Oxford Light » rowing http://www.oxfordlight.co.uk The Dreaming Spires of Oxford Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Summer Eights Oxford http://www.oxfordlight.co.uk/univ/summer-eights-oxford/05/ http://www.oxfordlight.co.uk/univ/summer-eights-oxford/05/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 11:49:57 +0000 admin http://www.oxfordlight.co.uk/?p=144 summer-eights

This year’s summer eights has been held in great conditions, with sun and high heat.

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Many spectators crowded the river bank

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The Summer eights is the main rowing event of Oxford University. It is a bump race with the aim being to catch the boat in front you.

The races are held on the River Isis on the River Thames which is too narrow for side by side racing.

The aim is to become head of the river

Oxford Bumps tables

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