CCAT Boat Club

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CCAT Boat Club (usually said as sea cat) is the rowing club for members of Anglia Ruskin University. The name CCAT derives from a former name for the University, the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, which is abbreviated to CCAT. Although not affiliated with Cambridge University, CCAT have rowed in the Lent and May Bumps since the 1980s as a guest club. CCAT first put a men's crew on in 1988 in both events, and has risen quickly to lie in the middle of the 2nd division in both sets of bumps races, although recent progress has been a little slower. The women first appeared in the May Bumps in 1983 and Lent Bumps in 1984, but have only had a continuous presence since 1987 in both events. CCAT 1st women rose to take a place in the bottom of the 1st division in the late 1990s in the Lent Bumps, but have since faded to the middle of the 2nd division. In the May Bumps, CCAT 1st women rose to get into the 1st division only for two days in 2002, and have now fallen to the middle of the 2nd.