BUCS Hill Climb 2023 race report by Oscar Smith On Saturday 4 November, an intrepid group of OUCCians made the journey up to Leicestershire to compete in the BUCS hill climb. Unperturbed by the biblical weather conditions, this hardy bunch of non-fair-weather cyclists trekked up to the Vale of Belvoir to tackle the fiercesome slopes of Terrace Hill. Terrace Hill is to the East […]
The 2022/23 season has been a standout one for OUCC, with our riders putting in several stellar performances to achieve a bounty of BUCS medals over the course of the year. This is an outline of our BUCS and Varsity results over the season so far, with hopefully more to come at the BUCS 10 […]
Written by Pedr Charlesworth (Secretary) In light of trying to make varsity more inclusive and inviting Cambridge to battle it out on the wicked slopes of our own Col du Wytham, the entry form for the 2022 edition of the OUCC hill climb had been flooding my inbox every day for the past two weeks. […]
Role on Committee – Development Captain Course – DPhil in Clinical Medicine Year – 1st (but I was here for my undergraduate as well so technically 5th!) College – St Annes Favourite Ride – Any of the OUCC weekend rides. Spending time with friends in the Oxfordshire countryside can’t be beat! Most Memorable Ride – […]
angus.phillips@spc.ox.ac.uk Role on Committe – Men’s Road Captain Course – Course: DPhil in Statistics and Machine Learning Year – 2nd Discipline – Road Favourite ride – Lowther Hill – the highest paved road in Scotland Fun(/sad) fact: I managed to DNF a 2 minute hill climb – won’t be doing that again!
Written by Jack Churchill The Oxfordshire Road Race League finished recently, so it’s a great time to recap an excellent season for the mighty OUCC! Despite cancellations and the long vac hampering our efforts, OUCC managed some brilliant rides over the course of the league.Pocket Rocket and aero connoisseur William Metcalf got us off to the […]