Lady Margaret Boat Club

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The blade colours of Lady Margaret Boat Club
The blade colours of Lady Margaret Boat Club

The Lady Margaret Boat Club (often abbreviated to "LMBC", and familiarly known as "Maggie"), is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England.

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LMBC was founded in 1825 by twelve members of the College. In its original rules, the Club was to "consist of eighteen contributing members, besides honorary ones", and all members had to be able to row.

The greatest influence in the 1860s and 1870s was JHD Goldie, who raised LMBC to the "Headship of the River", won the "Colquhoun Sculls", and stroked Cambridge four times. The Goldie Boathouse, used by the university crews, commemorates his services to Cambridge rowing. Another important name in LMBC history is LHK Bushe-Fox who had a long career with LMBC, becoming President of the Club in 1897. One of the greatest influences of this century was Roy Meldrum who established the "Lady Margaret" style, which he detailed in his rowing books.

The Boathouse was opened in the May term of 1901. It was extended in the 1970s, and was the first boathouse to have a workshop for the boatman. In the early 1980s, when the college began to admit women, further modifications were made upstairs to create the women's changing rooms. The boathouse was extended further in 2000 to create more indoor training space, giving its members, some of the best training facilities on the campus. A shed is now being built to house the club's fours, which are currently racked outside.

The Club's heyday was in the late 1940s and 1950s. LMBC won the "Ladies Plate" in 1949 with a new course record. In 1950, they made 4 bumps to go "Head of the Mays", and stayed "Head" for five years (this run of Headships giving the LMBC the privilege of building a weathervane on the Boathouse). In 1951, Lady Margaret won the Grand at Henley Royal Regatta and had five members of the successful Cambridge crew, which also defeated Harvard and Yale in the United States.

Between 1975 and 1981, Lady Margaret were Head of the Lent Bumps for 26 consecutive days, the longest continuous defence of the Lent Headship.

Members of the Club are well known for their scarlet jackets, which gave rise to the term, blazer. Members with "First May Colours" are entitled to wear trim and gold buttons on their blazer, while "First Lent" or "Second May Colours" are entitled to wear silver buttons on their blazer. [1]

The club is traditionally strong in the Lent and May CUCBC Bumps race. The "traditional" club cry (since 2003) of "Thunder Lady Margaret!", or more succinctly "Thunder Maggie!" is used to encourage LMBC rowers, as they go for those crucial lengths down the Reach; the traditional club motto (since 1825) of "Si je puis" ("If I can") is used for more formal occasions. The boat club song, Viva laeta, has a chorus that goes as follows:

Vive laeta, Margareta, Beatorum insulis; Si possimus, Fuerimus, Semper caput fluminis.

Although the music is printed in the boat club's history and the song is sung at ever Boat Club Dinner, few members know the tune. An attempt in 2006 by the blades-winning Men's Second Lent Boat to lead the Club in tune was of mixed success.

Below is a table showing the performance of the men's and women's 1st VIII over the last decade in the Lent and May Bumps.

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 2nd bumped Trinity Hall rowed-over bumped Downing rowed-over
1999 2nd rowed-over bumped by Caius rowed-over bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity
2000 4th bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Emmanuel
2001 4th rowed-over rowed-over (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 2nd rowed-over bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped Emmanuel rowed-over
2003 4th rowed-over bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by Downing rowed-over
2004 6th rowed-over bumped by Trinity Hall bumped by Emmanuel rowed-over
2005 4th rowed-over bumped Trinity Hall bumped Emmanuel rowed-over
2006 5th bumped by Jesus rowed-over bumped Jesus bumped by Jesus
2007 4th rowed-over bumped Downing rowed-over rowed-over

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 7th rowed-over bumped by Jesus bumped by Pembroke bumped by Christ's
1999 8th bumped by Newnham rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2000 8th bumped Christ's rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Caius
2001 4th overbumped Pembroke bumped Newnham (cancelled) (cancelled)
2002 3rd rowed-over bumped Trinity Hall rowed-over rowed-over
2003 5th bumped by Caius bumped by Downing rowed-over rowed-over
2004 6th bumped by Clare rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2005 6th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2006 8th bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity bumped by Newnham rowed-over rowed-over
2007 7th bumped Newnham rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 5th bumped Robinson bumped Magdalene bumped Trinity Hall bumped Queens'
1999 4th rowed-over bumped Downing rowed-over rowed-over
2000 6th bumped by Emmanuel bumped by Downing rowed-over rowed-over
2001 5th bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over
2002 3rd bumped Jesus rowed-over bumped Emmanuel rowed-over
2003 6th rowed-over bumped by Trinity Hall bumped by Robinson bumped by St. Catharine's
2004 5th rowed-over rowed-over rowed-over bumped Robinson
2005 2nd rowed-over bumped Downing bumped St. Catharine's bumped Trinity Hall
2006 3rd rowed-over bumped by St. Catharine's rowed-over rowed-over
2007 3rd bumped St. Catharine's rowed-over bumped by 1st & 3rd Trinity rowed-over

Year Finish position 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 4th Day
1998 3rd bumped Churchill bumped Trinity Hall bumped Clare bumped Jesus
1999 5th rowed-over bumped by Newnham bumped by Caius rowed-over
2000 7th bumped by Jesus rowed-over rowed-over bumped by Clare
2001 7th bumped Clare rowed-over bumped by Trinity Hall rowed-over
2002 9th rowed-over bumped by Downing bumped by St. Catharine's rowed-over
2003 6th bumped Trinity Hall bumped St. Catharine's rowed-over bumped Jesus
2004 6th bumped by Jesus rowed-over bumped Downing rowed-over
2005 7th bumped Newnham rowed-over bumped by Clare bumped by Girton
2006 10th bumped by Trinity Hall bumped by Newnham bumped by Downing rowed-over
2007 9th bumped Downing bumped by Downing bumped Downing rowed-over

  • Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 ISBN 0-9538475-1-9
  • CUCBC (various years) - Lent and May Bumps programmes.

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