May Bumps 2003

The May Bumps 2003 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 11, 2003 until Saturday June 14, 2003. 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 2003, a total of 169 crews took part (100 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with around 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

Caius men rowed-over in 1st position, retaining the headship and holding it for the 5th time since 1998.

Newnham women bumped Jesus, Caius and Emmanuel to take their first Mays headship since 1976.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

The highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week was Caius II, who bumped Downing II on the 1st day.

The highest women's 2nd VIII was Emmanuel II, who bumped Jesus II on the 2nd day.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 2002	May Bumps 2003	May Bumps 2004
Lent Bumps 2002	Lent Bumps 2003	Lent Bumps 2004

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for the men's and women's 1st divisions. The men's bumps charts are on the left, and women's bumps charts 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.

Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1	Caius		Caius	1	Caius		Newnham	1
2	Downing		Trinity Hall	2	Emmanuel		Emmanuel	2
3	Lady Margaret		Downing	3	Jesus		Pembroke	3
4	Emmanuel		Robinson	4	Newnham		Caius	4
5	Trinity Hall		St. Catharine's	5	Downing		Downing	5
6	Jesus		Lady Margaret	6	Pembroke		Lady Margaret	6
7	Robinson		1st & 3rd Trinity	7	St. Catharine's		Jesus	7
8	St. Catharine's		Emmanuel	8	Trinity Hall		Trinity Hall	8
9	1st & 3rd Trinity		Queens'	9	Lady Margaret		Clare	9
10	Clare		Jesus	10	New Hall		Churchill	10
11	Christ's		Magdalene	11	Christ's		New Hall	11
12	Queens'		Clare	12	Clare		St. Catharine's	12
13	Magdalene		Churchill	13	Churchill		Girton	13
14	Churchill		Selwyn	14	Selwyn		Christ's	14
15	Pembroke		Christ's	15	Peterhouse		Selwyn	15
16	Sidney Sussex		Caius II	16	Girton		Magdalene	16
17	Selwyn		Fitzwilliam	17	CCAT		Queens'	17