The Club's Results
May Term 2025
Champs Pub-to-Pub Mile
Sat 5th April
A one mile head race from the Plough to Green Dragon.
Held over Easter and rarely entered by college rowers it is a fun sprint? from pub to pub.
Head of the Cam
Sat 26th April
A timed headrace on the Cam for college and town crews
Useful early term race practice and the first hint of form for the May Bumps.
Fairbairn Junior Sculls
Mon 28th - Wed 30th April
A 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls
Colquhouns
Mon 28th - Wed 30th April
2km sculling race run by LMBC open to anyone in the university.
The premier university sculling event.
Magdalene Silver Pairs
Mon 28th - Wed 30th April
A 2000m knock-out regatta for coxless pairs in the chasing format.
The Magdalene Silver Pairs is the more prestigious of the two pairs events.
Lowe Double Sculls
Mon 28th - Wed 30th April
Held over the 2km course from Little Bridge to the posts downstream of the railway bridge. Part of the small boats regatta. Open to mens, womens and mixed crews.
Peter Brandt Sculls
Tue 29th - Wed 30th April
500m side by side race in singles for men who have not entered a sculling race before.
Women's Championship Sculls
Wed 30th April
The women's 2000m knock-out regatta in the 'chasing' format for single sculls. Now called the Delafield Championship Sculls.
Cambridge Head-2-Head
Sat 3rd May
A timed headrace in two parts, length 2x2000m.
Early May term race practice for many college crews.
Bedford Regatta
Sat 10th May
A knock out side by side regatta over 1200m
A large event attracting many college, university and club crews from Oxford, Cambridge and beyond
Radegund Mile Head Race
Sun 11th May
Head race from the Newnham Bridge to the railway bridge organised by the St. Radegund Boat Club.
A minor headrace right at the start of term.
Champion of the Thames Eights Head
Sun 18th May
A Head race for eights from the Plough Pub to the Penny Ferry.
The premier on Cam competition of the year. With alcohol based prizes for best bumps start, best line round Ditton - as well as for finish position.
Cambridge 99's Regatta
Sun 25th May
A side by side knock out regatta along the reach over 1000m
A fun summer regatta for college VIIIs. Unfortunately not all that many crews are able to enter, though, because of exam pressures!
X-Press Head Race
Sat 7th June
A fun head course race, primarily for town crews. Claims to be the bumps course, as rowed by nobody, ever.
May Bumps Getting-on Race
Fri 13th June
The 2000m qualifying race for the May Bumps
Entries in the bumps without positions in the finishing order of the May bumps last year, and up to 18 crews at the bottom of the last divisions, have to compete over a head race to "get on" to the bumps.
May Bumps
Wed 18th - Sat 21st June
The famous Cambridge University May Bumps on the River Cam
The highlight of the college rowing calendar involving a total of over 1500 students - with 54 competitors from Trinity