Sports Review 2018

OXFORD SPORTS REVIEW 2018

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Welcome

Oxford University provides countless opportunities for its students to succeed and its sporting offer is by no means an exception. When I first came to Oxford, I expected that I’d come out at the other side with a few new friends and a great degree under my belt. My actual university experience was so much more and I have sport to thank for this. The University Gymnastics Club provided a supportive environment in which I could fall in love with the sport again and I made some of my closest friends along the way. The pinnacle of my sporting career at Oxford was the Varsity Match against Cambridge. The deeply ingrained historical significance of Varsity brings teams together, passionate to take Cambridge on and emerge victorious. Three Varsity Matches on, I can honestly say that there’s no better feeling.

The opportunities provided by Oxford Sport aren’t exclusively on the pitch. The most unique and amazing thing about Oxford Sport is that the clubs are entirely student run. Students are so motivated to perform at their very best not only academically, but also on-pitch at sporting events and in behind the scenes organisation. Clubs achievements are particularly impressive given the limited resources available. The students radiate so much passion - it’s inspiring.

Whether you want to continue being actively involved in a sport, pick up a sport you used to love or try something completely new, Oxford University Sport has something for you. With 84 Sports Clubs, we offer more sports than any other University in the country and we have excellent results to match. New developments at the University Sports Centre provide the training and competition facilities that students need to achieve their potential. The opening of the Acer Nethercott Sports Hall, GalleLewis-Dean Studio and the further development of the Blues Performance Scheme have all contributed to the University’s sporting success. Our BUCS and Varsity results provide a testament to this.

Natalie Liu Sports Federation President 2018/19

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Contents 6 Annual Award Winners 9 Sport and Philanthropy 10 Club Reports 44 Varsity Results

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Annual Awards The 16th Annual Sports Awards was held on 16th November 2018 at the Oxford Foundry. It was a wonderful evening of celebrating Oxford’s 2017/18 sporting success both on and off the pitch. The event provided a great opportunity to recognise the success of the entire Oxford sporting community in addition to presenting seven prestigious awards to our most outstanding clubs, teams and individuals.

This year, we were delighted to welcome Jennifer Howitt Browning to speak and present our awards. Jennifer is a Paralympic gold medallist in wheelchair basketball. She remained a wheelchair basketball athlete until 2007 then went on to coach the GB team for London’s Paralympic Games. Jen is an Oxford alumna, attending St John’s College in 2005 to study an MPhil in International Development. Since then, Jen worked for Motivation Charitable Trust, a charity designing wheelchairs for those in low and middle income countries. Currently, Jen is the CEO of Canoe Wales, the National Governing Body for Paddle sports in Wales.

We were also proud to partner with the Oxford Foundry to recognise the transferrable skills garnered from participating in sport.

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BP Sportswoman of the Year - Chiara McDermott (Fencing) Chiara has been a vital member of OUFC. As Women’s Captain, she was responsible for both leading the Blues team and supporting the development of the Seconds.

Chiara’s work in the club is only enhanced by her astounding personal results. Over the last year, she has competed at the top national level and has flourished internationally. She is ranked 304th in the world for Women’s Foil and sixth in Great Britain. Chiara’s commitment to the club and sport cannot be understated: she has been an integral member of the club, a remarkable captain, and a prominent member of the fencing world.

Kitlocker Club of the Year - Table Tennis OUTTC has expanded greatly in the past year: increasing training times to cater for all abilities; starting a new development squad for intermediate players; hiring a coach for the 1st time in the club's history and holding a preVarsity training camp last year. They had a record number of participants in BUCS individuals. Moreover, we held a JCR roadshow last year in Trinity to increase the profile of social table tennis within college JCRs, promoting table tennis as a sport across the university. The dedication from the committee has increased the profile of table tennis across the university.

The Alchemist Team Performance of the Year - Ice Hockey Men’s Blues The Ice Hockey Club men's Blues play in the top national division and won their season undefeated. They also won nationals, despite numerous injuries and having only have 9 uninjured skaters available to play in the final. The team also won their 100th Varsity Match in St Moritz, Switzerland. The varsity match attracted national media attention in several countries and two full teams of alumni flew to Switzerland to watch this historic game. After the varsity match, our Vice-Chancellor, Louise Richardson, invited the team to her home to congratulate them on the historic season.

Walters Sportsman of the Year - Fabian Sivnert (Ice Hockey) Coming from collegiate ice hockey in the USA and formerly representing his country, Sweden, in international competition, Fabian quickly established himself as the top goaltender in University Ice Hockey. With Fabian in goal, the Men's Blues went undefeated, winning the Division 1 Southern Conference title. On the back of his success, Fabian was selected to the International All-Star Team to play against Team GB. Fabian contributed to the life of OUIHC by introducing weekly goaltender practices and was unanimously voted MVP of the team.

Coach of the Year - Chris Doherty (Judo) Chris is an exceptional judo coach. He has helped the club win all four varsity trophies this year and coached the men’s team to gold at the BUCS teams. He is still a competitive player himself - a very good role model for the club- and won a European silver medal. He is a great coach for both beginners and competitive players, and has coached players to European University Championships medals British Championships medals and lots of BUCS medals too.

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Atalanta’s Teammate of the Year - Luke Cotter (Cross Country) Luke is inspirational, motivational, kind and a true leader.

As Luke was unable to compete at races due to injury, he would live stream them in the form of 'OUCCC TV' and was always everyone’s number one supporter - his cheering at Varsity cross country was definitely a huge factor that contributed to our success. His desire to get more people involved in running is seen in his new committee role for this year as access rep, leasing with student athletes considering Oxford as a University and helping them with their application.

The Norman Bryce Smiley Trophy - Katie Paul (Equestrian) Katie has been the absolute backbone of our club. The achievements of the team this year would not have been possible without her, and all future success of the club also has to be partly attributed to her hard work. Without Katie, OUEC's three teams would not be in as strong a position as they are now. She has been tirelessly committed to the club's development and success over the past four years, both in terms of competitive sport or in terms of teaching huge numbers of university students to ride.

VINCENT’S CLUB

VINCENT’S SPORTS AWARDS

Vincent’s Club is proud to run the largest Sports Awards Scheme for Oxford University Students.

Every year we are astonished by the level of achievement of scholar-athletes across the University.

Amongst our award winners there are numerous international medallists, future professionals, and Olympic and Paralympic potential athletes. Many of our athletes would be unable to meet the demands of their sporting and academic endeavours without the Club’s support.

“However ordinary each of us may seem, we are all in some way special, and can do things that are extraordinary, perhaps until then ... even thought impossible.”

Sir Roger Bannister, Vincent’s President 1950

The Chancellor, Lord Patten Sir Roger Bannister and Melville Guest O.B.E. with some of the Award Winners 2017 /2018

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In 2018 £26,000 was distributed to 13 scholar-athletes.

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Criteria include: exceptional sporting achievement, desire to help those less fortunate, and leadership potential.

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More information at www.vincents.org/awards or contact: awards@vincents.org.

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Acer Nethercott Sports Centre Opening Š John Cairns Photography

Creating a legacy for sporting heroes

Galle-Lewis-Dean Gym Opening Š John Cairns Photography

Supporting our future sportspersons

New Sports wheelchairs in the Acer Nethercott Sports Centre

Sport and Philanthropy

Sport for all

We are delighted to have opened the Acer Nethercott Sports Centre and the Galle-Lewis Dean Gym (GLD), both named in recognition of Oxford sporting heroes. Iffley Road is now home to a state-of-the-art sports hall which has a glass floor with LED-lit lines (the first of its kind in the UK); in addition, the GLD provides more training space for Oxford University Boxing Club (OUABC), as well as a space for fitness classes.

These facilities were made possible due to the charitable support of our donors, for whom we thanked at opening ceremonies over the course of the year.

A further generous donation has enabled the University to create four ProClay tennis courts at Oxford University Sports Centre, enabling Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club (OULTC) to train all year-round on a first-class surface.

Thanks to another kind donor we have also been able to install new blocks and lanes at the swimming pool. The new equipment will help the Oxford University Swimming Club (OUSC) train in competition conditions.

Sport and physical exercise forms an essential part of a rich and balanced life, and the University is committed to the wellbeing of our students and the local community; to fulfil their sporting dreams, or simply to lead active, healthy, productive lives. The generous support of donors has allowed us to purchase 12 multi-sport wheelchairs, improving the accessibility and quality of sport for those with disabilities, as part of a new para-sports programme, for the University and our local community.

We look forward to an exciting 2019!

For more information please get in touch with the University Development Office at Sport@devoff.ox.ac.uk, or to support the future of sport at Oxford head to www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/sport

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Club Reports

Aikido The Oxford Aikikai enjoyed another successful year. Our chief instructor Richard Martin, assisted by resident instructors Bill Jackson, Nick Belshaw, Graham Jones, and Chris Brunsdon, have carried on the tradition of teaching the orthodox style of aikido in Oxford.

We held a grading examination in our dojo in February. As has become a tradition on these occasions, Alex Megann joined the grading committee, visiting the Oxford Aikikai together with a few of his students from the University of Southampton Aikido Club. Two of our club members took the examination, passed and were awarded higher grades.

We hosted a series of national courses directed by the most senior British Aikido Federation instructors with attendees coming from all over the UK. Moreover, we were fortunate to welcome Kanetsuka Sensei, the technical director of the BAF, at some of our regular Saturday morning classes and receive his tuition in fundamental principles of aikido.

As the BAF celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018, we are looking forward to a number of events and special courses. This year's celebration culminates with a seminar in Leigh led by Mitsuteru Ueshiba Sensei, a great-grandson

of the aikido founder and the current head of the Hombu dojo in Tokyo.

American Football

This year has seen a revival in the fortunes of Oxford University American Football. Coming off last year's winless season, relegation to Division 2 and loss in the Varsity Bowl, the club was determined to return to its winning form of 2015-16. In what appeared to be a sign of good things to come the first game of the regular season saw the Lancers beat Bath Spa 78-0, the biggest win in the club’s history. Unfortunately, the season did not continue in this manner and the club ended the year with a 3-3 record. Nevertheless, hopes were high coming into Varsity Bowl XII as the Lancers once again returned to Tilsley Park, site of their 49-0 victory in Varsity Bowl X. A season of hard work paid off as the Lancers once again destroyed Cambridge 48-6 in spectacular fashion.

The season end brings a close to the two year tenure of head coach Adam Goldstein, but the Oxford Lancers look forward to achieving more success in 2018-19.

Archery The Archery club had a successful year overall in 2017/18.

There were improvements in our competition results, while club membership rose to over 125 for the first time.

Although our novice intake didn’t quite hit the heights of last year, our retention of last year’s novices contributed to

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a significant improvement in results for the experienced archers. There were improvements in our performances in the regional league, BUCS, and in the Varsity Match, which we won for the 6th time in the last 7 years. These results reflect the substantial investment that has been made in coaching and equipment over the last few years. There has been plenty of individual success, with one of our archers attaining the rank of Master Bowman this year, making him one of the top archers in the country.

Athletics

2017/18 was another successful year for the Oxford Australian Rules Football Club. The primary success was the growth of our women's team, which has expanded to a fully-fledged team and participated in the first ever women's Varsity this year. The close-fought match ended in a draw. It has also been very positive to see the broader growth of women within the club, with our committee for the upcoming year being over 50% female and our first female President. On the men's side, we had a successful year on the field though sadly fell short in a very close Varsity. We showed significant improvement in our other regular season fixtures and I'm sure we will return even hungrier next year!

Badminton

OUAC entered 2017-18 after a record breaking season without losing a single Varsity fixture to Cambridge. A tough job lay ahead for newly elected President Miles Weatherseed. Everyone wanted to know: could it be done again? The year started with some financial unease in the absence of corporate sponsorship however with the club looking to both establish a dependable income stream and foster improved relations with alumni; The 1860 Club was born. The response has been positive with a wide range of alumni becoming inaugural members of the club however our vision for the club is to continue to expand it, so will be pushing to do this over the next year and beyond.

The season kicked off in November as the team travelled to Cambridge for The Fresher’s Varsity Match. A notoriously hard fixture to win away saw two very different stories. The men’s team, bolstered by visiting decathlete Leif Van Grinsven, were victorious while a recruitment push from CUAC saw their women come out on top. At The Indoor Varsity Field Events and Relays match (FEAR), the introduction of the distance medley relay (1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m) saw one of the most exciting races in varsity history. This was the last event of the day and sealed victory for the Oxford Men on the track. In the field, our women’s team were dominant, beating Cambridge with four event wins to one.

After a hugely successful warm weather training camp in Monte Gordo, the start of trinity term signalled The 144th Varsity Match was just over the horizon. As the big day drew ever closer, it was clear that the matches were set to be tight. But with a home crowd, great weather and a true sense of varsity spirit, the Oxford team rose to the occasion and secured the first ever back to back 4-0 win in OUAC’s 158 year history.

Australian Rules Football

The latest season proved once again to be a successful one overall for OUBaC, with the club taking a 3-2 overall victory in Varsity. Once again, both the Men’s and Women’s Blues came out tops with convincing 14-1 wins.

In BUCS, the turn of the year saw the Men’s Blues finish the season strongly, winning three of their last four matches in the BUCS Premier South league to finish in fourth position, followed by a run to the quarterfinals of the Championship, before losing out to traditional powerhouses and eventual winners Loughborough.

However, the season saw largely disappointing results for the men's second team, with Cambridge winning the M2 Varsity match and the team finishing two places lower than last year in BUCS. Nonetheless, despite falling short of our expectations, it should be noted that retaining a place in Midlands 2B still represents a success for the club, and only four British Universities will have second teams competing at a higher level than Oxford next season.

Our representatives in the local Oxfordshire Badminton League have done well, with both the Mixed team and the Women’s Second team retaining their place in Division 1, and the Men’s Third team winning promotion to Division 1.

All in all, the season has been a promising one for OUBaC, especially given the number of new faces in the squad. The club is confident that we will go from strength to strength and we look forward to next year.

Baseball & Softball The Oxford University Baseball and Softball Club completed a successful inaugural campaign during the 2017-18 season. In our first year bringing baseball and softball back to the University of Oxford, our club recruited 34 members, including many who had never played the sport before, which we count as a great success.

Our club organised one competitive team this year, the Oxford Rangers, competing in mixed-gender fast pitch baseball. The Rangers’ first introduction to competitive play was the National University Baseball Championships (NUBC), an annual tournament that unfortunately fell on

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the weekend of week 0 of Michaelmas this year. Despite not being able to practice beforehand and drawing a placement in the “group of death”, the Rangers still managed to put up a good fight under the watchful eye of volunteer coach Rick Accastello. We ended our first NUBC showing with the club’s first official victory by way of a flashy double-play, sealing an 11th place finish.

The Rangers then entered league play in the Southwest Division of the National University Baseball League. With a few practices under our belt, we kicked off the season with an impressive split against perennial powers UCL and never looked back, finishing with a 6-2 record that topped the division at time of writing.

We were also excited to schedule our first Varsity match against the Cambridge Cubs, which took place at their home turf under a torrential downpour. Despite playing some great baseball and a heroic late-inning comeback effort, the Rangers came away second best in this first clash, losing 10-14.

Finishing the year on a good note, the Rangers were proud to have one of their pitchers selected as the starting pitcher for the National North-South All-Star Game!

both leagues, newcomers Essex quickly rose to the top of the table. W1 scored two crucial victories against King’s College London to keep them in Premier South next year, but M1 were less lucky and were forced into relegation playoffs in Trinity Term. They won their first game but lost out in the second to a determined Middlesex team, so they will play in Midlands 1A next season. W2 had unexpected success in Midlands 2B, to which they were promoted last year; they finished in third place. M2 maintained their fourth-place position in Midlands 3B, managing to keep ahead of Cambridge.

All teams faced their Cambridge counterparts in the annual Varsity match on 26th February. For the first time since 2010, we achieved a clean sweep. It was incredibly satisfying to win on the home court, with friends and alumni there to cheer us on, and many more following on the Facebook livestream!

