Corpus Christi College Boat Club (often shortened to Corpus) is the rowing club for members of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It represents one of the smallest colleges in Cambridge, meaning that as crews are selected from a small pool ability often varies from year to year.[1] It shares a boathouse with the boat clubs of Sidney Sussex, Girton and Wolfson colleges.
The club currently has five crews rowing in eights.[2] Both the men's and women's 1st VIIIs compete in Lent Bumps with a further 2nd men's VIII in the May Bumps. There are additional development crews for both men and women which race in other competitions and regattas and attempt to get on to the bump races yearly.
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FOUNDATION
Corpus Christi benefitted greatly when the Lent and May Bumps became separate events in 1887. The 1st VIII started 3rd in the first Lent Bumps in 1887 and managed to take the headship that year. They did again in 1891, but fell away into the 2nd division thereafter, although rising as high as 6th in 1953.[3] Due to how the May Bumps start order was derived in 1887, Corpus started relatively low down and has since spent all of its time in or around the 2nd division. To date, 1887 and 1891 are the only headships Corpus has achieved. A women's crew first appeared in 1984 and has spent most of their early years in the 2nd division of both the Lents and Mays, briefly making the 1st division in the 1987 Lents.
BOATHOUSE
OTHER BOATS AND COMPETITIONS
In the bumps, a periodic shortage of well-trained crews has meant Corpus is prone to yo-yo. In the extreme cases, winning blades one year followed by spoons the next has been known. For example in the 2005 Mays, the 1st women's VIII made their first bump since 1997. They had also only managed one bump in the Lents since 1997; a run of bad form which saw them drop to the middle of the 3rd division in both competitions. In the 2006 Lents, however, both male and female 1st VIIIs made 4 bumps, thus winning their blades. This was followed the same year in the Mays by the women's 1st VIII winning their second set of blades that year and the men's 2nd VIII moving up 9 places over the four days.[3]
The men's 1st VIII are currently in 32nd position in the Lents, getting spoons this year, and 36th in the Mays, with the 2nd VIII in 65th. The women's 1st VIII are 26th in the Lents and 35th in the Mays.[4][5]
Below are the results of the last 5 years of bumps races. Results given are for the 1st VIII and Women's 1st VIII only.
Men
Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th Day |
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2007 | 28th | bumped Anglia Ruskin | bumped Downing II | bumped Darwin | rowed-over |
2008 | 25th | rowed-over | rowed-over | bumped Sidney Sussex | bumped St. Catharine's |
2009 | 28th | bumped by St. Catharine's | bumped by Sidney Sussex | rowed-over | bumped by Homerton |
2010 | 28th | over-bumped by Downing II | bumped Darwin | bumped Pembroke II | bumped Homerton |
2011 | 32nd | bumped by Homerton | bumped by Pembroke II | bumped by Queens' II | bumped by Emmanuel II |
Women
Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th Day |
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2007 | 35th | bumped by Homerton | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
2008 | 35th | bumped by Hughes Hall /Lucy Cavendish | rowed-over | bumped Newnham II | rowed-over |
2009 | 32nd | bumped Wolfson | bumped St. Edmund's | rowed-over | bumped Darwin |
2010 | 28th | bumped Hughes Hall /Lucy Cavendish | bumped Caius II | bumped Anglia Ruskin | bumped Pembroke II |
2011 | 26th | bumped Homerton | rowed-over | bumped Robinson | rowed-over |
Men
Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th Day |
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2006 | 28th | rowed-over | bumped by Jesus II | rowed-over | bumped Sidney Sussex |
2007 | 28th | bumped by Girton | bumped by Wolfson | bumped by Lady Margaret II | bumped by CCAT |
2008 | 31st | bumped by Girton | bumped by Darwin | rowed-over | bumped by Homerton |
2009 | 35th | bumped by | bumped by Queens' II | bumped by Sidney Sussex | bumped by Selwyn II |
2010 | 36th | bumped Selwyn II | bumped by Christ's II | rowed-over | bumped by Pembroke II |
Women
Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th Day |
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2006 | 40th | bumped Churchill III | bumped Murray Edwards II | bumped Lady Margaret III | bumped St. Catharine's II |
2007 | 36th | bumped Jesus III | bumped Trinity Hall II | bumped Clare II | bumped Queens' II |
2008 | 32nd | bumped Newnham II | bumped Wolfson II | bumped Caius II | bumped Girton II |
2009 | 33rd | rowed-over | rowed over | rowed-over | bumped by Clare II |
2010 | 35th | rowed-over | bumped by Newnham II | rowed-over | bumped by Hughes Hall II/Lucy Cavendish II |
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