Torpids 2008

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 137 133 Pembroke 2 Magdalen 122 132 Magdalen 3 Pembroke 110 122 Christ Church 4 St Catherine's 106 120 Oriel 5 New College 102 116 St Catherine's 6 Queen's 100 90 Exeter 7 Worcester 97 89 New College 8 Christ Church 92 87 Wadham 9 Exeter 84 85 Queen's 10 Wadham 80 83 Balliol 11 Trinity 68 72 St John's 12 Hertford 67 71 Trinity 13 St John's 62 70 Hertford 14 S.E.H. 59 69 S.E.H. 15 University 57 56 Worcester 16 Balliol 57 48 University 17 Merton 56 46 Jesus 18 Brasenose 48 45 Brasenose 19 Jesus 47 45 St Anne's 20 Osler-Green 44 44 Merton 21 L.M.H. 43 41 L.M.H. 22 Keble 43 40 Somerville 23 St Hilda's 41 39 Keble 24 St Anne's 37 35 St Hilda's 25 Wolfson 35 35 Wolfson 26 Lincoln 32 30 St Hugh's 27 Linacre 32 29 Lincoln 28 St Hugh's 31 26 Osler-Green 29 Somerville 27 26 Linacre 30 St Peter's 26 19 Mansfield 31 Mansfield 23 19 Corpus Christi 32 Corpus Christi 21 19 St Peter's 33 St Antony's 12 15 St Antony's 34 St Benet's Hall 4 5 St Benet's Hall 35 Regent's Park 2 2 Regent's Park

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Balliol 5[ 6] 27[ 1] 5.40[ 1] 2[11] 9[ 2] 4.50[ 1] 3[ 2] 18[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Pembroke 7[ 1] 20[ 2] 2.86[ 4] 4[ 1] 11[ 1] 2.75[ 6] 3[ 2] 9[ 3] 3.00[ 6] St John's 6[ 2] 15[ 3] 2.50[ 5] 3[ 3] 9[ 2] 3.00[ 4] 3[ 2] 6[ 6] 2.00[10] Somerville 3[19] 13[ 4] 4.33[ 2] 2[11] 8[ 5] 4.00[ 2] 1[18] 5[ 7] 5.00[ 2] St Anne's 4[11] 12[ 5] 3.00[ 3] 2[11] 7[ 8] 3.50[ 3] 2[ 6] 5[ 7] 2.50[ 9] Christ Church 4[11] 9[ 6] 2.25[ 6] 3[ 3] 6[ 9] 2.00[10] 1[18] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 6] Exeter 5[ 6] 9[ 6] 1.80[10] 3[ 3] 9[ 2] 3.00[ 4] 2[ 6] 0[16] 0.00[16] Magdalen 6[ 2] 9[ 6] 1.50[11] 4[ 1] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[ 6] 9[ 3] 4.50[ 4] Trinity 5[ 6] 7[ 9] 1.40[12] 3[ 3] 8[ 5] 2.67[ 7] 2[ 6] -1[17] -0.50[18] St Antony's 3[19] 6[10] 2.00[ 7] 2[11] 3[13] 1.50[14] 1[18] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 6] Hertford 6[ 2] 5[11] 0.83[13] 3[ 3] 8[ 5] 2.67[ 7] 3[ 2] -3[23] -1.00[20] Wadham 5[ 6] 3[12] 0.60[14] 3[ 3] 4[11] 1.33[15] 2[ 6] -1[17] -0.50[18] Regent's Park 1[32] 2[13] 2.00[ 7] 1[29] 2[14] 2.00[10] St Benet's Hall 1[32] 2[13] 2.00[ 7] 1[29] 2[14] 2.00[10] St Hugh's 3[19] 1[15] 0.33[15] 2[11] 4[11] 2.00[10] 1[18] -3[23] -3.00[25] New College 4[11] 1[15] 0.25[16] 2[11] -7[27] -3.50[27] 2[ 6] 8[ 5] 4.00[ 5] Wolfson 3[19] 0[17] 0.00[17] 2[11] 5[10] 2.50[ 9] 1[18] -5[25] -5.00[29] Keble 4[11] 0[17] 0.00[17] 3[ 3] -1[20] -0.33[20] 1[18] 1[12] 1.00[12] L.M.H. 2[29] 0[17] 0.00[17] 2[11] 0[18] 0.00[18] University 4[11] -2[20] -0.50[20] 2[11] -12[29] -6.00[29] 2[ 6] 10[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Corpus Christi 2[29] -2[20] -1.00[23] 1[29] -3[22] -3.00[25] 1[18] 1[12] 1.00[12] St Hilda's 1[32] -2[20] -2.00[26] 1[18] -2[21] -2.00[22] S.E.H. 3[19] -3[23] -1.00[23] 2[11] -5[25] -2.50[23] 1[18] 2[11] 2.00[10] Brasenose 6[ 2] -4[24] -0.67[21] 2[11] -3[22] -1.50[21] 4[ 1] -1[17] -0.25[17] Jesus 5[ 6] -4[24] -0.80[22] 3[ 3] 2[14] 0.67[17] 2[ 6] -6[28] -3.00[25] St Catherine's 4[11] -4[24] -1.00[23] 2[11] -5[25] -2.50[23] 2[ 6] 1[12] 0.50[15] Lincoln 2[29] -4[24] -2.00[26] 1[29] -2[21] -2.00[22] 1[18] -2[21] -2.00[22] Mansfield 3[19] -7[28] -2.33[28] 2[11] -8[28] -4.00[28] 1[18] 1[12] 1.00[12] Osler-Green 1[32] -7[28] -7.00[34] 1[18] -7[29] -7.00[31] Queen's 3[19] -8[30] -2.67[29] 1[29] -3[22] -3.00[25] 2[ 6] -5[25] -2.50[24] Oriel 3[19] -14[31] -4.67[30] 2[11] -13[32] -6.50[32] 1[18] -1[17] -1.00[20] Merton 3[19] -18[32] -6.00[33] 2[11] -13[32] -6.50[32] 1[18] -5[25] -5.00[29] Worcester 4[11] -19[33] -4.75[31] 2[11] -12[29] -6.00[29] 2[ 6] -7[29] -3.50[27] Linacre 4[11] -20[34] -5.00[32] 2[11] -12[29] -6.00[29] 2[ 6] -8[31] -4.00[28] St Peter's 3[19] -23[35] -7.67[35] 2[11] 2[14] 1.00[16] 1[18] -25[32] -25.00[32]

