Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club
| Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club | |
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| Location |
Wallingford, Oxford, 
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| Home water | River Thames |
| Founded | 1975 |
| President | Rowan Arthur |
| Coaches | Samuel Wells, Peter Nordberg |
| University | University of Oxford |
| Affiliations | British Rowing |
| Website | www |
| Events | |
| Henley Boat Races | |
| Notable members | |
| Paul Mattick | |
Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club (OULRC) is the university rowing club for lightweight men at the University of Oxford which selects crews to race against Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club in the Henley Boat Races at the end of Hilary term. These races are usually held in late March each year.
Membership of OULRC is by competitive selection drawn solely from student members of the university. OULRC commences the selection process in September prior to the beginning of Michaelmas term, recruiting from both undergraduate and postgraduate members of the University. By the end of Michaelmas, the squad is reduced to two trial eights which compete in a Trial Eights race at Henley-on-Thames over the course used for the race against Cambridge. From this squad the club selects a first crew, known as the Lightweight Blue Boat, and a reserve crew, known as Nephthys.
The Blue Boat goes on to race Cambridge. From 2000 until 2006 Nephthys also raced against a lightweight reserve crew from Cambridge, Granta. Since 2007, however, Cambridge has declined to field a Granta crew, and Nephthys has raced in the Tideway Head and other external races. The squad also participates in BUCS championships.
Nephthys derives its name from the Egyptian goddess of the same name who was claimed to be the sister of Isis. Isis is the name given to the heavyweight reserve crew, and is also the term used within the University for the reach of the Thames between Osney lock and Iffley lock on which the college crews row.
Although the Blue Boat does not compete in regattas after racing against Cambridge, OULRC does occasionally field crews in the Henley Royal Regatta, which often compete as Nephthys.
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