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Join us for our first alumni social of the term!

📅 Saturday November 15th
⏰ 8pm
📍 Mansfield College (exact location to be released closer to the time)

💛 We hope to see you all there ❤️

Join us for our first alumni social of the term!

📅 Saturday November 15th
⏰ 8pm
📍 Mansfield College (exact location to be released closer to the time)

💛 We hope to see you all there ❤️

🚨Pub Crawl 🚨

When: Friday November 14th

Theme: British icons (get creative)

Time: 8.30pm ‼️

Location: Cowley Road (exact route to be announced closer to the time)

For Indie Fridays afterwards, we have half price ticket codes on fatsoma: ‘mansbc’

See you all there 😈

🚨Pub Crawl 🚨

When: Friday November 14th

Theme: British icons (get creative)

Time: 8.30pm ‼️

Location: Cowley Road (exact route to be announced closer to the time)

For Indie Fridays afterwards, we have half price ticket codes on fatsoma: ‘mansbc’

See you all there 😈

🚨CREWDATE TOMMOROW!🚨MCBC X @teddyhallbc X @orielcrew ❤️💛 THEME: Sexy Sub Fusc @ Jamal’s🫦

🚨CREWDATE TOMMOROW!🚨MCBC X @teddyhallbc X @orielcrew ❤️💛 THEME: Sexy Sub Fusc @ Jamal’s🫦

Results are out! Amazing show from all our boats.

Provisional Results:
W1: 4/22
O1 A: 9/25
O1 B: 7/25
M2X: 3/3

See you for the next one! ❤️💛

Results are out! Amazing show from all our boats.

Provisional Results:
W1: 4/22
O1 A: 9/25
O1 B: 7/25
M2X: 3/3

See you for the next one! ❤️💛

We’ve had a busy few weeks at MCBC, starting with training on our Lock Trip, before welcoming the novs with our taster day! There’s been lots of water outings so far this term and very excitingly, new weekly mobility sessions. We celebrated our annual Boathouse party with @hildasboatclub last night and welcomed our new rowers with our very first crewdate last week!

We are so excited to see what the rest of term has in store for us -hopefully lots more water sessions!

💛Big legs, big love ❤️

We’ve had a busy few weeks at MCBC, starting with training on our Lock Trip, before welcoming the novs with our taster day! There’s been lots of water outings so far this term and very excitingly, new weekly mobility sessions. We celebrated our annual Boathouse party with @hildasboatclub last night and welcomed our new rowers with our very first crewdate last week!

We are so excited to see what the rest of term has in store for us -hopefully lots more water sessions!

��💛Big legs, big love ❤️

Mansfield and St Hilda’s present you the annual Longbridges Party!

Thursday 23rd October, 8.30pm - 11.30pm

Theme: Dress as the first letter of your name

This one is open to EVERYONE from Mansfield and Hildas so whether you’re itching for a 2k test or fear the cult of rowing you are ALL WELCOME!! You don’t want to miss this, we’ll have sexy tunes and an open bar all night. Of course feel free to bring your own drinks or to not drink xx

For those who fancy it we have an option to buy a ticket for bridge as well 👀

We will have some sober angels walking down from college for those who have never been to the boathouse before. More info to be released closer to the time regarding this

Links for the tickets will be released soon but in the meantime start planning your costumes!!

See you all soon xx

❤️💙❤️💙

Mansfield and St Hilda’s present you the annual Longbridges Party!

Thursday 23rd October, 8.30pm - 11.30pm

Theme: Dress as the first letter of your name

This one is open to EVERYONE from Mansfield and Hildas so whether you’re itching for a 2k test or fear the cult of rowing you are ALL WELCOME!! You don’t want to miss this, we’ll have sexy tunes and an open bar all night. Of course feel free to bring your own drinks or to not drink xx

For those who fancy it we have an option to buy a ticket for bridge as well 👀

We will have some sober angels walking down from college for those who have never been to the boathouse before. More info to be released closer to the time regarding this

Links for the tickets will be released soon but in the meantime start planning your costumes!!

See you all soon xx

❤️💙❤️💙

‼️🚨Meet our Coaches 🚨‼️

We’re so excited to welcome Sydney and Kathleen (back for another year)!

We can’t wait for the year ahead and to see where it takes us ❤️💛

#biglegsbiglove

‼️🚨Meet our Coaches 🚨‼️

We’re so excited to welcome Sydney and Kathleen (back for another year)!

We can’t wait for the year ahead and to see where it takes us ❤️💛

#biglegsbiglove

🚨Week 1 Crewdate 🚨

Start time, 9pm, don’t be late! 😈

If you haven’t already join the novs group chat (link in bio) in order to sign up!!

💛 We hope to see you all there ❤️

🚨Week 1 Crewdate 🚨

Start time, 9pm, don’t be late! 😈

If you haven’t already join the novs group chat (link in bio) in order to sign up!!

💛 We hope to see you all there ❤️

Interested in getting involved in coxing, want to learn more about rowing or just loving the idea of a cheeky social? Coxing and Cocktails is open to everyone! Come and join our Captain of Coxes @oliviaeirlys_ , we hope to see you all there ❤️💛

Interested in getting involved in coxing, want to learn more about rowing or just loving the idea of a cheeky social? Coxing and Cocktails is open to everyone! Come and join our Captain of Coxes @oliviaeirlys_ , we hope to see you all there ❤️💛

This is not a (capsize) drill, the new MCBC Michaelmas term card has dropped!! 🚨‼️

Between a pretty busy erg schedule and training up a new crew (any takers?), MCBC is still making time for socials this term 🎉

We’ll see you there, big legs big love ❤️💛

This is not a (capsize) drill, the new MCBC Michaelmas term card has dropped!! 🚨‼️

Between a pretty busy erg schedule and training up a new crew (any takers?), MCBC is still making time for socials this term 🎉

We’ll see you there, big legs big love ❤️💛

Welcome all new incoming freshers and returning students to Mansfield College!

