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The Lent Bumps 2022 were a set of
Varsity. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022."Week six news column: Endangered newts, churros and Lego Lent Bumps".
The Tab. Retrieved 2 March 2022. and the Mays in
Cambridge News. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020. and
Varsity. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022. They were also the first in which
BBC News. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
rowed over on all four days to retain the men's headship they won in 
started in third place on the river and bumped and to claim the women's headship on the second day, which they secured with two subsequent row-overs.
finished as the highest-placed second men's VIII on the river at 16th place in the first division, having bumped , and on days 1, 2 and 4 respectively.
finished as the highest-placed second women's VIII on the river at 11th place in the second division, despite suffering bumps from , and on days 2, 3 and 4 respectively.
- Cam FM. Retrieved 5 March 2022. 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.''
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races at Cambridge University
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from Tuesday 1 March 2022 to Saturday 5 March 2022. The event was run as a bumps race
A bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each crew attempting to catch and ‘bump’ the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind.
The form is mainly used in intercollegiat ...
and was the 128th set of races 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 since 1887. In this edition of the Lents, the women's divisions raced before the equivalent men's divisions, and the numbers of men's and women's boats competing were equal.
The races were the first set of Bumps to be held following the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, which forced the cancellation of the Lents in 2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
"BREAKING: Lent Term to be entirely remote but Collegiate University remains open".Varsity. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022."Week six news column: Endangered newts, churros and Lego Lent Bumps".
The Tab. Retrieved 2 March 2022. and the Mays in
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
"May Bumps 2020: University issue update after annual event cancelled".Cambridge News. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020. and
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
."CUCBC Cancels May Bumps 2021".Varsity. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022. They were also the first in which
Lucy Cavendish
Lucy Caroline Cavendish, also known as Lady Frederick Cavendish ( Lyttelton; 5 September 1841 – 22 April 1925), was a pioneer of women's education.
A daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, she married into another aristocratic fa ...
fielded a men's boat after the college
A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...
became co-educational in October 2021."Women's college at Cambridge University to accept men".BBC News. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
Head of the River crews
rowed over on all four days to retain the men's headship they won in 2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
.
started in third place on the river and bumped and to claim the women's headship on the second day, which they secured with two subsequent row-overs.
Highest 2nd VIIIs
finished as the highest-placed second men's VIII on the river at 16th place in the first division, having bumped , and on days 1, 2 and 4 respectively.
finished as the highest-placed second women's VIII on the river at 11th place in the second division, despite suffering bumps from , and on days 2, 3 and 4 respectively.
Links to races in other years
Bumps Charts
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.All Boats Bumps Chart: Lent Bumps 2022- Cam FM. Retrieved 5 March 2022. 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.''
References
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