At the college level, fourteen teams contested college league through Michaelmas and Hilary term, with St Catherine’s coming out on top. Cuppers will take place for both men and women in Trinity term. Off the court, there were many successful club events, including a start-of-year barbecue, the annual Christmas Dinner, and of course a post-Varsity celebration. We were delighted to learn some club history from our founder, George Rebh, though saddened to hear of his passing later in the year. Finally, the club gained a new kit sponsor in GEFF, a European kit supplier.

Boxing

Basketball In 2017/18, OUBbC had two goals: to push ourselves to excel as sportsmen and women, and to build on the legacy of the 2016/17 committee of growing a shared club identity. We started well, with a pre-season training camp for the men run by returning coaches Vassilios Copetinas and Mathias Rufino over the first weekend of Michaelmas term. The addition of Alex Bowmer to the club as head athletic trainer contributed greatly to both, with weekly fitness sessions giving us all the opportunity to bond through pain! Also joining the club this year were Phil Kelly and Julie Fricke as coaches for W1. Graham Nichols remained at the helm of W2.

Despite our hard work, the BUCS season yielded mixed results. Both first teams struggled in Premier South. Each team lost core players at the end of 2016/17, while other teams in the league had invested heavily in recruitment; in

Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club (OUABC) has seen another fantastic year. The club’s membership continued to grow. The number of female participants has increased, with equal numbers of female and male participants at many training sessions. For the second time in the club’s history we have elected a female president.

The incoming women’s Captains, Ella Penny and Rachel Wheatley, are already planning a ladies fight night to celebrate the growth of women’s boxing at Oxford.

2018 marked the 111th Men's Varsity and the 3rd Women's Varsity. Our Varsity match, this year in Oxford, continued to attract large crowds, with tickets selling out within three days of release. Oxford, unfortunately, lost to ‘Town’ at 'Town vs Gown' and to Cambridge at Varsity. Special mention, however, must go to all those that competed, particularly Lydia Welham (women's Captain), Polchate Kraprayoon (men's Captain), Christopher Huang who all won their Town vs Gown and Varsity matches with spectacular technical displays. Sam Luxa (incoming men's captain) also won his first Varsity match with an exciting, skilful match.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the OUABC Alumni Association for their donations toward the new Galllie-Lewis-Dean studio at Iffley Sports Centre.

This has provided us with invaluable opportunities to continue training our Blues squad.

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Our annual Tenerife training camp was a huge success, with 21 Oxford boxers training in a professional boxing gym in the Olympic Stadium Municipal Antonio Dominguez. Congratulations must go to all who attended, for the hard work and determination they showed: running a total of 50km over the week on top of intense boxing training.

Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club (CUABC) and Oxford University Amateur Club (OUABC) also worked together this year to purchase a weights rack for Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Club (ABC). Dale Youth has trained Olympic and world champion boxers, and coaches children from all walks of life. In June 2017, Dale Youth was burnt down in the Grenfell fire tragedy. At the end of May, CUABC and OUABC will be going to donate the weights rack and speak to those that work and train in the club, seeing how it is being rebuilt.

OUABC has seen a wonderful year. Continuing to grow in numbers and diversity, we take pride in our support of the wider boxing community. With a strong determination to beat Cambridge at next year’s Varsity, we are looking forward to the year ahead.

Canoe & Kayak It has been a tough couple of years for the club due to large numbers of experienced paddlers and committee members leaving. Despite this we have continued to run regular Sunday sessions, the normal complement of white water trips, polo tournaments, marathon sessions and even introduced some new activities. We have been able to introduce a regular mid-week afternoon canoe polo session which is generating significant interest inside the club. This is helping us to develop our polo players who I hope will lead to success in future years. This however has highlighted the chronic lack of investment the club has been able to make in recent years on equipment. Many pieces of essential and safety critical equipment are rapidly approaching the end of their useable life. In addition the leakiness of the boats especially is a significant dampener on the performance of your teams. Another new possibly permanent fixture in the club calendar is a week long trip to the West Highlands of Scotland. This trip was considered a very successful trip by all involved.

The club successfully competed in the BUCS White Water Race fielding enough paddlers for 2 teams. This event is taken, by agreement between Oxford and Cambridge, to be the white water varsity. Thus due to Cambridge’s lack of attendance we gained a victory here. In the recent Marathon varsity held in Cambridge, the Oxford men where defeated despite the best efforts of Magnus, coming 1st in the men’s race. The women on the other hand managed to win their competition coming 1st, 3rd and 4th.

In the Polo Varsity which was held at the same time despite a valiant effort by both Oxford Teams, Cambridge won both matches. The Free style Varsity was cancelled

due to snow the weekend it was scheduled for. In addition to the Varsity events we sent teams along to the South East Regional Div 2b Canoe Polo tournament where we came 4th. We also sent a team to the First International Elite Dragon Boat competition where we came 2nd in the sup8 (8 person SUP), 1st in k2, 8th in the 2km dragon boating and got into final b in the 200m.

Cheerleading This year saw the Oxford University Cheerleading Squad (the Oxford Sirens) grow in many ways. While we may not have taken home the Varsity trophy, we had several other victories that are worth celebrating. In total, forty five cheerleaders competed across our Level 2 All-Girl and Level 3 Co-Ed teams, and we have trained up two higher level stunt groups on top of that.

Our competitions this year were ICC Welsh Open and Future Cheer University Nationals. Level 3 claimed division victory at ICC, and both teams went on to perform the Squad's most challenging routines yet at Future Cheer. This year, our Varsity match was judged on our Future Cheer scores and, while we didn't come out on top, we were pleased to establish a fairer judging system with Cambridge: they are now competing with a Level 3 team to match ours and a Level 1 team to compete against our Level 2. We hope to continue the conversation with them as to how we can create our own Varsity event in future; we are very excited to explore this possibility further.

In addition, this year we purchased new uniforms that are more fit-for-purpose and long-lasting. This allowed us to start a uniform rental scheme to encourage participation from students of all backgrounds. We also successfully negotiated a sponsorship contract that funded our team tshirts and we hosted our first joint Showcase & Awards Dinner event as an end-of-season celebration. We look forward to what next year will bring, as Cheerleading gains exposure and participation in Oxford and around the world.

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Clay Pigeon Shooting 2017/18 has been fantastic for OUCPSC. Following a busy Fresher’s Fair the club is thriving with more members than ever, including lots of novices. The club has invested a lot of time running introductory and practice sessions for members, as well as participating at more competitions than ever. Formal coaching options have now been arranged, to support those wishing to taking their shooting to the next level in 2018/19.

A big drive for 2017/18 was increased inclusion of ladies in the sport, as they are underrepresented nationally. The level of interest has been fantastic, with lots of natural talent. All of our competing Ladies squads have included novices, and with excellent results!

New for 2017/18, the Blues Performance Scheme has enabled us to train with two new coaches - both top level international competitors. The Blues teams also took advantage of sports psychology training with Mark Bellamy. This included recognition of important psychological aspects in competitive clay shooting and practice methods to optimise performance under pressure.

The club continues to be supported by several fantastic sponsors. The club uses Browning shotguns for practice and competition, paired with Pattern Master chokes, and loaded with Eley cartridges to great effect. EJ Churchill provides a beautiful setting in which to practice, with a fantastic variety of targets.

Looking to the future, the club is excited to invite lots of Fresher’s to the club in October 2018, of any experience level. New to the calendar will be the national Oxford Challenge competition, taking place in November, with the club also aiming to hold the first Oxford clay shooting cuppers event in 2019. With Varsity hosted by Cambridge in 2019, the pressure will be on to keep the silverware.

to date. Having selected our new dancers we spent the term choreographing and rehearsing dances to be performed at competitions and in our showcase. With our increased training hours, we were able to produce more dances to take to competition and improve our conditioning and fitness even in the run up to our first big competition of the year.

Our first competition of the year was Just Dance It! at Kings College London, in Michaelmas, where we were pleased to place third in the ballet category, despite having little previous experience of competitive ballet. Moving on to Hilary we improved our dances based on feedback given KCL and took them to the Southampton Dance Competition where we took second place in Advanced Jazz and Novice hip-hop.

Throughout Hilary we had been preparing for our annual showcase where we had to choreograph and learn new dances alongside working on our competition dances. This year, we're particularly excited to have contemporary dancer, Thomas Page, on board as a guest choreographer, who has been working closely with the team to expand creative horizons and improve technique and performance.

Our annual Varsity match with Cambridge was held on Saturday 25th of February in Tingewick Hall at the John Radcliffe Hospital. We lost the overall Varsity, winning the Contemporary category, tying in Ballet and losing in Jazz, Hip-Hop and Tap. The Cambridge team have a much greater infrastructure with many more participants and a greater number of dance teachers they bring in to improve their work. If we are to improve and challenge them at next years Varsity we need to aim for this for ourselves, something that we will only be able to do with more funding.

Overall it has been a very busy year for OUCD and we have much improved on last years results and awards.

Furthermore, thanks to the funding from the Sports Federation, we were able to compete at a greater number of competitions, something we could not have afforded last year.

Contemporary Dance

Cricket (Men)

OUCD started off the year with a productive Michaelmas Term which kicked off with our biggest audition turnout

The Blues enjoyed a successful 2018 season. Having trained hard throughout the winter, we hit the ground running with some very strong T20 performances (in particular beating the MCCU twice in two separate T20s) despite some early season struggles with the weather. This form flowed into the T20 varsity match which was held on Friday 4th week in the Parks and was a great success both on and off the field with nearly 1000 down at the Parks to watch the Blues complete a comfortable victory over Cambridge. The next two varsity matches saw another two strong Oxford performances and wins. At Lord's in the 50 over game, Matty Hughes' unbeaten 132 led the Blues to a 6 wicket win with 10 overs still to play. Whilst in the four day match, Matthew Naylor's 202 and Captain Daniel

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Escott's 175 led the Blues to a large first innings score that Cambridge only just surpassed in two innings.

The day at Lord's was a great success off the field as well, with both Women's and Men's games very well supported.

This day is a highlight of the year for both teams, and the Chancellor of the University, Lord Patten of Barnes, was present to see the memorable victory in the men's match.

The matches are followed by a reception kindly and generously hosted by the MCC and held in the Long Room at Lord's. It is an amazing privilege for Oxford (and Cambridge) cricketers to enjoy the Lord's experience and it is vitally important that the Universities continue to invest in the game if these privileges are to be enjoyed by future generations.

exam season a forfeit or two led to a disappointing league position at the end of the season. The big success, however, was the varsity record of the 'Tics. Sadly no whitewash was possible, but with two very comfortable wins in the limited overs matches, and a very narrow loss when chasing victory rather than a blocking for a draw in the 3 day match, the 'Tics can look back very proudly on a 2-1 varsity series win against Cambridge. The side looked dominant throughout, and 3-0 would have been in no way unreflective of the strength of the side this year. It was fitting that the only varsity loss should come in such circumstances as chasing victory on the last day, in a season where the Tics played aggressively and sought to dominate sides. Overall, as predicted, a very successful season, with few leavers meaning we look forward to more

success next year.

Another feature of the season was the use of the newly relaid square in The Parks. The £50k cost of relaying the square was meant in its entirety by the club, based on a very generous anonymous donation of £32k and a contribution from club funds of the balance of £18k. The assistance of the Sports Department and in particular Jon Roycroft the Director of Sport in delivering the project to time and budget is gratefully acknowledged. Despite very wet weather at the start of the year had an impact on preparing the square for the season the performance of the new pitch during the matches was good, perhaps helped by the hotter weather later in the season. The pitch prepared for the 4 day Varsity match played well throughout.

Turning to the Authentics, we won all but one of our friendly games, losing by narrowly to the Free Foresters.

Similarly, we won all but one of the BUCS games that we played, although sadly due to availability problems during

OUCC and OUWCC have resolved to merge into a single club in the 2018-19 academic year. This is expected to foster greater participation in the wonderful game of cricket across the University, to enhance the ability to gain sponsorship and ensure more efficient administration of both teams.

Cricket (Women) The 2017-18 season proved to be a very successful one for the Women’s Cricket Club. We entered the season with a very strong line-up, consisting of many previous Varsity players and several exciting new recruits. We performed strongly in the BUCS competition, Varsity matches (T20 and One Day) and friendly fixtures against teams such as the Army.

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In the BUCS competition, we finished in second place, after a number of very convincing wins. Team highlights included beating: Leicester University by 344 runs; Warwick University by 211 runs; Nottingham University by 10 wickets; and Nottingham Trent University by 10 wickets. Examples of individual highlights included: a double century to Sian Kelly; centuries to Chloe Dack and Vanessa Picker; and a hat-trick to Charlotte Graham.

Outside of BUCS, we also had competitive matches against teams such as the MCC and the Army. While we narrowly lost to the MCC, we beat the Army very convincingly by 87 runs.

In the T20 Varsity match, we won by a strong margin of 106 runs, after scoring 187 runs and restricting Cambridge to just 81 runs. The top order played a very positive style of cricket, with half-centuries to Immy Brown (50) and Vanessa Picker (74 not out) and a quick 40 (not out) to Sian Kelly. To keep Cambridge to a score of just 81 on a wicket like Parks was an outstanding performance, showing the quality of our bowling and fielding on the day.

Building on the T20 result, we secured our second Varsity win for the season in the One Day Varsity match. This was particularly memorable as it was the 5th consecutive Dark Blues victory at Lord’s. After winning the toss and electing to bat, we set a very competitive total of 283. The strength, depth and flexibility of our batting line-up was on full display, as everybody backed themselves and looked to attack. In the batter-friendly conditions, it was particularly impressive to see that our bowlers were able to build pressure and take continuous wickets, bowling out Cambridge for just 95 runs.

Overall, it was an incredibly strong season for the Women’s cricket team. As women’s cricket is rapidly growing, it’s a very exciting time to be playing the game. We are very committed to providing the best possible platform for developing women’s cricket across the University - and look forward to welcoming new players (beginner or advanced) next season.

Croquet The Oxford University Croquet Club has had a very successful 2017-18 season. The year began with Oxford hosting the UK Student Championships in August.

Captain Mark van Loon finished runner-up in the singles division, while Oxford’s top pair (van Loon and William Nathan) won the doubles division. After the Student Championships, croquet went into hibernation during Michaelmas and Hilary terms, only to begin again at the start of Trinity term. Almost 1700 students from across the University participated in Croquet Cuppers, which continues to be one of the most participated-in sporting competitions at the University. Top-seeded Lincoln won the 9-round competition, eking out a victory against Brasenose in the final. We hope that a similar number of students compete next year!

Members of the Croquet Club also played competitive fixtures throughout Trinity Term. An April friendly against Surbiton Croquet Club ended with a loss, but Club Secretary Tom Peak managed to beat the England captain in a handicapped match. The club showed success again in the Southern Handicap League and the B-league. Both leagues are still not complete, but Oxford look to either win or place 2nd in both.

Finally, the Croquet Club competed in the annual Varsity Match against Cambridge in June, held at the Hurlingham Club in London. After losing the past two years, the team turned the tide and handedly won 7-2. While the term has ended, croquet will continue to be played by members staying in Oxford over the summer, with a number of competitive and friendly fixtures still to be played.

Cross Country This was our most successful season to date. This year the club has won 6/7 Varsity matches against Cambridge, including both the Blues Matches. Additionally, Oxford was the 3rd most successful University at the British Universities and College Sports (BUCS) Cross Country Championships. Here, the Men came 3rd in both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ races, and the Women 5th.

