Lent Bumps 2005
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The Lent Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday March 1, 2005 until Saturday March 5, 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent 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. 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 came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.
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[edit] Head of the River crews
Caius men rowed-over in 1st position, achieving the headship for the 5th time since 1999 (and 4th consecutive headship).
Downing women rowed-over in 1st position for the 2nd year in a row, but on the last day were not far from being bumped by Clare.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Links to races in other years
Preceding year | Current year | Following year | |
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Lent Bumps 2004 | Lent Bumps 2005 | Lent Bumps 2006 | |
May Bumps 2004 | May Bumps 2005 | May Bumps 2006 |
[edit] 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.
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