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The May Bumps 2025 took place from 18th to 21st June 2025. The Getting-On Race took place on Friday, 13th June.

• Start Order
• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

The Lent Bumps 2025 took place from 11th to 15th March 2025. The Getting-On Race took place on Friday, 7th March.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

The Pre-Lent Term Captains Meeting will be held on Teams on Saturday, the 25th of January, at 6:30pm. Details, agenda and joining link will be sent to CUCBC Captain's email addresses.

Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for all Captains. If unable to attend, please get in touch with committee[@]cucbc.org to request to nominate a representative.

This is a reminder that CUCBC communicates only via a series of official mailing lists detailed on our website. There are two available to subscribe to:

• Contacts
  • For anyone requiring information relating to rowing in Cambridge. Information about the flag status, river closures and events is sent to this list.
  • To subscribe, email contacts+subscribe@cucbc.org
• Coxes
  • Announcements and information for coxes on the River Cam (all College coxes should join this list). Information about flag status and river closures is sent to this list.
  • To subscribe, email coxes+subscribe@cucbc.org

A note from the Honorary Secretary:

At the Pre-Michaelmas Term Captains Meeting, two rule changes which will affect rowing this term were ratified:

The first is a change to early mornings. At the Captain’s Meeting, it was agreed that there would be specified Novice—and Senior-only mornings. In brief, Monday and Wednesday mornings will only be for Novices before 9 a.m., and Tuesday and Thursday mornings will only be for senior crews before 9 a.m.

The exact rule can be found here.

This rule is being trialled for Michaelmas Term 2024 and will be reviewed after Term. It will come into force from Monday 14th of October and remain in place until Fairbairns on the 5th of December.

Adherence to this rule will be enforced by the Early Morning Marshals. For clarity, a novice Cox with a senior crew can boat on senior mornings if they are able to get to the Railway Bridge without intervention from the bank (in compliance with early morning noise). On senior mornings, crews must maintain a minimum of half-crew, full slide rowing to the P&E to keep traffic flowing.

The second change is to the location of Early Morning Marshals. This is in response to concerns regarding antisocial behaviour on the towpath and aims to make EMMs less vulnerable. Marshal 1 starts their shift outside the Combined Colleges boathouse, Marshal 2 at the Footbridge near Pembroke and Emma before joining Marshal 1 at Combined, and both patrol together. The rest of the role remains unchanged.

The website is being updated with these changes.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email committee[at]cucbc.org.

The Lent Bumps 2025 will occur from 11th-15th March 2025 to avoid WeHORR on Sat 8th, with the GoR on Friday 7th March.
Entries open after Lent Captains Meeting
 

The May Bumps 2025 will occur from 18th-21st June 2025, with the GoR Friday on 13th June
Entries open after May Captains Meeting

The Pre-Michaelmas Term Captains Meeting will be held on Teams on Tuesday, the 8th of October, at 6:30 pm. Details, agenda and joining link will be sent to CUCBC Captain's email addresses.

Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for all Captains. If unable to attend, please contact committee[@]cucbc.org to request to nominate a representative.

If you are unable to access your @cucbc.org email address, please get in touch.

The University IVs regatta will take place in the afternoons of Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November.

Four Divisions are being run over three afternoons:

• Women's Coxed Four (First Division):
• Men's Coxed Four (First Division):
• Women's Coxed Four (Second Division):
• Men's Coxed Four (Second Division):

Please ensure competing crews are available all afternoons. Each club will also be required to provide marshals.