Magdalene Boat Club (Cambridge)
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Magdalene Boat Club is the rowing
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 club for members of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...

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Magdalene Boat Club was founded in 1828. Mountaineer George Mallory
George Mallory
George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s....

 was Captain of Boats (1907–08) when MBC was widely recognised as the fastest boat on the River Cam
River Cam
The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. The two rivers join to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to England's canal system and to the North Sea at King's Lynn...

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Magdalene is one of the smaller colleges in Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

, but has often put out strong crews. In the early history of the Lent
Lent Bumps
The Lent Bumps are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from its inception in 1827...

 and May Bumps
May Bumps
The May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...

, Magdalene 1st men's VIII were often found in the 2nd division, occasionally slipping into the 3rd. Since about the 1950s, the 1st VIII has largely been in the 1st division or top few crews of the 2nd division. Magdalene men have never held a headship of either set of races, having reached a highest position of 6th in the Lent Bumps
Lent Bumps
The Lent Bumps are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from its inception in 1827...

 in 1979 and 3rd in the May Bumps
May Bumps
The May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...

 in 1996. Magdalene was the last Oxbridge college to admit women so that a women's crew first appeared in 1989. The women's 1st VIII in the Lent Bumps
Lent Bumps
The Lent Bumps are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from its inception in 1827...

 has spent most of its time in the 2nd division, climbing into the 1st for only 3 days in 1994. The May Bumps
May Bumps
The May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...

 crew has been quite successful in recent years, reaching 10th in 2005 (the crew's highest ever position), and now stand 14th on the river. In 2008 the women's 1st VIII achieved blades in both the Lent Bumps
Lent Bumps
The Lent Bumps are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from its inception in 1827...

 and May Bumps
May Bumps
The May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...

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Magdalene is currently unique amongst Cambridge college boat clubs in that the men and women row with slightly different patterns on their blades. The colours of MBC are lavender and indigo.

Recent Form

Below are the results of the last decade of bumps race
Bumps race
A bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each boat attempting to catch and "bump" the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind....

s. Results given are for the 1st VIII and Women's 1st VIII only.

Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 12th bumped bumped rowed-over bumped
1999 12th rowed-over bumped rowed-over bumped by
2000 16th bumped by bumped by bumped by bumped by
2001 18th bumped by bumped by (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 20th rowed-over bumped by rowed-over bumped by
2003 21st rowed-over bumped by rowed-over rowed-over
2004 16th bumped bumped bumped & bumped
2005 16th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2006 19th bumped by bumped by bumped by rowed-over
2007 16th bumped & bumped rowed-over rowed-over
2008 14th rowed-over bumped rowed-over bumped
2009 11th bumped bumped rowed-over bumped


Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 22nd bumped rowed-over bumped bumped
1999 21st rowed-over bumped rowed-over rowed-over
2000 23rd rowed-over rowed-over bumped by bumped by
2001 22nd rowed-over bumped (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 22nd (cancelled) bumped by rowed-over bumped
2003 19th bumped bumped rowed-over bumped
2004 21st bumped by bumped by rowed-over rowed-over
2005 23rd bumped by rowed-over rowed-over bumped by
2006 26th bumped by bumped by rowed-over bumped by
2007 28th bumped by rowed-over bumped by rowed-over
2008 24th bumped bumped bumped bumped
2009 20th bumped bumped bumped bumped


Men

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 10th rowed-over bumped by bumped by bumped by
1999 14th bumped by bumped by bumped by bumped by
2000 18th bumped by bumped by bumped by bumped by
2001 17th rowed-over bumped rowed-over rowed-over
2002 13th bumped bumped bumped bumped
2003 11th rowed-over bumped bumped rowed-over
2004 10th bumped bumped rowed-over bumped by
2005 11th bumped by bumped bumped by rowed-over
2006 15th bumped by bumped by bumped by bumped by
2007 17th rowed-over rowed-over bumped by bumped by
2008 16th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over bumped


Women

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 15th rowed-over bumped bumped bumped
1999 17th bumped by bumped by bumped bumped by
2000 20th bumped by bumped by rowed-over bumped by
2001 20th rowed-over bumped by rowed-over bumped
2002 18th bumped by bumped bumped bumped
2003 16th bumped bumped rowed-over rowed-over
2004 12th bumped bumped bumped bumped
2005 10th rowed-over bumped bumped rowed-over
2006 13th rowed-over bumped by bumped by bumped by
2007 19th overbumped by bumped by bumped by bumped by
2008 14th bumped & bumped bumped bumped


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