Lent Bumps 2006
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The Lent Bumps 2006 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 28, 2006 until Saturday March 4, 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and was the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this format since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. This year, 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 are came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.
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[edit] Head of the River crews
Caius men gained the Headship for the 6th time since 1999 (and 5th consecutive headship). Their run in holding the headship is already the 5th longest continuous defence of the Lent Headship at 19 days (with Lady Margaret owning the title of the longest for their spell of 26 consecutive days at the top between 1975 and 1981.) On the last day, 1st & 3rd Trinity closed to 6 feet, but Caius were able to row over to retain the Headship.
Clare women bumped Downing to take their first ever Lent Headship - although they started Head of the Lents (but lost it that year) in the very first Lent Bumps in 1976.
[edit] Highest 2nd VIIIs
The highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was Lady Margaret II, who took the highest 2nd VIII place from Caius II on the 2nd day.
The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 6th consecutive year was Jesus II.
[edit] Links to races in other years
| Preceding year | Current year | Following year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lent Bumps 2005 | Lent Bumps 2006 | Lent Bumps 2007 | |
| May Bumps 2005 | May Bumps 2006 | May Bumps 2007 |
[edit] Bumps Charts
Below are the bumps charts 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.
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[edit] Division times
Each division gets one day off in the 5-day format; 1st divisions resting on day 1, 2nd divisions on day 2 etc. All divisions race on Saturday. All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
| Division | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1 | − | 16:40 | 16:40 | 16:40 | 16:40 | |
| Women's 1 | − | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | |
| Men's 2 | 16:40 | − | 15:20 | 15:20 | 15:20 | |
| Women's 2 | 16:00 | − | 14:40 | 14:40 | 14:40 | |
| Men's 3 | 15:20 | 15:20 | − | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Women's 3 | 14:40 | 14:40 | − | 13:20 | 13:20 | |
| Men's 4 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | − | 12:40 |
[edit] The Getting-on Race
The Getting-on Race (GoR) allows a number of crews which did not already have a place from last year's races to compete for the right to race this year. Up to ten crews are removed from the bottom of last year's finishing order, who must then race alongside new entrants to decide which crews gain a place (with one bumps place per 3 crews competing, subject to the maximum of 10 available places).
The 2006 Lent Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 24 February 2006.
[edit] Successful crews
The successful crews which qualified to compete in the bumps were (displayed in their order of racing in the draw);
[edit] Women
- Trinity Hall II
- Clare II
- 1st & 3rd Trinity II
- Newnham III
- CCAT II
- Peterhouse II
- King's II
- CCAT III
- Fitzwilliam II
- Wolfson II
[edit] Men
- Pembroke III
- Corpus Christi II
- Christ's III
- Selwyn III
- Emmanuel III
- CCAT II
- Jesus IV
- Fitzwilliam III
- 1st & 3rd Trinity V
- St. Edmund's II
