Torpids 2005

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 143 144 Oriel 2 New College 136 138 New College 3 Christ Church 119 128 Magdalen 4 Pembroke 117 112 Queen's 5 Magdalen 110 109 Pembroke 6 Queen's 106 103 Christ Church 7 Lincoln 100 92 Exeter 8 Exeter 100 84 Wadham 9 Merton 86 83 Worcester 10 Wadham 77 83 St Catherine's 11 L.M.H. 77 83 L.M.H. 12 Worcester 77 68 Merton 13 St Catherine's 71 68 Lincoln 14 St John's 66 64 Hertford 15 Somerville 63 62 St John's 16 St Edmund Hall 62 58 Trinity 17 Wolfson 57 57 St Edmund Hall 18 Hertford 57 54 Keble 19 University 56 53 University 20 Keble 46 49 Osler House 21 Brasenose 45 49 Wolfson 22 Trinity 45 49 Brasenose 23 Osler House 42 49 Somerville 24 Jesus 42 48 Balliol 25 St Peter's 41 42 Jesus 26 Balliol 39 40 St Hilda's 27 St Hilda's 32 35 St Anne's 28 Linacre 32 33 Linacre 29 St Anne's 30 31 St Peter's 30 St Hugh's 23 27 St Hugh's 31 Mansfield 23 24 Mansfield 32 Corpus Christi 19 22 Corpus Christi 33 St Antony's 8 8 St Antony's 34 St Benet's Hall 3 4 St Benet's Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Worcester 6[ 2] 15[ 1] 2.50[ 3] 1[ 1] -2[26] -2.00[25] 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Balliol 4[11] 11[ 2] 2.75[ 2] 1[ 1] 5[ 3] 5.00[ 3] 1[ 1] 2[12] 2.00[12] Keble 5[ 5] 11[ 2] 2.20[ 8] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Wadham 6[ 2] 9[ 4] 1.50[10] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Trinity 4[11] 9[ 4] 2.25[ 6] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Linacre 4[11] 9[ 4] 2.25[ 6] 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 8] Hertford 6[ 2] 8[ 7] 1.33[12] 1[ 1] 2[11] 2.00[11] 1[ 1] -6[32] -6.00[31] St Hugh's 3[23] 7[ 8] 2.33[ 5] 1[ 1] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 7] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] St Anne's 4[11] 5[ 9] 1.25[14] 1[ 1] -4[29] -4.00[28] 1[ 1] 1[14] 1.00[14] Brasenose 3[23] 5[ 9] 1.67[ 9] 1[ 1] 4[ 5] 4.00[ 5] 1[ 1] -3[26] -3.00[25] St Antony's 2[31] 5[ 9] 2.50[ 3] 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] 1[ 1] -1[23] -1.00[22] St John's 4[11] 5[ 9] 1.25[14] 1[ 1] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 7] 1[ 1] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] St Hilda's 3[23] 4[13] 1.33[12] 1[ 1] -3[26] -3.00[25] St Benet's Hall 1[34] 4[13] 4.00[ 1] 1[ 1] 4[ 5] 4.00[ 5] L.M.H. 4[11] 3[15] 0.75[16] 1[ 1] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 7] 1[ 1] -1[23] -1.00[22] Corpus Christi 2[31] 3[15] 1.50[10] 1[ 1] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 7] 1[ 1] 0[17] 0.00[17] Mansfield 3[23] 2[17] 0.67[17] 1[ 1] 2[11] 2.00[11] 1[ 1] 0[17] 0.00[17] Jesus 4[11] 1[18] 0.25[20] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] 1[ 1] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 8] St Catherine's 3[23] 1[18] 0.33[18] 1[ 1] -4[29] -4.00[28] 1[ 1] 2[12] 2.00[12] Wolfson 3[23] 1[18] 0.33[18] 1[ 1] 2[11] 2.00[11] 1[ 1] 4[ 3] 4.00[ 3] Magdalen 5[ 5] 0[21] 0.00[21] 1[ 1] -7[32] -7.00[31] 1[ 1] -4[28] -4.00[27] Osler House 3[23] -1[22] -0.33[22] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] 1[ 1] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 8] University 5[ 5] -2[23] -0.40[23] 1[ 1] 2[11] 2.00[11] 1[ 1] 0[17] 0.00[17] Exeter 3[23] -2[23] -0.67[25] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] 1[ 1] 1[14] 1.00[14] Queen's 5[ 5] -2[23] -0.40[23] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] 1[ 1] -5[30] -5.00[29] St Edmund Hall 4[11] -3[26] -0.75[26] 1[ 1] -3[27] -3.00[26] 1[ 1] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 8] New College 4[11] -5[27] -1.25[28] 1[ 1] 0[16] 0.00[16] 1[ 1] -6[32] -6.00[31] Christ Church 4[11] -7[28] -1.75[29] 1[ 1] -1[21] -1.00[20] 1[ 1] 0[17] 0.00[17] Merton 4[11] -8[29] -2.00[30] 1[ 1] 1[15] 1.00[15] 1[ 1] -4[28] -4.00[27] Pembroke 7[ 1] -8[29] -1.14[27] 1[ 1] 5[ 3] 5.00[ 3] 1[ 1] 1[14] 1.00[14] Somerville 2[31] -13[31] -6.50[34] 1[ 1] -11[33] -11.00[32] 1[ 1] -2[25] -2.00[24] St Peter's 4[11] -18[32] -4.50[31] 1[ 1] -3[27] -3.00[26] 1[ 1] -5[30] -5.00[29] Lincoln 5[ 5] -24[33] -4.80[32] 1[ 1] -4[29] -4.00[28] 1[ 1] 0[17] 0.00[17] Oriel 5[ 5] -25[34] -5.00[33] 1[ 1] -16[34] -16.00[33] 1[ 1] -13[34] -13.00[33]

