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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…
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MT18 Update
Overall, Michaelmas 2018 was a successful term for Balliol women’s rowing. We recruited 2 full boats of keen novice rowers, who progressed quickly under the watch of our novice coach, Ella Morgan. We had a successful experience at New College Indoor Regatta, where both Balliol A and B teams made it to the final with…
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Eights 2018
BCWBC had a strong performance at Summer Eights this year, reflecting a year of hard work. W2 bumped Lincoln W3 on the first day, followed by Regent’s Park W1 on the second. An unfortunate incident with the bank meant they were bumped by Regent’s on the third day, but they came back strong and returned…
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Easter Training Camp 2018
Following the success of last year’s Easter rowing training camp in Budapest, Balliol College Boat Club organised and held our 2018 training camp in Hungary again. However this year we went to Gyor, in north-western Hungary with Sze-Gyor University Club. We took 2 coxes, 8 male rowers and 8 female rowers (of all abilities – …
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MT17 Update
Michaelmas term got off to a good start for BCBC and BCWBC, with the traditional novice drinks and BBQ driving recruitment. In particular, the women’s side saw a huge uptake and was able to field three boats for Christ Church Regatta. Seniors were also training hard and made good use of the Abingdon stretch. There’s…
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Henley Campaign 2017
Building on a successful Summer Eights Campaign, BCBC entered a composite men’s 8 into the qualifier’s for the Temple Challenge Cup at Henley Royal regatta. 4 rowers and a cox from our Eights M1 joined with 4 rowers from St Catherines College. Unfortunately the qualification attempt was unsuccessful in the face of extremely stiff competition,…
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Eights 2017
Balliol College Boat Club had a very successful Summer Eights campaign in uncharacteristic, glorious sunshine. The club entered four men’s and three women’s boats. Each boat faced strong competition from the other colleges, achieving varying degrees of success in the lower divisions. The women’s first boat remained in Division 1, giving hard fought performances on…
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Triallists 2016-17
Balliol was represented in three of the four university rowing clubs over the 2016-17 season. Eleanor Shearer (blue boat cox, image right) and Elettra Ardissino (Osiris, 6 seat) were members of the OUWBC squad. In the lightweights we had Moyo Tian at 7 seat of the OUWLRC Blue Boat, and Matthew Smith and Charlie Garner…
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