St Catharine's College Boat Club

Bumped FaT IV

After a strong performance in the Lent Bumps, M3 looked forward to take on Mays. With a rate meter that had never worked, the crew were still pretty enthusiastic and keen to get their revenge from last year’s bump (from FaT IV under dubious circumstances). The practice starts were scrappy with a lot of missed strokes but spirits were high. The start was delayed with the riverboat Georgina lazing along the river with a lot of tourists keen to see some bumping action, oblivious to the fact that they had made a lot of people very angry.

This was the first May Bumps for 5 of the crew members, so there were some nerves. After a strong start, the stride was called but getting the “go crazy” whistle from the bank meant that the stride never came. FaT IV were bumped soon quite violently as our cox made doubly sure we got the bump! 

This was the first bump in mays that M3 has had in 4 years and we are hoping to continue the trend during the rest of the week!