Notes and fines from the umpires will be posted here as the week's racing progresses.
Fines can be appealed by e-mailing Dr Dan Wilkins, CUCBC Senior Treasurer (seniortreasurer[at]cucbc.org) within 48 hours.
Tuesday
Notes from the Umpires
- Thank you all crews for bearing with us with re-row delays today, and for generally behaving sensibly to help everything to run smoothly!
- Crews should carry on rowing upon being bumped until they are clear of the bumping boat. Failure to do so puts your own cox in danger. Coxes should ensure they are clear on how and when to conceed the bump (e.g. holding a hand up-and-out, opposite to the side the bumping crew is approaching on).
- It is the responsibility of all coxes to know where their finish is, and ensure they wind down once their whole boat has passed it.
- Please remind bank parties that handheld filming is not allowed. They much use a handlebar mount or helmet mount or similar if they would like to film the races whilst cycling.
- Bank parties are strictly limited to four cyclists.
- Please ensure that bank parties are quick and reactive in pulling boats in once they've bumped out - umpires are not here to save your bow balls.
- If clearing, especially to the inside of a corner, please pull in and bury blades for racing crews. Make sure your stern does not drift out into the racing line at any point.
- Please ensure any rubbish generated whilst marshalling or watching is cleared up and taken home with you.
- Thank you to all umpires and marshals for your time today. Please continue to ensure marshals are briefed ahead of turning up.
Fines
- Darwin M1 - Illegal practice start - £40
- Downing W2 - Overshooting marshalling - Bring a sat nav tomorrow
- Clare Hall M1 - Late holding it up - £30
- Clare Hall M1 - Early Celebration - £20
- Corpus Christi M1 - Public Urination - £75
- Corpus Christi M1 - Public Urination (in addition to the above) - £75
- Corpus Christi M2 - Public Urination - £75
- Emmanuel - No marshal supplied by club (First offence) - £15
- Emmanuel W3 - Handheld Filming - £30
- Emmanuel M2 - Excessive Bank party - £30
- Jesus W2 - Handheld Filming - £30
- Kings W1 - Foul language - £30
- LMBC M3 - Late to Marshalling - Warning
- Magdalene M2 - Not following Marshal's instructions - Warning
- Magdalene W2 - Failure to row on - £45
- Murray Edwards W1 - Dropped Bung, no advantage - £15
- Peterhouse W2 - Rescuing a stray dog (called Lady) from the towpath - Commendation, and a plate of meatballs
- Sidney M1 - Failure to follow Marshalling instructions - £20
- Wolfson M1 - Foul and Abusive language - £50
- Wolfson M1 - Failure to Hold it up - £45
Wednesday
Notes from the Umpires
- Bank parties with crews at the Plough, please ensure you keep the towpath clear. Umpires and spectators will pass through when you're counting down.
- Bank parties cycling with crews both down to the start and during racing, please cycle in single file to allow umpires to get to where they need to be.
- If you thought today's weather was bad, you're in for a treat the rest of the week. Bring enough kit to stay warm!
- Please be prompt on the way down to the start. If every crew in a division were to deliberately faff for 10s before paddling on we lose 3 minutes that we can ill afford for a 40 minute division turnaround. Any crews blatantly wasting time may find themselves losing the option to have a standing start at the Plough.
- We may fire a division early if everyone is on station and ready, rather than have crews sitting around unnecessarily.
- Marshals, please arrive at Control 10 minutes before your slot.
Fines
- Caius M1 - Foul language - £30
- Caius M1 - Failure to follow marshal's instructions - Warning
- Caius M1 - Excessive bank party (first offence) - £30
- Caius W1 - Excessive bank party (first offence) - £30
- Caius W1 - Excessive bank party (second offence) - £45
- Caius W1 - Excessive bank party (third offence) - £60
- Caius W1 - Excessive bank party (fourth offence) - £75
- Caius W1 - Failure to declare one crew member's participation in one outing outside of college hours - £30
- Caius W1 - Foul language from bank party - £30
- Christ's - Bank party diving into river to rescue dog (called Lady) - Commendation, meatballs and dry clothes for tomorrow!