The Blues Varsity match was held, as always, on the neutral ground of Wimbledon Common. Both Oxford and Cambridge knew we had the strongest squads in many years, so it promised to produce some exceptional races, and it didn’t disappoint. Jamie Parkinson, a veteran of our team, finally got his first Varsity Cross Country win, and led the Oxford team home to an incredibly close 37-41 win. Equally in the Women’s race, we took the individual and team win. Floren Scrafton, the new recruit was first home, leading the girls to a convincing Oxford win. This was the first time in 8 years, which we took both the Blues matches. The II-IV’s Varsity matches took place a week earlier in Oxford. Again, there were some incredibly close races with the Men’s II’s edging the win over Cambridge 38-41. The Women’s II’s, II’s and Men’s IV’s also took the win, leaving the overall Varsity score at 6-1 to Oxford.

After our exceptional Varsity results we were looking forward to showing the rest of Britain our strength, and we didn’t disappoint. In the men’s ‘A’ race, we had two

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finishers in the top 10 (where there was over 800 male entries). Jack Millar finished an outstanding 5th (higher than he finished at Varsity) and Jamie Parkinson 8th. The ‘A’ team was completed by Great Britain international William Christofi in 17th, and Luuk Metsalaar in 46th (recovering from his 2:22 Marathon). This was good enough for a Bronze medal, equalling our best ever result.

However, we are confident we can finish higher next year with the whole team staying. In the Men’s ‘B’ race, we matched the exceptional performances from the ‘A’ team, again earning ourselves a Bronze medal, with the team being led home by Alex Bampton in 5th, and Luke Cotter in 10th. The Women came 5th, a huge improvement on previous years, and with a lot of younger talent joining this year we are very capable of challenging for medals in the future.

two time trial bikes and a disc wheel, and aero helmets for the squad. The support from HMT and the Blues Performance Scheme in 2017/18 has been phenomenal and we couldn't have achieved our fantastic results without their support.

Cycling

OUDC has had good performances within the competitive university dancesport circuit with top-ten rankings at a number of Inter-Varsity competitions throughout the year and a very strong showing at this year’s Inter-Varsity Dancesport Competition. Our RnR team has gone from strength to strength with a high proportion of the top rankings at the regional events going to Oxford couples, especially at the National event, where Oxford couples accounted for half of the top-six in the Final round of the acrobatic event. Unfortunately, we were not able to win back the Varsity or Challenge titles at the 2018 Ballroom and Latin Varsity; however, the newformat Rock and Roll Varsity was won emphatically by the Oxford side. The Committee wishes to congratulate its teams for their many successes this year.

The Oxford University Cycling Club have had a very successful season, winning medals in 6 out of 8 BUCS races in April. Both the men's and women's teams won bronze at the BUCS 10 TT and BUCS 25 TT. The women took home silver at the BUCS Team Time Trial, and the men were on track to match the women's result before a puncture forced a late DNF. Tamara Davenne and James King finished 3rd and 6th at the BUCS RR in their respective events to round off a very successful BUCS campaign for OUCC. Our Varsity Time Trial ended in a 1-1 draw with Cambridge winning the men's and Oxford winning the women's. The mountain bike squad suffered a 2-0 at the annual MTB Varsity match. We are looking forward to our upcoming Varsity Track Match in June, and Varsity Road Match in July, which are new on the calendar for 2018. The new Varsity events reflect the diversity within the sport and the explosion in popularity of cycling in the UK over recent years. The new events also highlight the strength and depth within the squad with riders specialising in specific cycling disciplines.

The 2017/18 season saw a huge increase in the size of the women's squad, which resulted in a new Varsity TT Team Record of 2:58:36 (over eight and a half minutes faster than the previous record). The women's squad was so so strong this year that the women's second team also beat the previous Varsity record by nearly three minutes! Issy Dodds set a new undergraduate women's 25 TT record in 59:50, and Tamara Davenne podiumed for the second consecutive year at the notoriously tough BUCS Road Race. The men's team also set a new Varsity TT record of 2:38:16, shaving 37 seconds off the previous record, and also scored the best results recorded at the BUCS RR & Track in recent club history.

This year also saw the start of a two year partnership with headline sponsor HMT Hospitals who provided the squad with cycling specific vehicles for our BUCS campaign, subsidised our annual training camp to Spain, provided

Dancesport Our network of dance styles has continued to expand: we have offered tailored competitive technique classes and medals classes across our dancesport genres; several hours of classes every week in each of salsa and bachata to cater for the full spectrum of our alternative rhythm dancers as well as a number of classes across acrobatic, non-acrobatic and authentic RnR. Outside of our core dance styles, we have run an hour and a half of Argentine Tango.

Equestrian

We had a first and second team competing in the BUCS league throughout MT and HT. The teams in the mini leagues have changed from last year, leaving the 2nds team in an especially difficult league. Nevertheless, the 2nds put in a strong performance but sadly did not qualify for regionals. The 1st team also faced strong competition but qualified for regionals, where captain Tora Fleming individually qualified for Nationals. We set up a friendly 3rds match to get our team competing more frequently,

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which proved extremely beneficial at Varsity. The Oxford 3rds won this competition and we plan to continue this relationship with local universities. Our 2nds and 3rds Varsity was hosted by Oxford this year and we greatly improved on the result from last year, winning the 3s match but sadly just losing out on the 2nds match.

At the Blues Varsity, Oxford finally took the win after many years of Cambridge domination. Exceptional results were put in by Tora Fleming and Amy Small who finished 1st and 2nd respectively at Varsity. The full team earned themselves Half Blues and captain Tora Fleming earned herself a Full Blue, following her nationals qualification. I believe that these wins are reflective of the increased amounts of training that the club has benefitted from due to Sports Federation grants, giving the teams more hours of training and training at better facilities.

Our annual cuppers event had a lot of interest this year due to riders being able to take part in both dressage and show jumping phases which makes the day especially enjoyable for many of our intermediate riders who wanted to give jumping a try. We aimed to pair up one squad member with one less advanced member to create the teams, instead of making them college-based, to ensure that the ability of the team as a whole was roughly even across the board. This led to a more mixed result panel that was not dominated by squad members. Throughout the year, the club has also provided weekly lessons for OUEC members at Hall Place, Standlake and Blewbury Equestrian Centres and a variety of socials ranging from dinners, drinks and crew dates which have been organised

by Amy Small

Eton Fives This season was the most successful in living memory. The club started as it meant to go on with Marjolaine Briscoe and Carlonia Valensise winning the Women’s University Championship – a second year in a row for Oxford.

Thomas Kirkby and James Piggot won the men’s event – the third year in a row for the club.

In the u21 National Championships there was also similar success. Kirkby and Arthur Wellesley sealed the trophy – again a third straight success for the club with Briscoe and Valensise winning the women’s competition.

After navigating through a number of tough fixtures with the second half of the season and the Varsity match approaching the club showed its depth and form by producing three out of the four semi-finalists in the mixed University Championships. The women’s team reached the quarter final of the Richard Black team competition and the men won the EFA trophy team competition. Both men’s and women’s teams had had the perfect preparation for the season ending Varsity Match.

The Varsity Match only just went ahead despite the unusually snowy March conditions. The men earned a

famous victory with no pairs in either the first team or the second team losing a match or even a single set! The women’s team was similarly successful on the day winning all but one match in the second team.

This success was recognised by the Fives Federation with the men’s and women’s club being voted Team of the year at the end of season awards.

The success of the club would not have been possible without all the time and effort put in by committee members to keep the show on the road. As a team we would also like to thank Gareth Hoskins for all the valuable advice and organisation – without which the club wouldn’t have enjoyed the success that it did.

Fencing OUFC celebrated a very successful year, both in terms of team and individual results, as well as development of the club. Once again, the Women’s Blues finished an impressive first in the Premier South. The Men’s Assassins also achieved remarkable results, coming top of their league, and going on to win the Conference Cup. At the Varsity Match, this year fought on home soil in the prestigious Examination Schools, both Women’s Blues and Assassins celebrated a repeated victory against Cambridge.

Despite a valiant effort, the Men were less successful, with both Blues and Assassins teams losing very narrowly to the Light Blues. The club’s beginners’ program flourished this year under the fantastic guidance of three new beginner’s coaches. Unfortunately, the Dark Blues lost to Cambridge at the Novice Varsity Match. As always, we had very high beginners’ numbers within the first term, with a high retention rate of around 30-40 beginners per session persisting into Hilary term.

Overall, 2017-18 membership numbers significantly exceeded those from the previous year, totalling 180 members. The whole club benefited from the purchase of new whites, weapons and assorted other equipment. This expenditure was covered in its entirety by our royalty development fund.

Several club members also achieved impressive individual results. Of note, three club members finished in the top 10 at BUCS individuals and several others achieved impressive national rankings this year. Chiara McDermott also competed at multiple international world cup and satellite competitions, finishing as the highest ranked British fencer at the Bucharest satellite. Even several OUFC novices competed at national competitions after only a term of coaching, which is unprecedented. Members of the club’s intermediate’s squad also achieved impressive results at national competitions, with Irina Lepadatu claiming a gold medal at every competition she attended. OUFC’s fencers would not be as successful as they are without the expert coaching from our head coach, Tomek Walicki.

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This year was a landmark year for Tomek, completing his 30th year of dedicated service to the club. The club celebrated this incredible achievement with Old Blues matches and a formal dinner, which had an excellent attendance by both Old Blues and current club members.

Finally, nine OUFC fencers were fortunate enough to be invited to a competition in Xi’an, China, by the international fencing institution, Vango. We are very grateful for this fantastic opportunity and look forward to seeing how our relationship with Vango develops.

Floorball The club saw a big change in its competitive environment when we joined the southern division for the 2017-2018 season. This included facing off against some of the best teams in England, managing impressive scores at times.

For instance, a close 1-2 loss against Hastings, the team that placed second in the previous year’s championship.

Even with the addition of several very strong players, one of them currently playing in the UK national team, the team didn’t manage to earn a lot of points in the league.

There were a total of 2 wins, one against the London Vikings in our first game of the season, and one against the Hammerhead Sharks in our last game of the season.

Furthermore, we managed to draw once against the Hammerhead Sharks. Overall, it was a tough season in the league, but playing against some of the top English teams greatly improved our team play.

In addition to the league, the team has participated in a friendly 3-on-3 university tournament in Cambridge. We managed to win all our games and left the tournament as champions! Our difficult season in the league paid off, and

we managed to beat all the other university teams. We also played a friendly against the second division team Newbold College. A strong defence and an effective offence resulted in a clear 7-4 victory. The annual cuppers are being held in the end of week 4 and there will be several teams contesting last year’s winners. The 2017-2018 season was a tough year for the club in the league. The team developed a lot during the season and will definitely move into next year as a stronger entity.

Football (Men) The men’s side of OUAFC has had a fantastic, if challenging year. Each side came extremely close to winning their respective BUCS divisions. The Blues had a stellar Michaelmas yet a frustrating Hilary. After wins away at Nottingham and Loughborough, the side found themselves top of the league going into the winter break.

An early defeat to Warwick set the tone for a poor start and the 2-0 win against Cambridge at Iffley wasn’t enough to prevent our rivals from winning the league. The Varsity Match, played two weeks after the end of Hilary term, was the highlight. The Blues dispatched them 3-0 at the Hive in London with two goals from Dominic Thelen. The Blues then departed on their ‘Ivy League’ tour, visiting Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia.

The Centaurs had an equally testing league campaign, finishing only one point behind the winners Oxford Brookes. Convincing wins against Bedfordshire at home, and Worcester and Northampton away reflected the hard work of captain Sam Morris and coach Craig Adey (in his debut season with the side), but Brookes’ win 3-2 at Worcester snatched the league title away. Varsity was an

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extremely difficult day for the boys. 3-1 up in the second half, Cambridge brought it back and then went on to win on penalties. On the pitch, the Centaurs played beautiful football and next year’s Blues will have a lot of talent joining them. Off the pitch, the character of the individuals made for a truly memorable team spirit, and the tour to Budapest after the end of Hilary term was a highlight.

The Colts, competing in BUCS Midlands 5B, shared a similar storyline to the Centaurs. One win short of winning the league over Oxford Brookes, it was two draws to the two universities of Birmingham that ultimately stopped them from finishing top. Nonetheless, with the leadership of Eoin Monaghan and a balanced team with goals coming from all over the pitch, the Colts had some memorable wins, such as a 6-0 trouncing of Birmingham City away. The undoubted highpoint was Varsity. A chaotic match, with goals flying in one after the other, saw Patrick Barton score a hat trick and James Foord stroke in the winner on 90 minutes to make it 4-3. With the entire club in attendance in Cambridge, it made for a beautiful occasion and a reminder how tight-knit OUAFC is.

Football (Women) This year the Blues have had an excellent season, being crowned winners of their league, winning the local varsity against Oxford Brookes, reaching the final of the

conference cup and capping it all off with a victory over Cambridge in the Varsity match. The league campaign got off to a shaky start with a 1-1 draw away at UEA. However as the team gelled, the wins started to follow.

Having lost a match against main league title contenders Warwick before Christmas, the Blues started the new year knowing that every match had to be won in order to secure the title and promotion. The team rose to the challenge and won 6 matches on the bounce, stopped only by local rivals Oxford Brookes in the conference cup final.

With the league won, the main focus turned to the Varsity match against Cambridge. The tabs had spent the season playing in the league above the Blues, so everyone was aware that this would be a tough game. Beverly Leon scored 2 goals for the Blues, but with 3 minutes left to play, Oxford were 3-2 down. It was beginning to look like time had run out, but a Mary Hintze goal sent the match to penalties which Oxford then won 4-2.

The Furies have had a good season, with marked improvement throughout the season from an extremely dedicated group of players and coach. In the league, we

maintained our position in Midlands 3B on the last day of the season, with a 1-0 victory in what was essentially a relegation play-off against Nottingham Trent. As a result of this, we finished the season fourth in the division (and only three points off second place), having won three games, drew two and lost five. The furies also made it to

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the last 16 of the Midlands Conference Cup, with an extremely convincing 9-1 victory over De Montford 2nds, before falling just short against De Montford 1sts. The highlight of our seasons was, unarguably, avenging last years’ penalty defeat against the Cambridge Eagles with a 3-0 victory in our varsity match, with a hat-trick from Alice Desquiens. There were outstanding displays both in defence and attack, with the Eagles failing to register a single shot on target against a defence marshalled superbly by centre-back Charlotte Rougier.

Gliding The Oxford University Gliding Club has had a series of strong committees over the past three years. This has lead to a fairly large overhaul of the club, including the clubs finances. While the club was previously running break even, that did not account for long-term maintenance of the gliders. We are now starting to catch up with this, and have to re-gel our gliders in the next few years. At the same time, we are aiming to replace out trailers, as the trailers in their current state still carry too much of a risk of damaging the gliders. The past year has been excellent, and started off with a win on home turf against the Cambridge University Gliding Club (CUGC) at our home airfield. Soon after that, a core group of our members went on an expedition to the French Alps to receive instruction into mountain soaring. This trip was a great success, with beautiful weather leaving to many hours of flying. Upon return, quite a few members flew with instructors in the Bicester Regionals competition, for most of them their first taste to proper a proper cross-country gliding competition. We started off Michaelmas term with a tremendous drive to recruit new members, in an effort to break previous membership records. And we succeeded, as by the current count we are expected to sign up more than 120 members this year. This has also positively impacted our financial situation, even though we had to do some expensive purchases, such as a set of all weather covers, or a replacement parachute. Unfortunately, the weather was not so kind this year on our Annual Portmoak expedition in April, and the two first months of the soaring season were pretty poor in general. However, the first couple weeks of May have been fine and we have already seen two novices reach the coveted Solo standard. We selected a good group of active en engaged members to run for committee positions, and I believe we have elected a strong committee for next year again.

Professor Kim Plunkett has been a great asset to the Club since he took over as Senior Member and has been helpful in negotiations with both the Oxford Golf Centre and the Oxford Gold Club, and we feel that deepening the relationships with these two entities will be beneficial to the Club in the years to come. Professor Plunkett has also taken the up the role as one of the Directors of the Oxford Golf Club as the Senior Member of OUGC is entitled to that role according to the Oxford Golf Club constitution. As this role had previously been left vacant, we are very happy about this.

