Lent Bumps 2012
The Lent Bumps 2012 was a series of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 28 February 2012 to Saturday 3 March 2012. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 125th 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. 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with nearly 1100 participants in total.
Head of the River crews[]
Caius men rowed over every day, retaining the headship they gained with blades in 2011.
Downing women rowed over every day also retaining the headship they won the previous year.
Highest 2nd VIIIs[]
Downing II finished up 4 places as the highest placed men's second VIII, winning their blades and bumping 1st & 3rd Trinity II and Caius II on the way.
Lady Margaret II finished as the highest placed women's second VIII after a repeated battle with Emmanuel II, switching places 3 times over the 4 days. On the first day, Lady Margaret caught Emmanuel quickly but were bumped back on the second day after catching a crab. They regained the place on the third day however, and proceeded to row over on the fourth to obtain the title.
Links to races in other years[]
| Preceding year | Current year | Following year |
|---|---|---|
| Lent Bumps 2011 | Lent Bumps 2012 | Lent Bumps 2013 |
| May Bumps 2011 | May Bumps 2012 | May Bumps 2013 |
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.
The combined Hughes Hall/Lucy Cavendish women's crews are listed as Lucy Cavendish only.
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 2012 Lent Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 24 February 2012.
Competing crews[]
Men[]
27 men's crews raced for 14 available spaces at the bottom of the 4th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.
- Wolfson II
- Emmanuel III
- Pembroke III
- Sidney Sussex II
- Christ's III
- Homerton II
- Queens' IV
- Downing III
- Hughes Hall II
- Anglia Ruskin II
- Corpus Christi II
- Lady Margaret IV
- Girton III
- Selwyn II
The following were unsuccessful.
- 1st & 3rd Trinity IV
- Robinson III
- Christ's IV
- Downing IV
- Clare III
- Queens' V
- Anglia Ruskin III
- 1st & 3rd Trinity V
- Darwin II
- Lady Margaret V
- Clare Hall II
- Sidney Sussex III
- Churchill III
Women[]
27 women's crews raced for 15 available spaces at the bottom of the 3rd division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.
- Newnham II
- Downing II
- Clare II
- Peterhouse II
- Trinity Hall II
- Sidney Sussex II
- Girton II
- Hughes Hall II
- Murray Edwards II
- 1st & 3rd Trinity III
- Lady Margaret III
- Anglia Ruskin II
- Christ's III
- St. Catharine's II
- Emmanuel III
The following were unsuccessful.
- Selwyn II
- Robinson II
- Queens' II
- Clare III
- King's II
- Selwyn III
- III
- Queens' III
- St. Catharine's III
- Pembroke III
- Anglia Ruskin III
The following did not race
- Fitzwilliam II
References[]
- Bumps results: Lent Bumps 2012 Men's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC)
- Bump Results: Lent Bumps 2012 Women's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC)
- 2012 in rowing
- Lent Bumps results
- 2012 in English sport
- February 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom
- March 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom