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• Contacts
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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 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.

The May Bumps 2024 will take place from Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th June 2024. The Getting-on Race took place on Friday 7th June 2024.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

To mark 50 years of Women's Divisions in the University of Cambridge Bumps, there will be an anniversary row past of the 1974 Girton, Newnham and New Hall (now Murray Edwards) crews immediately before the W1 division on Saturday 15th June. The crews will row down with the W1 division around 17:15-17:30, spin at the Plough pub, and row back upstream to clear the course before the W1 division closes out May Bumps 2024.

The Small Boats Regatta 2024 will take place from Monday 22nd April - Wednesday 24th April 2024, between the hours of 14:30 and 17:30. Published information is available on the SBR 2024 page.

The Lent Bumps 2024 took place from Tuesday 27th February to Saturday 2nd March 2024. The Getting-On Race was due to take place on Friday 23rd February 2024, but was sadly cancelled due to flooding.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

The May Bumps took place from Wednesday 14th June to Saturday 17th June 2023. The Getting-On Race to qualify for the lower divisions was held on Friday 9th June.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

The Lent Bumps 2023 took place from Tuesday 7th to Saturday 11th March. The Getting-On Race to qualify for the lower divisions took place on Friday 3rd March.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps

The May Bumps 2022 took place from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th June. The Getting-On Race to qualify for the lower divisions was held on Friday 10th June.

• Division Times
• Information for Spectators
• About the Bumps