Lent Bumps 2006 Explained

The Lent Bumps 2006 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 28 February 2006 until Saturday 4 March 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in late-February or early March in this format since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races. This year, a total of 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 gained their 5th consecutive headship and 6th since 1999. Their 19-day hold on the Lent headship is, so far, the 5th longest continuous defence in history (Lady Margaret have the longest spell of 26 consecutive days at the top between 1975 and 1981).

Clare women bumped Downing to take their first ever Lent Headship (they started Head of the Lents, but lost it that year, in the very first women's Lent Bumps in 1976).

Highest 2nd VIIIs

The highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was Lady Margaret II, who took it from Caius II on the 2nd day.

The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 6th consecutive year was Jesus II.

Links to races in other years

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	Lent Bumps 2006	Lent Bumps 2007
		May Bumps 2007

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts all four men's and all three women's 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.

Note that this chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser.

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				15				15
16				16				16
17			Lady Margaret II	17				17
18	Caius II			18				18
19				19				19
20			Caius II	20	Jesus II			20
21	Lady Margaret II			21			Jesus II	21
22				22				22
23				23				23
24	Downing II			24			Lady Margaret II	24
25			1st & 3rd Trinity II	25				25
26				26	Lady Margaret II			26
27	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Downing II	27	Emmanuel II			27
28	Queens' II		Jesus II	28				28
29				29			Caius II	29
30	Jesus II			30	Newnham II		Emmanuel II	30
31	Trinity Hall II		Queens' II	31			Newnham II	31
32	Churchill II		Emmanuel II	32	Caius II			32
33	Pembroke II		Churchill II	33	St. Catharine's II		Pembroke II	33
34			Pembroke II	34	Queens' II			34
35	Emmanuel II		Trinity Hall II	35	New Hall II		Queens' II	35
36	Robinson II		Robinson II	36	Pembroke II			36
37			Selwyn II	37			St. Catharine's II	37
38	Lady Margaret III			38			New Hall II	38
39	Selwyn II		Christ's II	39				39
40	Christ's II		1st & 3rd Trinity III	40			Girton II	40
41	Clare II		Lady Margaret III	41	Downing II		Clare II	41
42	1st & 3rd Trinity III		Jesus III	42	Girton II			42
43	St. Catharine's II		Caius III	43	Trinity Hall II		1st & 3rd Trinity II	43
44	Caius III		Clare II	44	Clare II		Downing II	44
45	Jesus III		Fitzwilliam II	45	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Newnham III	45
46	Fitzwilliam II		1st & 3rd Trinity IV	46	Newnham III		Trinity Hall II	46
47	Peterhouse II		St. Catharine's II	47	CCAT II		CCAT II	47
48	Queens' III			48	Fitzwilliam II		Peterhouse II	48
49	Downing III		Peterhouse II	49	Peterhouse II		Wolfson II	49
50	1st & 3rd Trinity IV		Girton II	50	King's II		Fitzwilliam II	50
51	Girton II		Queens' III	51	CCAT III		King's II	51
52			Magdalene II	52	Wolfson II		CCAT III	52
53	Magdalene II		Downing III	53
54	Sidney Sussex II		Sidney Sussex II	54
55				55
56			Lady Margaret IV	56
57	King's II			57
58	Wolfson II		King's II	58
59	Lady Margaret IV		Selwyn III	59
60	Pembroke III		Wolfson II	60
61	Corpus Christi II		Corpus Christi II	61
62	Christ's III		Emmanuel III	62
63	Selwyn III		Christ's III	63
64	Emmanuel III		Pembroke III	64
65	CCAT II	CCAT II	65
66	Jesus IV	St. Edmund's II	66
67	Fitzwilliam III	Fitzwilliam III	67
68	1st & 3rd Trinity V	Jesus IV	68
69	St. Edmund's II	1st & 3rd Trinity V	69

The Getting-on Race

The Getting-on Race (GoR) 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. Up to ten crews are removed from the bottom of last year's finishing order, who must then race alongside new entrants to decide which crews gain a place (with one bumps place per 3 crews competing, subject to the maximum of 10 available places).

The 2006 Lent Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 24 February 2006.

Successful crews

The successful crews which qualified to compete in the bumps were (displayed in their order of racing in the draw);

Women

Trinity Hall II
Clare II
1st & 3rd Trinity II
Newnham III
CCAT II
Peterhouse II
King's II
CCAT III
Fitzwilliam II
Wolfson II