- Churchill - Bank party with bike and hair coloured to match boat and blades - Respect
- Clare M1 - Late to marshalling - £10
- Clare W2 - Boating without life jacket - £50
- CUCBC - Coxing rep distracting umpires with very cute baby - Add baby photos to Mays coxes' briefing
- CUCBC - Committee member briefing wrong crew due to miscounting - Buy an abacus
- Darwin W1 - Dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Downing W1 - Slow to concede - £20
- Emmanuel M1 - Foul language - £30
- Emmanuel W1 - Excessive bank party (first offence) - £30
- Emmanuel W1 - Excessive bank party (second offence) - £45
- Emmanuel W1 - Excessive bank party (third offence) - £60
- Emmanuel W1 - Excessive bank party (fourth offence) - £75
- Fitzwilliam W1 - Failure to clear - £50
- Fitzwilliam W1 - Failure to declare one crew member's participation in one outing outside of college hours - £30
- LMBC M1 - Late to marshalling - £10
- Pembroke M1 - Late to marshalling - £10
- Queens' M2 - Handheld filming - £50
- Queens' W3 - Dangerously late to hold it up - £75
- Robinson M1 - Dangerously incompetent clearing - £50
- Sidney Sussex - Failure to provide a marshal (first offence) - £15
- Trinity Hall - Failure to provide a marshal (first offence) - £15
Thursday
Notes from the Umpires
- Thanks to everyone who has been supporting the Lents in such awful weather. Please continue to dress appropriately for the weather, and remember to bring a spare set of clothes to change into when you’re done.
- Please also ensure mudguards are on your bikes!
- There was a small backpack left at control. The owner is welcome to collect it tomorrow or Saturday, if they can give a sufficiently detailed description of the bag and its contents.
- There was a glove and whistle left at control. The owner is welcome to collect it tomorrow or Saturday.
- Coxes please remember to check behind you before deciding which side of the river to clear to, and clearing to the inside of a corner should always be an absolute last resort if there is no safe way to either row on (rating back up if required) to get clear of the corner, or to get to the outside of the corner.
Fines
- Caius M2 - Excessive bank party (first offence) - £30
- Caius W1 - Holding it up whilst impeded by crew failing to clear - Commendation
- Corpus Christi – Failure to provide a marshal (first offence) - £15
- Corpus Christi W1 - Failure to Clear - £40
- Darwin – Failure to provide a Marshal (first offence) - £15
- Downing – Failure to provide a Marshal (first offence) - £15
- Emmanuel M2 - Early celebration - £20
- Emmanuel M2 - Slow to Clear - £20
- Emmanuel W1 - Dangerous Failure to clear - £60
- Fitzwilliam W2 - Handheld Filming - £30
- Jesus W2 - Forgot Bung, no advantage - £15
- Jesus M1 - Early Celebration - £20
- Pembroke M2 - Not knowing where the finish is - Get the satnav from Downing W2
- St. Edmund’s – Failure to provide a Marshal (first offence) - £15
- W1 and W2 divisions - excessive bumping - plant more trees before Mays
Friday
Notes from the Umpires
- We're sorry that no racing was possible today due to circumstances outside of our control. It's too early to judge yet whether racing can safely take place tomorrow, but we will assess conditions in the morning and update via email. Any racing that is possible tomorrow will be in accordance with the published division schedule, we cannot start earlier and cannot continue into the hours of darkness.
Fines
- Chief Umpires: Forgot the date for WeHoRR and booked the weather gods for the wrong week. Provide perfect racing conditions for the Mays.
Notes from the Umpires
- Following a thorough assessment of the river level and stream, we made the difficult decision to cancel M4/W4, M3 and W3 divisions today due to safety, our thanks to all for understanding and bearing with our decision-making process.
- Our thanks for an otherwise successful running of Bumps, despite the poor conditions; especially to all the volunteers who have given their time to umpiring and marshalling. We look forward to May Bumps 2023, and some nicer weather.
Fines
- Caius M2 - Excessive bankparty (first offence) - £30
- Caius M2 - Excessive bankparty (second offence) - £45
- Caius M2 - Excessive bankparty (third offence) - £60
- Downing M1 - Failure to row on upon being bumped - £30
- Downing W1 - Failure to row on upon being bumped - £30
- Emmanuel W1 - Dropped bung, negligible advantage - £20
- Emmanuel W2 - Excessive bank party (first offence) - £30
- Emmanuel W2 - Excessive bank party (second offence) - £45
- Fitzwilliam W1 - Excessive bankparty - £30
- Girton - Failure to provide a marshal - £15
- Girton - Marshal late to Control - £5
- Jesus W2 - Late to marshalling - £15
- King's M1 - Excessive bankparty (first offence) - £30
- King's M1 - Excessive bankparty (second offence) - £45
- Lady Margaret W2 - Incompetent clearing - £30
- Lady Margaret M2 - Not understanding what a headship row is - Dress up as M1 next Lents
- Lucy Cavendish W1 - Foul language from bank party - £30
- Magdalene M1 - Foul language £30
- Magdalene M1 - Failure to clear - £30
- Pembroke M1 - Late to marshalling - £15
- Pembroke M1 - Ignoring Marshal's instructions - £20
- Peterhouse W1 - Dangerous failure to hold it up upon bumping - £50
- Robinson M1 - Ignoring Umpire's instructions - £20
- Selwyn W1 - Foul language - £30
- St. Catharine's W1 - Dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- St. Catharine's - Failure to provide a marshal - £15
- St. Catharine's M1- Late concession - £20
