page_title: Blue (university sport)
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Blue (university sport) / University of Oxford / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Oxford University Half Blue blazer and tie (specifically, the Oxford University Rifle Club Half Blue blazer) This blazer has been largely phased out of use due to its prohibitive price (~400GBP), and replaced by an identical blazer to that awarded to full blues (~175GBP). The only difference between the newer style full and half-blue blazers is that half-blues have white piping on the top of the pocket, necessitating the club crest being positioned lower on the pocket. Walters of Oxford, which supplies most, if not all, the University's full and half blue regalia, lists on its Web site that a full blue blazer (and the half blue modeled upon it) can be had for 189 GBP, while the striped version of the half blue blazer is listed at 250 GBP. Both prices include 20 percent VAT. This design is still worn by a number of clubs including the Rifle Club due to historical associations. As Rifle Shooting was the very first half-blue sport, the award itself and the blazer design were originally created specifically for the Rifle Club. The distinctive striped blazer was subsequently adopted by several other clubs as their sports achieved half-blue status, but most half-blue sports have now adopted the later, plain version. Some have interpreted the perpetuation of the striped design as a form of economic snobbery, contributing to the alienation of what is already a marginalised sport. Others suggest that the move to a plain blue blazer represents an attempt to erode the important distinction in status between half and full-blue awards. Irrespective of such Liliputian debates, the Rifle Club believe that the striped blazer has a distinctive and valuable historic association with their sport, and as such should be maintained for as long as possible. In most cases the economic impact on award recipients is minimal as the club maintains a number of blazers for use by members at official functions; indeed some "club" blazers are becoming interesting historical items in their own right, having been passed down through generations of distinguished members over six decades or more. Español: Chaqueta Medio azul Oxford.
context_page_description: A blue is an award of sporting colours earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of blues began at Oxford and Cambridge universities in England. They are now awarded at a number of other British universities and at some universities in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
context_section_description: At the University of Oxford, the committees for awarding blues and half blues work on much the same principles as the Cambridge committees. The principal difference between the two men's committees is that, at Oxford, all captains, regardless of their status as full, discretionary, or half blue must attend meetings of the committee. Until recently, the voting was broken up according to blues status with full blue captains being allowed to vote on all matters while all the other captains could only vote on matters directly relating to half blue sports. In Michaelmas Term 2006, the committee finally allowed discretionary full blue captains the right to vote on matters directly relating to discretionary full blue sports. This has ended many years of inequality for discretionary full blue status captains and was largely welcomed by the committee.
  The committees are administered by an elected president, secretary and treasurer who serve one year. Unlike at Cambridge, where the president of Cambridge University Boat Club holds the position, at Oxford, any captain can be elected president, regardless of sport or status.
  The role of the president is to call and serve as chair of any meeting of the committee, of which there are normally three per year (six for the women).  They also serve as the representative of the committee and sit on the University Sports Strategy Committee and the Executive Committee of the Sports Federation.  Both Presidents along with the Director of Sport represent Oxford at any meetings of a Joint Blues Committee held with Cambridge.  The purpose of the Joint Blues Committee is to discuss issues of eligibility for the varsity match and to settle any disputes between the sporting communities of the two universities.
caption: Oxford University Rifle Club half blue blazer and tie
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