We can’t wait to meet you all and introduce you to Mansfield’s biggest student society, Mansfield College Boat Club! 🚣

Don’t worry if you have not rowed before; the majority of our members only started rowing when they came to Mansfield.

Keep an eye on this page for updates on how you can get involved, and key details on our freshers introduction events!

#biglegsbiglove ❤️💛

Welcome all new incoming freshers and returning students to Mansfield College!

We can’t wait to meet you all and introduce you to Mansfield’s biggest student society, Mansfield College Boat Club! 🚣

Don’t worry if you have not rowed before; the majority of our members only started rowing when they came to Mansfield.

Keep an eye on this page for updates on how you can get involved, and key details on our freshers introduction events!

#biglegsbiglove ❤️💛

And last but certainly not least for our committee announcements it’s our brilliant Treasurer, Florence Smith!

Subject - English (3rd Year) 📚

Fav MCBC Memory - The Ely Trip! 🚌

Rowing Red Flag - Bike troubles on the way to training 🚲

Fav erg song - Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine 🎧

And last but certainly not least for our committee announcements it’s our brilliant Treasurer, Florence Smith!

Subject - English (3rd Year) 📚

Fav MCBC Memory - The Ely Trip! 🚌

Rowing Red Flag - Bike troubles on the way to training 🚲

Fav erg song - Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine 🎧

Up next we have our wonderful Secretary Elise Pryke!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) ⚖️

Favourite MCBC Memory - the last outing before summer VIII’s where it poured with rain 🌧️

Rowing Red Flag - will avoid outings in the four at any cost 🚩

Fav erg song - Bonkers, Dizzee Rascal 🎶

Up next we have our wonderful Secretary Elise Pryke!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) ⚖️

Favourite MCBC Memory - the last outing before summer VIII’s where it poured with rain 🌧️

Rowing Red Flag - will avoid outings in the four at any cost 🚩

Fav erg song - Bonkers, Dizzee Rascal 🎶

Fulfilling the other half of Social Sec this year, it’s Matthew Paule!

Subject - Maths (2nd Year) 🧮

Favourite MCBC Memory - Friday Summer Eights, bumping Linacre before Hilda’s caught us 🫣

Rowing Red Flag - overanalysing our competitors with spreadsheets 🚩

Fav erg song - Real Gone, Sheryl Crow 🎶

Fulfilling the other half of Social Sec this year, it’s Matthew Paule!

Subject - Maths (2nd Year) 🧮

Favourite MCBC Memory - Friday Summer Eights, bumping Linacre before Hilda’s caught us 🫣

Rowing Red Flag - overanalysing our competitors with spreadsheets 🚩

Fav erg song - Real Gone, Sheryl Crow 🎶

Introducing the first out of your two Social Secretaries this year… Amala Leonard!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Fav MCBC Memory - rowing in the four during ISL and the footplate coming out during the race 😬

Rowing Red Flag - always too ‘ill’ to show up to ergs 🚨

Fav Erg Song (when she does turn up) - Blue Monday, New Order 🎶

Introducing the first out of your two Social Secretaries this year… Amala Leonard!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Fav MCBC Memory - rowing in the four during ISL and the footplate coming out during the race 😬

Rowing Red Flag - always too ‘ill’ to show up to ergs 🚨

Fav Erg Song (when she does turn up) - Blue Monday, New Order 🎶

Up next is our lovely Captain of Coxes, Olivia Allen!

Subject - English (2nd Year) 📖

Favourite MCBC Memory - last day of summer 8s (we didn’t get spoons!) 🥄

Rowing Red Flag - oversharing on the microphone 🫢

Fav erg song - Von Dutch, Charli XCX 🪩

Up next is our lovely Captain of Coxes, Olivia Allen!

Subject - English (2nd Year) 📖

Favourite MCBC Memory - last day of summer 8s (we didn’t get spoons!) 🥄

Rowing Red Flag - oversharing on the microphone 🫢

Fav erg song - Von Dutch, Charli XCX 🪩

And where would our fabulous rowing committee be without their Safety and Equipment Officer, introducing Izzy Rulten!

Favourite MCBC Memory - seeing the Ely trip coming together! 📍

Rowing Red Flag - shouting concede before the cox does (in fear of the subsequent whiplash) 😬

Fav erg song - Heartbeat, Childish Gambino 🎶

And where would our fabulous rowing committee be without their Safety and Equipment Officer, introducing Izzy Rulten!

Favourite MCBC Memory - seeing the Ely trip coming together! 📍

Rowing Red Flag - shouting concede before the cox does (in fear of the subsequent whiplash) 😬

Fav erg song - Heartbeat, Childish Gambino 🎶

Next up for this year’s committee announcements, it’s our wonderful Alumni Officer Tom Silvester-Ratcliffe!

Subject - Engineering (2nd Year) 💻

Favourite MCBC Memory - Bumping GTC in my first ever bumps race 🥇

Rowing Red Flag - always injured! 🚨

Fav erg song - Hall of Fame, The Script 🎵

Next up for this year’s committee announcements, it’s our wonderful Alumni Officer Tom Silvester-Ratcliffe!

