Oxford University Ice Hockey Women's Blues

Watch the 103rd edition of the oldest rivalry in Ice Hockey with the livestreams below!

Three clashes between Oxford and Cambridge over the course of the weekend:

* Oxford Womens Blues and Vikings B vs Cambridge Womens Blues and Huskies - June 26, 16:30-19:30
* Oxford Mens Blues vs Cambridge Mens Blues - June 26, 19:30-22:30
* Oxford Vikings A vs Cambridge Narwhals - June 27, 16:45-19:45

The stream link for the 26th is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUJwPGTMmk

The stream link for the 27th is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JptkANKuII

OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE ICE HOCKEY VARSITY MATCH The 103rd Ice Hockey Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge

Women’s Blues and Viking’s B sign up sheet for try-outs for the 2020-21 season!

You have until midday Friday to fill it in.

All info is in the form, please be honest with us about experience.

Players of all abilities welcome!

A really great way to get some exercise and play a competitive sport that doesn’t subtract from time working in the day!

Oxford University Ice Hockey Tryouts If you're filling this form in it's because you've expressed an interest in trying out for either Vikings B or Women's Blues. This form is going to try and gauge where you're at in terms of ability. Don't worry, both teams take on brand new beginners so please try to answer as honestly as possible.....

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Results day is upon us and we understand some prospective players/students may have questions about joining the club. Here is a Q&A with the Viking’s A Captain, Robert to help give some insight:

(Please comment below any more questions for Robert)!

Q: Why Ice Hockey instead of any other sport?
A: Because it’s an enormous amount of fun. Ice hockey is a fast-paced and action-packed team sport; you get fit, develop as a team-player, make loads of new friends and all in a historic club for the sport, check it out on (https://oxforduniversityicehockey.com/oldest-hockey-rivalry/)


Q: Are you better than Cambridge?
A: Of course we are! We did have a challenging 2020 Varsity but looking to settle the score in 2021! (It’s actually pretty even which makes for great hockey!)


Q: How often and where do you train?
A: We train at the Oxford Ice Rink. Each squad usually train twice a week on ice for 1-1.5 hour.


Q: How hard is it to balance sport and work?
A: Most find that sport complements work really well. Sport can help you concentrate when during work and the social aspect both on and off the ice also helps balance out working hard. The club also provides a great supportive environment. One point of caution though, training times can be late so you have to make sure you still get your sleep, morning lectures on too little sleep is not ideal…


Q: How often do you compete (with regards to local/national leagues)?
A: Usually 8 league games per season, 1 weekend away for Nationals (if you want), 1 Varsity, and a couple of friendlies.


Q: Do you have coaches or are you student lead?
A: Usually we are student lead, but we have had coaches too, it depends on who’s available. The student coaches are brilliant though and we have all learned so much!


Q: Does the club have active social life?
A: 100% heroic! Loads of Club-Team-Squad-Line[-and-everything-inbetween]-wide/cross events all year!


Q: Do you have an alumni network / opportunities for alumni to get involved?
A: Yes we do, we have an alumni committee staying in touch and making sure you can stay involved. We even have the Alumni Varsity game as part of the varsity weekend! Check out our alumni network and notable alumni website sections too.

Q: Which team should I join?
A: Have a look at the Teams & Prospective Players section (https://oxforduniversityicehockey.com/teams/), this will give you a good indication.

Huge congrats to all our players over the last year for there outstanding performances!! What a team! Here’s an overview of the awards given last night on our makeshift Zoom awards evening:

Most Valuable player - Kimberley
Best Offensive player - Emma
Best Defensive player - Vanessa
Most Improved player - Sabrina
Best Rookie - Hildie
The Simmons trophy - Katie
Captains Commitment Prize - Ailsa
Coaches Award - Caroline
Players player - Kim and Ailsa

Congrats girls see you next year! ❤️

We're very excited to announce the launch of our new club website! Featuring a history of OUIHC, the legacy of the Varsity Match, our notable alumni, and of course, info on our teams and sign-ups for new players!

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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Here is our new Women’s Blues committee for the 20-21 season!!! Watch out for Kimberley Slessor (Brookes) and Hildie Leyser (Hertford) as our new co-captains, with Mishie Ashok (Trinity) and Vanessa Wynter (Wadham) as secretary and treasurer 🙌🙌🙌

#32 Bex

Oh what can I say about Bex? Bex is everything that makes our team amazing, unique, and gives us memories for life. If you are reading this as a fresh faced 18-19 year old first year undergraduate, Bex began playing for us when your name was sewn into your school uniform (and I hope she will still be playing in another 10 years - watch this space future OUIHC historians.) After finishing her DPhil Bex decided life was too easy and decided to do *another* degree. Luckily for us this means we get to keep her! You would think that playing a whopping 127 games (and counting) over an impressive 9 year career in the BUIHA, would be noteworthy of it's own. But Bex has excelled herself by deciding life isnt violent enough tame, and recently took up roller derby and extreme crocheting. Not only that, but she is now coaching our team and sharing her wisdom and experience with the next generation of womens Blues! We love you sexy Bexy, never leave us!

If you can’t make it today, catch the Women’s Varsity Match at 4pm on Cambridge Ice Arena’s page where it will be live-streamed!!!

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#13 Othilia

This Norwegian goddess has taken on the mountainous task of co-captain alongside her busy schedule being a kickass business and marketing student. She Is feisty and loves chocolate, a gym bunny and loves trying new things (Also a water polo player?!). Originally a bandy player, Othilia has descended from the icy, fantasy land of Scandinavia down to help coach us at trainings and becoming one of our most valuable players on the offence. She’s got a killer shot and a reputation of being one of our main goal scorers on the team, so watch out for number 13 on the ice! (She also plays the best songs in the changing rooms so you bet we are motivated af)

Captain! #38 Tiffany

Tiff, our co-captain, truly lives and breathes the hockey spirit! She can often be found gracefully pirouetting between training drills with seemingly tireless energy before outskating all those brave enough to face her. Off the ice Tiff also does rollerblading, Kendo, ALTs and somehow finds time to study for her Master’s in Computer Science. With a terrific shot and brutal defensive play, she is an endless source of hockey and skating skills and is even able to cut tape with her skates, well… almost! Tiff is an immense asset the team and will strike fear into the hearts of even the most experienced of opposition!