All three teams continue to have incredible fixture lists and it is important to stay on good terms with all the clubs that make this possible. Happily we have been able to maintain and improve our relationships with these clubs during the season.

We will try and continue to host our Cuppers event at the Oxford Golf Club in the future to make the event more accessible. Hopefully this will translate into more people showing an interest to partake in Club matches in the future. This is also a good way for the Club to strengthen our relationship with the Oxford Golf Club./ In order to make training more accessible we will look into moving training sessions for the men's teams closer to Oxford in the future. This year we made use of the Oxford Golf Centre on a few occasions but the cost of doing so is an issue. Hopefully we can find a solution which means that both the Blues team and the second team has training closer to Oxford at accessible hours./ As always, it has been encouraging to see many new faces contribute to the Club. With many members leaving the University, this is an encouraging sign for the next season.

Gymnastics

Golf Oxford University Golf Club enjoyed a successful season despite disappointing results in the Varsity Match. The men's teams record run of eight victories in a row came to an abrupt end at Royal Porthcawl, and the second team as well as the Ladies team also suffered defeats in their Varsity Matches. Nonetheless all teams enjoyed great camaraderie and played many exciting matches on many great golf courses during the season. Furthermore, the has in certain areas made significant progress over the year.

2017/18 has been fantastic for OUGym, with strong competitive performances, sponsorship and improvement Iffley facilities.

The committee secured ÂŁ2,500 sponsorship from marketing agency, Jellyfish. The money was used for replacement and new equipment and leotards for both Men's and Women's teams. We do not expect this sponsorship to be renewed. Also, the club successfully

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applied for a Sport England small grant of £9,000 to fund the purchase of a vault and the relevant safety equipment and accessories for Iffley. The club chose to apply for a vault as it is easy to store and used in both Men's and Women's artistic gymnastics, therefore its purchase will benefit all members of OUGym. One of the highlights for OUGym this year has been our ability to purchase lots of new equipment, including parrallettes, floor beams, training wedges and a launch pad to improve our training facilities at Iffley - a complex that is not purpose built for Gymnastics and therefore unsafe for much training. The rationale behind purchasing new equipment has encompassed both improving the quality of training at Iffley while also aiming reduce our reliance on Abingdon. OUGym trains once a week at Iffley and has full-apparatus training twice a week at Abingdon - this is at great cost to our members who incur a £4 return bus journey per Abingdon session in addition to their membership fees. Membership has remained steady after doubling in 2016/17 though there are a number of members who only attend Iffley sessions. OUGym would like to subsidise travel costs in the future to encourage greater engagement and improvement.

OUGym fielded an extremely strong team at Varsity, Birmingham and Loughborough competitions. This is down to improved facilities and the dedication of the committee, many of whom gave up their own training time to coach others. The Varsity Match, hosted by Oxford, was very successful and included an inaugural Men's B team competition. We hope that this will become an annual event and improve the quality of Men's gymnastics at Oxford. We continued the hunt for a dedicated men’s coach this year but unfortunately were unsuccessful. Despite a Varsity loss, the individual nature of Gymnastics showed our team put forward a very strong performance and resulted in the highest achievement of Blues to date.

Handball The Handball Club had a successful year both in terms of competitions and in the wider development to establish the sport in the Oxford community. The women’s team competed in the regional league as well as in the university championships and had its greatest success in the Varsity match against Cambridge, which it won by 16-14. The men’s team played a number of great matches, most notably in the National Cup, where the team managed to advance to the quarter final and only lost marginally against one of the strongest teams in the UK. We have seen a steady participation of our players throughout the year and were able to attract many new players to the sport thanks to our outreach events such as cuppers. Looking forward, both teams hope to build on this year’s success and we are aiming to improve our performance over the course of the upcoming season.

Hockey

The 2017-18 season has been mixed for OUHC. At the top end, both Blues teams have had good years. The Women finished 3rd in their Saturday league and went unbeaten on their way to 2nd place in BUCS south premier A. Sadly they lost in the quarterfinals of the Championship, a first Wednesday loss since October 2016.

The Men’s Blues more than consolidated last year’s promotion by ending 5th on a Saturday, whilst they have achieved promotion back into BUCS south premier A after a tense playoff and winning 9 out of 10 league games.

Both sides won their Varsity matches.

The Men’s Occasionals had a record season. In total they played 33, won 27, including a 20 game winning streak.

They narrowly lost 2-1 in the BUCS conference final and missed 1st place on a Wednesday by a single point, as Dan knows we were scuppered by the snow (3 games in 3 days).

Nevertheless, a record Wednesday points total, a record position and total on a Saturday (they won the league by 13 points) and a Varsity win are the results.

The Women’s Radicals had a tough season after losing some core players. They really struggled to score early on but eventually broke their duck and did their best to recover coming tied third on a Wednesday (4th due to gd).

They joined the remainder of the teams in losing their Varsity match. The Infrequents initially struggled after losing their core to the Occasionals, but pulled through to survive on a Saturday with their last match and produced some excellent hockey against some strong teams.

The Mavericks had a very similar experience to the Infrequents, with a similar number of core players moving up to the Radicals. They ended up mid table on a Saturday and in BUCS, putting in some fantastic performances along the way. The Sporadics really enjoyed their second season. They are still meeting new challenges and this was their first attempt at a preseason. They ended up mid table but are optimistic going forwards as they continue to strengthen as a unit.

Socially the club has been integrating on a large scale with summer socials featuring a diverse range of teams. The main problem we have faced is the pitch condition. The surface is beautiful, but the issues surrounding the water and the lights meant that at time it is extremely difficult to play on.

Alternative Ice Hockey It has been another strong year for the Oxford University Alternative Ice Hockey Club. Membership is high, although slightly decreased from last year, with the latest count at 537 members and regular attendance of over 70 people. Standard of play is also particularly high with many new players showing lots of potential.

This year we have hosted a number of special sessions with November seeing our first ever charity session in

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collaboration with Oxford RAG. This night was very successful and even drew an increased number of attendees. Also during the Easter Vacation 2018 a reunion Alts session was held where a large number of exmembers and ex-committee made it down to the rink for an extended Alts session along with current members. This night was also a massive success which provided a great opportunity to celebrate how Alts has developed as a club over time.

Our other main event was Alts Cuppers. Held in 5th week of Hilary the tournament comprised of 24 teams from 17 different colleges.The teams were split into groups before a knockout stage consisting of the top two teams from each group. It was a great night enjoyed by all with special congratulations to this years winners, Magdalen College and the runners up, Oriel College. Despite the more competitive nature of cuppers everyone played with admirable sportsmanship and stuck to the rules of the game while respecting the referee's decisions. Overall it has been a highly successful year for the club with plenty of prospects for further success in the future.

Ice Hockey The 2017/18 season was a big one for OUIHC. It was full of successful team and individual performances, but also marked a big milestone of the 100th Varsity Match, making the Oxford-Cambridge rivalry the oldest one in the sport of ice hockey. This historic event was hosted at an

open rink in St. Moritz, Switzerland, which is the site of the first recorded VM. The event attracted alumni, friends and families of the club, who witnessed a tight match ups throughout the day; two alumni games, Vikings VM and Blues VM. The only Oxford site to win that day was the Blues, who stole the game in over-time (4-3) after an exciting match in harsh alpine conditions.

The entire season was full of success, with both men's teams finishing atop of their respective South Divisions without a single loss. Furthermore, all men's squads dominated the BUIHA National championships in Sheffield. The Vikings 'B' squad took the title in their first participation in Tier VI nationals. The Vikings 'A' managed to advance to the finals, but lost after a tough match with a short bench. On the other hand, the shorter bench did not stop the Blues from taking the second Tier I title in the past 3 years. This vast success did not remain unnoticed, as three Men's Blues players (Fabian Sivnert, Martin Vesely and Jason Lacombe) were selected to represent BUIHA in the International All-star team.

The Varsity weekend was also hosted in Oxford this year.

The Oxford crowd witnessed the Women's Blues VM, but also the first development squad VM. The short-benched women's squad, with Grace Jalleh-Sharples bravely stepping up to play in goal, demonstrate the immense improvement to their skills over the season, but lost to a particularly strong Cambridge site by a margin. The Oxford development squad also showed off their newly

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acquired hockey experience to take the 'W', with the final score of 7-4.

The Women's Blues finished the season with two tournaments, the mixed BUIHA National championship in Sheffield and the second annual Women's Nationals championship in Nottingham. The tournament in Sheffield yielded more success for the Blues, as they left the group with 3 wins and a draw, but lost in the semi-final in a shootout. The Blues came fifth in Nottingham, missing out on the semis, after some very close games to stacked teams, such as Nottingham and Caledonia.

Jiu Jitsu This year we have seen a large increase the numbers of sustained sign-ups from freshers, which has corresponded with an increase in students training every week, attending gradings, and going to nationals. As well as increased participation at training, we have also held more social events, including a freshers social, that have seen greater numbers and have contribute to a close-knit team environment. We hosted a regional training event in michaelmas term that saw clubs from the whole Thames Valley region come train with us for a day, followed by a social in the evening, which was a great success.

At Atemi nationals in November we were crowned mens BUCS team champions and saw many individual successes as well - 4 finalists & 3 medals. At the randori nationals we saw similar success with 3 medals!

In Trinity term we hosted the annual varsity match, which we won! We performed excellently in the Atemi competition, winning by a landslide, before narrowly losing the randori competition (against higher grades and heavier weight categories!), however we then went on to win the demonstration - so a convincing victory. In particular this year I am proud of the increase in the number of women* members training regularly with the club, with the gender balance now closer to equal, as this is something that i think has been directly influenced by the presence of women* on committee and being the "face" of the club.

Overall the past year has been extremely successful, both in terms of gaining new recruits and winning lots of competitions, and the whole committee should be proud of the positive influence they've had on the club.

Judo The 2017/18 academic year has been a hugely successful one for OUJC During the Michaelmas term we had our largest ever beginners turnout and were able to retain many who completed the course and grading, and who have come to train with us on a regular basis.

OUJC swept the nominations at this year’s Sports Fed award ceremonies with six nominations in five categories, and our women’s captain Rachel Wheatley was awarded the much deserved Sportswoman of the year Award.

We have benefited hugely this year from Sport’s Fed’s Blues performance scheme, which has allowed us the use of the Blues Gym and supervision and strength training plans, and the result has been exceptional performance in regional, national and international competitions . Notable achievements include Rachel Wheatley getting Bronze at the British Senior Open Championships, and Vidar Skretting getting Bronze at the European University Championships. There has also been keen competitive beginner participation with many of our new members entering, and medalling in kyu grade competitions.

We had 11 sign ups from the club this year to compete in BUCS. From OUJC on the first day the players won 1 gold (James Fowler), 1 silver (Vidar Skretting) and 1 bronze (Matthew Edmunds) However I think the club can agree that the true highlight of the weekend came on the second day when our Men’s Team heroically fought their way to bring home gold in the team fights. The team fought against Durham, Manchester, Wolverhampton.

Loughborough, Bath, and finally Anglia Ruskin in the final.

Oxford Judo last won the Men’s team championships 18 years ago, in 2000, really demonstrating the difficulty of the competition and the strength and determination of the men’s team to do so well. Varsity (In Oxford this year) was also a huge success, with all four trophies making their way back to Oxford. Our Men’s B won their fights 6-1, The Women’s Blues with 3-2 and Men’s Blues 5-2.

Kabaddi 2017-2018 was Oxford University Kabaddi Club's first year as a registered sporting body of Oxford. We formed Oxford's first ever Men's Kabaddi team, and by organising multiple taster sessions throughout the season, have been able to recruit enough new members to create a Men's Kabaddi second team. From HT18, the Club has been trying to generate interest and recruit female players and aims to create a competitive Oxford Women's Kabaddi team soon. Towards that aim, we organised two women's

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taster sessions. We hope that in the next year the Women's side of the club would gain just momentum to catalyse its growth and outreach.

Our teams competed in various tournaments, friendly matches, and National Kabaddi League (NKL) matches.

These tournaments formed the first experiences of competitive Kabaddi for many of our members. Not to be outdone, our first team took on the other first teams in the country; the tops teams (Imperial College, LSE, Birmingham and King's) all have or had players with inter national experience. Playing ag ainst them competitively was both challenging and educational for our members. Unfortunately, the Club cannot boast of a major victory yet; however, our net point rate (number of points scored by us for every point scored by the opponent) against them has been steadily increasing, from a low 0.2 in the first tournament of the season, to 0.7 in the last.

Optimistic for our performance next season, we have identified areas for improvement, and are in the process of developing a training schedule for next year that we believe would best help us develop our game.

weekend training courses with both UK and overseas clubs. In March we ran a national one day training session in Oxford open to all grades. In July the club hosted the KDS instructors' weekend course at the Sports Centre, welcoming many of the top KDS instructors from the UK and Europe, including Harada Sensei. Two club gradings were held, and a further grading was held as part of the week long residential Summer School at the University of Kent in August.

Overall, the Club is happy with its performance this year.

The level of enthusiasm and commitment of its members makes us very optimistic about our chances next year.

Oxford Kendo has had a successful year, with increased participation from members university-wide and success in various competitions, affirming our half-blue status in its second year running. The Bowden Team Taikai saw the formation of the first joint team of University students and recently graduated alumni, who came 3rd in the highlevel competition. This was followed by the Varsity Match against Cambridge, in which Oxford took home the trophy for the team competition, scoring 8-0. In the Open Individuals, John Jonsson and Kathy Wu brought home the silver and bronze medals respectively, while Ziwen Xu also took bronze in the Individuals Beginners' Competition. This marks an important year for the expansion of the club, having seen a great increase in both the number of new members, and available equipment donated from our friends from Doshisha University in Japan. We anticipate the continued growth and success of the club.

Our aim next year is to participate in more tournaments and NKL matches, create a competitive Women's team, and organise our first Varsity and Town vs Gown matches.

For the latter, we are participating in the Oxford Mela in Blackbird Leys in June.

Karate The Karate Club this year has seen an addition of new dedicated members and the continued reliable attendance of old members. In December, we were honoured to have Daisuke Ueda-sensei, one of the JKA instructors visit us and he held a great seminar. We have also been extremely lucky to have the head of JKAE, Yoshinobu Ohta-sensei visit us multiple times a term to hold sessions at Oxford.

BUCS was held in Sheffield and was well attended. The competitors barely missed out on medals and placed well in both kata and kumite. Varsity started off on a rocky start with the cancellation of our match due to the unexpected snow that hit. However, in Trinity we had a good showing against Cambridge with victory for the Women and a good performance from the Men. We are very optimistic for the coming academic year with our new committee and look forward to promoting and having fun with karate.

The KDS believes that competition karate cannot be reconciled with karate as a martial art without distorting the essence and power of karate-do: we have no competition results to report.

OUKDS would like to thank the two club instructors for their commitment and expert guidance throughout the year, and invite anyone interested in trying karate to come along to any training session.

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Kickboxing The kickboxing club has drawn in many new, enthusiastic members this year and our training sessions are very lively.

We hold five training sessions per week and all sessions cater to people of all levels of experience. Kickboxing offers fitness and self-defence, as well as sparring and competition to those who are interested. We put out a strong Varsity team this year and we hope that we will be even more formidable next year.

KDS Karate

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OUKDS is part of Harada Sensei's Karate-do-Shotokai (KDS) organisation. Our training is of benefit to all ages and abilities, and we have a mix of undergraduate, postgraduate and staff members training regularly. We ran three training sessions a week throughout the 2017-18 year, and travelled to

The last academic year was particularly good for the Club: our membership increase and our budget is stronger than ever - we also opened a bank account for the Club. On average, we have provided two training sessions per week.

We managed to get better venues for our trainings, which

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helped keeping a good number of students attending our sessions. Members of the new committee are committed to the growth of the Club, and our Instructor program (special training sessions for students willing to become instructors) is still running. We have also organised more than five social events this year.