Subject - Engineering (2nd Year) 💻

Favourite MCBC Memory - Bumping GTC in my first ever bumps race 🥇

Rowing Red Flag - always injured! 🚨

Fav erg song - Hall of Fame, The Script 🎵

Introducing the Open Side Vice-Captain (and newly qualified cox), it’s James Kearns!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) 📚

Favourite MCBC Memory - Rowing over against St Peter’s 🛶

Rowing Red Flag - Bow seat backseat coxing 🚩

Favourite erg song - Another Life, Motionless in White 🎶

Introducing the Open Side Vice-Captain (and newly qualified cox), it’s James Kearns!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) 📚

Favourite MCBC Memory - Rowing over against St Peter’s 🛶

Rowing Red Flag - Bow seat backseat coxing 🚩

Favourite erg song - Another Life, Motionless in White 🎶

Leading the open side this year is our Open Side Captain Felix Brandon!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Favourite MCBC Memory - last day of Summer VIII’s 🛶

Rowing Red Flag - rushing the slide 🚨

Fav erg song - I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy, 50 Cent 🎧

Leading the open side this year is our Open Side Captain Felix Brandon!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Favourite MCBC Memory - last day of Summer VIII’s 🛶

Rowing Red Flag - rushing the slide 🚨

Fav erg song - I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy, 50 Cent 🎧

And where would our lovely women’s captain be without her vice, introducing the wonderful Women’s Vice Captain, Izzy Hedges!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Favourite MCBC Memory - when we rowed over the last day of summer viiis and narrowly avoided spoons😭

Rowing Red Flag - doesn’t shut up 😔

Fav erg song - My My My, Armand Van Helden 🎸

And where would our lovely women’s captain be without her vice, introducing the wonderful Women’s Vice Captain, Izzy Hedges!

Subject - History (2nd Year) 🏛️

Favourite MCBC Memory - when we rowed over the last day of summer viiis and narrowly avoided spoons😭

Rowing Red Flag - doesn’t shut up 😔

Fav erg song - My My My, Armand Van Helden 🎸

Starting this years captain announcements off strong it’s our Women’s Captain, Clare McGrade!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) 📚

Favourite MCBC Memory - Celebrating like we got blades after narrowly avoiding spoons on the Saturday of Summer Eights (ly peters) 🙃

Rowing Reg flag - Considers Park End a valid substitute for Wednesday ergs 😱

Fav erg song - Lose yourself, Eminem 🎤

Starting this years captain announcements off strong it’s our Women’s Captain, Clare McGrade!

Subject - Law (2nd Year) 📚

Favourite MCBC Memory - Celebrating like we got blades after narrowly avoiding spoons on the Saturday of Summer Eights (ly peters) 🙃

Rowing Reg flag - Considers Park End a valid substitute for Wednesday ergs 😱

Fav erg song - Lose yourself, Eminem 🎤

Next up is our wonderful Vice President Tom Wade!

Subject - Physics (4th Year) 🔭

Favourite MCBC Memory - Somehow rowing over four days in a row in summer eights 💪

Rowing Red Flag - Actually enjoy erging in the morning ‼️

Favourite erg song - How far I’ll go, Moana 🌊

Next up is our wonderful Vice President Tom Wade!

Subject - Physics (4th Year) 🔭

Favourite MCBC Memory - Somehow rowing over four days in a row in summer eights 💪

Rowing Red Flag - Actually enjoy erging in the morning ‼️

Favourite erg song - How far I’ll go, Moana 🌊

Up first for this year’s committee announcements it’s our fabulous president Lucy Lansdown!

Subject - PPE (3rd Year) 📗

Favourite MCBC Memory - that first bump feeling 😋

Rowing Red Flag - accidentally inviting the w1’s rivals to our training camp (love u @lmhbc) 🫢

Fav erg song - Charli XCX - Von dutch a.g. cook remix, specifically Addison’s SCREAM

Up first for this year’s committee announcements it’s our fabulous president Lucy Lansdown!

Subject - PPE (3rd Year) 📗

Favourite MCBC Memory - that first bump feeling 😋

Rowing Red Flag - accidentally inviting the w1’s rivals to our training camp (love u @lmhbc) 🫢

Fav erg song - Charli XCX - Von dutch a.g. cook remix, specifically Addison’s SCREAM

O2 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

The O2 this year was the strongest Mansfield O2 since the blades winning crew of 2016! With a crew announcement likened to previous years’ O1 crews👀 expectations were high and the crew didn’t dissapoint.

The first day saw a quick bump on Oriel M4, starting a disatorous week for Oriel. Then after what can only be described as a complete neglect of the rudder, Balliol M3 stacked it into a house boat, impaling it
(see picture), and causing the Teddy M3 beer boat to rise 7 places... right infront of our O2 for day 2. The crews spirits remained high, hoping they had the power to pull another mighty bump out of the bag, but Teddy Hall had other ideas, quickly bumping out on their way to blades, leaving the challenge of an overbump on Oriel 3. The crew fought valiantly gaining over 5 lengths and almost catching them, but the significant lack of any form of UT2 training in the stern of the boat showed through, and Oriel unfortunately escaped, thwarting our blades campaign.

On the 3rd day the crew was back in high spirits and on top form. The crew remained calm, composed and confident even in the face of Hildas M2 bearing down upon us, and won a beautifully timed bump on Lincare M2 in the gut. For the final day we welcomed Clint into the boat for his first ever race, and with just 4 sessions under his belt he rose to the challenge magnificently, helping the crew finally bump Oriel 3 in the gut.

Overall the crew went +3 over the week. The crew was a pleasure to cox with good vibes only, and I’m especially proud of those who learnt to row this year (and this term!) and fully embraced the sport with such speed. I’m so proud of their achievement putting the Mansfield M2 back on the rise to greatness.

