Editing Downing College, Cambridge (section)

==Student life==

Downing students remain prominent in the university world; in the past few years [[Cambridge Union]] Presidents, Blues captains, Law and Economic Society Presidents and more have hailed from the college. Downing has a particular reputation as the 'Law College'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downingcambridge.com/previous_campaigns-hopkins_parry_appeal|title=Previous Campaigns – the Hopkins Parry Fellowship}}</ref>

''The Griffin'' has been the undergraduate student magazine for over 100 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://griffin.downingjcr.co.uk/|title=The Griffin|author=FaceJolt|access-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011082934/http://griffin.downingjcr.co.uk/|archive-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Downing College Boathouse - geograph.org.uk - 1633217.jpg|thumb|Downing College boathouse on the River Cam, it was rebuilt in 2000. Here a trailer of rowing boats is shown outside the building.]]

===Sport===

The college fields teams in a range of sports including, men's football, men's and women's rugby, tennis and [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate]].

Downing College Rugby Union Football Club is one of Cambridge’s top teams, having secured victory in both the 2019 Cuppers and 2022 Shield competitions. The rise of Downing has also included a win in the Plate competition during the 2017/18 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Downing College Rugby Union Football Club |url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate-study/student-life/sport-societies/downing-college-rugby-union-football-club |website=Downing College Website}}</ref>

[[Downing College Boat Club]] is successful too, with the Women's first boat gaining [[Lent Bumps|Lents Headship]] of the river in 2004 and most recently in [[Lent Bumps 2020|2020]], and the Mays Headship in the 2014 and 2015 [[May Bumps]]. The men's first boat has held the headship several times in the 1980s and 1990s (for example in 1994 to 1996) while gaining the Mays headship in 1996
and the Lents Headship in 2014, on each occasion recognising the tradition of "burning the boat" (using an old wooden 8 oared boat), while the rowers of the winning boat jump the flames. They both currently hold positions at or near the top in both University bumps races [Lents and Mays].