On Sunday afternoon, Women’s Blue Meryem Arik (Somerville), with very little preparation, took to her ergo and rowed a distance of 26.26km in approx. 2hrs in aid of Women’s Aid (a domestic abuse charity who are finding it hard due to the COVID-19 situation). Meryem has so far raised just over £1000 but would appreciate […]
Month: April 2020
Former Scotland captain battling adversity to raise money for NHS charities
Mike Biggar the 70-year-old, former Captain of Scotland who gained 24 caps between 1975 and 1980 but was in a near-fatal car crash in 1992, is battling his limited mobility after being inspired by the efforts of Captain Tom Moore, the 99-year-old veteran who raised more than £27m by walking lengths of his garden. Biggar […]
OURFC player doing his bit – Pt. 2
Fourth year medical student Josh Navarajasegaran (Merton) has been volunteering at the John Radcliffe Hospital since the country went in to ‘lock-down’. Josh been offering his services within the pharmacy at the hospital helping to deliver drugs & medicines for patients to all the wards around the hospital. So lots of walking around the hospital […]
OURFC player doing his bit
Somerville 5th year medical student John Aaron Henry who has won three Blues, is ‘doing his bit’ at these difficult times. Aaron is currently working alongside other Oxford University medical students, to help with work on the new corona-virus vaccine. As there is a pressing need for a vaccine as soon as possible, he and the […]
OURFC saddened to announce the passing of James Ramsden
OURFC’s oldest surviving Blue, James Ramsden, passed away on Sunday 29th March aged 96, having played in the first Varsity Match after the second world war in December 1945. He attended Eton College before reading Classics at Trinity College and on leaving Oxford went on to enjoy a long and illustrious political career, including serving […]