The Lent Bumps 2018 was a series of rowing races at Cambridge University from Tuesday 27 February 2018 to Saturday 3 March 2018. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 131st set of races in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races.

Due to adverse weather conditions caused by the so-called Beast from the East, racing had to be cancelled for some of the Wednesday and all of the Thursday. This was first time that racing had had to be cancelled since 2002, when the first day of racing was called off due to strong winds. Racing had also been cancelled in 2001, when the foot-and-mouth outbreak forced the closure of the towpath, and this was the first time that a cancellation was caused by ice since the Big Freeze of 1963.[1] Although there was no ice on the river, compacted snow and ice had rendered the towpath extremely slippery, posing a danger to the umpires that cycle alongside the races to ensure safety. After some narrowly avoided injuries, racing was called off shortly before the M3 division on the Wednesday, and all racing was cancelled on the Thursday, followed by the cancellation of the W3 and M3 divisions on the Friday.

In response to the inability of either CUCBC (the body in charge of the organisation of the Bumps), the Conservators of the Cam or Cambridgeshire County Council to grit the towpath, a large-scale student effort was undertaken on the Thursday evening and the Friday morning to prepare the towpath for safe racing on the Friday.[2] Over 150 kg (23 st) of salt was deployed by several dozen students from a range of clubs, and after a CUCBC inspection of the towpath on the Friday morning, the W2, M2, W1 and M1 divisions on the Friday and all racing on the final day was deemed safe to go ahead.

LMBC rowing over head of Lents, Saturday, 2018

Head of the River crews

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  Lady Margaret rowed over in both of their races to retain the headship they won in 2017.[3]

  Jesus rowed over in both of their races to retain the headship they won in 2016.[4]

Highest 2nd VIIIs

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  Caius II rowed over three times, retaining their status as the highest placed men's second VIII at 4th position in the second division.[3]

  Jesus II rowed over three times to retain their position as the highest placed women's second VIII at 5th position in the second division.[4]

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Preceding year Current year Following year
Lent Bumps 2017 Lent Bumps 2018 Lent Bumps 2019
May Bumps 2017 May Bumps 2018 May Bumps 2019

Bumps Charts

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Below are the bumps charts for all 4 men's and all 4 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart shows the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.

This chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser. A simple way to check is to see that the first horizontal bold line, marking the boundary between divisions, lies between positions 17 and 18.

Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
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Lady Margaret 1 Jesus
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Jesus 1
2 Downing Caius 2 Clare Downing 2
3 Jesus Downing 3 Downing Newnham 3
4 Caius Pembroke 4 Newnham Clare 4
5 Pembroke Jesus 5 1st & 3rd Trinity Emmanuel 5
6 Peterhouse Christ's 6 Christ's Murray Edwards 6
7 Christ's Robinson 7 Murray Edwards 1st & 3rd Trinity 7
8 1st & 3rd Trinity Peterhouse 8 Emmanuel Christ's 8
9 Robinson Clare 9 Girton Lady Margaret 9
10 Clare 1st & 3rd Trinity 10 Lady Margaret Pembroke 10
11 Queens' St. Catharine's 11 Pembroke Girton 11
12 Girton Queens' 12 Churchill Churchill 12
13 St. Catharine's Trinity Hall 13 St. Catharine's Trinity Hall 13
14 Trinity Hall Girton 14 Caius St. Catharine's 14
15 Churchill Churchill 15 Lucy Cavendish Queens' 15
16 King's Magdalene 16 Queens' Caius 16
17 Fitzwilliam King's 17 Trinity Hall Lucy Cavendish 17
18 Magdalene Emmanuel 18 King's King's 18
19 Emmanuel Fitzwilliam 19 Peterhouse Fitzwilliam 19
20 Wolfson Wolfson 20 Fitzwilliam Homerton 20
21 Caius II Caius II 21 Homerton Peterhouse 21
22 Lady Margaret II Corpus Christi 22 Jesus II Jesus II 22
23 Jesus II Lady Margaret II 23 Magdalene Darwin 23
24 Corpus Christi Jesus II 24 Emmanuel II Emmanuel II 24
25 Homerton Selwyn 25 Selwyn Sidney Sussex 25
26 1st & 3rd Trinity II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 26 Darwin Magdalene 26
27 Selwyn St Edmund's 27 Sidney Sussex Robinson 27
28 Downing II Homerton 28 Robinson Selwyn 28
29 Clare II Darwin 29 Newnham II Wolfson 29
30 St Edmund's Sidney Sussex 30 Pembroke II Newnham II 30
31 Darwin Clare II 31 Wolfson Lady Margaret II 31
32 Queens' II Hughes Hall 32 Lady Margaret II Hughes Hall 32
33 Sidney Sussex Downing II 33 Clare II Pembroke II 33
34 Pembroke II Pembroke II 34 Christ's II Clare II 34
35 Hughes Hall Queens' II 35 Hughes Hall Corpus Christi 35
36 Christ's II Christ's II 36 Corpus Christi Christ's II 36
37 Emmanuel II Robinson II 37 Queens' II St. Catharine's II 37
38 Robinson II Emmanuel II 38 St Edmund's St Edmund's 38
39 St. Catharine's II St. Catharine's II 39 1st & 3rd Trinity II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 39
40 1st & 3rd Trinity III 1st & 3rd Trinity III 40 Jesus III Jesus III 40
41 Magdalene II Magdalene II 41 Murray Edwards II Downing II 41
42 Lady Margaret III Trinity Hall II 42 St. Catharine's II Queens' II 42
43 Trinity Hall II Lady Margaret III 43 Downing II King's II 43
44 Clare Hall Clare Hall 44 Darwin II Murray Edwards II 44
45 Churchill II Jesus III 45 King's II Caius II 45
46 Jesus III Clare III 46 Caius II Trinity Hall II 46
47 Peterhouse II Churchill II 47 Newnham III Darwin II 47
48 Clare III Fitzwilliam II 48 Trinity Hall II Lady Margaret III 48
49 Fitzwilliam II Peterhouse II 49 Clare III Lucy Cavendish II 49
50 King's II King's II 50 Lady Margaret III Newnham III 50
51 Queens' III Caius III 51 Murray Edwards III Clare III 51
52 Sidney Sussex II Queens' III 52 Lucy Cavendish II Sidney Sussex II 52
53 St. Catharine's III Sidney Sussex II 53 Queens' III Emmanuel III 53
54 Caius III Caius IV 54 Sidney Sussex II Murray Edwards III 54
55 Caius IV St. Catharine's III 55 Homerton II Queens' III 55
56 St Edmund's II Wolfson II 56 Emmanuel III Pembroke III 56
57 Downing III St Edmund's II 57 Pembroke III Homerton II 57
58 Wolfson II Downing III 58  
59 Pembroke III Hughes Hall II 59
60 Trinity Hall III Trinity Hall III 60
61 Queens' IV Pembroke III 61
62 Hughes Hall II Queens' IV 62
63 Homerton II Homerton II 63

References

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  1. ^ Freezing temperatures force Lent Bumps cancellation - Varsity. 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ Rowers grit towpath in effort to save Lent Bumps - Varsity. 01 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Bumps results: Lent Bumps 2018 Men's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 16-Feb-2019.
  4. ^ a b Bumps results: Lent Bumps 2018 Women's Division - Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC) Retrieved 16-Feb-2019.