The Club's Results

May Bumps 1997

The famous Cambridge University May Bumps on the River Cam
Wed 11th - Sat 14th June

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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

6th in division 1
Up 4 - Bumped Emmanuel, Churchill, LMBC and Magdalene
Wednesday
Bumped Emmanuel
Thursday
Bumped Churchill
Friday
Bumped LMBC
Saturday
Bumped Magdalene
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1st women's VIII

2nd in division 2
Up 4 - Bumped Peterhouse, Girton, Jesus II and Corpus
Wednesday
Bumped Peterhouse
Thursday
Bumped Girton
Friday
Bumped Jesus II
Saturday
Bumped Corpus
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2nd men's VIII

6th in division 2
Up 4 - Bumped King's, Jesus II, Corpus and Queens' II
Wednesday
Bumped King's
Thursday
Bumped Jesus II
Friday
Bumped Corpus
Saturday
Bumped Queens' II
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3rd men's VIII

5th in division 3
Up 3 - Bumped Jesus III, Selwyn II and Magdalene II
Wednesday
Rowed over
3rd Men's VIII were a kick-arse crew in '97 (at least we thought so, having netted the most womens crews during the season). Famous for our ridiculously tight "Beat Me" Tshirts...
Didnt get off to a good start on day 1, and rowed over. :-( (Christian)
Thursday
Bumped Jesus III
Took off at a cracking pace and caught Jesus III with ease (Christian)
Friday
Bumped Selwyn II
Another good start, a tougher race but still bumped Selwyn II hard enough to need repairs that night. (Christian)
Saturday
Bumped Magdalene II
Toughest race of the Bumps, pushed out hard and ground down Magdalene II with a well-steered race from our sexy Cox. If only we'd gone out harder on the 1st day, there might've been Blades.... (Christian)
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2nd women's VIII

10th in division 3
Down 4 - Bumped by Pembroke II, Darwin, St. Catharine's II and Churchill II
Wednesday
Bumped by Pembroke II
Thursday
Bumped by Darwin
Friday
Bumped by St. Catharine's II
Saturday
Bumped by Churchill II
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3rd women's VIII

14th in division 3
Up 4 - Bumped Sidney Sussex II, Christ's II, Jesus IV and Caius II
Wednesday
Rowed over
Wednesday
Bumped Sidney Sussex II as sandwich boat
Thursday
Bumped Christ's II
Friday
Bumped Jesus IV
Saturday
Bumped Caius II
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4th men's VIII

10th in division 4
Up 6 - Bumped Clare IV, St. Catharine's III, King's II and Sidney Sussex III
Wednesday
Bumped Clare IV
Clare were simply dreadful. They had barely spun by the 1 minute gun and their bank party had to throw the bung out to the crew. They started not pointing straight and had to call a corner to avoid the bank. However, we hit them before they could even do this. The race had lasted maybe 15 strokes and we had not even reached New corner. The speed differential on impact forced them into the bank and we were right behind them. Downing IV (behind us) were unable to avoid the carnage and ploughed into us prompting a rare outburst of obscenities from Emma. The crew in front of Clare were also dreadful and, bizarrely, [and against all standard procedure] Downing were awarded a technical overbump. (Ingram)
I may be misremembering this after all the intervening years, but was it not the case that Downing were awarded the technical overbump because the crew two in front of us either weren't there or weren't spun by the one minute gun? Unless I am wrong (which happens frequently), Clare only had to pass the station in front to get their bump, but we managed to get them before they did so; this was partly due to our superior speed, but mainly due to their inept start. I can't think of any other valid reason to award a technical overbump to Downing. Anyway, it certainly was over very quickly, and 15 strokes may even be an overestimate. (Mike)
Thursday
Overbumped St. Catharine's III
We made a solid start and moved up on Downing IV. When we were at about half a length they bumped leaving us to chase for the overbump. We moved up rapidly on Catz III gaining a huge amount with a vastly superior cornering performance round First Post and Grassy. We got the Hooters down Plough Reach and hit them by Ditton putting us back ahead of Downing. (Ingram)
Friday
Bumped King's II
We were substantially better than Kings II and closed from the start of the race until the end which occurred on First Post Reach. (Ingram)
Saturday
Bumped Sidney Sussex III
We were sufficiently confident that 3 of the crew (Ingram, Blaukopf, Spencer) actually raced wearing a T-shirt proclaiming our blades and listing Disney as the final crew!

Possibly as a result of the pressure this arrogance had put upon us, we were very nervous (especially me!) and made a slightly below par start. However, we found our rhythm fairly soon and closed to hit them on First Post corner. This was probably our hardest race, although like all the non-overbumps did not even involve a single corner!!! (Ingram)
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5th men's VIII

9th in division 5
Up 5 - Bumped Fitzwilliam III, King's III and Addenbrookes
Wednesday
Rowed over
Thursday
Bumped Fitzwilliam III
Friday
Overbumped King's III
Saturday
Bumped Addenbrookes
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6th men's VIII

16th in division 5
Up 1 - Bumped Corpus III and Hughes Hall II, bumped by Hughes Hall II
Wednesday
Rowed over
Thursday
Bumped Corpus III
Friday
Bumped Hughes Hall II
Saturday
Bumped by Hughes Hall II
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7th men's VIII

12th in division 6
Up 1 - Bumped Clare V and St. Edmund's II, bumped by Clare V
Wednesday
Bumped Clare V
Thursday
Bumped by Clare V
Friday
Rowed over
Saturday
Bumped St. Edmund's II
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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following information, note that the results are unofficial.

Men's bumps charts

Men's bumps chart, May Bumps 1997

Women's bumps charts

Women's bumps chart, May Bumps 1997

Michell Cup points

Robinson45.00
Downing34.29
1st and 3rd33.60
Darwin33.60
Caius31.20
Wolfson24.00
Anglia Ruskin12.00
Fitzwilliam12.00
Queens'12.00
Christ's8.00
Hughes Hall8.00
Peterhouse4.00
Selwyn4.00
King's0.00
St. Catharine's0.00
Churchill-1.50
Pembroke-2.00
LMBC-7.80
Girton-10.00
Homerton-12.00
Clare-13.50
Trinity Hall-14.00
Murray Edwards-16.00
Newnham-16.00
Jesus-16.80
Corpus-22.00
Sidney Sussex-26.40
Emmanuel-31.20
Magdalene-36.00

Ineligible after entering fewer than 3 crews:

Clare Hall12.00
St. Edmund's0.00
Addenbrookes-36.00

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