- James B (President)

O2 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

The O2 this year was the strongest Mansfield O2 since the blades winning crew of 2016! With a crew announcement likened to previous years’ O1 crews👀 expectations were high and the crew didn’t dissapoint.

The first day saw a quick bump on Oriel M4, starting a disatorous week for Oriel. Then after what can only be described as a complete neglect of the rudder, Balliol M3 stacked it into a house boat, impaling it
(see picture), and causing the Teddy M3 beer boat to rise 7 places... right infront of our O2 for day 2. The crews spirits remained high, hoping they had the power to pull another mighty bump out of the bag, but Teddy Hall had other ideas, quickly bumping out on their way to blades, leaving the challenge of an overbump on Oriel 3. The crew fought valiantly gaining over 5 lengths and almost catching them, but the significant lack of any form of UT2 training in the stern of the boat showed through, and Oriel unfortunately escaped, thwarting our blades campaign.

On the 3rd day the crew was back in high spirits and on top form. The crew remained calm, composed and confident even in the face of Hildas M2 bearing down upon us, and won a beautifully timed bump on Lincare M2 in the gut. For the final day we welcomed Clint into the boat for his first ever race, and with just 4 sessions under his belt he rose to the challenge magnificently, helping the crew finally bump Oriel 3 in the gut.

Overall the crew went +3 over the week. The crew was a pleasure to cox with good vibes only, and I’m especially proud of those who learnt to row this year (and this term!) and fully embraced the sport with such speed. I’m so proud of their achievement putting the Mansfield M2 back on the rise to greatness.

- James B (President)

O1 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

Day 1 we were back in a familiar position being chased by St Peter’s M1 and chasing Exeter M1. Peter’s had clearly upped their game from last year, with it looking inevitable that we’d be caught, however we were not going to get bumped! Every time they pushed towards us we’d push harder. We just managed to eek a row over, before all immediately collapsing. Day 2 was a rematch with Peter’s while now chasing Brasenose M1. This time Peter’s threw everything at us, clearly determined not repeat Day 1, and sadly caught us at univ, with us unable to dig as deep as we had on day 1.

Day 3 saw us chasing Peter’s but we were now being chased by Pembroke M2, who we had valiantly held off on Day 4 of Torpids, ending their blades campaign. We went in knowing that this was a row to the head and we’d need to pace ourselves. I think I knew we were safe when Lucy’s encouraging “you’re pulling away from Pembroke” calls turned to genuine surprise “wait you actually are pulling away!”.

Day 4 we were again being chased by Pembroke M2 and were chasing Brasenose M1 once again, after they too had been bumped by Peter’s. Just as we passed univ boathouse, Pembroke M2 was caught by Univ M2 (well done on blades!). With nothing to lose and all to gain the boat descended into a frenzy to catch Brasenose before the finish line, however they were able to hold us off and we sadly rowed over once again. The video for this day can be seen here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHyS8T8OCo.

All in all really proud of Lucy and the boys, especially with the performance of the 5(!) novices in the O1. So excited to see what we can do next eights! None of this would have been possible without the patient mentoring of our coach of 2 years Bea, who we will be sadly missing! It’s been a pleasure captaining this side for the last year and I wish all the best to the new captains Felix and James!

- Mikey (Open Captain)

O1 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

Day 1 we were back in a familiar position being chased by St Peter’s M1 and chasing Exeter M1. Peter’s had clearly upped their game from last year, with it looking inevitable that we’d be caught, however we were not going to get bumped! Every time they pushed towards us we’d push harder. We just managed to eek a row over, before all immediately collapsing. Day 2 was a rematch with Peter’s while now chasing Brasenose M1. This time Peter’s threw everything at us, clearly determined not repeat Day 1, and sadly caught us at univ, with us unable to dig as deep as we had on day 1.

Day 3 saw us chasing Peter’s but we were now being chased by Pembroke M2, who we had valiantly held off on Day 4 of Torpids, ending their blades campaign. We went in knowing that this was a row to the head and we’d need to pace ourselves. I think I knew we were safe when Lucy’s encouraging “you’re pulling away from Pembroke” calls turned to genuine surprise “wait you actually are pulling away!”.

Day 4 we were again being chased by Pembroke M2 and were chasing Brasenose M1 once again, after they too had been bumped by Peter’s. Just as we passed univ boathouse, Pembroke M2 was caught by Univ M2 (well done on blades!). With nothing to lose and all to gain the boat descended into a frenzy to catch Brasenose before the finish line, however they were able to hold us off and we sadly rowed over once again. The video for this day can be seen here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHyS8T8OCo.

All in all really proud of Lucy and the boys, especially with the performance of the 5(!) novices in the O1. So excited to see what we can do next eights! None of this would have been possible without the patient mentoring of our coach of 2 years Bea, who we will be sadly missing! It’s been a pleasure captaining this side for the last year and I wish all the best to the new captains Felix and James!

- Mikey (Open Captain)

W1 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

W1 put on an amazing showing this summer VIIIs, starting the week on bungline 8 in Div 2 and finishing on bungline 11, with our spoons campaign shattered on the last day.

The first day was one of great anticipation, being chased by LMH, with three out of eight of their rowers having been trained by us in Ely! Not our greatest row and potentially the widest line on the river, we got caught just after Donny bridge.

On Thursday we came back with a different energy! With a speedy start we were gaining on LMH and nearly had overlap by Donny bridge, but Merton unfortunately pipped us before we could take our revenge. Despite the defeat, spirits were high…

Onto Friday. It was Somerville Mansfield round two after our tragic encounter in torpids. Liv forgot that the word concede even existed, meaning Somerville went for the contact bump, ramming into my blade and causing our only crab of the week. Luckily it was caught on camera from about 15 different angles.

