Lent Bumps 1999 Explained

The Bent Bumps 1999 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 23 February 1999 until Saturday 27 February 1999. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Bent Bumps for the format of the races. In 1999, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with around 1000 participants in total. Several thousand spectators came to watch, particularly on the Saturday.

Head of the River crews

Caius men bumped Downing, Lady Margaret and First and Third Trinity to take their first ever headship of the Lent Bumps.

Trinity Hall women bumped Emmanuel to take their 2nd headship since 1996.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 3rd consecutive year was Lady Margaret II.

The highest women's 2nd VIII was Jesus II, who bumped Lady Margaret II on the 3rd day.

Links to races in other years

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	Lent Bumps 1999	Lent Bumps 2000
		May Bumps 2000

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for the 1st and 2nd divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply 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.

width=35	Pos	width=125	Crew	width=90	Men's Bumps Chart	width=125	Crew	width=35	Pos	width=125	Crew	width=90	Women's Bumps Chart	width=125	Crew	width=35	Pos
1				1				1
2				2				2
3				3				3
4				4				4
5				5				5
6				6				6
7				7				7
8				8				8
9				9				9
10				10				10
11				11				11
12				12				12
13				13				13
14				14				14
15	Lady Margaret II			15				15
16				16				16
17				17				17
18				18				18
19				19				19
20				20	Lady Margaret II			20
21	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Lady Margaret II	21				21
22			Caius II	22			Jesus II	22
23				23	Jesus II			23
24	Downing II		1st & 3rd Trinity II	24			Lady Margaret II	24
25	Caius II		Downing II	25	Emmanuel II			25
26			Christ's II	26				26
27	Christ's II		Trinity Hall II	27	Newnham II		Emmanuel II	27
28	Trinity Hall II		Lady Margaret III	28			Newnham II	28
29	Queens' II			29				29
30	Lady Margaret III		Jesus II	30				30
31	Pembroke II		Churchill II	31	St. Catharine's II			31
32	Churchill II		Queens' II	32				32
33	Jesus II			33	New Hall II		Queens' II	33
34	St. Catharine's II		Pembroke II	34			St. Catharine's II	34
35	Clare II		Emmanuel II	35			New Hall II	35
36	Fitzwilliam II		St. Catharine's II	36	Trinity Hall II		Trinity Hall II	36
37				37	Queens' II		CCAT II	37
38	Peterhouse II		Clare II	38	CCAT II			38
39	Emmanuel II		Selwyn II	39			Churchill II	39
40	Magdalene II		Fitzwilliam II	40	Homerton II		Homerton II	40
41			Robinson II	41	1st & 3rd Trinity II			41
42	Selwyn II		Peterhouse II	42	Selwyn II			42
43	1st & 3rd Trinity III		Magdalene II	43	Churchill II		Pembroke II	43
44	Downing III		1st & 3rd Trinity III	44			1st & 3rd Trinity II	44
45	Robinson II		Girton II	45	Downing II		Clare II	45
46			Jesus III	46	Caius II		Selwyn II	46
47	Girton II			47	Pembroke II		Lady Margaret III	47
48	Corpus Christi II		Downing III	48	Clare II		Downing II	48
49	Jesus III		Corpus Christi II	49	Darwin II		Darwin II	49
50				50	Lady Margaret III		Caius II	50
51				51	Girton II		Girton II	51
52			Queens' III	52	Newnham III		Newnham III	52
53	Sidney Sussex II		King's II	53
54	Queens' III		Sidney Sussex II	54
55	King's II		Lady Margaret IV	55
56	Christ's III			56
57	Clare III		Caius III	57
58	Lady Margaret IV		1st & 3rd Trinity IV	58
59	Trinity Hall III		Christ's III	59
60	Caius III		St. Catharine's III	60
61	Churchill III		Clare III	61
62	1st & 3rd Trinity IV		CCAT II	62
63			Trinity Hall III	63
64	St. Catharine's III		Churchill III	64
65	CCAT II	Caius IV	65
66	Lady Margaret V		66
67	Caius IV	Lady Margaret V	67
68	Robinson III	Robinson III	68
69	Jesus IV	Jesus IV	69