dixon | ||
2: | Reuben Johnson | ||
3: | David Cox | ||
4: | Phil Killicoat | ||
5: | Sam Parker | ||
6: | Ed Archibald | ||
7: | Louis Rooney | ||
S: | Henry Morris | ||
C: | Al Stewart |
New College | |||
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B: | Joanne Clark | ||
2: | Hannah Girling | ||
3: | Alice Tullo | ||
4: | Ceri Lloyd-Hughes | ||
5: | Annemarie Grandke | ||
6: | Kirsty Ross | ||
7: | Hannah Ledermann | ||
S: | Cynthia Drakeman | ||
C: | David Mendel |