Korfball The Korfball club has had a very successful year and made real progress not only on the court, but in generally promoting the status of the sport within the University.

The club kicked off the year with strong recruitment from the fresher's fair where we gathered over 250 names on our signup sheets. We ran two very successful taster sessions with turnouts of 40+ people. Throughout the season, many of these people became faithful club members and we were able to fully fill both a first team and second team, with additional squad members for both teams. The Korfball club continues to pride itself on its welcoming and inclusive atmosphere and this has been shown throughout this year as most of our second team had never played Korfball before university and many of them now have positions on the new committee for next year.

The biggest set back this year was the change that was made to our normal training slot times, from Wednesday evenings 21:00-22:30 to Thursday mornings 7:00-8:30am.

As a club that promotes its social side as heavily as its competitive aspect, the change to Thursday mornings immediately put our recruitment and continuation in danger. We decided to hire an external hall for Wednesday evenings and worked with the University Sport Funding body to collaborate on a project to reach out to alumni for donations. This was hugely successful and the club was

able to raise over £1000 which allowed us to pay for the external venue and have some extra funds left over. Our new members continued to come to the external venue, even with it being further away than Iffley and our training really got under way quickly in Michaelmas.

We had two external coaches from local clubs come in to take our sessions and the standard of our play rapidly increased as a result. This was furthered by the attendance of the coach of the National Czech Republic team, Ivo Kracik, who coached us through the Regional round of BUCs. It's been great to see the teams improve and our BUCs and Varsity results are a true testament to this. The club has had a rewarding year and continued to feed off of the friendly and competitive ethos that we promote, the year to come looks to be another great one.

Lacrosse The 2017-18 season was one of unprecedented growth and success. This year saw numbers of recruitment for the men’s side soar. The Men’s 2nd team was consistently able to field a team in SEMLA matches. Following this, the Men’s 2nds team has been entered into BUCS for the first time in the club’s history. The Men's second team has been renamed the Oxford Owls from the Iroquois, in line with the progressive US policy. Men's 1st reached the final of the intermediate flags competition for the first time in ten years. The quality of this year’s Mixed new recruits made varsity selection difficult. Mixed hope to build on this next season to deliver some solid performances. The women’s teams worked hard to win both their varsity matches, reflective of the effort put in throughout the season. The women’s Blues victory was a notable achievement, defeating Cambridge for the first time in the memory of all current players by a convincing 8-4.The home varsity

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was a success from an organisational point of view and the club was able to host over 300 spectators and the Uni parks groundsmen were of great help.

This year we have aimed to increase integration, between mixed, men’s and women’s teams has been an aim of this season. This Trinity term, joint weekly stick work sessions have be introduced to prepare us better for next season, but mostly to bring the club closer together as it grows.

The club has also launched the development squad, designed for female players who have not had the chance to pick up lacrosse at school. This squad, organised by current players, aims to coach complete beginners to University standard by their second or third years. New training grounds were found for the men's team, due to rain damaging the uni parks pitches. Six new goals have been purchased for the club, to replace the dilapidated old equipment, as well as some men's personal player equipment, which has incentivised new players to join. The club has functioned without a sponsor. Player subscriptions have surpassed £200 and continuous attempts to secure funding from a sponsor have fallen flat.

The club has invested time into developing an alumni society to secure funding for the future and make the club accessible financially. We opened membership to all old players and created a website. We hope that this will support the sustainability of the club.

Lawn Tennis This year, there was a real focus on social tennis, participation of non-BUCS players and encouraging beginners to take up the sport. We added another group of social tennis members, Advanced+, and provided two hours of coaching each week instead of one. We also began to invite social members to social events and dinners and had more team/social tennis events to ensure this is a recognised part of the club. The success of this is evidenced by almost tripling our social membership and reaching the club's largest ever overall membership.

Our teams performed roughly as expected this year, with Oxford winning 5/9 varsities and a range of BUCS results.

One large change to team tennis is the introduction of a women's fifth team, meaning the club has the same number of men's and women's teams. This year was also the first time the fourth teams competed in Team Challenge, a series of matches against other universities.

Next year we expect to provide this for the fifths as the fourths will be entered into BUCS leagues. The Blues went on tour to Tokyo and have established a relationship with Keio University, who we are looking forward to hosting next year. The second and third teams went to Portugal on another successful tour; the most popular yet.

We have had an uncertain year of sponsorship, but with a healthy ending. We began new partnerships with Oxford Asset Management as a sponsor and Wilson as a kit provider, moving away from Kitlocker. The bulk of the sponsorship money arrived very late in the year, meaning

we had to spend cautiously, but has now arrived and meant we finished the year in a good financial position. The kit from Wilson was well received, despite being slightly more expensive than Nike, and the task for next year will be to iron out the creases in the ordering process.

Despite an unfortunate lack of interest last year, we managed to organise a fantastic alumni dinner at Queen's Club in London. This was well attended, with many alumni commenting after on the success of the evening.

Overall, it has been another successful year for OULTC and we are looking forward to the facilities developments that will hopefully take place over the summer.

Lifesaving 2017-2018 was a fruitful year for the Lifesaving Club. This year we managed to attract five new members, bringing our club to a total of 10 members. Despite being a very small club, we have had a strong bond this year and have capitalised on opportunities to make sport lifesaving a recognised, fun and exciting sport for all levels involved.

We have a lot of members who have come to sport lifesaving with no experience, and those who have competed at a high level previously. As a team sport we are able to draw on the respective strengths of everyone in the team and together grow an increased competitive perspective about fundamental lifesaving skills.

In terms of weekly development we have focused on obtaining the next rank of lifesaving awards as part of the survive and save series.

This has created a strong, disciplined focus on performance according to the RLSS syllabus. Alongside this we have been keen to improve our swimming capabilities, as clearly a core component of the lifesaving sport itself. We are lucky to have in our team a mix of lifeguards, RLSS TA's and a swimming teacher.

Collectively we have used those strengths for the benefit of the team, which has enabled us to progress rapidly. We entered competitions in both Sheffield and Southampton this year. Although we did not place well competitively, it was a valuable experience for all involved. For the first time those who had competed in lifesaving were able to see the structure of the university competitions and the differences that existed.

It gave us a much more competitive team spirit within the club and has motivated all of us to work hard to improve ourselves. It was also a fantastic way to bond as a group and develop together, which is even more remarkable given the range of colleges and age groups represented by our club.

This was a fantastic year for us and we strive to make lifesaving a more competitive, recognised and popular sport next year.

Modern Pentathlon OUMPA’s season began with enthusiasm and a great number of sign-ups at Freshers’ fair. The season kicked

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off with Novice Varsity, this year held in Cambridge. It was time for our newest recruits to show off their skills in this multi-discipline sport. The Oxford Gentlemen won, though the Oxford Ladies unfortunately lost their match, but overall we came away with some exciting new prospects, particularly in the swim. Hilary term started strong, with a corresponding resurgence in attendance at training. Unfortunately, Oxford was unable to podium at BUCS, but still gave a solid performance, with multiple PBs achieved. Cambridge were looking particularly strong at BUCS, motivating the entire Oxford squad to train harder.

Motor Drivers This has been a season of transition for the OUMDC, as we adjusted to the departure of almost all of our recordbreaking team from last year due to graduation. With this in mind, we set relatively conservative goals for this year aiming to recruit a base of new drivers who can develop, which were able to do with a highly successful team trials in Michaelmas.

In the British Universities Karting Championship (BUKC) - motorsport's BUCS analogue - we achieved our goal of qualifying the A team into the fiercely competitive Mains championship, with the B and C teams entering Rookies.

Solid results were achieved across the board, with captain Louis Nicholson scoring a brilliant individual podium.

Cuppers was once more a successful event, with 60 drivers entering and a fiercely competitive race resulting in a win for Magdalen ahead of the much-fancied Trinity squad. At Varsity, a very strong Cambridge team featuring a former national Easykart champion were always favourites, so despite a strong showing in the points we were unable to defend our title from last year with a final score of Cambridge 60 Oxford 36. There was some consolation for club president James King, who finished on the podium for a Half Blue.

The 2018 EY Varsity Match soon approached with strong Blues and Reserves teams across both Gentlemen and Ladies. As ever, the match did no fail to thrill. In the Ladies’ Blues match, the fencing phase finished without a point to separate the two teams, and the Oxford Ladies continued to battle for every point throughout the next two days. Finally, after a convincing combined event, they took the win. The Ladies Reserves took an impressive lead over Cambridge in the swim, and from then on there was no looking back as they cruised to victory in the combined event. In the Gentlemen’s competition, both Blues and Reserves teams unfortunately lost their matches against a Cambridge side that boasted particular strength in the swim. A new addition to this year’s match was the Chris Price cup, awarded to the club with the highest points total across all teams. Sadly, the women’s winning score was not enough to overcome the deficit in the men’s, so Oxford lost the overall match. However, there was some consolation as OUMPA veterans Rosa Chrystie-Lowe and Tommy Lees took impressive individual first places in the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Blues matches.

OUMPA has grown this season with the recruitment of highly enthusiastic novices, and we hope to grow our presence even more as we look forward to an exciting 2018–2019 season.

Looking ahead, the solid base of Rookie drivers we have built up bodes well for the club - in this sport more than most, there is no substitute for experience. We're confident of improving upon our results this year as we head into next season.

Mountaineering The club has made good progress over the last year with an increasing number of active members. Trinity term 2017 was blessed with good weather and, hence, we could climb at Swanage and Pembroke. In Michaelmas we managed to recruit and retain a large number of new climbers This success was largely due to the Rock Hopper 1000 climbs at Brookes generously provided by the Sports Federation. We ran the usual number of three Freshers meets , two to the Peak District and one sport climbing meet (which, unfortunately, had to be cancelled). This followed by a North Wales meet and a Dartmoor Meet. In Hilary term we attended the BUCS national competition and achieved some good top 50 results. We also went to Cambridge for the Varsity competition which we lost.

Alongside the competitions we ran outdoor meets whenever weather permitted, in particular, we went for a winter meet to North Wales. We also held a mountaineering first aid course. Over the Easter vacation we continued the new tradition of an annual club trip to Fontainebleau. Due to the early Easter, however, the conditions were not as good in the previous year. It was, however, a crucial bonding trip for the club and we are looking forward to continuing this tradition in the coming year.

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Netball

Mission statement: 'The Club's objects are the support, development, improvement of netball in the University of Oxford'.

Highlights for each team of the season: Blues team convincingly won varsity match and maintained position in 1st tier BUCS league. 2nd team maintained position in 2nd tier BUCS league, finishing above Cambridge. One particularly successful match saw the Oxford 2nd team beat Nottingham 3rds, who finished top of the league.

The 2nd team also reached the quarter finals of the conference cup - the furthest round they have ever reached! The 3rd team entered the BUCS league for the first time (a big change for OUNC this year). They won their league convincingly (with a 451 goal difference) and have been promoted for next season. The third team also won their varsity match. The club also took all three teams on tour to London in January, playing universities across London. Our captain, Elsa Wakeman and vice-captain Isa Cooper took on the large role of coaching all three teams in the club, because this year we were without a coach.

OUNC also hosted a home varsity this year - a particular highlight was getting 6 of the top umpires (some international umpires) to umpire our varsity matches.

Octopush The 2017/18 season was the most successful season for the club in our history as both our A and B teams reached their highest ever Student Nationals Rankings. Student Nationals took place in Glasgow during the Easter vacation and was organised with very little notice given too teams and thus it was a great achievement for the club to enter 2 teams and have that many people interested in competing and being one of very few universities to do so.

Both teams finished second in their group in the first round with the A team advancing to the top division and the B team getting a place in the second division due to tournament rules. The A team finished 4th in the second stage, never losing by more than 1 goal, which qualified them for the bronze medal play-off match that they won 5-2 against a team who had beaten them in the previous round and securing the club their first ever medal. The B team managed to finish 3rd in their division which gave

them a 9th place finish overall. The club attributes this success to the continued commitment to more training time and increased chances to gain experience against local teams as well as formalising the training process for new players.

The club hosted the Oxford Winter Tournament again which was a great success with more and better teams competing than in previous years; the novice team were even able to win their division beating an experienced student team in the process while the experienced team came 2nd in their division losing only to the eventual student national champions. As well as this the club have just launched their alumni association which will not only help to support the club but hopefully lead to more special events and chances for current members to learn from old ones.

The club has continued to grow its membership this year and hopefully this will continue to improve squad quality and competition for places and drive both teams to continue their upward trajectory.

Orienteering This year's Varsity Match was held in the Peak District.

Oxford claimed victory in the men's race, with Harrison McCartney finally fulfilling his potential by coming home in first place. Harrison was backed up by Aidan Smith (3rd), Jamie Parkinson (4th) and Tim Harrison (6th).

Unfortunately the women were defeated by a strong Cambridge outfit, but Cecilie Andersen and Agnese Baronina claimed 2nd and 5th places respectively.

BUCS was held in Oxford this year and partly organised by club legend the indomitable Jamie Parkinson. The highlights were Jamie's 2nd successive 2nd individual place, Harrison's 5th place and Cecilie's 6th place. Overall, Oxford claimed joint 3rd position.

Away from the major races it has been a strong year for the club. Attendance at weekly races and training has been good, whilst individually club members have been crowned British Sprint and Middle distance champion (Jamie) and have gained GB or England vests (Jamie, Harrison, Cecilie).

Pistol The Oxford University Pistol Club (OUPC) has had a very eventful 2017-18 season. Oxford managed to take back the Small-Bore Varsity trophy in style, with its ‘A’ team winning with a score of 2179, the highest score on record from either side in the history of pistol varsity. Oxford also won the Women’s match, but unfortunately conceded a loss to Cambridge in the ‘B’ team match.

In the Oxfordshire County Pistol Championships, not only did OUPC clinch the Tamesian Tankard for the winning team aggregate, but OUPC members also won champion

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and runners-up positions for each individual match.

Outgoing captain Herman Ahmad set a new record for the rapid match (with scores of 100, 98, 100), won the Macallan International Trophy for the highest individual aggregate and the Sports Pistol and Standard Pistol Shields; incoming captain Igor Wasilewski won the 10metre Air Pistol Shield, and the County Bronze Medal for runner-up in the individual aggregate.

OUPC also made up two of the five members of both the 10-metre and 20-yard pistol Oxfordshire teams (Howell Fu and Thomas Bailey for the former; Howell Fu and Herman Ahmad for the latter). The 20-yard pistol team won the 2018 Inter County Pistol Knockout and clinched the Dysart Trophy, whilst the 10-metre pistol team is still awaiting the results for their Inter County competition.

There were three additions to the shooting calendar this year. Firstly, we entered the Midlands Postal League for the first time. This provided good competition training for freshers and experienced shooters alike, and both our teams placed second in their respective divisions. Secondly, the club also started its very own Universities postal league for 10-metre air pistol amongst other universities in the UK. Thirdly, Imperial College London invited us to a friendly match at their London range. It was a rare opportunity to practice both LSR and gallery rifle, and the warm welcome from the London club made for a thoroughly enjoyable day of shooting. We brought back the victory in the 10 m air pistol (Thomas Bailey) and LSR precision (Chris Slade), as well as an incredible envy of their range facilities.

Polo OUPC continues to flourish through the 2017-2018 season. We have an incredibly strong bedrock of members both playing and social who are regularly involved with the club. Our squad dominated in the majority of the matches entered. Particularly noteworthy success was the Varsity Match where they won 5-3. This was followed by domination in Atlantic Cup too against Harvard, Yale and Cambridge. We have also seen women’s polo grow as the Claire Lucas Cup continues this year and for the first time we now have a ladies match at Guards on the Varsity day.

A fantastic step forward for women in polo! We have 2 teams going to the Nationals in the summer and will also be sending 6 students to China to play in the Tianjin InterUniversity Tournament against the best international universities in the world.

