Downing College Boat Club
Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge. Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boat club did not form until 1863, with their first race being in the spring of 1864. Not until the 1960s did Downing's 1st VIII regularly feature in the 1st division of the Lent and May Bumps, holding the headship for several years in the 1980s and 1990s (for example in the Lents from 1994-6 and Mays in 1996). Downing men have held the headship of both events on several occasions, and have not been below the top 9 boats for over 3 decades, on occasion being the only boat club with a second boat in the first division, and regularly ahead of other college first boats. Downing men and women have often rowed internationally, winning world rowing championship medals, and even Olympic medals.
Downing women formed in 1981 and held their first headship of the Lent Bumps from 2004–2005, regaining it in 2011, and attained their first headship of the May Bumps in 2011.
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[edit] Recent Form
Below are the results of the last decade of bumps races. Results given are for the Men and Women's 1st VIIIs only.
[edit] Lent Bumps
[edit] Men
| Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3rd | bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity | rowed-over | bumped by Lady Margaret | rowed-over |
| 1999 | 6th | bumped by Caius | bumped by Jesus | bumped by Christ's | rowed-over |
| 2000 | 8th | bumped by Emmanuel | bumped by Trinity Hall | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2001 | 6th | bumped Jesus | bumped Trinity Hall | (cancelled) | (cancelled) |
| 2002 | 6th | rowed-over | bumped by Jesus | bumped Jesus | rowed-over |
| 2003 | 3rd | bumped Christ's | bumped Emmanuel | bumped Lady Margaret | rowed-over |
| 2004 | 3rd | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2005 | 3rd | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2006 | 3rd | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2007 | 5th | bumped by Jesus | bumped by Lady Margaret | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2008 | 3rd | rowed-over | bumped Caius | bumped Jesus | rowed-over |
| 2009 | 2nd | bumped Lady Margaret | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2010 | 2nd | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2011 | 2nd | rowed-over | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity | rowed-over head | bumped by Caius |
[edit] Women
| Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16th | bumped by Clare | rowed-over | bumped by CCAT | rowed-over |
| 1999 | 13th | rowed-over | bumped CCAT | bumped Clare | bumped New Hall |
| 2000 | 9th | bumped St. Catharine's | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity | bumped Churchill | bumped Christ's |
| 2001 | 8th | rowed-over | bumped Pembroke | (cancelled) | (cancelled) |
| 2002 | 5th | bumped Christ's | rowed-over | bumped Newnham | bumped Trinity Hall |
| 2003 | 3rd | rowed-over | bumped Lady Margaret | bumped Jesus | rowed-over |
| 2004 | Head | bumped Emmanuel | bumped Caius | rowed-over head | rowed-over head |
| 2005 | Head | rowed-over head | rowed-over head | rowed-over head | rowed-over head |
| 2006 | 5th | bumped by Clare | bumped by Caius | bumped by Emmanuel | bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity |
| 2007 | 6th | bumped by Jesus | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2008 | 5th | bumped Caius | bumped Clare | rowed-over | bumped by Caius |
| 2009 | 4th | bumped Caius | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2010 | 2nd | bumped Jesus | bumped Emmanuel | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2011 | Head | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity | rowed-over head | rowed-over head | rowed-over head |
[edit] May Bumps
[edit] Men
| Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4th | bumped by Caius | bumped by Jesus | rowed-over | bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity |
| 1999 | 6th | rowed-over | bumped by Lady Margaret | rowed-over | bumped by Emmanuel |
| 2000 | 4th | rowed-over | bumped Lady Margaret | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity | rowed-over |
| 2001 | 2nd | rowed-over | rowed-over | bumped Jesus | bumped Caius |
| 2002 | 2nd | bumped Emmanuel | rowed-over head | bumped by Caius | rowed-over |
| 2003 | 3rd | rowed-over | rowed-over | bumped by Trinity Hall | rowed-over |
| 2004 | 4th | rowed-over | bumped by St. Catharine's | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2005 | 6th | rowed-over | bumped by Lady Margaret | rowed-over | bumped by Queens' |
| 2006 | 9th | bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity | bumped by Churchill | bumped by Jesus | rowed-over |
| 2007 | 9th | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed over | rowed-over |
| 2008 | 7th | bumped by Emmanuel | bumped Emmanuel | bumped Churchill | bumped Trinity Hall |
| 2009 | 6th | bumped St. Catharine's | bumped Queens' | rowed-over | bumped by Pembroke |
| 2010 | 5th | rowed-over | bumped Lady Margaret | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2011 | 2nd | bumped Jesus | bumped Pembroke | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity | rowed-over |
[edit] Women
| Year | Finish position | 1st day | 2nd day | 3rd day | 4th day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11th | bumped by Caius | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 1999 | 11th | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2000 | 9th | bumped Churchill | bumped Queens' | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2001 | 9th | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2002 | 5th | bumped Clare | bumped Lady Margaret | bumped Trinity Hall | bumped Pembroke |
| 2003 | 5th | bumped by Pembroke | rowed-over | bumped Jesus | rowed-over |
| 2004 | 8th | rowed-over | bumped by Jesus | bumped by Lady Margaret | bumped by Clare |
| 2005 | 12th | bumped by Girton | bumped by Trinity Hall | bumped by Magdalene | bumped by Christ's |
| 2006 | 9th | bumped Christ's | bumped Magdalene | bumped Lady Margaret | rowed-over |
| 2007 | 11th | bumped by Lady Margaret | bumped Lady Margaret | bumped by Lady Margaret | bumped by Clare |
| 2008 | 9th | rowed-over | rowed-over | bumped Trinity Hall | bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity |
| 2009 | 5th | bumped Clare | bumped Newnham | bumped Girton | bumped Lady Margaret |
| 2010 | 2nd | overbumped Jesus | rowed-over | rowed-over | rowed-over |
| 2011 | Head | bumped Pembroke | rowed-over head | rowed-over head | rowed-over head |
[edit] References
- Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 ISBN 0-9538475-1-9
- CUCBC (various years) - Lent and May Bumps programmes.
[edit] External links
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