Day one: Despite Sidney having two whistles on Fitz, Fitz W1’s fly and die technique led to them nabbing Catz W1 on grassy and stepping out. Having pulled away significantly from Darwin behind, Sidney was forced to stop and restart […]
Day one: After starting right next to the cannon, Homerton M1 were right on M1’s heels as Corpus M1 was with theirs. They held on against homerton long enough until Corpus bumped them. As the crew settled into a row […]
Day one: Sidney M2 were placed at the bottom of division 3, being chased by the Sandwich boat Wolfson M2. Having been unable to change the shoes in an unfamiliar vessel, as soon as the crew started lengthening out around […]
Day one: After a Valiant start, W2 managed to get a whistle on Queens W3. Unfortunately poor clearing from a bump ahead meant a re row just after Newnham bridge. W2 had an equally strong start and managed to get […]
Here it is, the slightly belated last report from Lent Bumps 2020. — And don’t you dare complain, Joe Shaw (dear Captain), it had nothing to do with me. It is a thankless job, chasing hung-over boaties for a report. […]
The OVERVIEW: Another day has past on the river Cam, and Sidney is proving impressively consistent across boats. W2, true to their habits, put the bump in the bag as fast as they could. These girls apparently don’t like endurance […]
In accordance with Bumps tradition, out of the five days of Bumps, one day is a rest day. The rest day does not occur on the same day in all divisions: As the first boats (division 2) rested their bodies […]
Yesterday, on Tuesday 25 February, Marked the beginning of Lent Bumps 2020. Sidney competed with three crews: W1, M1 and W2. M2 participated in the Getting On Race, but despite a strong row which they could all be proud of, […]
Sidney’s women’s and men’s first boats excel in 2019 Lent Bumps. With a net result of +2 for the women and +3 for the men, SSBC is on the rise. Read about the eventful four days of racing and celebrate […]
Day 1 The morning of the first day of bumps set the tone for the rest of the campaign; snowy and blizzardy. Yet by the time our W2 rowers set off for the boathouse, the sun had come out, ready […]