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Latest News - Torpids Results 2010
W1 Torpids Headship Crew 2010
Welcome to Magdalen College Boat Club, one of the premier Boat Clubs in Oxford. Magdalen has a long tradition of rowing and the Boat Club celebrated its 150th anniversary this year. The tremendous success that Magdalen has achieved in the inter-collegiate bumps competitions, Torpids and Summer Eights, as well as in external events from Henley Royal Regatta to the Olympics, puts Magdalen College Boat Club among the very best in Oxford rowing – and indeed rowing generally. Magdalen also has a very strong association with the University squads, and has an enviable record of supplying oarsmen for Blue Boat crews to race against Cambridge.
In recent years, Magdalen has been a prolific force in Oxford bumps racing, with the men Head of the River in Torpids in 2008 and having been Head in Summer Eights for four of the last six years. Women’s rowing is also very strong, with the 1st boat Head of the River in Torpids, and bumping up to 7th in Summer Eights last year. Magdalen prides itself on providing the very best in equipment and professional coaching - the coaching team is currently headed by Donald Legget, a Cambridge University Boat Club coach for over 40 years and former coach of several Olympic and World Championship crews.
There is great strength in depth within the club, and we frequently field six eights of novices for Christ Church Regatta in Michaelmas term. Most people have never rowed before coming to Oxford and there is room for people of all abilities – Magdalen typically puts out at least four men’s boats and two women’s boats for Torpids and Summer Eights with great success. Indeed, five of the 2008 men’s 1st boat which took the Torpids Headship had never rowed before coming to Magdalen.
If you are interested in rowing at Magdalen, please don’t hesitate to contact Captain of Boats, Paul King.
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