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Eights Week
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Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main intercollegiate rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in Ma
Summer Eights May 2009 Men's Division 1, showing racing between (from front) Keble College, New College, St Edmund Hall
Summer Eights May 2009 Men's Division 1, showing racing between (from front) Keble College, New College, St Edmund Hall
A busy riverbank scene as a boat is returned to one of the college boathouses in Summer Eights 1982
A busy riverbank scene as a boat is returned to one of the college boathouses in Summer Eights 1982
The scene at Boathouse Island during Summer Eights 2005, crammed with spectators awaiting the next race
The scene at Boathouse Island during Summer Eights 2005, crammed with spectators awaiting the next race
The earliest-known scene of a race between two eight-oared boats at Oxford University. It has been suggested that the picture shows the "disputed bump
The earliest-known scene of a race between two eight-oared boats at Oxford University. It has been suggested that the picture shows the "disputed bump" of 1822 in a race between Jesus College and Brasenose College, but this is uncertain.
Torpids
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Torpids is one of two series of bumping races, a type of rowing race, held yearly at Oxford University; the other is Eights Week. More than 130 men's and women's crews race for their colleges in twelv
Eights Week
…the first time since the Second World War. In the year after, Summer Eights were replaced by Summer Torpids, which was held instead because the 2021 Torpids races were also cancelled due to the pandemic response. Both Summer Eights and Torpids resumed as regular in 2022, using the college rankings from the…
The double headship winning Oriel Men's and Women's Eights crews in 2006.
The double headship winning Oriel Men's and Women's Eights crews in 2006.
Men's Division I, places 2 to 5, 2005
Men's Division I, places 2 to 5, 2005
New College with a broken rudder and bow oar on Saturday, 2008
New College with a broken rudder and bow oar on Saturday, 2008
Balliol bump St Catherine's, 2010
Balliol bump St Catherine's, 2010