Initially it was a purely social dancing club – it was only later that it started running medals examinations and competitions.

The Team, which usually consists of 24 couples, competes at a number of university circuit dancesport competitions during the year, including the Inter Varsity Dance Competition (IVDC) and is the reigning Inter Varsity Dance champion.

[citation needed] Each year the Team competes in a Varsity dancesport competition against Cambridge .

The Varsity and Challenge Shield match format is extremely unusual as it requires dancers to be good at both ballroom and Latin American style dances.

Teams selected by Bruce have been victorious at the Inter Varsity Dance Competition on 11 occasions in his 40 years of head coach.

[12] OUDC have employed many prestigious dancers to coach over the years, as well as numerous workshops with top professionals.

[citation needed] The Club runs an annual inter-college dancesport competition called Cuppers.

The College with the most points overall across all of the teams they enter takes home the Rob Stevens Memorial Cup.

[13] † Pre-2002 Men's Extraordinary Blues A Team (+) indicates that this couple was also best overall across Oxford and Cambridge in their respective category.