Murray Edwards College Boat Club (formerly New Hall 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 Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, up to 2008 known as New Hall. Murray Edwards is a college for women only. New Hall's early progress was good, taking the 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...

 in 1976, 1978 and 1980. A run of poorer results saw the 1st VIII drop into the 2nd division for the first ever time in 2007. In 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...

, initial performance was good, taking the headship in 1977, 1981 and 1984 in the four-oared races, but in 1990, when the start order was re-organised, the New Hall 1st VIII were placed at the bottom of the 1st division and dropped into the 2nd division in 1992. By 1996, New Hall had climbed as high as 10th, but found itself in the 2nd division again by the end of 1998. Once again, the New Hall 1st VIII climbed to 10th by 2002, but fell into the 2nd division once again in 2006.

Recent Form

Below are tables showing performance of the 1st VIII over the last five years 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....

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Lent Bumps

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
2006	15th	bumped	rowed-over	bumped	rowed over
2007	19th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2008	25th	overbumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2009	28th	bumped by	bumped by Anglia Ruskin	bumped by	rowed-over
2010	24th	bumped Anglia Ruskin	bumped	bumped	bumped
2011	20th	bumped	bumped	bumped	bumped

May Bumps

Year	Finish position	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th Day
2006	20th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2007	25th	overbumped by	bumped by	rowed-over	bumped by
2008	29th	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by	bumped by
2009	30th

} || rowed-over || rowed-over || rowed-over
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| 2010 || 27th || bumped || rowed-over || bumped || bumped
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