 During the inter-war years the club was coached by Steve Fairbairn and held Headship on twelve occasions in the Lents and occupied a top three position for the entire period.In the women's bumps, Jesus fielded crews in the 1980s, and took the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 2016-2018, and headship of the May Bumps in 1988, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2017, and 2018.JCBC are also one of the historically successful Cambridge colleges at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the "Grand Challenge Cup", the most prestigious event at the regatta, on 3 occasions; 1879, 1885 and in 1947.