Eights 2005

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Pembroke 189 185 Pembroke 2 New College 161 164 Christ Church 3 S.E.H. 146 152 New College 4 Christ Church 143 150 Magdalen 5 Magdalen 141 149 S.E.H. 6 Oriel 138 139 Oriel 7 Wadham 119 127 Wadham 8 St Catherine's 111 110 Queen's 9 Exeter 106 109 Balliol 10 Balliol 98 104 Hertford 11 Keble 98 103 St Catherine's 12 Hertford 98 101 Exeter 13 Queen's 97 100 Keble 14 University 93 95 University 15 Merton 93 87 Worcester 16 Lincoln 92 80 Lincoln 17 Somerville 84 80 Merton 18 Worcester 78 76 St John's 19 Brasenose 76 73 Somerville 20 Jesus 74 64 Osler-Green 21 Osler-Green 66 63 Jesus 22 St John's 65 62 Brasenose 23 Trinity 65 61 Trinity 24 L.M.H. 58 60 Linacre 25 Linacre 55 55 L.M.H. 26 St Hilda's 52 52 St Hilda's 27 Wolfson 51 48 St Peter's 28 St Peter's 49 48 St Anne's 29 St Anne's 47 47 Wolfson 30 Mansfield 39 38 Mansfield 31 Corpus Christi 38 33 Corpus Christi 32 St Hugh's 29 31 St Hugh's 33 St Antony's 17 18 St Antony's 34 Regent's Park 6 9 St Benet's Hall 35 St Benet's Hall 6 7 Regent's Park

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg St John's 6[ 4] 19[ 1] 3.17[ 2] 3[ 5] 1[14] 0.33[16] 3[ 3] 18[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Hertford 5[ 9] 10[ 2] 2.00[ 3] 3[ 5] 2[10] 0.67[13] 2[10] 8[ 2] 4.00[ 2] Magdalen 5[ 9] 10[ 2] 2.00[ 3] 3[ 5] 9[ 1] 3.00[ 2] 2[10] 1[13] 0.50[13] St Benet's Hall 1[35] 7[ 4] 7.00[ 1] 1[30] 7[ 2] 7.00[ 1] Wadham 5[ 9] 7[ 4] 1.40[ 8] 3[ 5] 3[ 6] 1.00[ 8] 2[10] 4[ 6] 2.00[ 8] St Anne's 4[18] 6[ 6] 1.50[ 5] 2[18] 3[ 6] 1.50[ 5] 2[10] 3[ 8] 1.50[ 9] Balliol 4[18] 6[ 6] 1.50[ 5] 2[18] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[10] 6[ 4] 3.00[ 4] Queen's 5[ 9] 6[ 6] 1.20[ 9] 3[ 5] 1[14] 0.33[16] 2[10] 5[ 5] 2.50[ 7] Christ Church 7[ 2] 6[ 6] 0.86[13] 4[ 2] 5[ 4] 1.25[ 7] 3[ 3] 1[13] 0.33[14] Linacre 5[ 9] 5[10] 1.00[10] 2[18] 1[14] 0.50[15] 3[ 3] 4[ 6] 1.33[10] Worcester 7[ 2] 5[10] 0.71[15] 3[ 5] 7[ 2] 2.33[ 3] 4[ 1] -2[22] -0.50[20] St Peter's 4[18] 4[12] 1.00[10] 2[18] 2[10] 1.00[ 8] 2[10] 2[12] 1.00[11] University 5[ 9] 4[12] 0.80[14] 3[ 5] 5[ 4] 1.67[ 4] 2[10] -1[18] -0.50[20] St Hugh's 2[33] 3[14] 1.50[ 5] 1[30] 0[18] 0.00[18] 1[29] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 4] S.E.H. 5[ 9] 3[14] 0.60[17] 2[18] 2[10] 1.00[ 8] 3[ 3] 1[13] 0.33[14] Regent's Park 2[33] 2[16] 1.00[10] 1[30] -1[22] -1.00[24] 1[29] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 4] St Antony's 3[28] 2[16] 0.67[16] 2[18] 3[ 6] 1.50[ 5] 1[29] -1[18] -1.00[22] Trinity 4[18] 1[18] 0.25[18] 3[ 5] 3[ 6] 1.00[ 8] 1[29] -2[22] -2.00[26] St Hilda's 3[28] 0[19] 0.00[19] 3[ 3] 0[16] 0.00[16] Exeter 6[ 4] -1[20] -0.17[20] 4[ 2] -8[33] -2.00[28] 2[10] 7[ 3] 3.50[ 3] L.M.H. 6[ 4] -3[21] -0.50[21] 3[ 5] -2[23] -0.67[22] 3[ 3] -1[18] -0.33[19] Keble 5[ 9] -4[22] -0.80[23] 3[ 5] 2[10] 0.67[13] 2[10] -6[29] -3.00[28] New College 5[ 9] -4[22] -0.80[23] 3[ 5] -2[23] -0.67[22] 2[10] -2[22] -1.00[22] Mansfield 3[28] -4[22] -1.33[28] 1[30] 1[14] 1.00[ 8] 2[10] -5[28] -2.50[27] Wolfson 4[18] -5[25] -1.25[27] 2[18] -2[23] -1.00[24] 2[10] -3[25] -1.50[24] Pembroke 9[ 1] -6[26] -0.67[22] 5[ 1] -5[29] -1.00[24] 4[ 1] -1[18] -0.25[18] Oriel 6[ 4] -6[26] -1.00[25] 3[ 5] -9[34] -3.00[32] 3[ 3] 3[ 8] 1.00[11] Jesus 6[ 4] -7[28] -1.17[26] 4[ 2] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[10] -7[32] -3.50[30] Lincoln 4[18] -7[28] -1.75[29] 2[18] -7[32] -3.50[34] 2[10] 0[16] 0.00[16] Corpus Christi 4[18] -8[30] -2.00[30] 2[18] -5[29] -2.50[30] 2[10] -3[25] -1.50[24] Merton 4[18] -8[30] -2.00[30] 3[ 5] -4[27] -1.33[27] 1[29] -4[27] -4.00[31] Somerville 3[28] -9[32] -3.00[33] 1[30] -3[26] -3.00[32] 2[10] -6[29] -3.00[28] St Catherine's 4[18] -10[33] -2.50[32] 2[18] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[10] -10[34] -5.00[33] Brasenose 3[28] -11[34] -3.67[35] 2[18] -5[29] -2.50[30] 1[29] -6[29] -6.00[34] Osler-Green 4[18] -13[35] -3.25[34] 2[18] -4[27] -2.00[28] 2[10] -9[33] -4.50[32]

Notes

• Wed 25 – Sat 28 May 2005
• First occurrence of a triple overbump (St John's Women's 2nd Eight).

• Review from the 2006 Eights Programme, by Richard Sykes

  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.

• The Times Mon 6 June, Letters

  A rowing regret

  From Sir Richard Tucker

  Sir, 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).

• Head crews taken from photo captions in 2006 Eights Programme

New College
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

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