Lent Bumps 2014

The Lent Bumps 2014 was a series of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 25 February 2014 to Saturday 1 March 2014. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 127th set of races 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. 103 crews took part (57 men's crews and 46 women's crews), with nearly 950 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

Downing men bumped Caius on day 1, then rowed over head for the next three days, claiming the Lents headship for the first time since 1993.

1st & 3rd Trinity women bumped Downing on day 2 to reclaim the Lent headship they lost to Downing in 2011.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Despite finishing down 2 places, Caius II remained the highest placed men's second VIII.

Christ's II finished as the highest placed women's second VIII, bumping Emmanuel II on day 1 and Lady Margaret II on day 2, before rowing over the final two days to finish 6th in the division.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year Current year Following year
Lent Bumps 2013 Lent Bumps 2014 Lent Bumps 2015
May Bumps 2013 May Bumps 2014 May Bumps 2015

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 shows the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, 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.

This chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser. A simple way to check is to see that the first horizontal bold line, marking the boundary between divisions, lies between positions 17 and 18.

Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
1 Caius
Downing 1 Downing
1st & 3rd Trinity 1
2 Downing Caius 2 1st & 3rd Trinity Emmanuel 2
3 Queens' Jesus 3 Jesus Downing 3
4 1st & 3rd Trinity Lady Margaret 4 Emmanuel Christ's 4
5 Jesus Pembroke 5 Christ's Clare 5
6 Lady Margaret Queens' 6 Pembroke Jesus 6
7 Peterhouse Christ's 7 Newnham Caius 7
8 Pembroke 1st & 3rd Trinity 8 Caius St. Catharine's 8
9 Christ's St. Catharine's 9 Clare Queens' 9
10 Girton Peterhouse 10 St. Catharine's Newnham 10
11 Clare Girton 11 Queens' Murray Edwards 11
12 Trinity Hall King's 12 King's Pembroke 12
13 St. Catharine's Clare 13 Lady Margaret Lady Margaret 13
14 King's Robinson 14 Murray Edwards Peterhouse 14
15 Robinson Emmanuel 15 Trinity Hall Churchill 15
16 Selwyn Trinity Hall 16 Peterhouse King's 16
17 Magdalene Magdalene 17 Churchill Girton 17
18 Caius II Selwyn 18 Selwyn Trinity Hall 18
19 Emmanuel Fitzwilliam 19 Magdalene Selwyn 19
20 Fitzwilliam Caius II 20 Girton Homerton 20
21 Churchill Churchill 21 Fitzwilliam Magdalene 21
22 Downing II Downing II 22 Lady Margaret II Fitzwilliam 22
23 Homerton II Jesus II 23 Homerton Christ's II 23
24 1st & 3rd Trinity II Lady Margaret II 24 Emmanuel II Hughes Hall 24
25 Jesus II Homerton 25 Christ's II Lady Margaret II 25
26 Lady Margaret II Queens' II 26 Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex 26
27 Queens' II Wolfson 27 Jesus II Emmanuel II 27
28 Sidney Sussex 1st & 3rd Trinity II 28 Hughes Hall Newnham II 28
29 Christ's II Sidney Sussex 29 Newnham II Robinson 29
30 Wolfson Corpus Christi 30 Robinson Jesus II 30
31 Pembroke II Darwin 31 1st & 3rd Trinity II Corpus Christi 31
32 Darwin St Edmund's 32 Pembroke II Darwin 32
33 Corpus Christi II Christ's II 33 St Edmund's Pembroke II 33
34 Anglia Ruskin Pembroke II 34 Corpus Christi 1st & 3rd Trinity II 34
35 Hughes Hall St. Catharine's II 35 Darwin Peterhouse II 35
36 Emmanuel II Hughes Hall 36 Caius II Clare II 36
37 St Edmund's Emmanuel II 37 Peterhouse II St Edmund's 37
38 Peterhouse II Anglia Ruskin 38 Murray Edwards II Wolfson 38
39 Selwyn II Peterhouse II 39 Clare II Murray Edwards II 39
40 Clare II Clare II 40 Wolfson Caius II 40
41 St. Catharine's II Churchill II 41 Clare Hall Sidney Sussex II 41
42 Churchill II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 42 Sidney Sussex II Queens' II 42
43 Magdalene II Selwyn II 43 Queens' II St. Catharine's II 43
44 1st & 3rd Trinity III Clare Hall 44 St. Catharine's II Murray Edwards III 44
45 Caius III Magdalene II 45 Darwin II Clare Hall 45
46 Queens' III Robinson II 46 Murray Edwards II Darwin II 46
47 Clare Hall Lady Margaret III 47  
48 Robinson II Darwin II 48
49 Lady Margaret III Churchill III 49
50 Corpus Christi II Caius III 50
51 Darwin II Magdalene III 51
52 Churchill III Queens' III 52
53 Magdalene III Pembroke III 53
54 Lady Margaret IV Corpus Christi II 54
55 Pembroke III Wolfson II 55
56 St Edmund's II St Edmund's II 56
57 Wolfson II Lady Margaret IV 57

The Getting-on Race

The Getting-on Race allows a number of crews which did not already have a place from last year's races to compete for the right to race this year.

The 2014 Lent Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 21th February 2014.

Competing crews

Men

34 men's crews raced for 17 available spaces at the bottom of the 3rd division, and the top of the 4th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

Women

16 women's crews raced for 8 available spaces at the bottom of the 3rd division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps. The combined Hughes Hall/Lucy Cavendish women's crew is listed as Lucy Cavendish only.

The following were unsuccessful.

References