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Alumni aboard the Summer VIIIs dinner, 2026
Written by Justine Potts One of the many joys of taking up the BCBC captains’ invitation to join the spry and spirited crews at this year’s Summer VIIIs dinner was to discover how many alumni had similarly, in a rush of blood, signed themselves up to step aboard that evening. Sole representatives of VIIIs gone-by,…
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Trinity Term 2026
After a particularly rainy Hilary Term, which saw BCBC almost entirely landlocked, our summer rowing got off to a beautiful start as 26 students headed off to Monmouth for a week of training over the Easter Vac. We were blessed with excellent weather and a warm welcome from Monmouth RC. It was a fantastic opportunity…
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BCBC goes to Chester
Over the Easter vacation the Balliol College Boat Club attended training camp in Chester with the St John’s College (Oxford) Boat Club. Markus Baumgartner (BCBC President) reports: After a very rainy year that limited the amount of training we were able to do in Oxford, it was wonderful to be able to put in some serious…
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The Boat Race 2024
Postgraduate student Tessa Haining (Balliol 2023, MPhil Modern Languages) will row in the Oxford University Boat Club Women’s Blue Boat competing against Cambridge in the Gemini Boat Race 2024. Two other Balliol women are in the Oxford Women’s Squad 2024. Rowing at number three, Tessa previously rowed for four years in the Harvard-Radcliffe Rowing crew.…
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Torpids 2024 (Tug of Warpids)
Dear Balliol College Boat Club, It is with great excitement and a hint of oar-ful disappointment that I present to you the riveting tale of BCBC’s recent rowing escapade at Warpids. While Torpids may be on hiatus, PCBC invited us to indulge in a different kind of rowing revelry – the Tug of War Extravaganza!…
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Fundraising Campaign
Around a quarter of all Balliol current students compete in rowing at some point during their time at College. Old Member generosity supports and improves all areas of rowing at Balliol, from the maintenance of Ergs and Boats; travel costs to and from regattas; and essential kit for students. Rowing costs around £90,000 each year…
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Celebrating 40 Years of Women at Balliol
On the morning following the dinner in hall celebrating 40 years of women at Balliol, a contingent of our alumnae made it to the boathouse to relive memories of outings on the Isis. From ex-blues to some who had managed to survive their time at university without ever sitting in a boat (only now discovering…
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Eights 2019
Summer VIIIs 2019 marked a good week for BCWBC. W1 continued their strong performance from Torpids and climbed +3 into div one, which is the biggest net gain since the glorious headship days. The girls started out on top of div 2 on Wednesday but got bumped by a strong Jesus W1 only a few…
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HT19 Update
A term’s worth of training culminated in Torpids 2019 where we entered two women’s boats, with W1 starting 3rd in Division II, and W2 starting 5th in Division IV. Our W1 stormed their way through the 4 days of racing, bumping twice on day 2 to get them into Division I, and winning Blades for…
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Balliol Blues 2019
Balliol is very excited to be represented in the Oxford Blue Boats set to race Cambridge over the next few weeks! Ex-BCWBC captain Grace Joel is a 3rd year PPEist from Australia. This is her second year in the Lightweight women’s crew after she learned to row at Balliol her first year. Having just missed…