Bumps: Wednesday 4th March - Saturday 7th March (7th Week) [CANCELLED]
Rowing On: Friday 27th February (6th Week); contingency: Sunday 1st March (7th Week) [CANCELLED]
Coxing briefing (mandatory): Wednesday 25th February, 18:30 (6th Week), Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre [CANCELLED]
We will be running TorpHeads 7TH MARCH. Email ourcs.sabbatical@sport.ox.ac.uk. with questions and see Appendix F below with details.
Race Secretary : Sam Schipper
Key links and phone numbers:
Race Desk phone: 07341-500865
Rowing Sabbatical Officer / Incident Coordinator: 07917-643030
Rowing On Marshalling Rota: N/A
Torpids Marshalling Rota: N/A
TorpHeads Marshalling Rota: TBC
The start order for Torpids 2026 will be based on the Torpids 2025 Finishing Order
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 Wednesday 18th February (5th Week) at 12:00 noon.
The scratch deadline will be 08:00 on Thursday 26th 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 2026 are £98 per eight, £25 for any crew failing to qualify through Rowing On.
If you have any issues, please email the Race Secretary.
Event Plan:
Torpids Event Plan 2026.pdf
Emergency Action Plan:
[Appendix E] Torpids EAP 2026.pdf
Stream Contingencies:
[Appendix F] Torpids Stream Contingency Plans 2026.pdf
[detailed plan] and
Curries 2026
[short explanation]
Rowing On Risk Assessment:
[Appendix A] Torpids Rowing On RA 2026.pdf
Rowing On Circulation:
[Appendix C] Torpids Rowing On Circulation 2026.pdf
Bumps Risk Assessment:
[Appendix B] Torpids RA 2026.pdf
Bumps Circulation:
[Appendix D] Torpids Bumps Circulation 2026.pdf
Instructions to Competitors: Instructions to Competitors - Torpids RO 2026
OURCs is running 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:
Saturday 28th February, 17:00 CANCELLED
Monday Monday 1 March, 20:00 CANCELLED
Slides TBD
Umpires are also strongly encouraged to read the
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 via the in-person meeting on Sunday 1 March, 19:00. 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 in-person 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
The timing for this (in person) bank rider briefing is
Sunday 1 March, 18:00, Gillis Lecture Theatre, Balliol College CANCELLED
All bank riders must have been to a bank rider briefing in the previous 18 months. If in doubt, please contact the Sabbatical Officer.
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