Torpids 2004

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 146 143 Oriel 2 New College 127 136 New College 3 St Catherine's 112 120 Christ Church 4 Christ Church 109 115 Pembroke 5 Pembroke 108 105 Magdalen 6 Lincoln 104 105 Exeter 7 Exeter 98 105 Queen's 8 Merton 97 100 Lincoln 9 Magdalen 94 93 Merton 10 Queen's 84 77 L.M.H. 11 Worcester 84 76 St Catherine's 12 University 76 76 Wadham 13 L.M.H. 76 75 Worcester 14 Wadham 74 67 St John's 15 Brasenose 73 65 Somerville 16 Somerville 69 61 St Edmund Hall 17 St John's 62 58 University 18 Wolfson 55 57 Wolfson 19 Balliol 54 55 Hertford 20 St Edmund Hall 53 46 Brasenose 21 Hertford 48 45 Keble 22 Keble 42 44 Trinity 23 Jesus 40 41 St Peter's 24 Trinity 40 41 Jesus 25 St Peter's 38 41 Osler House 26 Osler House 31 39 Balliol 27 St Hilda's 31 32 St Hilda's 28 St Anne's 29 31 Linacre 29 Linacre 25 29 St Anne's 30 Mansfield 25 23 Mansfield 31 St Hugh's 21 23 St Hugh's 32 Corpus Christi 20 21 Corpus Christi 33 St Antony's 6 7 St Antony's 34 St Benet's Hall 2 3 St Benet's Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Exeter 6[ 1] 16[ 1] 2.67[ 6] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] St Peter's 4[11] 11[ 2] 2.75[ 4] 1[ 1] 5[ 3] 5.00[ 3] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Queen's 4[11] 11[ 2] 2.75[ 4] 1[ 1] 2[16] 2.00[16] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Hertford 5[ 3] 11[ 2] 2.20[10] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Osler House 2[32] 10[ 5] 5.00[ 2] 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Linacre 4[11] 9[ 6] 2.25[ 8] 1[ 1] -2[26] -2.00[25] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Christ Church 5[ 3] 9[ 6] 1.80[12] 1[ 1] 2[16] 2.00[16] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Magdalen 4[11] 9[ 6] 2.25[ 8] 1[ 1] 0[21] 0.00[21] 1[ 1] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Pembroke 5[ 3] 9[ 6] 1.80[12] 1[ 1] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 4] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] St John's 5[ 3] 8[10] 1.60[15] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] St Hugh's 3[25] 7[11] 2.33[ 7] 1[ 1] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 4] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] St Benet's Hall 1[34] 6[12] 6.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] New College 4[11] 6[12] 1.50[16] 1[ 1] 2[16] 2.00[16] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] St Antony's 2[32] 6[12] 3.00[ 3] 1[ 1] 2[16] 2.00[16] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Trinity 3[25] 6[12] 2.00[11] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] St Edmund Hall 4[11] 5[16] 1.25[17] 1[ 1] 0[21] 0.00[21] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] Somerville 3[25] 5[16] 1.67[14] 1[ 1] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 4] 1[ 1] -2[24] -2.00[23] Keble 4[11] 4[18] 1.00[18] 1[ 1] 0[21] 0.00[21] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] L.M.H. 4[11] 3[19] 0.75[20] 1[ 1] 1[20] 1.00[20] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Jesus 3[25] 3[19] 1.00[18] 1[ 1] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 4] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] Corpus Christi 3[25] 1[21] 0.33[21] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] 1[15] 1.00[15] St Hilda's 3[25] -3[22] -1.00[23] 1[ 1] -5[27] -5.00[26] Merton 4[11] -3[22] -0.75[22] 1[ 1] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 4] 1[ 1] -7[31] -7.00[30] University 5[ 3] -5[24] -1.00[23] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] -14[34] -14.00[33] Worcester 5[ 3] -6[25] -1.20[25] 1[ 1] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 9] 1[ 1] -2[24] -2.00[23] Wadham 5[ 3] -6[25] -1.20[25] 1[ 1] -6[31] -6.00[30] 1[ 1] -5[27] -5.00[26] Mansfield 4[11] -6[25] -1.50[27] 1[ 1] -5[30] -5.00[29] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] St Anne's 3[25] -6[25] -2.00[29] 1[ 1] -3[27] -3.00[26] 1[ 1] -6[29] -6.00[28] Lincoln 6[ 1] -11[29] -1.83[28] 1[ 1] -1[25] -1.00[24] 1[ 1] -8[32] -8.00[31] Balliol 4[11] -13[30] -3.25[30] 1[ 1] -4[28] -4.00[27] 1[ 1] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Wolfson 4[11] -16[31] -4.00[31] 1[ 1] -17[34] -17.00[33] 1[ 1] 3[ 6] 3.00[ 6] St Catherine's 4[11] -22[32] -5.50[33] 1[ 1] -4[28] -4.00[27] 1[ 1] -6[29] -6.00[28] Oriel 5[ 3] -25[33] -5.00[32] 1[ 1] -15[33] -15.00[32] 1[ 1] -2[24] -2.00[23] Brasenose 4[11] -33[34] -8.25[34] 1[ 1] -14[32] -14.00[31] 1[ 1] -10[33] -10.00[32]

• Wed 3 – Sat 6 March 2004
• First time since 1997 that a 'full' Torpids had been run
• Coverage in The Daily Telegraph limited to starting orders.

• Review from the 2004 Eights Programme, by Alasdair Robbie

  Continuing their dominance over college rowing Oriel defended the Torpids Headship confidently and assuredly, rowing over three and a half lengths clear of Exeter past the boathouses on Saturday. In fact over the four days the only change to the top seven came from a rapidly rising Queen's eight (who ended the week up five) replacing the Worcester 1st eight in fifth on the river. There was more movement further down, however, with blades being awarded to LMH, who went up five in the four days bringing them into the first division, and Hertford, who went up four. The top division's big losers were Brasenose first eight, who plummeted 12 places from eighth to 20th on the river. Worcester ended the week in ninth having got spoons, and Catz returned to the second division for the first time since 1999, having gone down four in the last two days.

  There was no change at the top of the Women's first division either, with Merton remaining at the top for a second year despite some close racing at times. Below them, New moved up from fourth the second on the river, Oriel moved to their highest position since the admission of women to the college, finishing third on the river, edging ever closer to the Torpids double headship [achieved in 2006] Christ Church followed Oriel, also moving up three to finish fourth. Blades were awarded to Wolfson and Osler-Green, both of which went up four to finish eighth and ninth respectively. Meanwhile Magdalen and Teddy Hall both went up five, finishing the week in 12th and 16th. There was less good news for the Catz first eight that dropped eight places from second to tenth on the river, and Univ, that plummeted from tenth in the first division to bottom of the second, a drop of some 14 places. The other big faller in the second division was Balliol, who dropped 12 places to end up second in division three.

• Men's head crew details taken from photo caption in the 2004 Eights Programme

• In other news ... [2004]

  Monarch: Elizabeth II

  Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)

  Feb 29

  Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is overthrown in a coup d'etat

  March 2

  A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.

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