Notes and fines from the umpires will be posted here as the week's racing progresses.
​Fines can be appealed by e-mailing Dr Dan Wilkins, CUCBC Senior Treasurer (fines[at]cucbc.org) within 48 hours.
Wednesday
Notes from the Umpires
- Thank you all for your patience during a day of many sirens and re-rows!
- Bank parties should be aware of the low hanging foliage on the towpath which is much narrower than usual.
Fines
- Caius O2 - dangerous coxing - £50
- Christs W2 - failure to hold it upon upon bumping - £15
- Churchill O2 - failure to stop at railway bridge - £30
- Clare W1 - slow to row on upon being bumped - £25
- Corpus W1 - very slow to clear - £40
- Corpus O2 - borrowing a cox box - bring reward wine to FaT O3
- Emmanuel W1 - pushed off before last racing crew - £25
- Emmanuel W4 - late to concede - £15
- Homerton O2 - failure to clear - £30
- Jesus W5 - dangerous coxing, saved from hitting a stationary crew by hitting the bank first - £50
- Jesus W6 cox - fantastic boat management at marshalling - commendation
- Jesus Marshal - arriving two hours early - excellent keenness
- Lucy Cavendish - failure to provide a marshal - £15
- Lucy Cavendish - failure to provide a marshal (in addition to the above) - £30
- Magdalene W1 - very slow to clear - £40
- Magdalene O2 - abject failure to clear, caused checkmate - £50
- Newnham W3 - holding it up upon being being bumped - £50
- Peterhouse O1 - running bankparty - £50
- Peterhouse O1 - running bankparty, in addition to the above - £50
- Pembroke O3 - poor clearing - £20
- Peterhouse W3 - incompetent marshalling - £15
- Peterhouse O4 - foul language - £75
- Queens W3 - failure to row on upon being bumped - £50
- Robinson O3 - failure to row on upon being bumped - £30
- Sidney Sussex O3 - excessive celebration ‘like they’d just won Henley’ - save some happiness for the rest of the river.
- Selwyn O1 - dropped bung no advantage - £15
- Trinity Hall O2 - failure to stop at railway bridge - £30
Thursday
Notes from the Umpires
- Practice starts are not allowed anywhere except the plough. You may start rowing from frontstops from marshalling only if you do not delay following the crew ahead.
- Please count down from 10 seconds at the plough, to ensure we can move through divisions on time.
- When you bump the crew ahead, all rowers need to hold it up, firmly, until separation is achieved between the boats - multiple crews today made efforts to hold it up, but without sufficient commitment or duration to actually separate the boats.
- As the towpath gets increasingly busy (especially towards the later half of tomorrow and Saturday) please can all bank parties ensure they take care to avoid other towpath users and spectators. Clubs, please ensure this is communicated to bank parties.
- The UV index is very high today, particularly for the first four divisions. Please ensure all marshals, crew members and bank parties have sufficient water, sunhats and suncream. Crews are welcome and encouraged to seek shade whilst waiting at marshaling, but please respond promptly when asked to return to your boats.
Fines
- Churchill O3 - extremely dangerous coxing - £75, cox disqualified for the remainder of bumps
- Churchill W1 - dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Churchill W1 - excessive bank party - £30
- Churchill W1 - obstructing an umpire - £30
- Churchill W2 - excellent coxing through a very congested first post corner - commendation
- Churchill W3 - stopping sensibly and safely when faced with a blocked river - commendation
- Churchill W3 - failure to clear (re-row) - £50
- Christ’s O1 - obstructing an umpire - £30
- Christ’s W1 - handheld filming - £75
- Clare - late marshal - £5
- Clare W2 - slow to hold it up upon bumping - £20
- Clare Hall O1 - poor clearing - £30
- Corpus Christi O2 - failure to remain clear - £50
- CUCBC horticulture team - many stings and scratches - wear gardening gloves tomorrow
- Darwin O2 - dangerous coxing - £50
- Emmanuel O4 - early celebration - £20
- Emmanuel O4 - failure to clear - £30
- Emmanuel W1 - incompetent clearing - £50
- Emmanuel O3 - illegal practice start from marshalling - £20
- Fitzwilliam O1 - slow to hold it up upon bumping - £20
- Fitzwilliam O3 - dangerous coxing - £50
- Girton O2 - dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Girton W1 - running bank party - £50
- Homerton O2 - forgot bung, no advantage - £15
- Jesus O4 - handheld filming - £75
- King’s O1 - early celebration - £20
- King’s W1 - dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Lady Margaret O2 - foul language - £50
- Lady Margaret O2 - failure to stop at railway bridge
- Lucy Cavendish O2 - rowing with party hat covering face - learn how hats work for tomorrow
- Lucy Cavendish O1 - illegal practice start from marshalling - £20
- Magdalene O2 - incompetent clearing - £30
- Murray Edwards W3 - illegal practice start - £20
- Pembroke - failure to provide marshal - £15
- Peterhouse O1 - handheld filming - £75
- Queens’ O2 - excellent clearing - commendation
- Trinity Hall O2 - slow to clear - warning
- Trinity Hall O3 - failure to clear - £30
Friday
Notes from the Umpires
- Bank parties are limited to 2 cyclists (and no runners) for the top three divisions on each side.
