Former Oxford Blue Will Ellerby (2001), put together a team of five Oxford Alumni plus one, to run the length of the River Thames non-stop from the Source to the Thames Barrier in aid of the British Heath Foundation on the weekend of the 24th-25th July. The team completed the route as a non-stop relay by splitting the […]
Month: July 2021
2021/22 Men’s Blues Captain
On Sunday evening 2021 Men’s Blues Varsity squad met to elect the 2021/22 Captain, for a season which will once again look a it different to recent ones with the Varsity Matches being played at the end of Hilary Term on Saturday 2nd April. Louis Jackson was elected, Team Secretary elections will now take place […]
Marcus Dahl is isolating for UNICEF-COVAX
By Luke Milsom Marcus Dahl (OURFC Touch) decided that getting infected once with Covid, just wasn’t enough to really get the full experience — and so he managed to convince some doctors to re-infect him… for science… and in Marcus’s case, charity. As the man himself says: “Today (16 July), I have entered isolation as […]
INTO BATTLE; THE TRUE STORY OF A BITTER FEUD AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Into Battle, Hugh Salmon’s debut play inspired by the story of Ronnie Poulton-Palmer, one of England and Oxford’s greatest rugby players, is now scheduled for 7-31 October at Greenwich Theatre. A timely reminder of how people can be brought together by adversity, it will now be one of the […]
2021/22 WOMEN’S BLUES CAPTAIN
On Monday evening the 2021 Women’s Blues Varsity squad met to elect the 2021/22 Captain and Team Secretary’s, for a season which will once again look a it different to recent ones with the Varsity Matches being played at the end of Hilary Term on Saturday 2nd April. Jessica Abele was elected Captain and Ginny […]
MAKE A DATE WITH THE VARSITY MATCHES – BUT NOT IN DECEMBER!
Having bridged an unprecedented 18-month peace-time break between Varsity Matches at Leicester last weekend, plans are now being put in place for the 150th anniversary game between Oxford and Cambridge in 2022. The next fixture won’t be played in the traditional December window next season, but it has been decided to shift the matches to […]
HOW TO WATCH THE VARSITY MATCHES
We are now less than 48hrs until the Dark Blues run out at the Mattioli Woods Stadium Welford Road to contest the 2021 Varsity Matches. If you are not able to join us live at Leicester you will be able to watch full coverage of both the Men’s and Women’s matches at the conclusion of the men’s […]
GREYHOUNDS PIPPED BY LX CLUB
The Greyhounds squad travelled to Grange Rod on Wednesday afternoon to face the Cambridge LX Club looking to make it two from two following the Panthers victory on the same ground last Sunday. The squad had limited preparation time with just two warm-up fixtures and then faced further disruption in the last week with the […]