Notes

• Wed 20th – Sat 23rd Feb 2008
• The fall of St Peter's Women's crew was due to their failure to boat until the last day, resulting in demotion to the bottom of the division (ie top of the next lowest division) on each of the first three days.

• The Daily Telegraph Fri 22 Feb

  Magdalen College's men went Head of the River as they bumped Oriel on the second day of Oxford's Torpids racing. In the same division Exeter were misaligned when the start cannon was fired, and ended being bumped down two places. Oriel's women rowed over Head in their own division, with St Hilda's moving up to third behind them after bumping Queen's.

  (The only other coverage in The Telegraph was listing results)

• Review from the 2008 Eights Programme

  This year's torpids treated the spectator to a number of surprises. The biggest one quite possibly was that it actually happened, something not looking very likely following the serious flooding earlier in the term. Secondly, both head crews lost their titles to challengers they had kept at bay the day before.

  On the Thursday Magdalen ended Oriel's long run of men's headships after having been denied by a matter of inches the day before. The men in black then held on to the crown by a similarly close verdict against Pembroke on the final day. Behind them Oriel are now third followed by Christ Church who, boosted by some late OUBC additions, gained an astonishing 6 places throughout the week. Even more gains were achieved by Balliol who moved up seven and comfortably into division 1. Hertford and Teddy Hall were the other blade winners in the top divisions both making up 5 places in division 2. The week proved less successful for Worcester who ended up in division 2 following a thoroughly "spoon-worthy" drop. Special mention must also go to New College for a spectacular drop on the final day and an ejector crab on day 1. First place in the disaster scales is certainly Univ's though with a dropped division and a trashed brand new Empacher all suffered before men's Div 1 had even seen any racing at all.

  On the women's side St Catz picked up the women's headship moving through Queen's and Oriel in the process. The latter finished the week in second place with Christ Church taking third relegating Queen's to fourth place. In the second half of the division it was blades galore with Magdalen, Pembroke, New and Somerville all making significant gains. Balliol and Univ managed to emulate that feat in division 2. Someone's gain has to be somebody else's loss and the ones to make way for all the blade winners include Osler-Green, Worcester and Wolfson who all got bumped every day.

• Details of men's head crew taken from photo caption in the 2008 Eights Programme, women's head crew from St Catherine's boat club records.

• In other news ... [2008]

  Feb 18

  WikiLeaks releases allegations of illegal activities carried out by the Cayman Islands branch of Swiss banking corporation Julius Baer; a subsequent lawsuit against WikiLeaks prompts a temporary suspension of the website, but uproar about violations of freedom of speech causes WikiLeaks to be brought back online.

  Feb 26

  Levi Bellfield, 38, was found guilty of murdering two women in London in sexually motivated attacks; the first in 2001, the second in 2004. He received a life sentence with a recommendation that he should never be released.

  Feb 26

  The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales found that MI6 did not keep files on Diana or Dodi Fayed, contradicting claims in conspiracy theories that the deaths were the result of an MI6 conspiracy.

  Feb 27

  Lincolnshire earthquake: An earthquake with an epicentre in Lincolnshire was felt across most of Britain, with several buildings suffering substantial damage.

St Catherine's
B:	Clare Wilcockson
2:	Maria Palacios
3:	Alex Winstanley
4:	Kate Stuart
5:	Kathryn Hernandez
6:	Catherine Wherity
7:	Laura Newton
S:	Lucy Rowland
C:	Kim Harley

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