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OBUBC has had a very successful start to 2016, beginning with our first official fixtures against Oxford and Cambridge.

Against Cambridge, the men and women came up against strong resilience from the Light Blue crews, initially taking the lead before being reeled in underneath Hammersmith.

Against Oxford however, the men rowed a more measured race, waiting until the right opportunity to make a decisive move away from Oxford - one for the history books.

At Reading Head of the River, the Boat Club had another successful haul of medals winning 9 events, especially Men's and Women's Elite & Senior 8's, and recording the fastest times of the day respectively.

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Oxford Brookes race Blues Crews 2016

Oxford Brookes race Blues Crews 2016

Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race Build-up

For the first time ever, Oxford Brookes University will be involved in the Oxford and Cambridge University Pre-boat race fixtures.

Oxford Brookes mens and women 8's will race the Blue Boats on the Tideway between the University Stone at Putney and the Boat Race finish post.

Fixtures

Cambridge University vs Oxford Brookes University - 30th Jan 2016 at 16.15

Cambridge University Women vs Oxford Brookes University Women - 31st Jan 2016 at 16.00

Oxford University vs Oxford Brookes University - 21st Feb 2016 at 12.00

Isis vs Oxford Brookes University 'B' - 21st Feb 2016 tbc

Brookes have been offered this opportunity having been recognised as the dominant university boat club in the UK.

If your in London why don't you pop down to the Tideway to show your support for our Student Crews?

Proud to be a poly? - If you are not already a member, please make sure you sign-up to avoid missing out and make sure we are backing the Brookes Squad all the way to HRR 2016. 

** Events

Taurus Boat Club Dinner

SAVE THE DATE - 19th March 2016 - DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Henley Royal Regatta Barbecue

SAVE THE DATE - 2nd July 2016 - DETAILS TO FOLLOW

If you would like to help out with the organisation of any of the Taurus events, please get in touch at info@taurusboatclub.org.uk

Saturday 19th March 2016 - Taurus Dinner

Saturday 19th March 2016

TAURUS DINNER

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Taurus Boat Club News & Events 2015-16

Oxford Brookes fastest crew in the country!

British Rowing Championships, 17-18th October 2015, Nottingham

The Brit Champs bring together oarsmen and women from the highest level of rowing with the GB National squad athletes racing directly against the boats from all other clubs and universities from around the country.

Oxford Brookes Boat Club had 96 male and female athletes racing at the British Rowing Championships 2015, their largest representation at any competition.

Mens Results: Oxford Brookes now have the fastest 8+ in the country and the fastest student 8+ in the country.

Women's Results: Bronze in elite 8+, winners of the B final in the same event, along with decent rows by the third 8+ and U23 4x A great squad performance with following full results;

M8+ (A) – Gold

M8+ (B) – 4TH in A Final and University Pennant

M8+ (C) – 5th in A Final

M8+ (D) – 3rd in B Final

M8+ (E) – 4th in C Final

M8+ (F) – 1st in D Final

W8+ (A) – Bronze in A final

W8+ (B) – 1st in B Final

W8+ (C) – 6th in C Final

W4x – 3rd in D Final

Oxford Brookes first ever British crew to win in Europe!

European University Championships, 9-12th September 2015, Hanover, Germany

Oxford Brookes student 8+ were victorious in their selection for the GB entry at the European University Championships and came up against an experienced Belarusian crew. With the Belarusian crew ahead by 0.6 seconds at the midway point, the Brookes crew stepped on and moved away to take gold by 2.55 seconds in a time of 5:42.77. The win was the first time in the history of the event that a British crew has won gold in the men’s eight.

Gold in world U23 championships

World Rowing U23 Championships, 22-26th July 2015, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

There was further success for Oxford Brookes with Jamie Copus and Ben Reeves following up their medals at the World U23 Championships earlier this season with a strong win in the lightweight double.

Three British crews made the final of the women’s four with the Oxford Brookes girls rounding off their successful season by taking silver against a very experienced German crew.

Proud to be a poly? - If you are not already a member, please make sure you sign-up to avoid missing out and make sure we are backing the Brookes Squad all the way to HRR 2016. You can find the sign-up forms on our membership page.

Events:

Saturday 7th November, Breakfast at the Brookes Boat House!

