St. Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge)

St. Catharine's College Boat Club (or "Catz" for short) is the rowing club for members of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. In the Lent Bumps, the men's 1st VIII resided largely near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions, but spent a few years in the top-10, reaching as high as 6th in the 1930s and in 1968. The 1st VIII broke into the top 10 briefly in 2002, but a string of poor results from the mid-2000s saw the men's 1st VIII fall into the top half of the 2nd division. In the May Bumps, St. Catharine's spent most of the time before the 1940s in the 2nd division, but rose to 4th in 1947 and 1961, with the 2nd VIII reaching the 1st division in 1963. It's interesting to note that in 1967, the 2nd VIII actually managed to bump the 1st VIII on the 2nd day, but the 1st VIII bumped back the following day. Since then, the 1st VIII have spent most of the time in the middle to lower-half of the 1st division. Between 1998 and 2004, the men's 1st VIII were bumped only once and rose to 2nd position, partially helped by having a large number of oarsmen trialling for University crews, but St. Catharine's have never yet taken a headship.

The 1st women's VIII first raced in 1980, and in the Lent Bumps have spent most of the time since 1990 in the 1st division, rising as high as 6th in 1997, but had fallen into the 2nd in 2003 and 2006. in 2008, the women consolidated their rise back to the first division, winning blades and bumping before First Post Corner every day. The finished 13th in division 1. In the May Bumps, St. Catharine's 1st women's IV rose quickly to 3rd in 1989. When the races were reorganised following the change to eight-oared boats, the 1st women's VIII were placed in 8th. In 2002, they managed to get to 7th, the highest they've yet managed in eight-oared boats in the May Bumps, but the following 3 years saw St. Catharine's fall to the top of the 2nd division. 2006/7 saw a turn around for the women, as they first held the top spot in division 2 and then bumped up 3 in 2007, missing blades as a massive pile up in the Gut gave Christs a technical row over. They are now 15th in division 1.

Recent Form

Below are the results of the last decade of bumps races. Results given are for the 1st VIII and Women's 1st VIII only.

Lent Bumps

Men

Women

External links

* [http://hadriel.caths.cam.ac.uk/boatclub/ St. Catharine's College Boat Club]