Bumps: Wednesday 28th February - Saturday 2nd March (7th Week) CANCELLED
Rowing On: Friday 23rd February (6th Week); contingency : Sunday 25th (7th Week) CANCELLED
Coxing briefing (mandatory): Wednesday 21st Febuary (6th Week), 18:30/19:00, Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre [not dependent on river conditions so could still go ahead if people are keen?]
Race Secretary : Sophia Ungermann
Key links and phone numbers:
Torpids 2023 Final Finishing Order – this will be the basis for the Starting Order of Torpids 2024 [and Torpids 2025].
| Day | Starting Order | Finishing Order |
|---|---|---|
| Rowing On | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| Wednesday | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| Thursday | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| Friday | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
| Saturday | CANCELLED | CANCELLED |
Anu Dudhia will most probably be posting additional Torpids-related content here.
Entries must be completed on the entries system. Entries will close on Monday 19th February (6th Week) at 12:00 noon.
The scratch deadline will be 08:00 on Thursday 22nd February (6th Week). Scratches after this time will be treated as withdrawals as per rule A3.7.
Substitutions may be made on the entries system until 04:00 on each day of racing. After this time substitutions must be made via Race Desk.
Entry fees for Torpids 2024 are £75 per eight, £25 for any crew failing to qualify through Rowing On.
If you have any issues, please email the Race Secretary.
Instructions to Competitors (coming soon – hopefully)
OURCs is running would have run two briefings via Microsoft Teams ahead of the event which all marshals and umpires are required to attend. At the event itself, a summary of this briefing will be repeated but there is not enough time for complete training on the day. The times for the mandatory advance briefings are
Slides for
Torpids 2023 Marshal and Umpire briefings
(2024 slides to follow)
OURCs is running would have run two briefings via Microsoft Teams ahead of the event which all umpires and marshals are required to attend. At the event itself, a summary of this briefing will be repeated but there is not enough time for complete training on the day. The times for the mandatory advance briefings are
Slides for
Torpids 2023 Marshal and Umpire briefings
(2024 slides to follow)
Umpires are also strongly encouraged to read the bank rider briefing slides.
All bank riders for Torpids must have been briefed in the last 18 months on their role, legal responsibilities, and what to do in an incident.
The easiest way to receive the briefing is would have been via the in-person meeting on Sunday 25th – see details below. If this is not possible, there will be smaller briefings at Race Desk, with more details to come closer to the date. We encourage all prospective bankriders to attend the online briefing to avoid any delays in following crews.
Briefed bank riders should come to Race Desk to sign out a bib before following their crew and then return the bib to Race Desk when finished.
The briefing is based on this presentation.
The timing for this (in person) bank rider briefing is
All bank riders must have been to a bank rider briefing in the previous 18 months. If in doubt, please contact the Sabbatical Officer.
(Wednesday 22nd - Saturday 25th May)
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