The Lent Bumps 2018 was a series of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 27 February 2018 to Saturday 3 March 2018. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 131st 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.

Due to adverse weather conditions caused by the so-called Beast from the East, racing had to be cancelled for some of the Wednesday and all of the Thursday. This was first time that racing had had to be cancelled since 2002, when the first day of racing was called off due to strong winds. Racing had also been cancelled in 2001, when the foot-and-mouth outbreak forced the closure of the towpath, and this was the first time that a cancellation was caused by ice since the Big Freeze of 1963.[1] Although there was no ice on the river, compacted snow and ice had rendered the towpath extremely slippery, posing a danger to the umpires that cycle alongside the races to ensure safety. After some narrowly avoided injuries, racing was called off shortly before the M3 division on the Wednesday, and all racing was cancelled on the Thursday, followed by the cancellation of the W3 and M3 divisions on the Friday.

In response to the inability of either CUCBC (the body in charge of the organisation of the Bumps), the Conservators of the Cam or Cambridgeshire County Council to grit the towpath, a large-scale student effort was undertaken on the Thursday evening and the Friday morning to prepare the towpath for safe racing on the Friday.[2] Over 150 kg (23 st) of salt was deployed by several dozen students from a range of clubs, and after a CUCBC inspection of the towpath on the Friday morning, the W2, M2, W1 and M1 divisions on the Friday and all racing on the final day was deemed safe to go ahead.

LMBC rowing over head of Lents, Saturday, 2018

Head of the River crews

Lady Margaret Boat Club Lady Margaret rowed over in both of their races to retain the headship they won in 2017.[3]

Jesus Boat Club Jesus rowed over in both of their races to retain the headship they won in 2016.[4]

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Caius Boat Club Caius II rowed over three times, retaining their status as the highest placed men's second VIII at 4th position in the second division.[3]

Jesus Boat Club Jesus II rowed over three times to retain their position as the highest placed women's second VIII at 5th position in the second division.[4]

Preceding year Current year Following year
Lent Bumps 2017Lent Bumps 2018Lent Bumps 2019
May Bumps 2017May Bumps 2018May Bumps 2019

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all 4 men's and all 4 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart shows the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, 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.

This chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser. A simple way to check is to see that the first horizontal bold line, marking the boundary between divisions, lies between positions 17 and 18.

Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
1Lady Margaret
Lady Margaret1Jesus
Jesus1
2DowningCaius2ClareDowning2
3JesusDowning3DowningNewnham3
4CaiusPembroke4NewnhamClare4
5PembrokeJesus51st & 3rd TrinityEmmanuel5
6PeterhouseChrist's6Christ'sMurray Edwards6
7Christ'sRobinson7Murray Edwards1st & 3rd Trinity7
81st & 3rd TrinityPeterhouse8EmmanuelChrist's8
9RobinsonClare9GirtonLady Margaret9
10Clare1st & 3rd Trinity10Lady MargaretPembroke10
11Queens'St. Catharine's11PembrokeGirton11
12GirtonQueens'12ChurchillChurchill12
13St. Catharine'sTrinity Hall13St. Catharine'sTrinity Hall13
14Trinity HallGirton14CaiusSt. Catharine's14
15ChurchillChurchill15Lucy CavendishQueens'15
16King'sMagdalene16Queens'Caius16
17FitzwilliamKing's17Trinity HallLucy Cavendish17
18MagdaleneEmmanuel18King'sKing's18
19EmmanuelFitzwilliam19PeterhouseFitzwilliam19
20WolfsonWolfson20FitzwilliamHomerton20
21Caius IICaius II21HomertonPeterhouse21
22Lady Margaret IICorpus Christi22Jesus IIJesus II22
23Jesus IILady Margaret II23MagdaleneDarwin23
24Corpus ChristiJesus II24Emmanuel IIEmmanuel II24
25HomertonSelwyn25SelwynSidney Sussex25
261st & 3rd Trinity II1st & 3rd Trinity II26DarwinMagdalene26
27SelwynSt Edmund's27Sidney SussexRobinson27
28Downing IIHomerton28RobinsonSelwyn28
29Clare IIDarwin29Newnham IIWolfson29
30St Edmund'sSidney Sussex30Pembroke IINewnham II30
31DarwinClare II31WolfsonLady Margaret II31
32Queens' IIHughes Hall32Lady Margaret IIHughes Hall32
33Sidney SussexDowning II33Clare IIPembroke II33
34Pembroke IIPembroke II34Christ's IIClare II34
35Hughes HallQueens' II35Hughes HallCorpus Christi35
36Christ's IIChrist's II36Corpus ChristiChrist's II36
37Emmanuel IIRobinson II37Queens' IISt. Catharine's II37
38Robinson IIEmmanuel II38St Edmund'sSt Edmund's38
39St. Catharine's IISt. Catharine's II391st & 3rd Trinity II1st & 3rd Trinity II39
401st & 3rd Trinity III1st & 3rd Trinity III40Jesus IIIJesus III40
41Magdalene IIMagdalene II41Murray Edwards IIDowning II41
42Lady Margaret IIITrinity Hall II42St. Catharine's IIQueens' II42
43Trinity Hall IILady Margaret III43Downing IIKing's II43
44Clare HallClare Hall44Darwin IIMurray Edwards II44
45Churchill IIJesus III45King's IICaius II45
46Jesus IIIClare III46Caius IITrinity Hall II46
47Peterhouse IIChurchill II47Newnham IIIDarwin II47
48Clare IIIFitzwilliam II48Trinity Hall IILady Margaret III48
49Fitzwilliam IIPeterhouse II49Clare IIILucy Cavendish II49
50King's IIKing's II50Lady Margaret IIINewnham III50
51Queens' IIICaius III51Murray Edwards IIIClare III51
52Sidney Sussex IIQueens' III52Lucy Cavendish IISidney Sussex II52
53St. Catharine's IIISidney Sussex II53Queens' IIIEmmanuel III53
54Caius IIICaius IV54Sidney Sussex IIMurray Edwards III54
55Caius IVSt. Catharine's III55Homerton IIQueens' III55
56St Edmund's IIWolfson II56Emmanuel IIIPembroke III56
57Downing IIISt Edmund's II57Pembroke IIIHomerton II57
58Wolfson IIDowning III58 
59Pembroke IIIHughes Hall II59
60Trinity Hall IIITrinity Hall III60
61Queens' IVPembroke III61
62Hughes Hall IIQueens' IV62
63Homerton IIHomerton II63

References

  1. Freezing temperatures force Lent Bumps cancellation - Varsity. 28 February 2018.
  2. Rowers grit towpath in effort to save Lent Bumps - Varsity. 01 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bumps results: Lent Bumps 2018 Men's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 16-Feb-2019.
  4. 1 2 Bumps results: Lent Bumps 2018 Women's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC) Retrieved 16-Feb-2019.
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