Postponed Oxford Women’s Trial VIIIs to take place on Tuesday 18th January 2022

Oxford University Women's Boat Club’s annual Trial VIIIs will take place on Tuesday 18th January at 12:30 GMT from Putney to Mortlake.


Oxford University Women's Boat Club have just finished their winter training camp, which was based in the UK. Chief Coach, Andy Nelder says ahead of the race,

"OUWBC are looking forward to holding a Trials Race. The usual challenges of making mixed crews have been compounded by having to hold the race in term time, but it was worth waiting and having a new year training camp first.”

President Amelia Standing is looking forward to the race, she says,

"The team is really excited to have the opportunity to race on the Tideway for Trial VIIIs. We've made great progress in our crews and are looking forward to a hard fought race."

Trial VIIIs is not just a test for the rowers, the Coxes will be under pressure to give their crew the edge, to ensure steering is as good as possible, to give their crew the best possible opportunity to win the race.

As is traditional, the crews have been given names, this year the Oxford Women's crews are named 'SPEED and 'STYLE'. Amelia explains the history behind the names,

'These names are a reference to the 1st Women's Boat Race, in 1927, where the event was going to be judged on style but in the end was judged on speed as the crews were too close on style points!.

SPEED will race in BLUE Tops
STYLE will race in WHITE Tops