Saturday we knew we were on for Spoons and only had one goal in mind- make it to Longbridges. Then disaster struck, our rudder was bent (again), so we had to take out our twice as heavy w2. The biggest problem was that our w1 was bowrigged, w2 stroke rigged, meaning MCBC4EVA became CMCBE4AV. Still, once the canon went we gave it everything and had made it nearly to Donny bridge with Peter’s gaining but not quite on us yet. We then see the greatest sight in Bumps- a crab! Peter’s struggle to regain themselves, leading Queens to bump them out and giving us clear water. The rest of the row consisted of us all screaming ‘no spoons’ and some overly excited rate 43 (sorry guys).

Overall I just want to say how I am so so so proud of these girls for the work they put in this week and the whole year. Additionally a massive thank you to Kathleen who has been our greatest supporter and we are so grateful for her coaching. I am so excited to see how much further we can go and our torpids blades campaign starts now!!

- Izzy (Women’s VC 24/25)

W1 Summer VIII’s Roundup!

W1 put on an amazing showing this summer VIIIs, starting the week on bungline 8 in Div 2 and finishing on bungline 11, with our spoons campaign shattered on the last day.

The first day was one of great anticipation, being chased by LMH, with three out of eight of their rowers having been trained by us in Ely! Not our greatest row and potentially the widest line on the river, we got caught just after Donny bridge.

On Thursday we came back with a different energy! With a speedy start we were gaining on LMH and nearly had overlap by Donny bridge, but Merton unfortunately pipped us before we could take our revenge. Despite the defeat, spirits were high…

Onto Friday. It was Somerville Mansfield round two after our tragic encounter in torpids. Liv forgot that the word concede even existed, meaning Somerville went for the contact bump, ramming into my blade and causing our only crab of the week. Luckily it was caught on camera from about 15 different angles.

Saturday we knew we were on for Spoons and only had one goal in mind- make it to Longbridges. Then disaster struck, our rudder was bent (again), so we had to take out our twice as heavy w2. The biggest problem was that our w1 was bowrigged, w2 stroke rigged, meaning MCBC4EVA became CMCBE4AV. Still, once the canon went we gave it everything and had made it nearly to Donny bridge with Peter’s gaining but not quite on us yet. We then see the greatest sight in Bumps- a crab! Peter’s struggle to regain themselves, leading Queens to bump them out and giving us clear water. The rest of the row consisted of us all screaming ‘no spoons’ and some overly excited rate 43 (sorry guys).

Overall I just want to say how I am so so so proud of these girls for the work they put in this week and the whole year. Additionally a massive thank you to Kathleen who has been our greatest supporter and we are so grateful for her coaching. I am so excited to see how much further we can go and our torpids blades campaign starts now!!

- Izzy (Women’s VC 24/25)

On 31 May 2025, Mansfield College Boat Club finished Summer Eights week by brining together current members and alumni to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

Founded in 1965, the club is the largest sporting society at Mansfield College and offers all college members the opportunity to row, regardless of prior experience. Since it was established the club has been run by Mansfield students, and is spurred to success by alumni support.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this such a special celebration!

On 31 May 2025, Mansfield College Boat Club finished Summer Eights week by brining together current members and alumni to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

Founded in 1965, the club is the largest sporting society at Mansfield College and offers all college members the opportunity to row, regardless of prior experience. Since it was established the club has been run by Mansfield students, and is spurred to success by alumni support.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this such a special celebration!

💛��❤️ Summer Eights ‘25 O1 ❤️💛

Cox: Lucy Lansdown

Stroke: James Kearns
7: Zac Stowell
6: Konrad Almås
5: Manny Yeps
4: Mikey Matthews
3: Felix Brandon
2: James Bennett
Bow: Conor Phelan

Coach: Beatrice Argyle

💛❤️ Summer Eights ‘25 O1 ❤️💛

Cox: Lucy Lansdown

Stroke: James Kearns
7: Zac Stowell
6: Konrad Almås
5: Manny Yeps
4: Mikey Matthews
3: Felix Brandon
2: James Bennett
Bow: Conor Phelan

Coach: Beatrice Argyle

❤️💛 Summer Eights ‘25 W1 💛❤️

Cox: Olivia Allan

Stroke: Izzy Hedges
7: Izzy Rulten
6: Qingyang Zhang (Weds/Thurs), Grace Hind (Fri/Sat)
5: Imogen Boxall
4: Clare McGrade
3: Elise Pryke
2: Florence Smith
Bow: Emily Dillon

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

❤️💛 Summer Eights ‘25 W1 💛❤️

Cox: Olivia Allan

Stroke: Izzy Hedges
7: Izzy Rulten
6: Qingyang Zhang (Weds/Thurs), Grace Hind (Fri/Sat)
5: Imogen Boxall
4: Clare McGrade
3: Elise Pryke
2: Florence Smith
Bow: Emily Dillon

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

💛❤️ Summer Eights ‘25 O2 ❤️💛

Cox: James Bennett

Stroke: Tom Wade
7: Ky Johal
6: Rowan Burford
5: Tom Perneczky / Thierry Blankenstein
4: Matty Paule
3: Luke McCarvill / Clint Grohmann
2: Michael Daly / Wilder Zimmer
Bow: Jude Smith

Coach: Beatrice Argyle

💛❤️ Summer Eights ‘25 O2 ❤️💛

Cox: James Bennett

Stroke: Tom Wade
7: Ky Johal
6: Rowan Burford
5: Tom Perneczky / Thierry Blankenstein
4: Matty Paule
3: Luke McCarvill / Clint Grohmann
2: Michael Daly / Wilder Zimmer
Bow: Jude Smith

