Lent Bumps 1998
The Lent Bumps 1998 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 24 until Saturday 28 February 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. In 1998, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with around 1000 participants in total. Several thousand spectators came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.
Due to pressures from the University authorities, the 1998 Lent Bumps was run over 5 days, rather than 4 days, which was the norm since the end of World War II. In the new format, each division had one day off racing, with the 1st divisions missing the first day, 2nd divisions missing the second day etc., which reduced the amount of time needed to complete the racing each day and thus reduce the need for many students to miss lectures. Every division raced on the last day, but as this was a Saturday with fewer lectures held in the University, this wasn't as big a problem. This format, introduced in 1998, has been used at every Lent Bumps since.
Lent Bumps 2005
The Lent Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 1 March to Saturday 5 March 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and was one of the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. In 2005, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with nearly 1100 participants.
Head of the River crews
Caius men rowed-over in 1st position, retaining the headship for the 4th consecutive year.
Downing women rowed-over in 1st position for the 2nd year in a row, their first successful defence over the headship.
Highest 2nd VIIIs
The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 6th consecutive year was Caius II, despite losing their place in the 1st division to King's.
The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 5th consecutive year was Jesus II.
Links to races in other years
Bumps Charts
Below are the bumps charts for all 4 men's and all 3 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.
Lent Bumps 2013
The Lent Bumps 2013 was a series of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 26 February 2013 to Saturday 2 March 2013. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 126th set of races in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with nearly 1100 participants in total.
Head of the River crews
Caius men rowed over every day, retaining the headship they gained with blades in 2011.
Downing women rowed over every day also retaining the headship they won in 2011.
Highest 2nd VIIIs
Caius II finished up 3 places as the highest placed men's second VIII, bumping Downing II, Fitzwilliam and Emmanuel on the way.
Lady Margaret II finished as the highest placed women's second VIII despite being bumped by Fitzwilliam and swapping places with Girton twice. On the first day Lady Margaret caught Girton but were bumped back by them on day 2. They were bumped again, this time by Fitzwilliam, on day 4 and finished 5th overall in the division.
Lent Bumps 2000
The Lent Bumps 2000 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 29 February 2000 until Saturday 4 March 2000. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. In 2000, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with around 1000 participants in total. Several thousand spectators came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.
Head of the River crews
1st & 3rd Trinity men bumped Lady Margaret and Caius to take back the headship they lost in 1999.
Emmanuel women bumped Trinity Hall to take back the headship they lost in 1999 and collect their 9th headship since 1988.
Highest 2nd VIIIs
The highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was Caius II, who bumped Lady Margaret II on the 1st day on their way to finishing up 5 places.
The highest women's 2nd VIII was Lady Margaret II, who bumped Jesus II on the 2nd day.
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