• Wed 23 – Sat 26 Feb 2005.
• Coverage in The Daily Telegraph limited to listing bumps.

• Review from the 2005 Eights Programme, by Alasdair Robbie

  Oriel once again showed their consistently high standard at the top of men's division 1, comfortably retaining the Headship which they have now held for 30 years out of the last 32. Lower down men's division 1 there was plenty of action, with the Magdalen Torpid, which contained an Isis, a lightweight oarsman and a current OUBC spare, moving up from 4th to 2nd on the river, but never managing to challenge Oriel for the Headship. Further down men's division 1, illness caused havoc in the Exeter 1st Torpid, rendering them unable to row on Friday, so giving New a technical bump. Exeter ended the week down 2. There were no blades in men's division 1 this year, however Christ Church and Lincoln both managed to gain spoons falling 7 and 5 places respectively with Christ Church falling out of the top division. Further down the men's divisions, Trinity M1 and Balliol M1 were both awarded blades after finishing the week up 5, while Magdalen M2 went one better finishing at the bottom of division 2, up 6 places over the week.

  It was all change at the top of the women's first division this year with an impressive looking New College crew (who will be hoping to do the double this summer) replacing the previously dominant Merton who were subsequently bumped by Oriel, Christ Church and Queen's, ending the week with spoons (down 4). Elsewhere in the first division, a resurgent Osler-Green boat ended the week up 3 after a ding-dong battle with Somerville, who Osler bumped on Thursday, were bumped by on Friday, and then bumped again on Saturday. The big losers were Lincoln, who ended up down 12 from 11th on the river, and Wolfson W1 who went down 5, although Wolfson W2 somewhat made up for this disappointment, gaining blades in division 3 and ending the week up 4. The other big winners in the top divisions were St Edmund Hall W1 Hertford W1, Keble W1, St Hugh's W1, Trinity W1 and Wadham W2, all of which ended the week with blades after having gone up 4. St Anne's W1 went one better ending the week at 6th in division 3, a rise of 5 places.

• Men's head crew details taken from photo caption in the 2005 Eights Programme

• In other news ... [2005]

  Monarch: Elizabeth II

  Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)

  Feb 16

  The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.

  Wed 23 Feb

  Three British soldiers are found guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners; on 25 February they are jailed for periods between five months and two years, and dismissed from the army. More British soldiers face the possibility of conviction.

  March 1

  The New Forest in Hampshire becomes England's twelfth national park

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