Queens' runs an annual rowing machine competitions for Cambridge novice rowers. Last year there were over 700 entrants. The event now has a high profile in the rowing caendar. Every year there are three series of races on the Cam, one per term, the Fairbairns during December, the Lent bumps in February and the May bumping races in June. Most well known are the May bumps.
Thousands watch the bumping races.
They occur over 4 days and Queens' usually enters five or six boats in the Lent bumps and up to eight in the May bumps. National Exposure Nationally QCBC is seen frequently at many rowing events all over the country. The Men's and Women's Head of the River Races in London are considered to be the main rowing event of the year by many clubs. Generally Queens' crews race them every year. QCBC male and female crews both qualified and raced at the Henley Royal Regatta last year and hope to do so this year.