Henley Open Water Swim and Mob Match – 26th June

Queenford Lakes saw a record turn out of students & alumni taking part in the open water Varsity team trials last weekend. The swimmers raced over a 1km course, non wetsuit, in a bid to make the dark blue team for the third annual open water swimming Varsity match at the Henley Classic. The match itself takes place early in the morning on 26th June and is a 2.1km swim that follows the rowing course at Henley. Teams of 4 men and 4 women from each university race in the Varsity wave, with a similar set up in the Alumni wave.

Congratulations to the 2016 teams for the Henley Classic:

Men:

Freddie Faulkner

Dan Manners

James Manning

George Stannard

Women:

Rosa Chrystie-Lowe

Lucy Farquhar

Laura Fenwick (captain)

Naomi Vides

There is also a mob match in which an unlimited number of students, alumni, associate members and staff can represent Oxford (wetsuits are optional for the mob match). It’s not too late to enter – contact Laura ([email protected]) for details of how to register.

The Henley Classic isn’t the only upcoming event for our open water swimmers – in July a team of six will take on the English Channel for the 10th Varsity Channel Relay. The team have been training hard and will be hoping to go one up from 2014’s draw. They would like to thank sponsors Simmons & Simmons and Metaswitch for their support.

Varsity Channel Relay Team 2016:

Tilly Ansell

Dan Manners

James Manning

Steph Millin

George Stannard

Naomi Vides

Freddie Faulkner (reserve)

Marisa Schubert (reserve)