Christ Church Boat Club

News Archive

House Head of the River, Summer Eights 2009

The ChCh Men's 1st VIII re-took the Headship in Summer Eights this year after a gap of 24 years - an event that sparked a great deal of rejoicing among current and former members of the Club and colle...
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Coming Events

Some dates for your 2009 Diary: March 21st - Head of the River Race, London. A ChChBC crew will be competing over the 4.25 mile race, starting number 165. March 29th (Sunday) The Boat Race. A ga...
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Upcoming Events Calendar for 2009 updated.

The Coming Events section has now been updated to include the Boat Race, Eights, the Boat Club Dinner and Henley Royal Regatta. Please see relevant section("Coming Events", listed under "older news" -...
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Torpids 2009 and the Men's Headship

In 2009, ChChBC crowned the spectacular results of the previous year with another set of excellent results - in particular the capture of the men's Headship. This year we were particularly reliant on ...
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John Wade Retirement Dinner

A dinner will be held to mark the retirement of John Wade on 28th November 2008. For more details see http://www.chchbc.org/feature.php?id=5....
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Double Win at Bedford

Christ Church Boat Club picked up two wins at Bedford Regatta last weekend coming out on top in College VIIIs and Senior 1 VIIIs. The Men's First Eight overcame Balliol, New College before beating ...
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Fergie wins Gold at Busa

Christ Church oarsman Richard Fergie won Gold in the Novice Single Sculls category at the BUSA Regatta at Strathclyde. Richard won his final by a clear margin of 17 seconds in a time of 8:12 to fin...
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Oxford - Cambridge Boat Races

ChChBC was very well represented in Varsity ranks this year; seven men went to trial and four of them made it to the Blue Boat, no less. This went on to avenge the 2007 CUBC victory with a six length ...
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Torpids 2008 - Final Results

The House had a truly excellent Torpids on both sides of the Boat Club- the best in some years. A great deal of effort had gone into preparing the crews from October – including the appointment of tw...
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Torpids 2008

As of Saturday morning, the results stand as follows: M3 fell from 9th in Div. 6 to 13th on Wednesday. On Thursday they remained 13th. On Friday they bumped Pembroke M4, moving up to 12th place...
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KSRV Njord victorious in Oxford City Regatta

The Boat Club continued its proud association with the KSRV Njord club, of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, this weekend with a crew of 4 rowers from Njord coming to Oxford to compete in t...
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Boat Club Dinner Charity Sweepstake

The Great Annual Christ Church Boat Club Dinner Charity Sweepstake was held at the Boat Club Dinner on Friday night. Thanks to the kind generosity and gambling problems of our members, £25 was r...
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New Captains Elected

The Christ Church Boat Club captains for 2007-2008 have been elected. Men's captain for next year will be Johan Kjellgren. Women's captains will be Katherine Hindley and Jenny Vass. We wish them al...
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Summer Eights 2007

A total of 7 Christ Church crews competed in Summer Eights 2007. The Men's 1st VIII rowed over for two days before being bumped by Oriel on Friday. On Saturday they were unlucky not to bump Oriel b...
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New boat Club website launched

The new Christ Church Boat Club website was launched today. The new site was built by old member Lenny Martin to coincide with the renewed sponsorship of Oliver Wyman....
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Christ Church representation in victorious Oxford crews.

Congratulations go to Tom Cassidy and Jade Whitlam for their part in yesterday's victorious Henley Boat Race crews. Challenging conditions on Henley Reach, thanks to the stiff north-east breeze, force...
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Women's Training Camp to Leiden

In January this year the Christ Church women headed over to Njord University, Leiden, for their pre-Torpids training camp. With our huge novice intake, the girls were keen to learn more about rowing a...
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