The Club's Results
Lent Bumps 2002
The famous Cambridge University Bumps on the River Cam
Thu 28th February - Mon 4th March
Tuesday's Racing Cancelled
For the first time in recent history the bumps was disrupted by weather conditions. Strong and gusty winds caused all racing to be cancelled on Tuesday - affecting the first day's races for all the lower divisions in the 5 day format.
The event was organised by Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs. At the bottom of this page there is a link to Cambridge weather. Club members, please go here to add (or correct) results, crews or race reports.
Results Overview
Click a symbol or crew name to be taken to the relevant part of the page.
- Full bumps charts: Men's | Women's
- Michell Cup points
- Cambridge weather
1st men's VIII |
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1st women's VIII |
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2nd men's VIII |
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3rd men's VIII |
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2nd women's VIII |
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4th men's VIII |
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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
Bumped by Caius
Emmanuel held it well in the wind in the reach, though, and Caius turned the screw; the bump was perhaps two thirds of the way along the reach.
Bumped by LMBC
Maggie's race plan seemed to consist of up 2's until they bumped or blew up, unfortunately the first happened, so credit to them - would like to race them over a course, and they are still not turning up to the stomp.
At the end of the day, they are still rowing for Maggie.
Rowed over
An awesome row, let's see what tomorrow brings.
Bumped Emmanuel
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1. Rounding Grassy
2. Rounding Grassy 3. Passing the Plough [more...] |
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1st women's VIII
Rowed over
Bumped Churchill
Bumped by Churchill
Row #1: we were going for the bump on Newhall but Queens' and Christs got in the way so there was a rerow from Clare down.
Rerow #1: in theory we had nothing to lose as Newhall was infront, Pembroke was in front of them and then Clare was at the start of the rerow. Churchill had been nowhere to be seen on Friday so we were hoping for at least a bump. Unfortunately Newhall messed up pulling into the bank having bumped Pembroke and allowed Clare an easy row over. Another rerow was called for...
Rerow #2: Us in front followed by Churchill then Catz and Girton at the rear. Girton and Churchill were out for blood having both been bumped by the respective crews in front of them. Despite diversive coxing tactics from Julia, there was nothing we could do to get away from a determined Churchill crew, finally conceding in the plough reach.
Bumped by Girton
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1. FaT begins its space...
2. Passing the Plough 3. From the Motorway Br... [more...] |
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2nd men's VIII
Technical row over
Chasing Kings I, we set off from a confident start. We were somewhat surprised to see Kings I pulled into the bank at First Post Corner; assuming that they had bumped, we continued, aiming to row-over ahead of the competent Christ's II crew on our tail.
At Dittons, however, we were instructed to stop by a marshal. Apparently Kings had not, in fact, bumped, and we had achieved a bump by rowing past them.
Later, it transpired that Kings had been forced to stop by the carnage resulting from Downing II's bump on Peterhouse, although it is unclear why LMBC II - directly ahead of Kings - were able to pass through, while Kings could not. The upshot was that a technical row-over was awarded.
Christ's II are currently whinging about the whole affair on the message board, claiming that they would have bumped us had we not stopped. Certainly they did close as we lost power round Grassy - but by Plough Reach we had found our stride once again, and it would have been a close race. We'll find out tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be fun. :)
Bumped King's
The comedy was when Christs II (who were no where near the overlap they claim, until we held it up) decided that they'd also stop. Jesus II then happily rowed past and were awarded the bump against Christs. Ordinarily I'd feel sorry for Christs, but after all the fuss they threw up over yesterday, I think they could be thought to deserve it.
Once again we set off chasing Kings I, and trying to avoid the challenge of Christ's II, who were fired up following the supposed injustice of yesterday.
For the second day in a row, Peterhouse lasted only until First Post Corner, this time being bumped by LMBC II. Kings once again pulled into the side to avoid the wreckage, but this time it was generally accepted that they could safely have passed through. We were thus awarded the bump.
The interesting footnote is the fate of Christ's II. We continued rowing until advised by our bank party that we had bumped, at which point we pulled into the side. Christ's II, thinking that they had bumped us, easied and started to celebrate as soon as they had passed us. Unfortunately for them, we had already bumped, and so they were themselves bumped by Jesus II charging past their easied boat. Apparently Jesus didn't realise this either, and so went on to row the entire course.
According to the fines list, it looks like a Christ's II-Kings I swearing match ensued. Christ's £50 fine probably indicates that they came out on top.
Tomorrow, we'll be chasing Peterhouse - given past form, we'll do well to avoid being involved in at least some kind of pile-up!
Bumped Peterhouse
Overall, we achieved our crew goals for the term with a bit of luck, some guts and a little skill - just what Bumps is all about. Best wishes to next year's crew, taking the 2nd boat onwards and upwards.
we did our 6 stroke start, strode for 10 then i think we heard the 1st whistle, another few strokes and we were there. yet another short race for the 2nd boat.
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1. From the motorway br...
2. Passing the Plough 3. First Post Reach [more...] |
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3rd men's VIII
Bumped Downing III
"1st and 3rd have been giving it all the talk in the chat rooms, setting themselves up for a big fall! Time for the third VIII to bump some 2nd boats and piss the CUBC hon sec off! :o)" Well, let's just say that they achieved one of their goals, though I think that they forgot he was allowed to fine them...
Roll on Fitz II I say!
Bumped Fitzwilliam II
Well its Jesus III tomorrow who have been bumped every day so far before 1st post corner. We'll be trying to maintain that trend...
