May Bumps 2005

The May Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 15 June 2005 until Saturday 18 June 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races. In 2005 a total of 171 crews took part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with around 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

Caius men rowed-over in 1st position retaining the headship, their 7th time since 1998.

Jesus women bumped Pembroke, Caius and Emmanuel to take their first headship since 1994.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

The highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was 1st & 3rd Trinity II, who bumped Caius II on the 2nd day. 1st & 3rd II achieved overlap on the 1st day but failed to make contact.

The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 3rd consecutive year was Emmanuel II.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 2004	May Bumps 2005	May Bumps 2006
Lent Bumps 2004	Lent Bumps 2005	Lent Bumps 2006

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for the 1st and 2nd 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.

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Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1	Caius		Caius	1	Emmanuel		Jesus	1
2	St. Catharine's		Lady Margaret	2	Caius		Pembroke	2
3	Trinity Hall		Trinity Hall	3	Pembroke		Emmanuel	3
4	Downing		St. Catharine's	4	Jesus		Caius	4
5	Lady Margaret		Queens'	5	Newnham		Clare	5
6	Robinson		Downing	6	Lady Margaret		Girton	6
7	1st & 3rd Trinity		1st & 3rd Trinity	7	Clare		Lady Margaret	7
8	Queens'		Churchill	8	Downing		Trinity Hall	8
9	Churchill		Robinson	9	Girton		Newnham	9
10	Magdalene		Jesus	10	Trinity Hall		Magdalene	10
11	Jesus		Magdalene	11	Churchill		Christ's	11
12	Emmanuel		Pembroke	12	Magdalene		Downing	12
13	Clare		Emmanuel	13	New Hall		Churchill	13
14	Christ's		Clare	14	St. Catharine's		Selwyn	14
15	Pembroke		Christ's	15	Christ's		1st & 3rd Trinity	15
16	Selwyn		Selwyn	16	Selwyn		New Hall	16
17	Peterhouse		1st & 3rd Trinity II	17	Darwin		King's	17
18	Caius II		Caius II	18	1st & 3rd Trinity		St. Catharine's	18
19	1st & 3rd Trinity II		Downing II	19	Queens'		Queens'	19
20	Fitzwilliam		Peterhouse	20	Emmanuel II		Fitzwilliam	20
21	Sidney Sussex		Wolfson	21	King's		Darwin	21
22	Downing II		Lady Margaret II	22	Peterhouse		Emmanuel II	22
23	Wolfson		Fitzwilliam	23	Fitzwilliam		Jesus II	23
24	Lady Margaret II		CCAT	24	Robinson		Peterhouse	24
25	Corpus Christi		Sidney Sussex	25	CCAT		CCAT	25
26	CCAT		King's	26	Sidney Sussex		Pembroke II	26
27	St. Catharine's II		St. Catharine's II	27	Jesus II		Caius II	27
28	Emmanuel II		Corpus Christi	28	Pembroke II		Robinson	28
29	King's		Jesus II	29	Wolfson		Lady Margaret II	29
30	Queens' II		Girton	30	Caius II		Sidney Sussex	30
31	Girton		Queens' II	31	Lady Margaret II		Wolfson	31
32	Churchill II		Emmanuel II	32	Trinity Hall II		Newnham II	32
33	Jesus II		Darwin	33	Newnham II		Homerton	33
34	Robinson II		Churchill II	34	Homerton		Girton II	34