Torpids 2003

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 150 142 Oriel 2 Pembroke 135 127 New College 3 St Catherine's 127 112 St Catherine's 4 New College 126 109 Pembroke 5 Christ Church 113 108 Christ Church 6 Merton 93 105 Lincoln 7 Lincoln 91 103 Magdalen 8 Magdalen 90 100 Merton 9 L.M.H. 89 97 Exeter 10 Wadham 89 87 Worcester 11 Exeter 86 84 Queen's 12 Queen's 75 77 Wadham 13 Somerville 73 75 Somerville 14 Worcester 72 75 University 15 University 69 74 Brasenose 16 Brasenose 69 73 L.M.H. 17 St John's 66 62 St John's 18 Balliol 54 55 St Edmund Hall 19 St Edmund Hall 51 55 Wolfson 20 Wolfson 49 54 Balliol 21 Trinity 44 48 Hertford 22 St Peter's 43 44 Jesus 23 Jesus 43 42 Keble 24 St Anne's 42 42 Trinity 25 Hertford 42 38 St Peter's 26 Keble 35 32 St Hilda's 27 Mansfield 30 30 St Anne's 28 Linacre 28 27 Mansfield 29 St Hilda's 27 27 Linacre 30 St Hugh's 20 23 St Hugh's 31 Corpus Christi 20 21 Corpus Christi 32 Osler House 9 4 Osler House 33 St Benet's Hall 3 2 St Benet's Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Magdalen 5[ 4] 14[ 1] 2.80[ 3] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Worcester 6[ 2] 13[ 2] 2.17[ 4] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Exeter 4[10] 12[ 3] 3.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] 2[ 9] 2.00[ 9] Keble 4[10] 12[ 3] 3.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 5] Lincoln 7[ 1] 11[ 5] 1.57[ 8] 1[ 1] 1[10] 1.00[10] 1[ 1] -4[26] -4.00[24] St Hugh's 4[10] 8[ 6] 2.00[ 5] 1[ 1] 1[10] 1.00[10] 1[ 1] 2[ 9] 2.00[ 9] Hertford 4[10] 7[ 7] 1.75[ 6] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 5] St Edmund Hall 5[ 4] 5[ 8] 1.00[ 9] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 5] St Hilda's 3[27] 5[ 8] 1.67[ 7] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Jesus 4[10] 4[10] 1.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] 2[ 9] 2.00[ 9] Wolfson 4[10] 4[10] 1.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] 1[ 1] -7[31] -7.00[29] New College 4[10] 2[12] 0.50[12] 1[ 1] -2[22] -2.00[21] 1[ 1] 4[ 2] 4.00[ 2] Queen's 4[10] 2[12] 0.50[12] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] -5[29] -5.00[27] Brasenose 4[10] 1[14] 0.25[16] 1[ 1] -6[29] -6.00[28] 1[ 1] 4[ 2] 4.00[ 2] Mansfield 4[10] 1[14] 0.25[16] 1[ 1] 2[ 9] 2.00[ 9] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Corpus Christi 3[27] 1[14] 0.33[14] 1[ 1] -2[22] -2.00[21] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Balliol 3[27] 1[14] 0.33[14] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Somerville 5[ 4] 0[18] 0.00[18] 1[ 1] 1[10] 1.00[10] 1[ 1] 2[ 9] 2.00[ 9] Merton 5[ 4] 0[18] 0.00[18] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] Christ Church 4[10] 0[18] 0.00[18] 1[ 1] -3[25] -3.00[24] 1[ 1] 4[ 2] 4.00[ 2] University 4[10] 0[18] 0.00[18] 1[ 1] -8[31] -8.00[30] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] St Benet's Hall 1[32] -2[22] -2.00[26] 1[ 1] -2[22] -2.00[21] Trinity 4[10] -2[22] -0.50[22] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] -4[26] -4.00[24] Oriel 5[ 4] -3[24] -0.60[23] 1[ 1] -9[32] -9.00[31] 1[ 1] 1[13] 1.00[13] St Peter's 4[10] -3[24] -0.75[24] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] -2[24] -2.00[22] Wadham 6[ 2] -7[26] -1.17[25] 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] 1[ 1] -4[26] -4.00[24] Pembroke 5[ 4] -10[27] -2.00[26] 1[ 1] -5[27] -5.00[26] 1[ 1] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 5] St Catherine's 4[10] -10[27] -2.50[28] 1[ 1] -5[27] -5.00[26] 1[ 1] -1[16] -1.00[14] L.M.H. 3[27] -11[29] -3.67[30] 1[ 1] -3[25] -3.00[24] 1[ 1] -5[29] -5.00[27] Linacre 4[10] -12[30] -3.00[29] 1[ 1] -7[30] -7.00[29] 1[ 1] -3[25] -3.00[23] Osler House 1[32] -12[30] -12.00[33] 1[ 1] -12[33] -12.00[32] St Anne's 3[27] -13[32] -4.33[31] 1[ 1] 0[13] 0.00[13] 1[ 1] -10[32] -10.00[30] St John's 4[10] -18[33] -4.50[32] 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[14] 1[ 1] -16[33] -16.00[31]

• Wed 5 – Fri 7 March 2003
• Last day's racing cancelled due to rising stream
• No coverage in The Times or The Daily Telegraph.

• Review from the 2003 Eights Programme, by Steven Goulden

  After the disappointment of last year, in which Torpids was rained off, Oriel defended the Headship with style and elegance, demonstrating their dominance over lesser college crews. As for Pembroke, an unfortunate incident with a rudder wire led to a technical drop to the second division and a broken Empacher. It was then left to Exeter to strive for the headship, although despite a valiant challenge, they lacked Oriel's finesse, remaining the second crew on the river.

  Other developments in Men's Division One were Christ Church, bumped by New, Magdalen, and Worcester. Brasenose managed to bump Wadham and St Catz, while Queen's rose three places from the second division, bumping L.M.H. and Wadham.

  In the women's division, Merton gained the Headship over St Catz, L.M.H. fell three places and New fell two. As for Oriel women, they managed to bump L.M.H. but were narrowly denied victory over Pembroke due to their bow's theatrical antics on the final day.

• Men's Head Crew details taken from the photo caption in the 2003 Eights Programme

• In other news ... [2003]

  Monarch: Elizabeth II

  Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)

  Feb 27

  122 Labour MPs vote against the government in a debate over the Iraq War

  Feb 27

  Rowan Williams enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.

  Wed 5 March

  Iraq disarmament crisis: The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia indicate that they will oppose any UN Security Council proposals that would authorize war with Iraq.

  Sat 8 March

  The Japanese government expressed support for a revised draft resolution submitted jointly by the United States, United Kingdom and Spain to the United Nations Security Council that sets March 17 as the deadline for Iraq.

  Sat 8 March

  Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.

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