Bumped Jesus III
Fitz II were at least 2 lengths behind us at this point, but now they started to gain. The rhythm faltered as people wondered what had happened, and Davey boy wrestled with his seat, every now and again taking a futile stroke in frustration. Sitting behind him I was trying my hardest to avoid both getting hit in the back and impeding Iain's blade. It seemed like an eternity, and Fitz were gaining, albeit slowly, with evrry stroke. Jesus III were apparently held to a length for most of this time as well. About the time that Downing III caught Fitz II (3/4 of a length behind us), Dave decided that he'd had enough of a rest, and that his seat was fixed. As we joined in, the rhythm again became a little unsettled, but soon calmed down. The encouragement from the bank party and the spectators made a difference at this point as we desperately made a push to reach Jesus before we came to the Reach. They also had a push to escape, but the vocal encouragement of a couple of old bufties in splashtops, sampling the ale from The Plough gave us the bit of extra inspiration we needed as we started to come to the corner. All of a sudden the strokes were going well. Despite the tiredness, we had reached 'The Zone' as a crew, and we charged after Jesus. 2 whistles. 3 whistles. Surely we can't hold this pace much longer I thought....
But then, finally, relievingly, there came the familiar shudder throughout the boat, and the call to easy. As we pulled in, it was clear that we were all rather pleased with our achievement over the last 3 days, and I know I shall remember today for a long time to come.
WELL DONE BOYS!!!
4 recovered and we quickly got back to race pace. Jesus had failed to capitalise on our mishap and we were now moving faster than at any other point. With cheers from the crowd on the bank at the Plough, we knew we were really close and we finished them off after Andy took a great corner round Ditton. Simply unbelievable, an absolutely fairytale finish to a great Bumps.
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1. First post reach
2. Passing the plough 3. First post corner [more...] |
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2nd women's VIII
Bumped Caius III
Apparently there was a very controlled start which was followed quickly by cutting the distance to a length. They reduced it to a canvas and held it for a while before steadily reeling Caius in to get a bump by 1st post corner.
Bumped Christ's II
Looking forward to taking on Girton II tomorrow.
Rowed over
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1. Passing the Plough
2. First Post Corner 3. Rounding Grassy [more...] |
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4th men's VIII
Bumped Peterhouse II
Thanks to the Caius' rowing avoidance this was my first "proper" bumps, but it was what followed that will forever be etched on my memory.
After the bump and in true 4th boat fashion we did not really know what to do. We pulled in on the inside of first post corner, while PtII went for the outside. Despite blades pulled in all round the narrowed river proved a task too far for Caius' cox, just as bringing a life jacket had the previous day. They pulled off a remarkable parallel parking move, to end up side by side with Peterhouse and interlocking riggers. It looked painful, but not as painful as what was to follow. Unsuprisingly, with the river narrowed even further boats had trouble getting through. After Kings II got their bump on the stranded Caius a further 2 or so boats made it, jarringly, before the fun really started.
Amidst various calls from the bank one suggestion was for Caius to push off and row on. Sadly only bow pair heard this. The resultant push off was just enough for the stream to catch the bows, with the end result that the bow came to rest against BP4 while the stern stayed in close company with PtII. River blocked.
I seem to recall that on two occasions crews who came around the corner failed to hold it up on time. Both the Peterhouse and Caius cox had to get friendly with their stroke men to avoid getting friendly with another boats bow ball as it invaded their personal space. A classic kodak moment, it seems a shame that no-one appears to have caught it on camera.
Rowed over as sandwich boat
Huge credit to Paul Whiting at No2 - he rowed despite being somewhat under the weather. Unfortunately the result of the hard fought race told on him as he vomited after we crossed the line.
All in all a damn fine row. Tomorrow we will row over as head of m4 and then have another go at them as sandwich boat.
Rowed over
As we crossed the finish line Caius III could be made out in the distance, coming around Ditton. They were under pressure and planted themselves in the reeds. Bumped. Gotta love the style...
Rowed over as sandwich boat
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1. Passing the Plough
2. Passing the Plough 3. First post corner [more...] |
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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
Women's bumps charts
Michell Cup points
St. Catharine's | 14.40 |
1st and 3rd | 12.00 |
Anglia Ruskin | 12.00 |
Queens' | 12.00 |
Wolfson | 8.00 |
Emmanuel | 7.20 |
Sidney Sussex | 7.20 |
Caius | 7.00 |
Jesus | 4.80 |
King's | 4.00 |
Magdalene | 4.00 |
Downing | 2.40 |
Christ's | 0.00 |
Girton | 0.00 |
Pembroke | 0.00 |
LMBC | -3.00 |
Clare | -6.00 |
Churchill | -7.20 |
Robinson | -9.00 |
Trinity Hall | -12.00 |
Corpus | -16.00 |
Selwyn | -16.00 |
Fitzwilliam | -20.00 |
Peterhouse | -40.00 |
Ineligible after entering fewer than 3 crews:
Homerton | 30.00 |
Clare Hall | 24.00 |
Darwin | 18.00 |
Lucy Cavendish | 0.00 |
Murray Edwards | 0.00 |
Newnham | 0.00 |
St. Edmund's | 0.00 |
Vets School | 0.00 |
Hughes Hall | -6.00 |
Cambridge weather: | Thursday | text |
Friday | text | |
Saturday | text | |
Sunday | text | |
Monday | text |
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1. St Eds
2. Downing II and CCAT 3. Downing II and CCAT [more...] |
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