St. Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge)

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St. Catharine's College Boat Club (or Catz for short) is the rowing club for members of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. In the Lent Bumps, the men's 1st VIII resided largely near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions, but spent a few years in the top-10, reaching as high as 6th in the 1930s and in 1968. The 1st VIII broke into the top 10 briefly in 2002, but a string of poor results from the mid-2000s saw the men's 1st VIII fall into the top half of the 2nd division. In the May Bumps, St. Catharine's spent most of the time before the 1940s in the 2nd division, but rose to 4th in 1947 and 1961, with the 2nd VIII reaching the 1st division in 1963. It's interesting to note that in 1967, the 2nd VIII actually managed to bump the 1st VIII on the 2nd day, but the 1st VIII bumped back the following day. Since then, the 1st VIII have spent most of the time in the middle to lower-half of the 1st division. Between 1998 and 2004, the men's 1st VIII were bumped only once and rose to 2nd position, partially helped by having a large number of oarsmen trialling for University crews, but St. Catharine's have never yet taken a headship.

The 1st women's VIII first raced in 1980, and in the Lent Bumps have spent most of the time since 1990 in the 1st division, rising as high as 6th in 1997, but had fallen into the 2nd in 2003 and 2006. in 2008, the women consolidated their rise back to the first division, winning blades and bumping before First Post Corner every day. The finished 13th in division 1. In the May Bumps, St. Catharine's 1st women's IV rose quickly to 3rd in 1989. When the races were reorganised following the change to eight-oared boats, the 1st women's VIII were placed in 8th. In 2002, they managed to get to 7th, the highest they've yet managed in eight-oared boats in the May Bumps, but the following 3 years saw St. Catharine's fall to the top of the 2nd division. 2006/7 saw a turn around for the women, as they first held the top spot in division 2 and then bumped up 3 in 2007, missing blades as a massive pile up in the Gut gave Christs a technical row over. They are now 15th in division 1.

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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 22nd bumped by Lady Margaret II bumped by Clare rowed-over bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II
1999 17th bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped Sidney Sussex bumped Lady Margaret II bumped Girton & Peterhouse
2000 13th bumped Queens' bumped Pembroke bumped Magdalene bumped Fitzwilliam
2001 13th bumped Selwyn bumped by Selwyn (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 9th bumped Selwyn bumped Clare bumped Churchill bumped Robinson
2003 10th rowed-over bumped by Churchill rowed-over rowed-over
2004 9th bumped Christ's rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2005 12th rowed-over bumped by Selwyn bumped by Queens' bumped by Clare
2006 18th overbumped by Christ's bumped by King's bumped by Fitzwilliam bumped by Lady Margaret II
2007 22nd bumped by Magdalene bumped by Caius II bumped by Wolfson bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II

[edit] Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 9th rowed-over bumped by Pembroke bumped by Christ's bumped by Newnham
1999 12th bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by Churchill rowed-over bumped by Caius
2000 15th bumped by Downing bumped by New Hall bumped by Clare rowed-over
2001 17th bumped by Girton bumped by Fitzwilliam (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 16th bumped Fitzwilliam bumped Girton bumped by Girton rowed-over
2003 18th bumped by Sidney Sussex bumped Sidney Sussex bumped by Sidney Sussex bumped by Selwyn
2004 17th rowed-over bumped Sidney Sussex rowed-over rowed-over
2005 16th bumped New Hall rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2006 20th bumped by New Hall bumped by Fitzwilliam bumped by Robinson bumped by King's
2007 17th bumped King's bumped Robinson bumped New Hall rowed-over

[edit] May Bumps

[edit] Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 15th bumped Selwyn bumped Clare & Lady Margaret II bumped Peterhouse bumped Sidney Sussex
1999 16th rowed-over bumped by Peterhouse rowed-over rowed-over
2000 14th rowed-over bumped Magdalene bumped Peterhouse rowed-over
2001 11th bumped Fitzwilliam bumped Queens' bumped Pembroke rowed-over
2002 8th bumped Churchill rowed-over bumped Christ's bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity
2003 5th rowed-over bumped Jesus bumped Emmanuel bumped Lady Margaret
2004 2nd bumped Robinson bumped Downing bumped Trinity Hall rowed-over
2005 4th bumped by Trinity Hall rowed-over bumped by Lady Margaret rowed-over
2006 2nd bumped Trinity Hall bumped Lady Margaret rowed-over rowed-over
2007 6th bumped by Lady Margaret bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by Trinity Hall bumped by Jesus

[edit] Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 16th rowed-over bumped by Christ's bumped by Selwyn bumped by Magdalene
1999 14th bumped Magdalene rowed-over rowed-over bumped Homerton
2000 14th bumped Selwyn rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Robinson
2001 11th bumped Robinson bumped Queens' bumped Christ's rowed-over
2002 7th bumped Churchill bumped Clare bumped Lady Margaret bumped Trinity Hall
2003 12th rowed-over bumped by Lady Margaret bumped by Trinity Hall overbumped by Clare
2004 14th bumped by Girton rowed-over bumped by Magdalene rowed-over
2005 18th bumped by Christ's bumped by Selwyn bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by King's
2006 18th bumped by Queens' rowed-over bumped New Hall rowed-over
2007 15th bumped Selwyn bumped Magdalene bumped King's rowed-over

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