Peterhouse Boat Club

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The blade colours of Peterhouse Boat Club
The blade colours of Peterhouse Boat Club

Peterhouse Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Alumni of Peterhouse Boat Club are eligible to join the Cross Keys Boat Club.

While Peterhouse is the smallest of all of the colleges of Cambridge University which regularly admit both undergraduates and graduates, its crews have often performed very well. In the early days of the Lent and May Bumps, the Peterhouse 1st men's VIII were in the lower half of the 2nd, or even in the 3rd division, but from about 1920 rose to lie in the bottom-half of the 1st division or top-half of the 2nd division. Peterhouse performed very well in the Lent Bumps from 1950, not being bumped until 1957, and taking the headship in 1956. Since then, the Peterhouse 1st men's VIII have spent most of their time in the top-half of the 2nd division or bottom-half of the 1st division in both events.

A women's crew did not appear until 1986 and has remained in the 2nd division for most of the time since then in both the Lent and May Bumps, although the 1st women's VIII did succeed in breaking into the 1st division in the May Bumps in 2002 for the first time. Peterhouse 1st Women managed the only quadruple-overbump ever in the history of bumps racing in the May Bumps in 1986 when they managed to catch Clare III to rise 9 positions in a single day.

Famous alumni of the Peterhouse Boat Club include James Mason, Lord Kelvin and Tom Askwith.

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[edit] Recent Form

Below are the results of the last decade of bumps races. Results given are for the 1st VIII and Women's 1st VIII only.

[edit] Lent Bumps

[edit] Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 20th rowed-over bumped by Lady Margaret II bumped by Clare rowed-over
1999 18th bumped Sidney Sussex bumped Lady Margaret II & Girton rowed-over bumped by St. Catharine's
2000 20th rowed-over bumped by Girton bumped by Caius II rowed-over
2001 21st bumped by Sidney Sussex rowed-over (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 24th (cancelled) bumped by Downing II bumped by Lady Margaret II bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II
2003 22nd bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped Downing II rowed-over rowed-over
2004 21st bumped by King's rowed-over bumped Sidney Sussex bumped Lady Margaret II
2005 22nd bumped Girton bumped by Girton bumped Lady Margaret II rowed-over
2006 24th rowed-over bumped by Sidney Sussex bumped by Wolfson rowed-over
2007 24th bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II rowed-over bumped Sidney Sussex rowed-over
2008 21st rowed-over bumped St. Catharine's bumped Wolfson bumped Caius II

[edit] Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 30th bumped Trinity Hall II rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
1999 32nd rowed-over bumped by Wolfson rowed-over bumped by Darwin
2000 33rd rowed-over rowed-over bumped by New Hall II rowed-over
2001 31st bumped Newnham II bumped New Hall II (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 28th (cancelled) bumped Homerton bumped New Hall II bumped Wolfson
2003 25th rowed-over bumped Emmanuel II bumped King's bumped Lady Margaret II
2004 27th rowed-over bumped by Emmanuel II bumped by King's rowed-over
2005 24th bumped CCAT rowed-over bumped Emmanuel II bumped Darwin
2006 22nd bumped Magdalene bumped Sidney Sussex bumped by Sidney Sussex bumped Sidney Sussex
2007 18th bumped Jesus II bumped King's bumped Robinson bumped New Hall

[edit] May Bumps

[edit] Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 17th bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped by St. Catharine's rowed-over
1999 13th bumped Sidney Sussex bumped St. Catharine's bumped Robinson bumped Magdalene
2000 16th rowed-over bumped by Robinson bumped by St. Catharine's bumped by Clare
2001 20th bumped by Selwyn bumped by Magdalene bumped by Sidney Sussex bumped by Downing II
2002 23rd bumped by Emmanuel II rowed-over bumped by Caius II bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II
2003 18th bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped Emmanuel II overbumped Sidney Sussex rowed-over
2004 17th rowed-over bumped by Pembroke bumped Fitzwilliam bumped Caius II
2005 20th rowed-over bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped by Caius II bumped by Downing II
2006 21st bumped by Wolfson bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped Downing II
2007 23rd rowed-over rowed-over bumped by King's bumped by Lady Margaret II

[edit] Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 22nd bumped King's bumped Girton bumped Jesus II bumped Corpus Christi
1999 22nd rowed-over bumped Sidney Sussex rowed-over bumped by CCAT
2000 22nd bumped by Girton rowed-over bumped Fitzwilliam rowed-over
2001 18th bumped Homerton bumped Magdalene bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped CCAT
2002 15th bumped Robinson bumped Queens' rowed-over bumped Girton
2003 18th bumped by Girton bumped by Magdalene bumped by Queens' rowed-over
2004 22nd bumped by Darwin bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by Emmanuel II bumped by King's
2005 24th bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Jesus II
2006 22nd rowed-over bumped Emmanuel II bumped Fitzwilliam rowed-over
2007 18th bumped Darwin bumped CCAT bumped Selwyn bumped Magdalene

[edit] References

  • Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 ISBN 0-9538475-1-9

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