Coach: Beatrice Argyle

❤️💛 Summer Eights ‘25 W2 💛❤️

Cox: Emily Dillon

Stroke: Isabel Valovin
7: Jin Cheeva
6: Mika Chen
5: Payton Pemberton
4: Amala Leonard
3: Yannan Zhang
2: Ananya Guduri
Bow: Adel Burbidge

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

❤️💛 Summer Eights ‘25 W2 💛❤️

Cox: Emily Dillon

Stroke: Isabel Valovin
7: Jin Cheeva
6: Mika Chen
5: Payton Pemberton
4: Amala Leonard
3: Yannan Zhang
2: Ananya Guduri
Bow: Adel Burbidge

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

Calling all Mansfield College Boat Club alumni, the deadline to book your place at our upcoming anniversary dinner is this Friday (16/05/2025)! We would love to see as many members of our MCBC community as possible, together in the college chapel, on the Saturday of Summer VIIIs to celebrate the growth and success of our club over the past sixty-years ❤️💛

Information on ticketing for current members to follow!

Calling all Mansfield College Boat Club alumni, the deadline to book your place at our upcoming anniversary dinner is this Friday (16/05/2025)! We would love to see as many members of our MCBC community as possible, together in the college chapel, on the Saturday of Summer VIIIs to celebrate the growth and success of our club over the past sixty-years ❤️💛

Information on ticketing for current members to follow!

With Summer VIIIs fast approaching, we won’t just be enjoying some gorgeous 2k tests 🙃 but balancing the leg work with an amazing set of socials lined up for Trinity Term thanks to our social secretaries 🫡

If you’re a Mansfield student looking for an excuse to join the college’s biggest sports society, let this be it 🍻

With Summer VIIIs fast approaching, we won’t just be enjoying some gorgeous 2k tests 🙃 but balancing the leg work with an amazing set of socials lined up for Trinity Term thanks to our social secretaries 🫡

If you’re a Mansfield student looking for an excuse to join the college’s biggest sports society, let this be it 🍻

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O1 roundup ❤️💛

The O1 started the week strong with a surprisingly fast bump on GTC in the gut. A great introduction for the half of the boat (Konrad, Manny, Zac, Tom SR) for whom this was their first bumps race! The quick bump had filled us with hope and the b-word started carelessly being thrown around.

We went into day 2 feeling good… until GTC bumped us… in exactly the same place we had bumped them the previous day. This was capped off by a speedy Wolfson M2 bumping us outside univ. The resultant mood in the boathouse afterwards was tough, not helped by us hearing GTC celebrating in the boat bay next to us (of course we’d done exactly the same thing the day before but it’s fine when we do it okay). Despite this being the absolute low point of Torpids, it’s the day I was most proud of the team for. Especially in seeing how the more senior members, who’ve had their own share of ups and downs, supported the novices in their first loss.

Going into day 3 there was a mix of apprehension and a strong desire to fight back. Our bowman Tom SR had fallen ill, but we were fortunate to have Jude join the boat for the final 2 days in his place. We held off our pursuers Pembroke M2 and, to everyone’s joy, bumped Linacre by rowing past them at boathouse island. After the rowing past ‘incident’ on the womens side with Somerville, Bea decided to leave no doubt about the row-past, with us crossing the stream to pulli in ahead of Linacre.

Going into day 4, we were net zero, with a Pembroke M2 on for blades chasing us and our old frenemies GTC ahead of us. Pembroke went for the quick bump, quickly gaining on us and getting to within a terrifying quarter length as we passed longbridges. A well timed call for maximum power from Lorenzo spared us the bump and we started to pull away… only to bump GTC in front of boathouse island. Cue celebrations.

I’d like to thank Bea for her wonderful coaching and for coxing us for the first 3 days and James K gets a shoutout as our faithful bankrider. To the GTC men - it was a pleasure and you guys are all great sports. Bring on summer eights.

- Mikey, Open side Captain

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O1 roundup ❤️💛

The O1 started the week strong with a surprisingly fast bump on GTC in the gut. A great introduction for the half of the boat (Konrad, Manny, Zac, Tom SR) for whom this was their first bumps race! The quick bump had filled us with hope and the b-word started carelessly being thrown around.

We went into day 2 feeling good… until GTC bumped us… in exactly the same place we had bumped them the previous day. This was capped off by a speedy Wolfson M2 bumping us outside univ. The resultant mood in the boathouse afterwards was tough, not helped by us hearing GTC celebrating in the boat bay next to us (of course we’d done exactly the same thing the day before but it’s fine when we do it okay). Despite this being the absolute low point of Torpids, it’s the day I was most proud of the team for. Especially in seeing how the more senior members, who’ve had their own share of ups and downs, supported the novices in their first loss.

Going into day 3 there was a mix of apprehension and a strong desire to fight back. Our bowman Tom SR had fallen ill, but we were fortunate to have Jude join the boat for the final 2 days in his place. We held off our pursuers Pembroke M2 and, to everyone’s joy, bumped Linacre by rowing past them at boathouse island. After the rowing past ‘incident’ on the womens side with Somerville, Bea decided to leave no doubt about the row-past, with us crossing the stream to pulli in ahead of Linacre.

Going into day 4, we were net zero, with a Pembroke M2 on for blades chasing us and our old frenemies GTC ahead of us. Pembroke went for the quick bump, quickly gaining on us and getting to within a terrifying quarter length as we passed longbridges. A well timed call for maximum power from Lorenzo spared us the bump and we started to pull away… only to bump GTC in front of boathouse island. Cue celebrations.