Cuppers have seen even better attendance and level of play this year than previously. We are very lucky to still be supported by La Martina, British Polo Gin and Guards Polo Club. This has enabled us to subsidise lessons, squad training and transport and helps us work to make polo as affordable and inclusive as possible.

Pool & Snooker

2017/18 was a challenging year for OUPSC, coming from the successes of the previous year and having lost some truly fantastic members to graduation. However, the club endured and our members tried their best to make this year just as successful.

We had an increase in the number of paying members of the club and at the start of the year participation was very good, with both regular members and newcomers alike training regularly and coming to competitions.

Unfortunately this wasn't reflected in all our competition results, especially with the poor timing of BUCS meaning we could only bring out one team to each event (unlike last year's 3 for pool and 2 for snooker!). However, the club still achieved some solid results in regional competitions; the 1sts came 3rd overall at the Southern Universities Pool Championship and several players made it to the later stages of the singles competition, while our snooker team reached the quarter finals of both the Midlands cup and the middle tier competition at BUCS. We also had a strong presence in the local leagues, although the snooker team were sadly relegated from division 2 of the ODBSA Monday League after our promotion last year.

Going into next year, we are looking forward to trying some new more structured training and trying to improve our performance even more!

Powerlifting OUPLC has grown in size and stature within the University this year with membership increasing by about 50% to around 100 members and the club has also managed to have a fairly balanced gender split at 60:40 (Male: female). Furthermore, the club has, for the first time, taken a 50:50 gender split squad of 16 to Varsity.

While the club didn't win Varsity it continues to close the gap to Cambridge with a squad who have a lot of development in front of them. Similarly, neither men's or women's BUCS squad achieved qualification for Worlds this year but with large proportions of both squads returning we will be looking for a host of strong performances next year.

The Club has made huge stride forwards in ways which set it up to be competitive in future years and also develop novices more effectively. This year was the first year we had formal coaching and programming prior to Varsity and the first year we have provided programming that novices can follow from the moment they join the club. In addition, this year every member of OUPLC at either BUCS or Varsity was allocated a handler or coach to allow them to compete to their full potential. Through the work of the President Lily Erskine, we also managed to establish a relationship with Sideropolis Powerlifting club in Madrid, and went on tour there in the Christmas Vacation where a group of our members performed in a meet where they showcased their strength. This year we ran a mock meet to help novices gain experience of what it is like to compete and we will be running cuppers at the end of trinity to

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Rackets Despite losing the men's Varsity match 4-2, 2017/18 has brought in a fresh intake of talent and so the club looks to be in good shape going forwards. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, Cambridge were unable to put out a women's team for the Varsity (presumably they were scared of Oxford's destructive pair - Georgie Willis (St Hugh's) was the runner up in the Ladies' World Championship Rackets!). For the men, this was the closest match in many years, and a very high quality Varsity match took place. Oxford should be confident of regaining victory spoils next year!

Real Tennis Most Real Tennis seasons in Oxford are defined by the Varsity Matches at the end of Hilary Term. With a truly thrilling victory in the Men’s match, and a totally dominant performance in the Women’s (not to mention both Seconds’ teams completing the whitewash in true style), 2017/18 has been a season of extraordinary success.

Participation levels are very healthy (70+ students are signed up members), and the depth of talent is strong (as an illustration of this, we are confident that a fourth, or even fifth string men’s, team would have beaten Cambridge’s seconds).

But OUTC is a flourishing club outside of the Varsity matches. We had a fantastic evening in November for the Silver Racket and inaugural Silver Goblet; students have met with success in various intra-club competitions; and the annual student handicap tournament of last Trinity Term was a huge success. Oxford also managed to win the Field Trophy final, and were unfortunate to suffer a defeat to Radley in the Brodie Cup final for the second year in a row. Student matches against other clubs remained popular and sociable occasions. Clubs ranged from local rivals Radley, to places further afield such as Manchester, and stalwarts of the roving clubs included the Jesters, Old Rugbeians, and Old Etonians. The student side also triumphed in OUTC’s annual Town vs Gown!

Rifle The 2016-17 full-bore season saw a very busy summer as always, filled with many individual and team successes. The highlight was of course the Imperial Meeting, where OURC fielded a very strong Humphry team; one of our newest members of the club, Sam Sutton, was awarded a half-blue. We congratulate Cambridge on their performance and are pleased with the advances we have made this year. Similarly, we continue to close the gap in the Chancellors and are targeting our team match skills in target rifle. The Roads Cup, battled with black-powder pistols, was won by Oxford. Special mentions must also go to Hattie Mansell, who achieved third under 25 during the

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Autumn Meeting, Katherine Lightbrown, who was awarded the under 25 trophy for her performance in the Cambridge Cup, and Jonny Page, who has excelled in training with the English Lions Development Squad and recently won the Booth Cup at the English Twenty Spring Meeting.

In the 2017-18 small-bore season, the team put in a huge amount into preparation and individual scores have greatly improved. The matches at the Lord Roberts Centre did not go in OURC’s favour, with Cambridge outcompeting OURC’s strong effort with 1544 against our 1479 in the Heslop. The Bentata was a much more closely fought affair, where Cambridge pipped OURC by just 9 points.

The day wasn’t without some cause for celebration though, as OURC welcomed a new half blue in the form of the top scorer for both matches, Kate Foye with a score of 192. OURC also managed to a field strong teams for the seconds and thirds matches (The Kensington and ExCaptains). Cambridge proved victorious, but many of Oxford’s newer shooters put some brilliant scores down the range, showing some real promise for next year.

The next major event on OURC’s calendar was the Easter Bisley training camp, this year was attended by a record 28 people. None of this would have been without the help of alumni, and members of the NLRC and English XX who braved the horrendous weather to help coach both new and returning shots alike. Thanks go to Tom Rylands, Guy Larcombe, Ben Craig, Ashley Abrahams, Tom Hendriks, James Shepherd, Rosanne Furniss and Mick Silver, for giving up their time to help the club. As Trinity term draws to a close the club continues to work on full-bore, and we are excited for the upcoming Imperial!

Boat (Men) It was particularly disappointing to lose both the Boat Race and the Isis-Goldie Race, the first time this has happened since 2010. Both crews gave a good account of themselves and didn’t give up once they were down, despite not being at full strength due to illness. The crews showed good character, but on the day were defeated by two strong Cambridge crews.

Whilst the final result against Cambridge will always define the club’s year to some extent, there was success throughout the season that should be celebrated. The year began with a positive result at fours head with the top two fours coming away with a second place finish in both the coxed and coxless fours events. This result saw the club beat several of the leading BUCS universities including University of London and Imperial. The coxless four was only beaten by a GB senior team four, and by a narrow margin of 4 seconds.

Across Hilary Term, OUBC had a number of fixtures which showed promise. The Blue Boat had lost Tobias Schroder to illness but managed to convincingly beat Thames RC and University of London. Oxford Brookes

provided strong competition and came out on top in both pieces by a margin of length. This result matched that of Cambridge’s fixture against Oxford Brookes. Isis also managed to beat Thames RC, the same boat that went on to win the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. They had a great day of racing with Imperial, winning one piece and narrowly losing the other two. Isis were also beaten by an impressive Oxford Brookes crew that went on to win BUCS Regatta.

OUBC also enjoyed a very successful season at the GB trials. Tobias Schroder and Felix Drinkall, both freshers, managed to come away with the win at the first GB trial in November beating the next best U23s by 41 seconds.

Vassilis Ragoussis and Iain Mandale also came 9th overall in the pair with Josh Bugajski coming 3rd in the single scull. Felix Drinkall, partnered with Ollie Cook who was a member of the victorious 2017 crew, then went on to come second at the GB pairs regatta in April, narrowly beating Josh Bugajski into third. This performance was unmatched by any other university and earned Josh Bugajski a place in the GB senior team and Felix Drinkall a seat in the coxless four at the u23s that finished 2nd.

Impressively, after six months with glandular fever, Tobias Schroder also earned a seat in the u23 coxed four that finished 5th.

On top of these results at GB trials there were some other performances in particular that point to a very exciting future for OUBC. Six of the eight rowers in this year’s winning trial eight were undergraduates and are all eligible to row next year, three of the six undergraduates were freshers. At Fours’ Head three freshers occupied seats in the top two fours that came second in both the coxless and coxed fours’ events. It will be exciting to see what this strong group at the beginning of their time at Oxford will do over the next few years.

Boat (Women) Throughout this year, the OUWBC made considerable progress - although the results against Cambridge in the 2018 Boat Races were not what we might have wanted, during the season we grew so much stronger as athletes and as a team. Our new Head Coach, Andy Nelder, formerly assistant coach at OUBC, oversaw a programme that pushed all of us to our full potential, which for many of us exceeded our expectations. Many of our most successful athletes this year had learnt to row only one or two years previously with their college boat clubs, and made incredible progress over the course of the season to earn their Blue or Half Blue - a real testament to the ability of the programme to foster home-grown talent in the sport. Although the Boat Race is the pinnacle of our season, our results in other races and fixtures also show that we continue to be one of the fastest women's boat clubs in the country. At Fours' Head of the River in October 2017, our A crew placed 4th and our B crew 9th in the top women's coxed fours category. Across Hilary Term, we had fixtures against University of London Boat

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Club, Oxford Brookes Boat Club and Molsey Boat Club, with both the Blue Boat and Osiris winning the majority of these races. At the beginning of Trinity Term, our outgoing President Kate Erickson raced in BUCS Regatta, coming 6th in the A Final of the Championship Women's Single Sculls event.

Lightweight Rowing (Men) The season kicked off in September with a large group of new triallists, dev squad members, and returners. A good start to the year left us frustrated by a cancelled British Championships, but some good results in other races drove the squad on. Unfortunately, Trial Eights in December was also cancelled, due to snow stranding many athletes and organisers. After a few final days of training we had a short break for Christmas and New Year, before coming back to Wallingford for training camp. A number of match races allowed the crew to be tested alongside an opponent, and develop performance under pressure. In keeping with the theme of weather-related disruption, lots of rain in early March meant that the decision was taken to move the Henley Boat Races to Dorney Lake. On a cold, windy day, both the Blue Boat and our Reserve crew, Nephthys, put in commendable efforts, but unfortunately lost by 1/3L and 3/4L respectively. After a short break the squad regrouped and began training with the new focus of BUCS Regatta. Standout performances led to OULRC coming away with bronze in the Lwt4- and silver in the Lwt8+, with nine athletes earning Full Blues for their efforts, and the 4- qualifying for EUSA. I would encourage anyone who is interested in trialling for OULRC to join

our development squad, or get in touch to find out more.

It is a demanding, but hugely rewarding experience.

Lightweight Rowing (Women) After last Summer Eights, OUWLRC ran a large and successful Development Squad, cumulating in entering several summer regattas, and competed in both sweep and sculling events, despite some of our Development Squad athletes having never sculled before. The seniors also entered 2 lightweight pairs at Henley Women’s Regatta.

The 2017-2018 kicked off with a pre-season camp in Sarnen, Switzerland, which was dedicated to returning athletes and a selection of the Development Squad. This was a lot of fun and highly successful - encouraging squad bonding and helping to achieve a high technical standard early in the season.

We returned to Wallingford ready for Michaelmas term by training in different boat combinations. We entered two W8+ at Upper Thames Autumn Head, finishing 1st and 3rd. The squad kept gaining racing experience on the national scene in Fours Head, where our three coxed four challenged some of the top open-weight crews, with one boat winning the band 3 category. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, both British Championships and Trial Eights were cancelled.

After Christmas, we travelled to Ourense, Spain at the world-class facilities of Laias Caldaria, for a 10-day winter training camp. Water conditions were perfect to begin

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selection for the Blue Boat and Tethys. In the run up to the Lightweight Boat Race, both the Blue Boat and Tethys were able to gain valuable side-by-side experience from a considerable number of match fixtures against some of the top Eights in the country including Molesey, Headington School and Bristol University.

The weather was a strong feature this season and heavy rain and wind forced the Henley Boat races to be relocated to Dorney. Despite a very close race, bravely fought until the end, our Blue Boat lost the 2017 Boat Race by 1/2 a length. We were thrilled that for the first time the reserve race against Cambridge was a coxed four, rather than a pair. The Tethys boat rowed exceptionally and walked through the Cambridge boat, the final verdict was “Easily”. This was the only Oxford boat to be victorious against Cambridge this year, showing that Cambridge clearly have had an exceptional year, and we are incredibly proud of Tethys for this result.

Four weeks later, the Blue Boat produced a courageous performance to win a gold medal in the Championship Lwt 8+ event at BUCS regatta. Our Championship Lwt 2x also came 4th qualifying them for EUSA in July.

In Michaelmas until Varsity in February, the courts were in use at least once a week and often twice for fixtures, with yearly fixtures against the fives playing schools and fives clubs up and down the country offering chances for many of the members of the club to gain some proper match practice. The top end were also able to attend the BUCS tournament with Sid Bhushan and Ben Kirwan reaching the main doubles quarter finals, a significant improvement on last year, while to National U25s, the squad felt strong enough to take six players instead of the usual four.

As a result of increased membership, the club has employed more structured training sessions and more of them to ensure that lots of fives is available to all. Jacob Brubert, Ben Kirwan and Antony Petrenco achieved Half Blues this year from their work in the Top VIII, which also included 4 other Half Blues.

OURFvC are looking forward to next season, where we will look to achieve greater things in tournaments and continue the winning at Varsity. We envisage that Ladies fives will continue going from strength to strength.

Rugby Fives

Rugby League

This year, Rugby Fives at Oxford has been in its strongest position for many years with lots of competition for places in the Men's squad; it was also the first year that a proper training plan was implemented for the entire year with the Ladies' squad. In the VIII, the varsity Match was won for the first time in 7 years against a very strong Cambridge cohort, boasting two Top 10 players in their VIII; the Oxford Beavers also defended their Iron Fist while the ladies put on a far better showing than last year, with the top players, playing at a level not seen in Oxford for a few years.

The transition with Dan Garbutt leaving after 13 years in charge has been smooth, with a very successful season under new head coach Tom James. The Blues have had an overall successful season despite narrowly missing out on promotion to BUCS premiership. Two early season results cost the team, despite winning the last 6 games of the season (including beating division winners Coventry 32-6).

Promotion to BUCS premiership next season is a very realistic target. In the BUCS Trophy we were knocked out in the quarter-finals, with a very depleted squad just 3 days after Varsity. This was very much an opportunity missed.

Despite a week’s postponement due to a frozen pitch the

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Blues recorded a 24-6 victory against a much improved Cambridge side in the rearranged fixture at the HAC, a record 9th successive win. The other big exhibition match of the season (Derby Day) ended in a 32-6 victory over Brookes, in a fixture for which 1800 tickets were pre-sold.

Our 2nd team (the Maroons) had another successful season; the highlight was the 48-10 away win in Varsity as the fixture was able to get into the calendar again after a 4 year absence. Aside from this, some strong performances saw us pipped to promotion by Cambridge and Warwick’s 1st teams, as we finished 3rd in Midlands 2. The team also reached the regional cup final, again beaten by Warwick.

The success of the 2nd team has been coupled with the good participation in the club this year, with over 50 players representing the club.

The club has maintained its strong links with the old boy’s network with an excellent turnout for the annual dinner last week, where we were treated to an entertaining evening with England legend Rob Burrow. Our relationship with the regional RL development officer has strengthened with some players signed up to take RL coaching courses over the summer. The club has also developed a relationship with Hungary RL having played them in a friendly in Budapest last September. This September we will return to take part in an international 9s tournament featuring teams from across Europe. With the squad retaining 12 blues, we eagerly anticipate next season.

Rugby Union Season 2017/18 was a mixed one for OURFC. The Men's Blues enjoyed a highly successful tour to the US in September winning all three matches and returned to the UK to put in some positive performances in Michaelmas Term in the build up to the Varsity Match in December, however come the big day at Twickenham, the squad played below the level expected and Cambridge were deserved winners. Hilary Term was challenging because of adverse weather and a couple of games cancelled, but the games that went ahead saw ver y encouraging performances from a number of younger players stepping up to Blues rugby.

