Torpids is one of two series of bumping races, a type of rowing race, held yearly at Oxford University; the other is Eights Week.[2] Over 130 men's and women's crews race for their colleges in twelve divisions: six each of men's and women's; almost 1,200 participants in total. The racing takes place on the Isis (part of the River Thames), usually in the 7th week of Hilary Term on four successive days from Wednesday to Saturday (around the start of March).
^ abcdeOxford University Rowing Clubs, Historical Results Torpids, retrieved 16 February 2022
^Sherwood, W. E. (1900). "The Torpids". Oxford Rowing: A History of Boat-Racing at Oxford from the Earliest Times. Oxford and London. pp. 43–49. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
of Torpids) in these years. Women's division in Torpids have existed since 1978. This was delayed from 1977 when the river was flooded and Torpids was...
metabolic rate allows the prolonged survival of animals capable of entering torpid states. In 2020, scientists reported evidence of the torpor in Lystrosaurus...
1827.[citation needed] At Oxford, an additional bumping regatta, known as Torpids, was begun in 1838. This regatta was originally for men who had not rowed...
undefeated in Torpids, the longest run of any college by far.[citation needed] In 2006 Oriel claimed the first ever double headship in Torpids, rowing over...
Summer Torpids, which was held instead because the 2021 Torpids races were also cancelled due to the pandemic response. Both Summer Eights and Torpids resumed...
[citation needed] SEH put no boat out in Torpids for the first 40 years of its existence. Its first appearance in Torpids was not until 1901 when its boat started...
to the termly intercollegiate rowing regattas: Christ Church Regatta, Torpids, and Summer Eights. In addition, there are higher standard university wide...
helped BCBC to top the bumps charts for both Torpids and Summer Eights in 2008 and 2009. The BCBC Torpids campaign of 2008 was the most successful campaign...
of Torpidity in the Violet-Green Swallow" (PDF). Condor. 68 (1): 102–103. doi:10.2307/1365178. JSTOR 1365178. Serventy, D. L. (1970). "Torpidity in the...
blades win being in Torpids 2023 with the second eight crew, also gaining 2nd VIII headship. O1 sits 11th on the river for Torpids and 10th on the river...
nuttallii, is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for weeks or months, although other...
(Nyctimene robinsoni). Torpid states last longer in the summer for megabats than in the winter. During hibernation, bats enter a torpid state and decrease...
reduced, and the Spanish Inquisition, though not abolished, was rendered torpid. In the meantime, much-antiquated legislation that tended to restrict trade...
annually at the end of August on the River Dart. Summer Eights, along with Torpids, the two intercollegiate bumps races of Oxford University, held on the...
straightforward, and even criticize its overarching themes as "the stuff of torpid platitudes", online discussion has been much more positive. Heated debate...
in the hope of benefitting from it herself, whereupon she falls into a torpid sleep. Cupid finds her in this state, and revives her by returning the sleep...
universities The Oxford University bumping races known as Eights Week and Torpids Other regattas, head races and university bumping races are held along...
Nature however provides nothing in vain, we may suppose that even these torpid, senseless creatures are wisely intended to fill up one of the great links...
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