Queens' College 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 Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville...

. In the men's 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...

, the Queens' 1st VIII largely remained in the 2nd division until about 1910, when they moved up into the 1st division. With only occasional years where the 1st VIII dropped into the 2nd division, the club eventually rose to take the headship in 1968, but lost it the following year (dropping four places) and declined into the 2nd division by 1980. Since then, the form has been somewhat erratic, rising to 3rd in 1995 before plummeting into the 2nd division again by 2000. Queens' ended a good run of form in 2007, having risen back into the mid-1st division, they crashed down four places and were awarded spoons, dropping another three places the following year. The performance 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...

 is similar, moving from the 2nd to the 1st division in the 1910s, rising to take the headship by 1962 which it kept in 1963. The headship belonged to Queens' again in 1968. The 1st VIII then dropped into the 2nd division by the mid-1970s and, similar to 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...

, they managed to climb as high as 4th in 1997, but dropped sharply for a few years after. The current positions of the men's 1st VIII are 15th 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...

 and 5th 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...

. The Queens' 1st women first appeared in 1981, and rose as high as 2nd 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...

 and 4th 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...

, but have yet to take a headship in either event. The 1st women's VIII currently reside near the bottom of the 1st division 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...

 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...

.

Fairbairns

On Friday 4 December 2009, Queens' M1 made club history by being the first ever crew to win the renowned Fairbairn cup. This came after a highly successful terms racing, in which Queens' also won the University IVs First and Second Mens divisions, another club first.

Lent Bumps

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	13th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
1999	16th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2000	19th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
2001	20th	rowed-over	bumped by	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	19th	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped
2003	15th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2004	12th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2005	10th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2006	8th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2007	12th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2008	15th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2009	13th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2010	7th (blades)	over-bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1998	3rd	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
1999	5th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2000	6th	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2001	10th	bumped by	overbumped by	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	9th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	bumped by
2003	10th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped
2004	14th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2005	15th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2006	14th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2007	12th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	bumped

Men

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1998	6th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
1999	10th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2000	11th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2001	15th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2002	12th	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2003	9th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2004	8th	bumped	bumped	bumped by	rowed-over
2005	5th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	bumped
2006	4th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2007	8th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2008	5th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	bumped

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1998	9th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped
1999	8th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over
2000	12th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2001	15th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2002	19th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2003	17th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2004	19th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2005	19th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by
2006	16th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2007	12th	overbumped	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over

Queens' Ergs

QCBC host the annual Queens' Ergs competition in the Michaelmas Term, an 8x500m indoor rowing relay race open to novices (those who have begun rowing that term) only. It usually attracts over 1000 rowers, and is the second largest indoor rowing event in the UK.

External links

• Queens' College Boat Club