Taurus member James Symington bringing his Henley bbq catering team (Brian, van and food!) to offer breakfast to the current members of the squad and Taurus members. Come down to this mid-morning training session to show your support and find out what the squad is currently up to and their goals for the season. Richard Spratley and Henry Bailhache-Webb will be on site and will be delighted to tell you more.

When: Saturday 7th November 2015 Time: From 10-12 am Where: Oxford Brookes Boat House, Reading Road, Cholsey, OX10 9HQ What: Breakfast at Brookes

Taurus Boat Club Dinner

SAVE THE DATE - Saturday 19th March 2016 - DETAILS TO FOLLOW

If you would like to help out with the organisation of any of the Taurus events, please get in touch at info@taurusboatclub.org.uk

About Taurus Boat Club

Our aims are simple: * to promote social links between past and present members of Oxford Brookes / Poly Boat Club; * to support the current student rowing club wherever possible, financially and otherwise; * and to promote rowing participation amongst the Taurus membership.

Why join Taurus?

Taurus continue's to raise funds for Brookes rowing, last year Taurus supported Brookes to the tune of circa £10,000 to assist in the purchase of the new empacher 8.

Alongside the financial support and successful social calendar events Taurus will be introducing/re-introducing initiatives to improve our communication and promote the unique networking opportunities that Taurus offers. In summary opportunities avalible to Taurus members include:

· Annual dinner – Saturday 19^th March 2016 (HORR) · Henley BBQ - Saturday Henley Royal Regatta · Newsletter – Hard copy, · Membership book – to be produced and sent out with newsletter · In addition to equipment, Taurus want to offer bursaries/sponsorship of oarsmen/women · The Taurus Network – Our unique contact list is a work in progress, but looking to be implemented in 2016.

If you haven't already joined, head over to our membership page and join in the fun! Warm Regards

Pete Lowe & Tamsin Bryant

The Taurus Boat Club Committee,

Please let us know if there are any details we can update on our Taurus database, we are endeavouring make everything as accurate as possible. Contact us at info@taurusboatclub.org.uk

 

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HRR - 2015 Round-Up

In a year that saw the first live streaming of the event we knew the competition would be tough. The Oxford Brookes Temple A crew smashed the course record by almost 8 seconds but that still wasn't enough for them to emulate the glory of 2014. All students crews raced well and the returning squad have high hopes for next year.

Matt Tarrant was racing in the Silver Goblets Nickalls Cup but couldn't quite catch the reigning GB world champion crew. 

Joel Cassells and Jamie Copus had a tough race in the Prince of Wales Final but the headwind favoured the heavyweight crew. 

Olivia Carnegie Brown had a tough final in the Rememhan Challenge Cup, the win eluded the girls crew with Zoe De-Toledo coxing. 

Scott Durant has added to his HRR win tally with his cremates from Leander & Imperial winning the Stewards' Challenge Cup. 

Congratulations Scott & once again thank you for your insuring words at the Taurus dinner this year! Scott will be added to our hall of fame - if you can help us fill in any more details please get in touch - HALL OF FAME

Taurus would like to wish all our inter nation athletes the best of luck in their races this summer!

If you have just left Brookes now is a great opportunity to join us - TAURUS MEMBERSHIP

Finally thanks to all of you who came to the Taurus BBQ this year - one of the best yet!

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WOMEN'S HENLEY REGATTA 2015 - BROOKES SW8+ WIN

WOMEN'S HENLEY 2015

It was a great Women's Henley for the Brookes Women's Squad with strong performances across the board culminating in winning Senior Eight's....bring on next year!!

Who are you supporting this year?

Brookes Entires for HRR 2015

Temple A Crew

Temple B Crew

Temple C Crew

Prince Albert A Crew

Prince Albert B Crew

Prince of Wales 

Visitors Cup 

Women's Eight in the Qualifiers for the Rememham
 

Brookes Entires for WHR 2015

Senior Eight

Intermediate Coxed Four

2 Senior Quads

Senior Lightweight 1x

Senior 1x

Saturday 4th July

Taurus BBQ

Location: Cricket Club
Time: After Last Race

Cost: £10

Taurus FlashMob

Watch this Space...

Will It make the boat go faster?

Will It make the boat go faster?

Wednesday 10th June, 6-8pm, John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Headington Campus

Lecture by alumnus Ben Hunt-Davis '91 describing how winning an Olympic Gold revealed time management techniques and challenging you to examine how you spend your time in a way that ensures you are travelling in the direction that you want to go. Reception and book signing and after the lecture. Open to all

For further information and to book your place now, please click here.