I’d like to thank Bea for her wonderful coaching and for coxing us for the first 3 days and James K gets a shoutout as our faithful bankrider. To the GTC men - it was a pleasure and you guys are all great sports. Bring on summer eights.

- Mikey, Open side Captain

so proud to see one of MCBC’s finest in the Osiris Crew for the 2025 Boat Race! 💙⭐️

@imogenboxall will be taking on Cambridge in the Osiris-Blondie race on the 13th April and the whole of @mansfieldoxford will be cheering her on!

so proud to see one of MCBC’s finest in the Osiris Crew for the 2025 Boat Race! 💙⭐️

@imogenboxall will be taking on Cambridge in the Osiris-Blondie race on the 13th April and the whole of @mansfieldoxford will be cheering her on!

⭐️ Mansfield Boat Club to Introduce Gondolas for its 60th Anniversary ⭐️

This year marks the 60th anniversary of our Boat Club, so to celebrate, @biglegsmansfield is ditching oars for gondolas this Trinity Term. Inspired by Oxford’s own love for punting, our rowers will glide down the river in style—complete with singing gondoliers, striped uniforms, and romantic serenades. All Mansfield alumni, students, and staff are eligible to book. Keep an eye on your emails for further details.
Comment ‘MCBC60 ❤️❤️’ for a free ride!

⭐️ Mansfield Boat Club to Introduce Gondolas for its 60th Anniversary ⭐️

This year marks the 60th anniversary of our Boat Club, so to celebrate, @biglegsmansfield is ditching oars for gondolas this Trinity Term. Inspired by Oxford’s own love for punting, our rowers will glide down the river in style—complete with singing gondoliers, striped uniforms, and romantic serenades. All Mansfield alumni, students, and staff are eligible to book. Keep an eye on your emails for further details.
Comment ‘MCBC60 ❤️❤️’ for a free ride!

Exciting News!! For the first time since 2022, MCBC will be running a training camp away from our beloved stretch of the Isis River and we can’t wait. Funded by a generous alumni donation, we will be using the chance to get in lots of extra miles as the build up to Summer VIIIs begins. Alumni support makes a huge difference to our relatively young club and helps us further our dual aims of opening rowing to more Mansfield students, and improving our results on the water! Remember to save the date for our 60th anniversary celebration dinner (Saturday 31st May 2025, at Mansfield College) - this extra special Summer VIIIs dinner is a chance to celebrate MCBC’s progression over the years and we would love to welcome as many alumni as possible. If you would like to support our club please visit - https://www.mansfieldcollegeboatclub.co.uk/donations
Big Legs, Big Love ❤️💛❤️💛

Exciting News!! For the first time since 2022, MCBC will be running a training camp away from our beloved stretch of the Isis River and we can’t wait. Funded by a generous alumni donation, we will be using the chance to get in lots of extra miles as the build up to Summer VIIIs begins. Alumni support makes a huge difference to our relatively young club and helps us further our dual aims of opening rowing to more Mansfield students, and improving our results on the water! Remember to save the date for our 60th anniversary celebration dinner (Saturday 31st May 2025, at Mansfield College) - this extra special Summer VIIIs dinner is a chance to celebrate MCBC’s progression over the years and we would love to welcome as many alumni as possible. If you would like to support our club please visit - https://www.mansfieldcollegeboatclub.co.uk/donations
Big Legs, Big Love ❤️💛❤️💛

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W1 roundup ❤️💛

W1 enjoyed a varied week in div2 this Torpids, beginning as the sandwich boat (between the two halves of the division due to reduced racing) and finishing 10th in the division. This drop of three places was the result of two row overs on the first day, an attempt on Bea’s life from Exeter and a possibly-celebrated-too-early row past from Somerville on the second day, a row over on the third day and a bump from St. Antony’s on the last day.

Overall there was an incredible show of rowing from all 9 members of the boat this week, with Charlotte providing her skills with very minimal warning on two occasions! And, while most of the boat ended the week with an unidentified illness, Izzy H actually survived four out of the five races with it. We couldn’t have raced without the incredible sacrifices of Bea to cox us on the first three days which we are so grateful for. Additionally we had the brilliant coxing of James on the Saturday who helped the boat hold off St. Hugh’s while I watched anxiously from the bank due to the aforementioned unidentified illness. Kathleen provided long distance coaching for the first two days but then graced us with her presence and unbeatable positivity and encouragement for the second half of the week; she truly has provided incredible coaching this term and has been such an asset to MCBC.

Also I would like to make an honourable mention to the members of the W2 and Greenfield, as well as Sam who was supposed to cox the W1 who were all sadly unable to compete in this Torpids. The entire women’s side has shown great commitment and resilience and I look forward to Summer VIIIs next term!

- Lucy, Women’s Captain

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W1 roundup ❤️💛

W1 enjoyed a varied week in div2 this Torpids, beginning as the sandwich boat (between the two halves of the division due to reduced racing) and finishing 10th in the division. This drop of three places was the result of two row overs on the first day, an attempt on Bea’s life from Exeter and a possibly-celebrated-too-early row past from Somerville on the second day, a row over on the third day and a bump from St. Antony’s on the last day.

Overall there was an incredible show of rowing from all 9 members of the boat this week, with Charlotte providing her skills with very minimal warning on two occasions! And, while most of the boat ended the week with an unidentified illness, Izzy H actually survived four out of the five races with it. We couldn’t have raced without the incredible sacrifices of Bea to cox us on the first three days which we are so grateful for. Additionally we had the brilliant coxing of James on the Saturday who helped the boat hold off St. Hugh’s while I watched anxiously from the bank due to the aforementioned unidentified illness. Kathleen provided long distance coaching for the first two days but then graced us with her presence and unbeatable positivity and encouragement for the second half of the week; she truly has provided incredible coaching this term and has been such an asset to MCBC.

