Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) 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 Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...

. Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boat club did not form until 1863, with their first race being in the spring of 1864. Not until the 1960s did Downing's 1st VIII regularly feature in the 1st division of the Lent

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...

, holding the headship for several years in the 1980s and 1990s (for example in the Lents from 1994-6 and Mays in 1996). Downing men have held the headship of both events on several occasions, and have not been below the top 9 boats for over 3 decades, on occasion being the only boat club with a second boat in the first division, and regularly ahead of other college first boats. Downing men and women have often rowed internationally, winning world rowing championship medals, and even Olympic medals.

Downing women formed in 1981 and held their first headship of 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...

 from 2004–2005, regaining it in 2011, and attained their first headship of 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...

 in 2011.

Recent Form

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 Men and Women's 1st VIIIs only.

Men

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day
1998	3rd	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
1999	6th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over
2000	8th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over
2001	6th	bumped	bumped	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	6th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped	rowed-over
2003	3rd	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2004	3rd	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2005	3rd	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2006	3rd	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2007	5th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over
2008	3rd	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2009	2nd	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2010	2nd	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2011	2nd	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over head	bumped by

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day
1998	16th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
1999	13th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	bumped
2000	9th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2001	8th	rowed-over	bumped	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	5th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2003	3rd	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2004	Head	bumped	bumped	rowed-over head	rowed-over head
2005	Head	rowed-over head	rowed-over head	rowed-over head	rowed-over head
2006	5th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2007	6th	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2008	5th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by
2009	4th	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2010	2nd	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2011	Head	bumped	rowed-over head	rowed-over head	rowed-over head

Men

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day
1998	4th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
1999	6th	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
2000	4th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2001	2nd	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2002	2nd	bumped	rowed-over head	bumped by	rowed-over
2003	3rd	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2004	4th	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over
2005	6th	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
2006	9th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over
2007	9th	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed over	rowed-over
2008	7th	bumped by	bumped	bumped	bumped
2009	6th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by
2010	5th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2011	2nd	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed-over

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day
1998	11th	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
1999	11th	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2000	9th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2001	9th	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2002	5th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2003	5th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over
2004	8th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2005	12th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2006	9th	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2007	11th	bumped by	bumped	bumped by	bumped by
2008	9th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2009	5th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2010	2nd	overbumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2011	Head	bumped	rowed-over head	rowed-over head	rowed-over head

External links

• Downing College Boat Club