The Lent Bumps 2007 was a series of

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races held at

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from Tuesday 27 February 2007 until Saturday 3 March 2007. The event was run as a

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and was the last set in the series of

Lent Bumps The Lent Bumps (also Lent Races, Lents) are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, which are bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had be ...

which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form since 1887. See

for the format of the races. In 2007, a total of 121 crews took part (69 men's crews and 52 women's crews), with nearly 1100 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

men took the Headship ending 's 19-day defence by bumping them on the 1st day. First and Third Trinity Rowing Blade

women bumped , and to take the headship for the first ever time. became only the second club ever in Cambridge bumps history to hold a double headship. had previously held a double-headship in the

May Bumps The May Bumps (also May Races, Mays) are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of M ...

for

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and in the

Lent Bumps 2003 The Lent Bumps 2003 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 25 February 2003 until Saturday 1 March 2003. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See ...

Highest 2nd VIIIs

were the highest 2nd VIII at the end of the week for the 2nd consecutive year, rowing over in front of on the last two days. Jesus College Cambridge Rowing Blade

The highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week for the 7th consecutive year was , the longest run in bumps history.

Links to races in other years

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts all 4 men's and all 3 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply 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. Note that 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.

The Getting-on Race

The Getting-on Race (GoR) allows a number of crews which did not already have a place from last year's races to compete for the right to race this year. Up to ten crews are removed from the bottom of last year's finishing order, who must then race alongside new entrants to decide which crews gain a place (with one bumps place per 3 crews competing, subject to the maximum of 10 available places). The 2007 Lent Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 23 February 2007. A total of 17 men's and 24 women's crews took part, competing for the bottom 6 men's spaces and bottom 8 women's spaces in the main bumps races.

Successful crews

The successful crews were (in the order that they were put onto the main start order);

Men

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Women

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References

{{Reflist Lent Bumps results

2007 in English sport