Torpids

Torpids
Head of the River
Christ Church Men[1] University Women[1]
Highest 2nd Torpid (Men) Wadham (Division III)[1]
Highest 2nd Torpid (Women) Wolfson (Division III)[1]
Course Isis (upstream)
Course length c. 1800m
Note: Last Torpids 22nd - 25th February 2023[1]
OURCs - Torpids

Torpids is one of two series of bumping races, a type of rowing race, held yearly at Oxford University; the other is Eights Week.[2] Over 130 men's and women's crews race for their colleges in twelve divisions: six each of men's and women's; almost 1,200 participants in total. The racing takes place on the Isis (part of the River Thames), usually in the 7th week of Hilary Term on four successive days from Wednesday to Saturday (around the start of March).

  1. ^ a b c d e Oxford University Rowing Clubs, Historical Results Torpids, retrieved 16 February 2022
  2. ^ Sherwood, W. E. (1900). "The Torpids". Oxford Rowing: A History of Boat-Racing at Oxford from the Earliest Times. Oxford and London. pp. 43–49. Retrieved 11 April 2012.