Woodall9669

February 2010

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You said "[This must be the wrong way round. I know that in the Cambridge Bumps the bumped boat pulls to the bank and the bumper takes off after the next boat ahead, to try to get an overbump. Been there, done that!]", but you were wrong in both respects.

In the Torpids the bumping crew does drop out, and a crew can indeed be bumped by a number of crews. See an example of a Torpids bumps chart. In Cambridge (which is where I did my bumps racing) an overbump isn't achieved by a crew which has already made a bump; if you have crews 1, 2, 3, and 4 in sequence, if crew 3 bumps crew 2 they both drop out, and then crew 4 can chase crew 1 for the overbump. Again see an example bumps chart.

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David Biddulph (talk) 23:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

David, nice to hear from you. Thank you for the tips on editing. What year did you do your rowing for Johns? I rowed in the Clare Gentleman's boat in 1954 or 1955 (my beautiful yellow oar disappeared during various moves round the world), but I think the rules must have changed since my day, because I distinctly remember passing a crew stopped by the bank and bumping the next boat in front. Don't tell me that was an already bumped boat and we didn't have an overbump? Best, Jack Woodall9669 (talk) 02:33, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

My time was recent compared with yours, Jack. I was up from 1969 to 1972. I coxed throughout my time at college, usually the 2nd eight, coached the novices in my final year, then when a couple of folk dropped out of my novice eight in the final term I sat in the 2 seat to stop it rattling, & though I'd never managed to get a rudder during my coxing career at LMBC, I'm delighted to say that I do have a blade, proudly sitting on the wall in front of me now. (5 bumps, as we started 2nd in our division and got 2 bumps the first day). I subsequently did some coaching, including the year when the LMBC women's 1st 8 & 1st 4 got blades in Lents & Mays. That year in the Mays the final day put us in a position when I knew that we would be at the tail of a set of 4 crews closing on each other, and at First Post I was able to tell my crew to steer wide and let the 3rd crew in the series bump out, we went past the 2 crews, and went on to catch the front crew for an overbump in front of the Plough. I was just checking whether the rules might have changed since your day, but I've just looked at the chart in the magnificent book & CD The Bumps, & I see that in the 1955 Lents, Clare 5 bumped 1st & 3rd 6 the first day, then on the second day you over-bumped Emma 5 (& in the excitement you may not have noticed that it was not 1 but 2 crews you rowed past to do so, Queens 4 having bumped Sidney 4). You completed your successful week by bumping Cats 5 and Corpus 4. (Coincidentally, Cats 5 and Corpus 4 also feature on my blade).

Best wishes for your future editing in Wikipedia. David Biddulph (talk) 07:01, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and it looks like your Clare dates are wrong in your LinkedIn entry. It says 1956-58, which are the same dates given for your time at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Regards, David Biddulph (talk) 07:16, 28 February 2010 (UTC)