May Bumps 2009

The May Bumps 2009 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge with crews from all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University from Wednesday 10 June 2009 until Saturday 13 June 2009. The races are to be run as a bumps race, which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races. In 2009, a total of 171 crews are expected to take part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with over 1500 participants in total.

Two clubs changed their names in 2009. New Hall became Murray Edwards reflecting the college name change. CCAT became Anglia Ruskin reflecting the change in the University's name a couple of years previously.

Head of the River crews

1st & 3rd Trinity M1 rowed over to retain the headship gained in 2008 despite determined attacks from Caius on the Friday and Saturday. Caius managed to close to within a third of a length for much of the course on the Friday.

Pembroke W1 also rowed over to retain their headship gained in 2008.

This was the first time since 1994 that there was no change in either the men's or women's headship.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

1st & 3rd Trinity II remained the highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week, despite being bumped into 15th position.

Jesus II remained the highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week at 17th position, having started 15th.

Pegasus Cup and the Biggest Risers

Hughes Hall won the Pegasus cup again, claiming it back after a one year loan to St Edmunds. Three of the clubs boats got blades and their second men's boat had a meteoric rise of eleven places up the rankings.

In the women's competition, Sidney Sussex III climbed eleven places, finishing above Sidney Sussex II

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 2008	May Bumps 2009	May Bumps 2010
Lent Bumps 2008	Lent Bumps 2009	Lent Bumps 2010

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts all 6 men's and all 5 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.

Note that this chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser. A simple way to check is to see that the first horizontal bold line, marking the boundary between divisions, lies between positions 17 and 18. The combined Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish women's crews are listed as Hughes Hall only.

Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1	1st & 3rd Trinity		1st & 3rd Trinity	1	Pembroke		Pembroke	1
2	Lady Margaret		Caius	2	Jesus		Jesus	2
3	Jesus		Jesus	3	Emmanuel		Caius	3
4	Caius		Lady Margaret	4	Caius		Emmanuel	4
5	Queens'		Pembroke	5	Girton		Downing	5
6	St. Catharine's		Downing	6	Lady Margaret		Lady Margaret	6
7	Downing		Queens'	7	Newnham		Christ's	7
8	Trinity Hall		Trinity Hall	8	Clare		Girton	8
9	Pembroke		Clare	9	Downing		1st & 3rd Trinity	9
10	Churchill		St. Catharine's	10	1st & 3rd Trinity		Newnham	10
11	Clare		Fitzwilliam	11	Christ's		Clare	11
12	Emmanuel		Magdalene	12	Trinity Hall		Magdalene	12
13	Fitzwilliam		Churchill	13	Queens'		Queens'	13
14	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Emmanuel	14	Magdalene		Churchill	14
15	Christ's		1st & 3rd Trinity II	15	Jesus II		St. Catharine's	15
16	Magdalene		Christ's	16	King's		Trinity Hall	16
17	Robinson		King's	17	Churchill		Jesus II	17
18	Lady Margaret II		Robinson	18	Peterhouse		King's	18
19	Selwyn		Lady Margaret II	19	St. Catharine's		Peterhouse	19
20	Caius II		Peterhouse	20	Darwin		Pembroke II	20
21	King's		Selwyn	21	Pembroke II		Selwyn	21
22	Peterhouse		Downing II	22	Selwyn		Darwin	22
23	Downing II		Girton	23	Emmanuel II		Anglia Ruskin	23
24	Anglia Ruskin		Caius II	24	Anglia Ruskin		Lady Margaret II	24
25	Wolfson		Darwin	25	Robinson		Robinson	25
26	Girton		Jesus II	26	Fitzwilliam		Homerton	26
27	Darwin		Anglia Ruskin	27	Lady Margaret II		Emmanuel II	27
28	Emmanuel II		Homerton	28	Homerton		Sidney Sussex	28
29	Jesus II		Wolfson	29	Murray Edwards		Fitzwilliam	29
30	Homerton		St. Edmund's	30	Sidney Sussex		Murray Edwards	30
31	Corpus Christi		Queens' II	31	Downing II		Downing II	31
32	St. Edmund's		Emmanuel II	32	Corpus Christi		Clare II	32
33	Sidney Sussex		Sidney Sussex	33	Girton II		Corpus Christi	33
34	Queens' II		Selwyn II	34	Caius II		Caius II	34
35	St. Catharine's II		Corpus Christi	35	Newnham II		Newnham II	35
36	Pembroke II		1st & 3rd Trinity III	36	Clare II		Hughes Hall	36
37	Selwyn II		Christ's II	37	Wolfson		Girton II	37
38	1st & 3rd Trinity III		St. Catharine's II	38	Queens' II		Magdalene II	38
39	Churchill II		Pembroke II	39	Trinity Hall II		Wolfson	39
40	Fitzwilliam II		Magdalene II	40	Hughes Hall		1st & 3rd Trinity II	40
41	Magdalene II		Clare II	41	Jesus III		Queens' II	41
42	Christ's II		Churchill II	42	Magdalene II		St. Edmund's	42
43	Girton II		Lady Margaret III	43	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Trinity Hall II	43
44	Clare II		Fitzwilliam II	44	St. Edmund's		Pembroke III	44
45	Robinson II		Peterhouse II	45	Darwin II		Jesus III	45
46	Lady Margaret III		Hughes Hall	46	Selwyn II		Emmanuel III	46
47	Jesus III		Girton II	47	Anglia Ruskin II		Selwyn II	47
48	Peterhouse II		Trinity Hall II	48	Pembroke III		Christ's II	48
49	Trinity Hall II		Robinson II	49	Lady Margaret III		Darwin II	49
50	Hughes Hall		Jesus III	50	Emmanuel III		Anglia Ruskin II	50
51	Darwin II		Queens' III	51	St. Catharine's II		Lady Margaret III	51
52	Queens' III		Darwin II	52	Churchill II		St. Catharine's II	52
53	Emmanuel III		Wolfson II	53	Christ's II		Newnham III	53
54	Selwyn III		Selwyn III	54	Murray Edwards II		Churchill II	54
55	Downing III		King's II	55	1st & 3rd Trinity III		Clare Hall	55
56	St. Catharine's III		Emmanuel III	56	Homerton II		1st & 3rd Trinity III	56
57	Wolfson II		Downing III	57	Newnham III		Homerton II	57
58	Clare III		Caius III	58	Queens' III		Murray Edwards II	58
59	King's II		St. Catharine's III	59	Clare Hall		Fitzwilliam II	59
60	Trinity Hall III		Pembroke III	60	Addenbrooke's		Sidney Sussex III	60
61	Pembroke III		Clare III	61	Fitzwilliam II		Sidney Sussex II	61
62	Caius III		Clare Hall	62	Robinson II		Robinson II	62
63	Jesus IV		Trinity Hall III	63	Newnham IV		Magdalene III	63
64	Corpus Christi II		1st & 3rd Trinity IV	64	Sidney Sussex II		Addenbrooke's	64
65	Clare Hall	Anglia Ruskin II	65	King's II	Queens' III	65
66	1st & 3rd Trinity IV	Lady Margaret IV	66	Magdalene III	Clare III	66
67	Lady Margaret IV	Jesus IV	67	Jesus IV	Newnham IV	67
68	Christ's III	Corpus Christi II	68	Girton III	Emmanuel IV	68
69	Sidney Sussex II	Sidney Sussex II	69	Clare III	King's II	69
70	Churchill III	Christ's III	70	Downing III	Jesus IV	70
71	Christ's IV	1st & 3rd Trinity V	71	Sidney Sussex III	Hughes Hall II	71
72	Anglia Ruskin II	Christ's IV	72	Emmanuel IV	Girton III	72
73	1st & 3rd Trinity V	St. Edmund's II	73	Clare IV	Emmanuel IV	73
74	Robinson III	Magdalene III	74	Hughes Hall II	Downing III	74
75	Caius IV	Churchill III	75	Emmanuel V	Clare IV	75
76	St. Edmund's II	Homerton II	76	Girton IV	Trinity Hall III	76
77	Magdalene III	Robinson III	77	Trinity Hall III	Girton IV	77
78	Pembroke IV	Jesus V	78
79	Homerton II	Caius IV	79
80	Jesus V	Sidney Sussex III	80
81	Fitzwilliam III	King's III	81
82	Sidney Sussex III	Pembroke IV	82
83	Lady Margaret V	Lady Margaret VI	83
84	King's III	Hughes Hall II	84
85	Queens' IV	Fitzwilliam III	85
86	Lady Margaret VI	Lady Margaret V	86
87	Downing IV	Pembroke V	87
88	Anglia Ruskin III	Queens' IV	88
89	Pembroke V	Christ's V	89
90	Girton III	Downing IV	90
91	1st & 3rd Trinity VI	Sidney Sussex IV	91
92	Christ's V	Anglia Ruskin III	92
93	Sidney Sussex IV	Girton III	93
94	Hughes Hall II	1st & 3rd Trinity VI	94

The Getting-on Race

The Getting-on Race allows a number of crews which did not already have a place from last year's races to compete for the right to race this year. Up to ten crews are removed from the bottom of last year's finishing order, who must then race alongside new entrants to decide which crews gain a place (with one bumps place per 3 crews competing, subject to the maximum of 10 available places).

The 2009 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 5 June 2009.

Competing crews

Men

12 men's crews raced for 4 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division. The following were successful and will row in the bumps.

• Christ's V
• 1st & 3rd Trinity VI
• Hughes Hall II
• Sidney Sussex IV

The following were unsuccessful.

• Magdalene IV
• Downing V
• Wolfson III
• Darwin III
• Homerton III
• Girton IV
• 1st & 3rd Trinity VII

The following did not race.

• Hughes Hall III

Women

7 women's crews raced for 6 available spaces at the bottom of the 5th division. The following were successful and will row in the bumps.

• Clare IV
• Emmanuel IV
• Emmanuel V
• Girton IV
• Hughes Hall II/*Lucy Cavendish II
• Trinity Hall III

The following did not race.

• Queens' IV

References

• CUCBC - the organisation that runs the bumps
• 1st & 3rd Trinity Boat Club - instant results service
• Cambridge University Radio (CUR1350) - live commentary, instant results, downloadable MP3s of race commentary