Lent Bumps 2022
The Lent Bumps 2022 were a set of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 1 March 2022 to Saturday 5 March 2022. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 128th set of races in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late February or early March since 1887. In this edition of the Lents, the women's divisions raced before the equivalent men's divisions, and the numbers of men's and women's boats competing were equal.
The races were the first set of Bumps to be held following the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the cancellation of the Lents in 2021[1][2] and the Mays in 2020[3] and 2021.[4] They were also the first in which Lucy Cavendish fielded a men's boat after the college became co-educational in October 2021.[5]
Head of the River crews
Lady Margaret rowed over on all four days to retain the men's headship they won in 2020.[6]
Newnham started in third place on the river and bumped Jesus and Downing to claim the women's headship on the second day, which they secured with two subsequent row-overs.[6]
Highest 2nd VIIIs
Lady Margaret II finished as the highest-placed second men's VIII on the river at 16th place in the first division, having bumped Churchill, Fitzwilliam and Christ's on days 1, 2 and 4 respectively.[6]
Emmanuel II finished as the highest-placed second women's VIII on the river at 11th place in the second division, despite suffering bumps from Robinson, Magdalene and Corpus Christi on days 2, 3 and 4 respectively.[6]
Links to races in other years
| Preceding year | Current year | Following year |
|---|---|---|
| Lent Bumps 2021 (cancelled) | Lent Bumps 2022 | Lent Bumps 2023 |
| May Bumps 2021 (cancelled) | May Bumps 2022 | May Bumps 2023 |
Bumps Charts
Below are the bumps charts for all 4 men's and all 4 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right.[6] 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.
References
- "BREAKING: Lent Term to be entirely remote but Collegiate University remains open". Archived 2021-11-22 at the Wayback Machine Varsity. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- "Week six news column: Endangered newts, churros and Lego Lent Bumps". Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine The Tab. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- "May Bumps 2020: University issue update after annual event cancelled". Archived 2021-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Cambridge News. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- "CUCBC Cancels May Bumps 2021". Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Varsity. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- "Women's college at Cambridge University to accept men". Archived 2021-11-20 at the Wayback Machine BBC News. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- All Boats Bumps Chart: Lent Bumps 2022 Archived 2022-03-06 at the Wayback Machine - Cam FM. Retrieved 5 March 2022.