The Women's Blues also enjoyed a successful Michaelmas Term which saw them retain their status in BUCS Premier League South with four victories prior to their Varsity Match. Unfortunately like their male counterparts the day at Twickenham saw them lose out to Cambridge at Varsity, when the weather conditions certainly didn't help their cause. In Hilary Term they completed their BUCS league programme and introduced a number of new players to Blues rugby.

The Men's Greyhounds and Whippets squads had mixed success in Michaelmas Term. Having reached the final the previous season, the Greyhounds unfortunately lost to last years winners Banbury in the 1/4 final of the County Cup whilst the Whippets who had won the County Shield the

previous season all succumbed at the 1/4 final stage losing to eventual runners-up Wheatley. The Greyhounds did however enjoy Varsity success over the Cambridge LX Club, their third in a row, whilst the Whippets overcame Oxford Brookes 2nd XV in the 'Oxford Derby'. The Panthers had a disrupted season with a number of games cancelled due to the weather, which meant they went into their Varsity Match rather under prepared and on a night of torrential rain came off second best to the Cambridge Tigers. The Colleges XV travelled to Grange Road and took the spoils in their respective Varsity encounter with a number of those players joining the university club in Hilary Term. Trinity Term has seen the women's squad continue to run development sessions with numbers still strong, whilst the men look forward to playing in the RAF Centenary 7's being hosted at Iffley Road.

Shorinji Kempo This year the Shorinji Kempo club has both kept its frequent members and welcomed a few newcomers to enjoy the martial art. We have expanded our training hours to include a third spot which we are hoping will result in a wider interest in the sport since more people may be able to join in this way. We hope to continue with our friendly and welcoming atmosphere as a non-competitive and practical martial art which allows for some healthy exercise but also gives important skills in self defence as well as helping each and every member understand themselves and the people around them in a better capacity. We will bring the new academic year in with a new exec and hope to continue introducing people to this less known, but very rewarding, martial art.

Ski & Snowboard At the end of Trinity last year OUSSC held an Alumni dinner at the East India Club, London it was a great venue and there was a good mixture of alumni and current members that attended. The club has been better connected with alumni by sending out emails and termly reports in the sports newsletter via the University development office.

Our start of year fresher’s events were well attended, and we also organised events to view a range of Winter Olympic events. Summer Trip was a success, we returned to Hintertux and were coached by Impulse Racing. New this season, we joined the Blues performance scheme for fitness training and organised an intensive SL training trip to Landgraaf, Holland. The trip could feasibly be further subsidised and extended to freestylers in the future and has the potential to replace term time trips to Hemel Snow Centre . Freestyle has been quiet this year, a trip to Milton Keynes park night was organised, it would be good to build on this with drop-in park sessions on Varsity Trip or trampoline park trips in Oxford.

Unfortunately we were unsuccessful on Varsity in the team events, however we did have some notable individual

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qualification, a factor that contributed to sustained interest in Members’ Training over the year.

performances by Krill Titov, David Schramm, Ben Reeves, Ester Gillespie and Olivia Jones. Natalie Knowles was also invited to compete at the Anglo-Swiss university championships. Hilary term has been relatively quiet for OUSSC due to the cancellation of BUCS, we hope that it will be back next year otherwise we should look into alternative indoor / alpine competitions. The VT-OUSSC contract re-negotiations have been initiated, a firm approach now needs to be decided on within the club based on our initial discussions with Sports Fed and Cambridge. A re-evaluation of the budget is really important for a strong position in the negotiations, we are in a good financial stead to be able to support our current athletes and to develop competitive ski and snowboard within the university.

Although no sponsor was arranged this year, extra funding was received from Sports Fed which will be put towards summer training as training was reduced due to BUCS cancellation. Finally we will be finishing the season with a dinner at Vinnie's and our alumni dinner in London.

Squash OUSRC had a fruitful season despite our loss to Cambridge at the varsity this season, the men going down 2-3 and the women 0-5 in a hard fought match. Both Blues teams placed well in their BUCS leagues, with the Men coming 3rd in the Premiership and the Women coming 2nd in the Midlands 1A League. Our seconds teams, the Squirrels and the Ferrets also had a fulfilling season, culminating in a tough varsity match with the men winning 8-7 and women losing narrowly by 5-7.

The club’s annual fixtures with the Jesters, Escorts and Chesham Bois have remained beneficial to the teams, especially in the lead up to varsity. Notably, the Escorts fixture featured our first Women’s fixture this year, something the club hopes to continue.

Membership has remained strong and sustained this season, especially through the newly introduced ladder and increased attendance at Members’ Training, a scheme whereby squad members help coach beginner members of the club. This season, the club sponsored one of our squad members, Ed Burn, to undertake a coaching

The club is grateful to our coach, Ben Rosec, for his teachings throughout the season, as well as to our Senior Members Mike Sauvage and Ken Reid for their guidance.

The club would also like to express thanks to Sports Federation, especially for the commencement of refurbishments to the squash courts which will undoubtedly contribute towards a conducive environment for trainings and to prevent injuries amongst our players.

OUSRC had a fruitful season despite our loss to Cambridge at the varsity this season, the men going down 2-3 and the women 0-5 in a hard fought match. Both Blues teams placed well in their BUCS leagues, with the Men coming 3rd in the Premiership and the Women coming 2nd in the Midlands 1A League. Our seconds teams, the Squirrels and the Ferrets also had a fulfilling season, culminating in a tough varsity match with the men winning 8-7 and women losing narrowly by 5-7.

The club’s annual fixtures with the Jesters, Escorts and Chesham Bois have remained beneficial to the teams, especially in the lead up to varsity. Notably, the Escorts fixture featured our first Women’s fixture this year, something the club hopes to continue.

Membership has remained strong and sustained this season, especially through the newly introduced ladder and increased attendance at Members’ Training, a scheme whereby squad members help coach beginner members of the club. This season, the club sponsored one of our squad members, Ed Burn, to undertake a coaching qualification, a factor that contributed to sustained interest in Members’ Training over the year.

The club is grateful to our coach, Ben Rosec, for his teachings throughout the season, as well as to our Senior Members Mike Sauvage and Ken Reid for their guidance.

The club would also like to express thanks to Sports Federation, especially for the commencement of refurbishments to the squash courts which will undoubtedly contribute towards a conducive environment for trainings and to prevent injuries amongst our players.

Sulkido Sul Ki Do had a stellar 2017-2018, set up by a large intake of new members whose perseverance and tenacity let them progress rapidly throughout the year, and ensuring the club continues to deliver both technically and socially.

Training takes place three times a week at Iffley Road, in which our Instructors teach kicks, breakfalls, forms, and hand techniques. As well as three memorable Gradings, in which almost every member of the Oxford Club successfully broke (breaking a wooden board with various kicks requires considerable speed and power and forms an integral part of grading for a new belt), this year was marked by an initiative to make Instructors' Sessions more inclusive, exposing more members to direct training from

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Masters who have been studying Sul Ki Do and martial arts for decades, and who enjoy putting members through their paces, which we hope to continue! Most members are now able to or well on the way towards performing more acrobatic techniques such as kip-ups, hand-springs, rolls and flips. On the social side of things, our annual Coloured Belt Pub Crawl was highly well-attended and memorable as it usually is! We would like to thank all our Instructors for all their hard work throughout the year, and encourage anyone who is even remotely interested in martial arts to try Sul Ki Do: as a small but rapidly expanding martial art, few have heard of us when they begin, but most who try it love it and stay on!

Swimming There were three main successes for OUSC in 2017-2018.

Firstly the Blues team managed to retain the Blues Varsity trophy by tieing with Cambridge to give an overall score of 90-90. The Women's team remains particularly dominant, winning their part of the Blues match for the 7th year running with an overall score of 50 to Oxford 40 to Cambridge. The Blues team have been trying to form connections with City of Oxford Swimming Club for a number of years and we are pleased to report that this year we have entered into a coaching partnership to gain two new coaches, Zichen Liu and Fabian Whitbread. Their training program was fresh and insightful and OUSC look forward to continuing this relationship in future years.

Secondly, over the last few years the 2nds team has rapidly expanded and progressed to form a team with standard right up to blues level. This year saw the return of the 2nds (Dolphins) match for the first time in over 40 years and marks a very exciting point in OUSC history. The Dolphins won their Varsity match against the Tadpoles (Cambridge 2nds team) by 104 to 76. We look forward to seeing the 2nds team continue to grow over the following years. Lastly, in July 2018 the 11th biannual Cross Channel Open water Varsity Relay will take place, starting from Dover and (hopefully) ending somewhere on the French coast.

Sponsorship and Publicity Officer. This helped to relieve the financial burden for the competitors taking part.

Table Tennis This year OUTTC has gone from strength to strength.

With the committee introducing student-led training schedules and footwork drills, plus nutrition and conditioning training from the Blues Performance Scheme, the club had all the key elements of success up for grabs this year.

After a promising Squad Trials in October, the team of 12 Men and 6 Women met their first competition in November with force. Other competitors at the BUCS National Individuals Tournament were rattled by our persistent (and loud!) support for each other and indeed our standard of play. Leading the way for OUTTC, 4 of the women made the last 64 including Captain, Ali Cheung, who reached the last 32. Following closely behind, the mens team saw 3 men through to the last 64 after some extremely unlucky draws in the group stages. Since the semi-finals of the tournament were dominated by international players, we’re extremely proud of how far we made it through the competition.

With such a positive experienced in the bag, preparations move towards Town v Gown. For many, this was a trial run of Varsity and the team did not disappoint. With a Mens county team up against Oxford 1st, the games were tight and exciting. The strength of the town team filtered down into all of their teams who usually destroy the women's’ team 12-0…this year however all Oxford teams won their Town v Gown matches writing the record into the history books!

Finally, it was the turn of the Varsity Match. After struggling through 4 games which fell against Oxford at deuce in the 5th set, the Mens 1sts unfortunately lost 1-9.

Contrary to this, mens 2nds made up for it with a 9-1 win.

With the women's team having won a total of 4 out of 50 games against Cambridge since 2012, the challenge was Himalayan. Reaching the final two matches, the score line was 4-4, could a win be on the cards for the women's team?! Unfortunately, the match ended in the first 5-5 draw since 1994.

Having begun renovations on beginners’ provision in the club, we’re expanding to a development squad next year and plan to overcome the divide between squad and casual players. Next year certainly promises to be a year of consolidation for OUTTC!

TaeKwon-Do

We are pleased to say that this year we managed to secure £2000 worth of funding thanks to our tireless

OUTKD had a very successful year. We started the season well, with 5 of our members bringing back 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 3 bronze medals between them from the UKTA English Open in November. In Hilary term we held our annual Varsity training camp at the end of 1st

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week. We hosted an exchange training session with Warwick TaeKwon-Do the week before Varsity, giving our squad members an opportunity to fight an unfamiliar opponent on the 8x8 ring of mats. We then went on to beat Cambridge the following weekend, without conceding a single one of the 15 individual bouts and bringing home the Women's and Men's shields as well as the overall trophy. This is our 11th consecutive Varsity win against Cambridge. Sadly in Trinity term one of our club members and two time squad member passed away. He started TaeKwon-Do as a beginner and went on to win both his Varsity bouts. He is sorely missed by the OUTKD community, many of which were very close to him.

Starting from next year we will be awarding a trophy to an outstanding newcomer/beginner in honour of Joel's memory.

was due in part to our excellent B team, all of whom were of the standard required to compete on the A team.

Tai Chi

Triathlon

The Tai Chi club welcomed several new members this year as well as retaining old hands. We have held regular weekly sessions throughout term time, along with most members attending additional sessions each week or outside of term. In these sessions we practise Tai Chi form (stylised sequenced movements to train correct body control for martial applications), along with exercises to improve responsiveness to partners/opponents' movements. We also do regular combat training, including boxing with pads and pushing hands exercises each week. We welcome new members who are keen to try Tai Chi and get involved next year, whether newcomers or experienced.

After the Oxford whitewash at Varsity in 2017, the pressure was on to continue OUTriC's streak of varsity dominance. But how do you top a performance where all the men and women's teams win? The answer is by winning them all again AND placing 1st 2nd and 3rd in both the men and women's races!

We had a sensational A team this year with Emma Richardson and Megan Edwards taking overall 1st and 2nd at varsity by a significant margin. The C team, traditionally walked over by Cambridge, improved hugely this year narrowing Cambridge's lead in this category to only 0.3! A special mention to Tom Clennett who took 1st place in the team C competition despite not completing 20 moves!

We are hugely grateful to the support we have received from our coaches, student coaches, committee, alumni and the SportsFederation. We hope to continue the growing tradition of trampolining in Oxford and building on our successes as a team and for individuals.

Trampolining We have had another exciting year of club growth and improvement, building on the success of 2016-17. The club secured ÂŁ10,000 of funding from Sport England for the purchase of a 4x4 Eurotramp Ultimate, increasing the number of trampolines to 4 and providing our members with access to the best trampoline currently available in the world. This has been transformative for the club, allowing the most advanced members to practise high level skills and giving other competitors experience on these competition standard trampolines. Combined with the repair of our Continental trampoline, the club's capacity for members has been able to increase allowing everyone to have more bed time.

We have also invested heavily in training more of our students to become coaches. Jazz Doble and Tom Clennett are both Level 3 Module 2 coaches, allowing us to coach high difficulty skills in 3/4 sessions per week compared to just 1/3 in the previous year. This has really helped our members to improve and the pay off has been evident in performance at competitions. In the Southern Universities Trampoline League we saw medals from: Emma Richardson (2nd S1) Megan Edwards (2nd S3 and a close 4th S2) and Philip Baker (3rd S3). We also beat Cambridge for a consecutive year in our varsity match by a considerable margin with 470.4 to their 452.2. This win

The 2017-18 season started promisingly at BUCS duathlon, where OUTriC brought the 2nd greatest number of athletes of all universities. This is testament to the hard work put in early by the committee, led by president, Angus Young, ensuring OUTriC is open to all. Sophia Saller took the win for Oxford, leading our women’s team

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of Lucy Farquhar and Lizzie Sandham to finish third overall.

Varsity duathlon provided an opportunity to go head-tohead with Cambridge ahead of Varsity triathlon. This contest ended in a 3-3 draw in the team competitions, with Oxford winning both the men and women’s blues matches.

David Pearson, Eddie Rolls and Matt Kerin put in strong performances to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively while Sophia, Dani Edmunds and Cecilia Karlsson finished 1st, 2nd and 4th.

The first competition of the triathlon season was BUCS sprint triathlon, where, as usual, international athletes from universities across the country came out to race. The OUTriC teams put in strong performances all round on an unseasonably hot day in preparation for Varsity triathlon, which came just the weekend after. David Pearson made the full-blue criteria, finishing in 24th place and Laura Fenwick completed her last race for OUTriC in style, finishing 22nd.

Once again, Varsity triathlon did not disappoint. Sophia finished in 1st place, adding another blue to her collection, Alice Gooda proved that hard work pays off, finishing in 2nd place and improving hugely on her performance last year. Dani rounded of the Blues team. The men’s race was won by David, who brought it home after a superb bike split. David finishes his time at Oxford with a welldeserved full-blue. Only a sprint finish could separate Tom Lewin and Joe Bowness, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. All six athletes earned half-blues.

It was the perfect end to another season for OUTriC. None of this would have been possible without our coaches, George Edwards and Laura Fenwick, who worked tirelessly all year to inspire and push countless triathletes of all abilities. Looking to next year, we’re all wondering how OUTriC can possibly top 2018’s varsity performance!

Ultimate This year we concentrated on development as there were many key members of the club that will be leaving soon, especially women. We tried to attract more female 1st years by splitting into single-gendered drills and games during the open-to-all trainings as this has been shown to retain female beginners. We entered our very first beginners tournament, most of the attendees of which are still coming to training. We took on brand new players with potential into our experienced trainings to show them what high-level ultimate looks like and those have been improving massively. We also took a team to a club tournament made up of mainly beginners for more outdoor ultimate experience.

teams came 7th and 13th, respectively. We sent 2 teams to men’s and women’s indoor regionals. The men’s 1st team won the region, qualifying for division 1 nationals, the 2nd team coming 12th. The women’s 1st team came 4th and qualified for nationals while the 2nd team came 20th. At indoor nationals the mixed team came 9th, the men’s team came 10th and the women’s team came 14th.

In the outdoor season, the men came 4th in their league of 6 teams (Midlands 1A) and will remain in the upper division next year (this was the aim for the year), and came 2nd at division 2 men’s nationals. The women also came 2nd in division 2 outdoor nationals. Mixed outdoor nationals was unfortunately cancelled. In total, we won 56 BUCS points for the university.

Oxford also received the following places in the spirit of the game this year. The mixed indoor 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams coming 9th, 12th and 8th, respectively, at regionals and the 1st team coming 14th at nationals. The men’s indoor 1st and 2nd teams coming last (unfortunately) and 10th, respectively, at regionals and the 1st team coming 2nd at nationals. The women’s 1st and 2nd indoor teams coming 1st and 5th, respectively, at regionals and the 1st team coming 7th at nationals. Lastly, at outdoor nationals, the men’s team came 1st in their division and the women’s team came joint 2nd in their division.

Underwater Exploration Group We have had a successful year of diving, with club members completing 1,320 dives across 51 expeditions spanning the length and breadth of the UK and beyond.

Among these, we have run a number of trips accessible to our newest divers including a summer expedition to Jersey, weekends in Plymouth, Pembrokeshire and Portland, and day trips Swanage, Vobster, Stoney Cove and Eastbourne.

We've also had lots of opportunities for more advanced diving, including a summer expedition to Scapa Flow in Orkney to enjoy some of the world's best wreck diving, a warm water expedition to the Red Sea, and – with the help of a Sports Fed grant – a trip to locate and dive a previously undiscovered wreck of a German submarine at Great Yarmouth.

The results this year were promising. We sent 3 teams to mixed indoor regionals, the 1st team winning the region and qualifying for division 1 nationals. The 2nd and 3rd

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This year we have had club members qualifying across four BSAC diver grades: Ocean Diver, Sports Diver, Dive Leader and Advanced Diver. Alongside running theory, pool and open water training for progression through these qualifications we have organised a number of skills development courses including Drysuit, Nitrox and Boathandling.

We have had a particularly strong year for the progression of advanced training within the club. Ten individuals re working towards becoming Dive Leaders and a number of club members have undertaken instructor qualifications: this year, four people have completed their Instructor Foundation Course, three people have taken their Open Water Instructor Course, and one person has completed the Advanced Instructor Foundation Course.

We have continued to benefit hugely from use of our club RHIB, Seahorse, for both training and diving. This year we received funding for dry-stack storage of Seahorse in Plymouth, thanks to the Sports Centre building project.

This funding has now come to an end, though we have not yet regained access to adequate boat storage in Oxford.

This year has also been a successful one for club participation. Half of our committee positions have been filled by trainee or newly qualified Ocean Divers and Sports Divers. This has enabled newer club members to develop a range of organisational and technical skills through taking responsibility for running different areas of the club. We have also had particular success in the progression of female divers. This is a positive step in increasing the diversity of role models within OUUEG and within scuba diving more generally.

Walking The Walking Club’s year involved the usual mix of local walks in Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside, with weekend minibus trips away to destinations further afield.

Michaelmas started with a great turnout and some fine early autumn weather for our Freshers’ walk in the Malvern Hills. There were weekend trips to Snowdonia and the Lake District, with the Snowdonia trip succeeding to brave the wrath of Storm Brian! The term was rounded off with a day trip to Stonehenge, taking advantage of a weekend without MOD activity to include some of Salisbury Plain.

Hilary saw another Snowdonia trip, which in stark contrast to the first saw 2 days of bright sunshine and clear skies, quite a rarity for Wales in February! Unfortunately a planned South Downs trip was not so lucky and had to be cancelled due to the tremendous snowstorm that blocked half the country, but day trips to the Jurassic Coast and Shropshire Hills AONB went ahead.

During Trinity term, the club led glorious trips to Dartmoor, the Wye Valley and the Brecon Beacons; during the latter, the team successfully conquered 'Sugar Loaf Mountain' and Waun Fach in two days of bright sun and high temperatures. Two other trips, one to the Black Mountains and a long-awaited five-days long trip to the Isle of Skye, will take place over the summer. A lack of drivers forced us to cancel a trip to Cornwall, but three new drivers just passed the test and this will ensure us a renewed fleet of drivers for the coming year. Despite the absence of an archivist, several local walks were organised and the clement weather ensured us large crowds. Now a newly appointed archivist is ready to pick up the torch.

Finally, we joined forces with Cambridge's Rambling Club for a local walk in the Chilterns.

Leader training in Michaelmas and Hilary was very successful, with a Mountain Skills training course for 12 new leaders run by Freedom Outdoors in Snowdonia, as well as our annual outdoor first aid course here in Oxford run by George Fell.

Water Polo This year has been a fantastic year for Oxford Water Polo.

With the incoming Captaincy teams of Freddie North and Ajay Kapur (Mens' 1s, VC), Lucy Wright and Jodie White (Women's, VC), and Jack Counsell (2s) there was a drive to not only perform highly, but make the training programme one which allows new players to learn and current players to excel. Petar Momcilovic joined the Men as head coach, bringing with him years of experience as a talented player and coach; and Dominic McLoughlin joined the Women as Assistant Coach at Christmas. Kyle Bennet and Sy Wiggall also joined the club as Strength and Conditioning coaches through the new Blues Performance scheme.

The Men had a stellar season and took win after win throughout the season, including against Cardiff, University of West England, and Edinburgh who are all traditionally strong sides. 2 losses, 1 draw, and 7 wins secured them the top spot in Premier South- a feat not achieved since the leagues inception. The Second team placed third in Midlands 2A, narrowly missing out on promotion due to an away walkover and injuries. A spectacular season under the Captaincy of departing goalkeeper Jack Counsell leaves a lot of promise for the coming season. The Women had a truly phenomenal season, losing only a single game all season in BUCS, and undefeated all season in UPolo. In no small part this was affected by a training tour in Edinburgh organised by nowPresident Jodie White, which allowed for intensive training over the Christmas Vacation in preparation for Varsity.

Narrow losses to Bath in the Premier South Division playoffs denied them promotion, but envision great things for the coming season.

Notable mentions are Richard O’Halloran, Joseph Ortiz, Seh Woon Neo, Anna Syzsko, Hannah Wilson, and

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Charlotte Newman; for their consistently outstanding performance in games throughout the season.

Particular thanks during this season go to Dom McLoughlin for his continual support to Women’s Water Polo- his dedication and coaching talent are demonstrated by the results they’ve had this year. I would also like to thank James Felce for his continued input as Senior Member, OUSC for being our best fans, Neptune for their continued financial support, and the Oxford University Swimming and Water Polo Association (OUSWPA) for their long-term backing of the club going forward.

Windsurfing We have had another good year, getting lots of windsurfing in and having lots of fun. We also had great success in competition. Although the weather hasn’t always been on our side this year, we have made the most of when the wind blows. This year we have run events both at Farmoor reservoir near Oxford and further afield, both in the UK and abroad.

One of the main aims of the club is to introduce people to windsurfing and help them improve. This year we ran a beginner’s day in Michaelmas and will be running further beginner’s days this Trinity term. On our Michaelmas beginner’s day we had light wind, which suited the beginners perfectly and we saw some great progress.

We also provide kit at Farmoor reservoir for experienced windsurfers to use whenever the wind blows. Thanks to a lot of work by the committee fixing and improving the kit, we have had an increase in the number of members taking up this opportunity. As the summer approaches and the water is warming up, we expect to see more members taking up this opportunity.

Our first trip of the year was to the Aussie Kiss student windsurfing festival in Devon. It was a very wet and windy weekend which made for some grim camping, but the quality of the windsurfing more than made up for this and it was a great introduction for the freshers to the club and the student windsurfing scene.

During the Easter vacation, we had a trip to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands with the Cambridge windsurfers. We had a week of amazing wind, which helped all of us to make big steps, whether it is getting on the board for the first time, getting into the footstraps or a planing carve gybe.

We concluded our year with the Varsity race held at Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford. Although it was difficult in the very light winds, the Oxford team triumphed and reclaimed the trophy for the first time in 5 years. The second team races were closer, but Oxford held on to the seconds trophy, taking a clean sweep.

Yacht The Yachting section have had another successful year in 2017-18. We have seen increased participation of both women and dinghy section sailors in our squad, which has strengthened our club's reputation for female access and allowed for transferrable knowledge in sailing to be utilised more effectively across both sections respectively. Half of our crew at BUCS were women (the highest proportion in the circuit) and also half of our crew had taken part in the Dinghy team racing nationals. We have won the Trophy fleet this year, and once again beaten Cambridge at our Varsity match. Crew members have participated in numerous national and international offshore racing, the most recent and impressive of which was our circumnavigation of the British Isles in the legendary Round Britain and Ireland Race (RBI). We have increased our member intake from the year before. We are lucky to have a significant degree of retention of talent and knowledge across the years thanks to our successful integration of a wide range of year groups, from Undergrad freshers to post-grads.

The Dinghy Section of OUYC have had another solid year, dedicated mostly toward consolidating our very young squad. We have sustained our results at the mixed team racing nationals despite having temporarily 'lost' one of our three first team helms to illness. Our women's team have once again come back victorious from Scotland, winning the women's team racing nationals for another consecutive year. We are very pleased to have a majority of women in our first mixed team, something which is as positive as it is unusual in the circuit and the discipline more widely. Two of our first women's team were proud participants of this year's 'This Girl Can' campaign, something which we wish to repeat in future. We hope that our example continues to show how access for women in sailing and sport more generally should continue the course it seems to be holding at the moment. Despite not being reflected in the results, our performance at Varsity showed significant improvement, with competitive team racing all-round. Next year, we hope, will see the end of the 'consolidation' phase and bring about one of 'polishing', in which our huge potential talent will be more adequately reflected in our results. We have established periodic training weekends with other universities - some of which were coached - to maximise the overall quality of our training. We have introduced a system of beginner sailing courses in Michaelmas and Trinity Term to widen our club's reach - and that of sailing itself - within our university with great success. We have taken part in prestigious university regattas overseas, most notably in China and Japan, the latter of which is the result of our very positive relationship with Doshisha University Sailing Club.

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Varsity Results Club

Match

Result

Score

Boxing

Men

Lost

6 - 3

Boxing

Women

Lost

2 - 1

Canoe &

Men's Polo Women's

Lost

3,0

112 - 100

Kayak Canoe & Kayak

Polo

Lost

6,2

Lost

28 - 34

Cheerleading

Mixed

Lost

Women

Drew

7 - 7

Men

Won

Badminton

Men

Won

14 - 1

Women

Won

Badminton

Women

Won

14 - 1

Shoo;ng Contemporary

Baseball

Mixed

Lost

10 - 14

Dance

Mixed

Won

Basketball

Men

Won

65 - 59

Cricket

Basketball

Women

Won

54 - 49

Club

Match

Result

Score

Men

Won

48 - 6

Archery

Mixed

Lost

Athle;cs

Men

Won

118 - 93

Athle;cs

Women

Won

Men

American Football

Australian Rules Football Australian Rules Football

Clay Pigeon Shoo;ng Clay Pigeon

Men 4 Day

Won

9 wickets

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Club Cricket

Match Women 1 Day

Result

Score

Club

Match

Result

Score

Won

188 runs

Karate

Men

Lost

18 - 84

Karate

Women

Won

67 - 35

Kendo

Mixed

Won

8 - 0

Kickboxing

Mixed

Lost

1 -2

Kor]all

Mixed

Won

18 - 8

Lacrosse

Men

Won

9 - 8

Lacrosse

Women

Won

8 - 4

Lacrosse

Mixed

Lost

4 - 11

Lawn Tennis

Men

Lost

19 - 2

Lawn Tennis

Women

Won

16 - 5

Men

Lost

Women

Won

Mixed

Lost

Men

Lost

Women

Lost

Croquet

Men

Won

7 - 2

Cross Country

Men

Won

41 - 37

Cross Country

Women

Won

34 - 23

Cycling

Men

Lost

Cycling

Women

Lost

Dancesport

Men

Lost

Dancesport

Women

Lost

Equestrian

Mixed

Won

Eton Fives

Men

Won

3 - 0

Eton Fives

Women

Won

3 - 0

Fencing

Men

Lost

128 - 130

Fencing

Women

Won

108 - 98

Football

Men

Won

3 - 0 3 -3 (won

Football

Women

Won

Modern Pentathlon Modern Pentathlon Motor Drivers Mountaineeri

on

ng Mountaineeri

penal;es)

ng

Gliding

Mixed

Won

570 - 555

Netball

Women

Won

Golf

Men

Lost

5.5 - 9.5

Orienteering

Men

Won

Golf

Womens

Lost

2 - 7

Orienteering

Women

Lost

Gymnas;cs

Men

Lost

Gymnas;cs

Women

Lost

Handball

Men

Lost

29 - 31

Handball

Women

Won

16 - 14

Hockey

Men

Won

3 - 1

Hockey

Women

Won

2 - 1

Snooker Pool &

Ice Hockey

Men

Won

4 - 3

Snooker

Ice Hockey

Women

Lost

16 - 2

Jiu Jitsu

Mixed

Won

2 - 1

Judo

Men

Won

5 - 2

Judo

Women

Won

3 - 2

Pistol

Smallbore

Won

27,348 - 26,120 22,948 - 22,836 60 - 36

49 - 39

2179 - 2143 1523 -

Pistol

Full-bore

Won

Polo

Mixed

Won

5 - 3

Men

Lost

42 - 48

Women

Won

26 - 16

Powerliaing

Men

Lost

Powerliaing

Women

Lost

Rackets

Men

Lost

Pool &

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3023 - 3257 3023 - 3257 2 - 4

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Club

Match

Result

Score

Club

Match

Result

Score

Rackets

Women

Won

Default

Ul;mate

Men

Won

12 - 11

Real Tennis

Men

Won

4 - 3

Ul;mate

Women

Won

11 - 5

Real Tennis

Women

Won

6 - 0

Ul;mate

Mixed

Lost

6 - 7

Rifle

Mixed

Lost

1479 -

Volleyball

Men

Lost

1 - 3

Volleyball

Women

Lost

2 -3

Rowing - Lightweight Rowing - Lightweight Rowing - Openweight Rowing - Openweight

1544

Men

Lost

1/3 length

Women

Lost

1/2 length

Men

Lost

3 lengths

Women

Lost

7 lengths

Rugby Fives

Men

Won

260 - 222

Rugby Fives

Women

Lost

181 - 33

Men

Lost

10 - 20

Women

Lost

0 - 24

Men

Won

24 - 6

Men

Lost

19.26s

Women

Lost

38.28s

Squash

Men

Lost

2 - 3

Squash

Women

Lost

0 - 5

Swimming

Men

Lost

40

Swimming

Women

Won

50

Table Tennis

Men

Lost

1 - 9

Table Tennis

Women

Drew

5 -5

TaeKwon-Do

Men

Won

5 - 0

TaeKwon-Do

Women

Won

5 - 0

Trampoline

Mixed

Won

Triathlon

Men

Won

Triathlon

Women

Won

Rugby Football Rugby Football Rugby League Ski & Snowboard Ski & Snowboard

13 - 13 Water Polo

Men

Won

(won on penal;es)

Water Polo

Women

Won

7 - 6

Windsurf

Mixed

Won

26 - 16

Won

5 - 0

Lost

0 - 4

Yacht Yacht

Mixed Yacht Mixed Dinghy

162.15 - 151.50

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