Brookes in full force at HORR 2015

Brookes 1st VIII Finish 3rd

Brookes 2nd VIII Finish 4th (Winner of the Bernard Churcher Trophy)

Brookes 3rd VIII Finish 14th

Brookes 4th VIII Finish 25th

Brookes 5th VIII Finish 52nd

Proud to be a Poly boy? Come and celebrate with the squad, 25th April, Taurus Boat Club Dinner.

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WE ARE THE BROOKES...

Brookes win 2 pennants at WHORR

Congratulations to the Brookes Girls squad, two boats entered for Women's Head of the river race and two pennants wins. First time ever Brookes have two 8's in the top 20.

Provisional results below:

Oxford Brookes Boat Club at Reading Regatta

Oxford Brookes Boat-club at Reading University Head of the River 2015

Saturday March the 7th saw over 250 boats from the best clubs, schools and universities from around the UK race over 4.6km at the Reading University Head of the River Race.

Results

Over two divisions Brookes had a great set of results with the following outcome.

Senior Men’s Eights – Won Category with time of 13:09.1 Intermediate 1 Men’s Eights – Won category with time of 13:18.1 Intermediate 2 Men’s Eights- Won category with time of 13:32.0 Intermediate 3 Men’s Eights – Won category with time of 13:50.1 Intermediate 1 Men’s Quads – Third in category with time of 14:51.3

In the men’s eights over the course of the day, Brookes won 4 out of the 5 pennants available against a very good number of strong university and club programs. The highlight of this in division 2 was having 3 boats in the top 4 fastest times.

The Brookes women also had a fantastic day with the following results;

Intermediate 1 Women’s Eights – Won Category with time of 15:12.3 Intermediate 2 Women’s Eights – Third in Category with time of 15:39.2 Intermediate 3 Women’s Eights – Won Category with time of 15:57.2 Intermediate 2 Women’s Quad – Second in category with time of 17:23.9

This was a great result for the women’s group beating some very strong university and club opposition. 

Henley 4's & 8's Head

While some of the Brookes squad competed at the trials, the rest of the group raced at Henley 4’s and 8’s Head of the river over a 3km course.

The results saw some great wins with the men’s novice coxed four winning their event and also the Intermediate 1 Men’s eight won their category and beat all others for the fastest time of the day.

In the women’s events the Brookes women had a great day and won every event they entered in the following categories;

Women’s Intermediate 1 Coxless Four
Women’s Intermediate 2 Coxed Four
Women’s Intermediate 3 Coxed Four
Women’s Intermediate 2 Eight with the fastest women’s crew of the day Women’s Intermediate 3 Eight 

Oxford Brookes at GB Trials

On Saturday the 14th February 22 Brookes rowers travelled up to Boston in Lincolnshire for the next set of Great Britain trials in which they would compete against the best in Britain over a 5km time trial.

After a good showing from the Brookes Men and Women the highlights of the results saw Tim Grant come in 12th overall in his pair with Karl Hudspith, Jamie Copus finished 7th out of 38 lightweight men and Annie Withers finished 33rd overall and as the 11th fastest U23 women. 

Wallingford Head of the River 2014

Oxford Brookes Boat-club at Wallingford Head of the river 2014

Sunday 7th December saw almost 300 boats from clubs, schools and universities from around the UK descend on our home stretch of river for the Wallingford Head of the river race, run over a 4250m course. For Brookes it was our biggest entry ever spread over a number of events in both Men’s and Women’s categories over a two divisions.

Results

In the Eights we entered all categories with the following results:

Senior eights – “Head of the river” with the fastest time of the day – 14:15.2

Elite eights – Won category with second fastest time of the day – 14:19.3

Intermediate 1 eights – Won category with time of 14:56.3

Intermediate 2 Eights- Second in category with time of 14:52.2

Intermediate 3 eights – Won category with time of – 15:29.2

Women’s Senior eights – Second in category with time of 16:37.4

Women’s Intermediate 1 eights – Won category with time of 16:57.8

Women’s Intermediate 2 eights – Third in category with time of 17:29.2

Women’s Intermediate 3 eights – Won category with time of 17:49.9

We also entered a number of fours with wins in the following categories;

 Elite 4-  

Senior 4-

Intermediate 1 4-

Elite 4+

Intermediate 1 4+

Intermediate 2 4+

Intermediate 3 4+ 

Click on the image below to see more photographs from the event

British Championships 2014 Results

Saturday - Men's Fours ( 6 Boats racing )

Final A - 6th

Final B - 1st, 5th and 6th

Final D - 1st and 4th

Sunday - Men's Eights

Silver medal with first boat and also the University Eights pennant with the 2nd eight.

