Members of OUSC travelled to Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal this year for our annual training camp. The new destination was accompanied by new faces to the team, all eager to compete in their first Varsity match later this term. Training camp is …
This year, Cambridge rehoming to host alumni relays on the day of Swimming Varsity on 3rd march 2019. These would take the form of 4x50m mixed freestyle relays and would be just before the main Varsity event. There will be an aged-based handicap, so older …
With the arrival of This Girl Can week it’s the perfect opportunity to shine the limelight on OUSC’s hugely successful female cohort, who have beaten Cambridge women for the past 7 Varsity matches. This week aims to eradicate any stereotypes, pressures and limits that may …
OUSC have had an incredible weekend at the BUCS SC Championships at Ponds Forge, seeing an astonishing 7 records broken and 14 Blues times set in just 3 days of racing. A strong team spirit was apparent with an enormous amount of support radiating from …
Last weekend saw OUSC compete for the first time this year at our annual friendly gala. Racing in both individual and relay events against visiting teams from Southampton, Warwick and Oxford Brookes, there were some fantastic swims, setting a high benchmark for the season ahead. …
Founded in 1892, OUSC has a long and prestigious history. We welcome contact from previous members and would love to receive photographs or memories from past OUSC events. Varsity Cross-Channel Relay 1998 marked the first of the Varsity Cross-Channel relay tradition, in which a team …
Written by Tori Lackey In June we held our breath. And before we knew it, our window came and went with terrible weather and without a swim. For the first time in the history of the Biennial Cross-Channel Varsity Relay, both Oxford and Cambridge missed …
The biennial cross channel relay was arranged to take place in June 2018, however due to poor weather we were forced to postpone this event. The event has now been rescheduled and will take place next week (23rd -30th September) so keep an eye out …
Trials for the club will be held at 14:00 on Saturday 6th October (0th week) at the Rosenblatt Pool on Iffley Road, please arrive in good time to get changed and bring a list of times if you have swum competitively previously. Everyone is welcome …
Huge congratulations to George Stannard for completing the English Channel swim in an incredible time of 10h 55. Commencing his swim from the white cliffs of Dover just before dawn on the 21st July, George survived the cold, cramps, currents and jellyfish, arriving on French …