Girton College Boat Club 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 Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...

. Girton was originally a college for women only, but first allowed men in 1977. A men's crew first appeared in 1980 in both 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...

, rising to the 1st division in the Lent Bumps by 1995. Since then, it's remained around the bottom of the 1st division or top of the 2nd division. In the May Bumps, the 1st men's VIII took until 1991 to get firmly into the 2nd division, where it has remained since. Girton are yet to take a men's headship, indeed the highest the 1st men's VIII have been is 11th in the Lent Bumps in 1997 and 21st in the May Bumps in 2001. The women's 1st VIII quickly rose to take the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1979 and 1981, but since have hovered largely in the bottom half of the 1st division. In the May Bumps, Girton's 1st women rose as high as 3rd in 1979 and 1982, but dropped into the 2nd division by 1994. They have since recovered, moving back into the 1st division by 2001 and currently stand in 8th position.

Recent Form

Below is a table showing the performance of the men's and women's 1st VIII over the last decade in 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...

.

Men

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1999	19th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
2000	15th	rowed-over	bumped &	bumped	bumped
2001	14th	bumped	rowed-over	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	17th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2003	18th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2004	20th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by
2005	20th	bumped by	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over
2006	21st	bumped by	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
2007	23rd	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2008	20th	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed-over
2009	16th	bumped	rowed over	bumped and	bumped

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1999	20th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped by	bumped by
2000	16th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped &	bumped
2001	15th	bumped	(not completed)	(cancelled)	(cancelled)
2002	14th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped	bumped
2003	12th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2004	9th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	bumped
2005	10th	rowed-over	bumped	overbumped by	bumped
2006	10th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2007	10th	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by
2008	14th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2009	18th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by

Men

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1997	22nd	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over	rowed-over
1998	25th	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
1999	24th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over
2000	22nd	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2001	22nd	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by
2002	25th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2003	28th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over
2004	31st	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2005	30th	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by
2006	31st	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by	rowed-over
2007	29th	rowed-over	bumped	bumped	rowed over
2008	26th	bumped	bumped	bumped	rowed over
2009	23rd	bumped	bumped	rowed over	bumped

Women

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
1997	24th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
1998	26th	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by	rowed-over
1999	23rd	bumped	bumped	rowed-over	bumped
2000	19th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2001	16th	bumped &	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped
2002	16th	bumped	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped by
2003	13th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2004	9th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped
2005	6th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	bumped
2006	6th	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over	bumped by
2007	6th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over
2008	5th	rowed-over	rowed-over	bumped	rowed-over
2009	8th	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by	bumped by

External links

• Girton College Boat Club