Torpids 2024


Bumps: Wednesday 28th February - Saturday 2nd March (7th Week) CANCELLED

Rowing On: Friday 23rd February (6th Week); contingency : Sunday 25th 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:

  • Race Desk phone: 07341-500865
  • Rowing Sabbatical Officer / Incident Coordinator: 07917-643030
  • Rules of Racing

 

Torpids 2023 finish order, with reinsertions – this will be the basis for the Start Order of Torpids 2024 [and Torpids 2025].

Day Start Order Finish 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: http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/torpids/


Entry Details

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. Any crews which do not Row On will only be charged £25.

If you have any issues, please email the Race Secretary.


Event Details

Torpids 2024 Event Plan

Competitors Instructions (coming soon – hopefully)


Marshalling

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 Umpire and Marshal briefings (2024 slides to follow)


Umpiring

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 Umpire and Marshal briefings (2024 slides to follow)

Umpires are also strongly encouraged to read the bank rider briefing slides.


Bank Riding

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 bank riding briefing is

  • Sunday 25th Feb., 11:00, Linacre College (please bring photo ID and make sure to arrive well before the meeting starts as you will need to fill out some paperwork).

 

 


Fingers crossed for next year – and here's to seeing you at Summer Eights 2024!

(Wednesday 22nd - Saturday 25th May)


 

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