Sidney Sussex College Boat Club

Sidney Sussex College Boat Club (often referred to as just Sidney or SSBC) is the rowing club for members of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in England. Founded in 1837, the club has spent most of its time in the 2nd division of the Lent and May Bumps, with brief times spent in the 1st division. Being a small college, the club has never had the consistency to rise to take a headship of either event, and has been as high as 6th in the Lent Bumps in 1913, and 11th in the May Bumps in 1923. In the last couple of years, the men's 1st VIII has fallen, and now resides near the middle of the 2nd division in both events. The last major success enjoyed by a Sidney men's crew was in the 2002 May Bumps, when the 3rd Men's VIII, racing in the fifth division, won blades by bumping up every day. The crew became well-known on the river during the four days of competition due to their decision to race whilst wearing large, curly mullet wigs (and were known within the Boat Club as 'The Mullets').

A women's crew first appeared in 1978 and has spent most of its time in the lower-half of the 1st division in both the Lent and May Bumps, but recently has fallen to the top-half of the 2nd division of the Lent Bumps and lower-half of the 2nd division in the May Bumps. 2008 was a very successful year for Sidney's 2nd Women's VIII, winning their blades in both sets of Bumps races and the 'Fastest Women's 2nd VIII' prize in the Fairbairn Cup. Meanwhile 2009 was a successful year for the Women's 1st VIII, winning blades in the Lent Bumps.

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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.

Lent Bumps

Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 19th rowed-over bumped by Lady Margaret II rowed-over bumped by Clare
1999 23rd bumped by Peterhouse bumped by St. Catharine's bumped by King's bumped by Caius II
2000 21st rowed-over bumped Lady Margaret II bumped King's rowed-over
2001 19th bumped Peterhouse bumped Queens' (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 16th (cancelled) bumped Magdalene & Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped Girton
2003 20th bumped by Girton bumped by Queens' bumped by Fitzwilliam bumped by Lady Margaret II
2004 24th bumped by Magdalene bumped by King's bumped by Peterhouse bumped by CCAT
2005 23rd bumped CCAT rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2006 23rd rowed-over bumped Peterhouse rowed-over bumped by Wolfson
2007 26th rowed-over bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped by Peterhouse bumped by Jesus II
2008 27th rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Corpus Christi rowed-over
2009
2010 22nd bumped Wolfson bumped Jesus II bumped Caius II bumped LMBC II
2011 24rd rowed-over bumped by Caius II bumped by Downing II rowed-over

Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 21st bumped by CCAT bumped by Selwyn bumped by Fitzwilliam bumped by Lady Margaret II
1999 19th bumped Lady Margaret II rowed-over rowed-over bumped Girton
2000 20th rowed-over bumped by Girton rowed-over rowed-over
2001 21st rowed-over bumped by Jesus II (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 17th (cancelled) bumped Jesus II bumped CCAT bumped Jesus II & Selwyn
2003 16th bumped St. Catharine's bumped by St. Catharine's bumped St. Catharine's rowed-over
2004 20th bumped by Selwyn bumped by St. Catharine's bumped by Jesus II bumped by Robinson
2005 21st rowed-over bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over rowed-over
2006 23rd bumped by King's bumped by Peterhouse bumped Peterhouse bumped by Peterhouse
2007 25th bumped by Lady Margaret II rowed-over bumped by CCAT rowed-over
2008 28th bumped by Emmanuel II bumped by Magdalene bumped by Pembroke II rowed-over
2009 24th bumped Anglia Ruskin bumped Murray Edwards bumped Pembroke II bumped Robinson

May Bumps

Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 16th rowed-over bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped by St. Catharine's
1999 20th bumped by Peterhouse bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped by Clare bumped by Downing II
2000 23rd bumped by Selwyn rowed-over bumped by Lady Margaret II bumped by Girton
2001 18th overbumped 1st & 3rd Trinity II bumped Downing II bumped Peterhouse rowed-over
2002 16th rowed-over bumped Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped Selwyn
2003 22nd bumped by Selwyn bumped by Caius II overbumped by Peterhouse bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity II
2004 21st rowed-over rowed-over bumped Downing II rowed-over
2005 25th bumped by Downing II bumped by Wolfson bumped by Lady Margaret II bumped by CCAT
2006 29th bumped by King's bumped by St. Catharine's II bumped by Jesus II bumped by Corpus Christi
2007 33rd bumped by Emmanuel II bumped by Girton bumped by Darwin bumped by St. Edmund's
2008 33rd bumped by Homerton rowed-over bumped St. Catharine's II rowed-over

Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 20th bumped by Selwyn bumped by Magdalene bumped by Robinson bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity
1999 24th bumped by Fitzwilliam bumped by Peterhouse bumped by CCAT bumped by Girton
2000 25th rowed-over bumped by Newnham II rowed-over rowed-over
2001 23rd bumped Fitzwilliam rowed-over bumped Homerton rowed-over
2002 25th rowed-over bumped by King's bumped by Jesus II rowed-over
2003 25th bumped by Emmanuel II rowed-over bumped Jesus II rowed-over
2004 26th bumped by Fitzwilliam rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2005 30th bumped by Jesus II bumped by Pembroke II bumped by Caius II bumped by Lady Margaret II
2006 33rd bumped by Wolfson bumped by Newnham II bumped by Homerton rowed-over
2007 32nd bumped by Girton II rowed-over bumped Newnham II bumped Wolfson
2008 30th rowed-over bumped Girton II rowed-over bumped Downing II

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