Also I would like to make an honourable mention to the members of the W2 and Greenfield, as well as Sam who was supposed to cox the W1 who were all sadly unable to compete in this Torpids. The entire women’s side has shown great commitment and resilience and I look forward to Summer VIIIs next term!

- Lucy, Women’s Captain

💛❤️ Happy International Women’s Day ❤️💛

💛❤️ Happy International Women’s Day ❤️💛

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O1 ❤️💛

Cox: Lorenzo Versini

Stroke: Mikey Matthews
7: Conor Phelan
6: Tom Wade
5: Zac Stowell
4: Konrad Almås
3: Manny Yepes
2: James Bennett
Bow: Tom Silvester-Ratcliffe

Coach: Bea Argyle

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O1 ❤️💛

Cox: Lorenzo Versini

Stroke: Mikey Matthews
7: Conor Phelan
6: Tom Wade
5: Zac Stowell
4: Konrad Almås
3: Manny Yepes
2: James Bennett
Bow: Tom Silvester-Ratcliffe

Coach: Bea Argyle

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O2 ❤️💛

Cox: James Bennett

Stroke: James Kearns
7: Tom Perneczky
6: Yiming Xu / Thierry Blankenstein
5: Ky Johal
4: Matt Paule
3: Felix Brandon
2: Wilder Zimmer
Bow: Jude Smith

Coach: Bea Argyle

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 O2 ❤️💛

Cox: James Bennett

Stroke: James Kearns
7: Tom Perneczky
6: Yiming Xu / Thierry Blankenstein
5: Ky Johal
4: Matt Paule
3: Felix Brandon
2: Wilder Zimmer
Bow: Jude Smith

Coach: Bea Argyle

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W1 ❤️💛

Cox: Sam Hudspith

Stroke: Lucy Lockyear
7: Hes Edwards
6: Grace Hind
5: Izzy Rulten
4: Emily Dillon
3: Izzy Hedges
2: Florence Smith
Bow: Lucy Lansdown

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W1 ❤️💛

Cox: Sam Hudspith

Stroke: Lucy Lockyear
7: Hes Edwards
6: Grace Hind
5: Izzy Rulten
4: Emily Dillon
3: Izzy Hedges
2: Florence Smith
Bow: Lucy Lansdown

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W2 ❤️💛

Cox: Lucy Lansdown

Stroke: Leonorah Iverson
7: Charlotte Hudson
6: Jin Cheeva
5: Olivia Allan
4: Isabel Schulze Froning
3: Clare McGrade
2: Elise Pryke
Bow: Amala Leonard

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

💛❤️ Torpids ‘25 W2 ❤️💛

Cox: Lucy Lansdown

Stroke: Leonorah Iverson
7: Charlotte Hudson
6: Jin Cheeva
5: Olivia Allan
4: Isabel Schulze Froning
3: Clare McGrade
2: Elise Pryke
Bow: Amala Leonard

Coach: Kathleen Meerscheidt

Narrowly missing out on a spot in Torpids after a valiant performance at rowing on today, it’s our W3 comp-crew with @greentempletonboatclub:

Stroke: Sam Withey
7: Kristin Kostka
6: Payton Pemberton
5: Yannan Zhang
4: Ananya Guduri
3: Nikita Nautiyal
2: Alina Ziyun Zeng
Bow: Irasema Trujillo

💚💙💛❤️

Narrowly missing out on a spot in Torpids after a valiant performance at rowing on today, it’s our W3 comp-crew with @greentempletonboatclub:

Stroke: Sam Withey
7: Kristin Kostka
6: Payton Pemberton
5: Yannan Zhang
4: Ananya Guduri
3: Nikita Nautiyal
2: Alina Ziyun Zeng
Bow: Irasema Trujillo

💚💙💛❤️

🏎️ 3rd week round up 🏎️

- Starting another week off the water (🚩) MCBC got back to it with IWL D on the weekend
- with each side entering two crews, some of our novices had their first taste of racing!
- Women’s A: 6:10.5 (6th) , Women’s B: 7:25.5 (27th)
- Open’s A: 5:37.0 (14th), Open’s B: 5:40.0 (18th)
- Big Legs Big Love ❤️ 💛❤️💛
- photo creds. @laurenhazel.photos

🏎️ 3rd week round up 🏎️

- Starting another week off the water (🚩) MCBC got back to it with IWL D on the weekend
- with each side entering two crews, some of our novices had their first taste of racing!
- Women’s A: 6:10.5 (6th) , Women’s B: 7:25.5 (27th)
- Open’s A: 5:37.0 (14th), Open’s B: 5:40.0 (18th)
- Big Legs Big Love ❤️ 💛❤️💛
- photo creds. @laurenhazel.photos

☀️ week 2 round-up ☀️
- week 2 kicked off with a red flag but ended up on the water!
- even though the river tried to ruin our fun, both the open’s and women’s sides rounded up a week of ergs with a day trip to Swindon
- our rowers enjoyed the water sessions in mixed boats boosting our one-club mindset 🫶💪
- Big legs, Big love ❤️ 💛❤️💛

☀️ week 2 round-up ☀️
- week 2 kicked off with a red flag but ended up on the water!
- even though the river tried to ruin our fun, both the open’s and women’s sides rounded up a week of ergs with a day trip to Swindon
- our rowers enjoyed the water sessions in mixed boats boosting our one-club mindset 🫶💪
- Big legs, Big love ❤️ 💛❤️💛

members and alumni - save the date!

members and alumni - save the date!

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