Women's squad

4th Place for women's eight, the second fastest university crew behind Newcastle by only 1.4 seconds.

3 Quads placed 20th, 22nd and 25th in a very strong field.

Click on the image below to see more photographs from the event

Taurus Win the Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta 2014

2014 Gentlemans Double Sculling Skiff winners were Pete Lowe, Dave Gillard also Taurus and Fred Bryce cox

HRR 2014 - Other HRR news

The Prince Albert was comfortably won by Newcastle University, who had put our boys out on the Saturday. Newcastle beat Harvard by 3 1/2 lengths, time 7.21 compared to 2 lengths over Brookes on the Saturday in a time of 7.17. I'll leave you to do the maths on that - but I think we all know when that final was really raced...

Congratulations and commiserations to ALL Brookes athletes - Thanks for a great Henley 2014

Taurus and Brookes members were also seen at the prize giving in both premier VIII's events - Zoe de Toledo coxed the Leander and IC Women's VIII to a fine 2/3 length win over Hollandia Roieclub in the Remenham and Matt Tarrant sitting at 7 in the Leander and UL beating the French by 1 1/2 lengths.

In the end a well balanced regatta saw plenty of home and foreign wins with some great club wins, notably UTRC picking up the Wyfold and Brit and Gloucester, with composite crews on both sides of the Princess Grace W4x final and Diamond Jubilee (JW4x) The most exciting but ultimately gut wrenching result had to be the final of the Wyfold between Upper Thames and Tideway Scullers. The crews had level pegged most of the way up the course with a few steering warnings. Scullers had a few feet into the enclosures on the unfavoured station but UTRC seemed to get their nose ahead by the progress board when the crews clashed and the race was stopped. Scullers were DQ'd and the win went to UTRC. Very subdued applause from the crowds.

Right - back to work everyone....!

HRR 2014 - FINAL ROUND-UP

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - BROOKES WIN TEMPLE!

Brookes A lead from start to finish with a commanding 2 3/4 length verdict over Brown University, with a time of 6.29.

Congratulations to Richard, Henry and all the boys! Great to see you staying on the Temple "Previous Winners" page!

First man over the line (humour me) was in fact Pete Lowe, long serving Taurus Chairman and club treasure, who had the night before had the new VIII named after him in an emotional ceremony in the boat tents. Well done Pete - but stop crying now!

HRR 2014 - SATURDAY UPDATE AND SUNDAY RACING

Saturday racing saw Brookes A continue through to Sunday in the Temple with a great I/2 length win from the unfavoured Bucks station over Cornell A in a time of 6.25. Clearly a tough and fast race but Brookes looked in control coming past the enclosures. On the other side of the Temple draw Brown University overhauled the Dutch Nereus crew by 2 lengths in a time of 6.40.

Sadly the Prince Albert IV went out to a strong looking Newcastle University crew by 2 lengths, time 7.17 and Scott Durant's Goblets pair were unsuccessful also, going down to the Dutch by 1 3/4 lengths - a close verdict for the Goblets.

Todays Temple final goes off at 12.10 with Brookes on Berks facing Brown on Bucks.

You know where you need to be!

Good luck Boys.

Is it Pimms o'clock yet? - Taurus BBQ 2014

Brookes Crews Entered at Henley Royal Regatta 2014

The Ladies' Challenge Plate Oxford Brookes University & Taurus Boat Club

The Prince Albert Challenge Cup Oxford Brookes University

The Prince of Wales Challenge Cup Oxford Brookes University

The Temple Challenge Cup  Oxford Brookes University, 'A'

The Temple Challenge Cup Oxford Brookes University, 'B'

The Temple Challenge Cup Oxford Brookes University, 'C'

The Visitors' Challenge Cup Oxford Brookes University

Thanks to the Temple Challenge fundraiser earlier this year Taurus would like to invite all members to celebrate the naming of these new boats & then join us at the annual Taurus BBQ afterwards

What: Taurus BBQ

When: Saturday 5th July 2014

Time: After the Last Race +30mins

What to bring? £10