- In case of lightning, any racing crews should continue to race, parked crews should seek shelter, and crews should not push off from their boathouses. We will circulate information via the flag system, in accordance with BR's 30/30 rule.
- Enjoy your final day of the Bumps and your BCDs!
Fines
- Caius - failure to provide a marshal - £15
- Caius O1 - excessive bank party - £30
- Caius W2 - foul language from bank party in front of spectators - £75
- Christ's - failure to provide a marshal (Thursday) - £15
- Christ's - failure to provide a marshal (2nd offence) - £30
- Christ's O1 - foul language over cox box in front of spectators - £75
- Christ's W2 - early celebration & failure to clear - £75
- Churchill W1 - dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Downing - failure to provide a marshal (Thursday) - £15
- Downing W2 - dropped bung no advantage - £15
- Emmanuel W3 - illegal practice start - £20
- Emmanuel W4 - late concession - £30
- Jesus O5 - incompetent clearing - £50
- Jesus O5 - hand-held filming - £75
- Jesus W3 - no life jacket - £50
- Jesus W6 - forgot bung, significant advantage - £25 plus penalty bump
- King's O1 - public urination - £85
- King's O1 - public urination (in addition to the above) - £85
- King's O1 - failure to follow umpire's instruction (regarding above) - £25
- King's O4 - early celebration affecting clearing - £50
- King's W2 - use of loudhailer during racing - £50
- King's W3 - hand-held filming - £75
- King's W3 - running bank party - £50
- Lady Margaret - failure to provide a marshal - £15
- Lucy Cavendish marshal - supplying water to control for dehydrated crews + doing 4-hour shift - commendation
- Lucy Cavendish O1 - illegal practice start (2nd offence) - £40
- Lucy Cavendish W2 - hand-held filming - £75
- Murray Edwards W3 - late to marshalling - warning
- Newnham - failure to provide a marshal (Thursday) - £15
- Pembroke O1 - unsporstmanlike conduct from bank party - £50
- Robinson O2 - dangerous failure to concede upon being bumped - £50
- Selwyn O1 - failure to concede - £40
- Sidney Sussex O3 - dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- St Catharine's O1 - unclear concession - £20
- Trinity Hall W2 - failure to row on upon being bumped - £30
- Wolfson O1 - hand-held filming - £75
Saturday
Notes from the Umpires
- Thank you all for a successful week of racing. This was the 387th set of Bumps since 1827, and we're looking forward to seeing you all for our bicentenary next year
- A particular thanks to all those who helped to recover our portaloo from the river
Fines
- Caius O1 - Excessive bank party - £30
- Caius O1 - Foul language - £50
- Caius O1 - Running bank party - £50
- Churchill O1 - Slow to hold it up upon bumping - £20
- Clare W3 - Dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Corpus Christi O2 - Dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- Corpus Christi W1 - Dangerously incompetent coxing on row home - £50
- Darwin - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Darwin O2 - Failure to clear - £30
- Downing W2 - Dangerously incompetent coxing on row home - £50
- Emmanuel - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Fitzwilliam - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Fitzwilliam O2 - Handheld filming - £75
- Fitzwilliam W2 - Practice starts at The Plough when starts were suspended, failure to follow umpires instruction - £20
- Hughes Hall - illegal practice start from marshalling - £20
- Hughes Hall O2 - Failure to hold it up during checkmate - £30
- Hughes Hall O2 - Dropped bung, no advantage on race and rerow - £15
- Jesus - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Jesus O1 - Excessive bank party - £30
- Jesus O5 - Failure to clear - £30
- Jesus O5 - Late to marshalling (start line) - £15
- Jesus W3 - failure to clear - £30
- Jesus W4 - Illegal practice start from marshalling - £20
- Kings W1 - Dangerously incompetent coxing on row home - £50
- Lady Margaret O2 - Failure to stop at railway bridge - £30
- Lucy Cavendish O1 - Dangerously late to hold it up upon bumping - £75
- Magdalene - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Magdalene O1 - Abject failure to row on upon being bumped - £50
- Murray Edwards W3 - Very late concession - £30
- Newnham W4 - Failure to row on upon being bumped - £30
- Pembroke W1 - Foul language - £50
- Peterhouse - Failure to provide marshal - £15
- Peterhouse O1 - Excessive bank party - £30
- Peterhouse O1 - Handheld filming - £75
- Peterhouse O1 - Public urination - £85
- Peterhouse O3 - Failure to hold it up during checkmate - £30
- Peterhouse O5 - Late to marshalling (start line) - £15
- Peterhouse W2 - Dangerous ignorance of the Rules of Racing from cox - £75
- Peterhouse W2 - Extremely late to hold it up upon bumping - £50
- Robinson O2 - Late concession - £15
- Robinson O3 - Reckless and dangerous cycling by bank party - £50
- Queens O1 - Boating without a life jacket - £50 (NB Lifejacket sourced prior to racing)
- St. Catharine's W1 - Dropped bung, no advantage - £15
- St. Edmunds W2 - Slow to clear - £40
- Wolfson W1 - Irresponsible cycling, causing collision with another cyclist - £30
- Wolfson W2 - Illegal practice start from marshalling - £20
