The Club's Results
Lent Bumps 2022
The famous Cambridge University Bumps on the River Cam
Tue 1st - Sat 5th March
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Results Overview
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- Full bumps charts: Men's | Women's
- Michell Cup points
- Cambridge weather
1st men's VIII | ||||
1st women's VIII | ||||
M2(a) | ||||
3rd men's VIII | ||||
2nd women's VIII |
Guide to the table
Double Overbumped | |
Overbumped - hit the crew 3 in front | |
Bumped the crew in front | |
Row over head of division | |
Row over - did not bump | |
Got Bumped | |
Got Overbumped | |
Got Double overbumped | |
Got Triple overbumped. D'oh. |
1st men's VIII
Rowed over
No-one expected us to do even remotely well today. Looking at BumpIT, most people believed that we wouldn get bumped. Our previous captain Savannah thought we'd be getting spoons. Nonetheless, we went to the start optimistic and excited, for many of us to our first time racing in bumps. For Csongi, his first time racing in M1 at all.
On the third cannon we gave two big squeezes and a quick build to get us to out rate. We kept within distance to Caius for the first minute before letting them off the hook. As we got to grassy, Downing began to creep up on us. We were "quite hotly pursued by Downing" as Will Connolley put it. As nerves began to build in the boat, Daniel took a great line around the corner to try and throw them off. The pressure was on; they were three quarters of a length away and we still had just under 2k to go.
Together, we all felt the anxiety of Downing’s proximity which only grew as we heard the continuous whistling from their coach and could start to see their bow rocking back and forth as they tried to get the bump on the reach. This didn’t deter us though. Quite the opposite, we dug in and held them off by about half a foot for a further 1km to just past railway bridge. We knew where we were and so did they. The exhaustion and frustration of not catching us had gotten to them and it appeared that they had almost given up. In the final stretch to top finish we kept pushing hard and even managed to gain a bit of distance ending the race with between half and a full length between us.
The next day will prove a challenge as we expect them to push harder now they’ve had a taste for the whistle. Unfortunately for Downing, we will also be pushing hard to chase Pembroke and keep them away.
Rowed over
Race two of Bumps: the beginning of the end… for Downing. After a brutal and traumatic Wednesday of near misses and watching Downing slide around the river like a sine wave, we walked to boathouse ready to row better than ever before. After a few quick 20 minute pep talks from Bomber, we decided we weren’t going to let Downing get anywhere near as close as yesterday. After a decent start and a not so decent grassy, it looked like we were ready to accomplish our goal. However as we were paddling down the reach with Xander keeping it technical, Tit Hall gave Downing a very inconvenient burst of motivation which threw a slight spanner in the works. What we hoped would be a comfortable row over was starting to feel like déjà vu. With Downing’s bow now looking forward for the first time this bumps campaign, they were quickly gaining as we passed under the railway bridge. With three short bursts of a whistle in quick succession, Thomas kindly decided he would not catch any more crabs for the rest of the race. We did hold them off in the end, but not before giving the crowd another excellent spectacle.
Same time tomorrow, Downing?
Bumped by Jesus
1st women's VIII
Bumped by Trinity Hall
Rowed over
Bumped by Christ's
Rowed over
M2(a)
Rowed over
Bumped Wolfson
LEARNING from Day 1's mistakes M2(a)'s start was much more technical and effective on Day 2. And whilst I'd like to report that an improvement to the start was the reason we were able to bump Wolfson so quickly, factual accuracy demands I inform the readers it was more likely the 45º angle that Wolfson set off on at the start of the race. The gap was closed to a great extent by our first three strokes purely by aiming down the river, rather than across it. Following their skewed start, Wolfson crawled under the A14 bridge, and onto First Post Reach tight to field-side at a relatively low pace. Some skilled coxing from Emily kept us tight to towpath-side, making the bump all the much easier by avoiding any of the wash from Wolfson's stern. Homerton offered a degree of competition coming from behind, building off a strong start, but they backed off after the first 30 or so strokes, never really threatening FaT's bump.
3rd men's VIII
2nd women's VIII
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following information, note that the results are unofficial.
Men's bumps charts
Women's bumps charts
Michell Cup points
Newnham | 28.00 |
Peterhouse | 24.00 |
Sidney Sussex | 24.00 |
Caius | 22.29 |
Trinity Hall | 21.60 |
Selwyn | 21.00 |
LMBC | 20.57 |
Magdalene | 12.00 |
Queens' | 9.60 |
Christ's | 9.00 |
Emmanuel | 9.00 |
Pembroke | 4.00 |
King's | 3.00 |
1st and 3rd | -2.40 |
Downing | -3.00 |
St. Catharine's | -4.80 |
Jesus | -6.00 |
Girton | -8.00 |
Lucy Cavendish | -8.00 |
Clare | -9.00 |
Hughes Hall | -16.00 |
Fitzwilliam | -18.00 |
Robinson | -24.00 |
Churchill | -31.20 |
Ineligible after entering fewer than 3 crews:
Homerton | 42.00 |
Corpus | -12.00 |
Darwin | -12.00 |
Addenbrookes | -36.00 |
Anglia Ruskin | -36.00 |
Clare Hall | -42.00 |
Murray Edwards | -48.00 |
St. Edmund's | -48.00 |
Wolfson | -48.00 |
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