May Bumps 2006
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The May Bumps 2006 was a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 14, 2006 until Saturday June 17, 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent set in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races. This year, it was expected that a total of 171 crews would take part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with around 1500 participants in total. Several thousand spectators were expected to come to watch, particularly on the Saturday.
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[edit] Head of the River crews
Caius men started from Head station, and retained the headship for the 8th time since 1998, and 5th consecutive year.
Pembroke women bumped Jesus to take their first headship since 1998.
[edit] Highest 2nd VIIIs
Caius II eventually bumped 1st & 3rd Trinity II on the last day to become the highest placed 2nd VIII, after a set of close races with Selwyn.
Jesus II bumped Emmanuel II on their way to winning their blades, bumping every day to become highest 2nd women's VIII.
[edit] Links to races in other years
| Preceding year | Current year | Following year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Bumps 2005 | May Bumps 2006 | May Bumps 2007 | |
| Lent Bumps 2005 | Lent Bumps 2006 | Lent Bumps 2007 |
[edit] Bumps charts
Below are the bumps charts for the top 3 men's and 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.
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[edit] Division times
In the standard 4-day format that has been used for the May Bumps since the end of the 2nd World War, all divisions race every day of the races. All times are British Summer Time (BST)
| Division | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1 | 19:45 | 19:45 | 19:45 | 17:45 | |
| Women's 1 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | |
| Men's 2 | 18:15 | 18:15 | 18:15 | 16:15 | |
| Women's 2 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 15:30 | |
| Men's 3 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 16:45 | 14:45 | |
| Women's 3 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 | |
| Men's 4 | 15:15 | 15:15 | 15:15 | 13:15 | |
| Women's 4 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 12:30 | |
| Men's 5 | 13:45 | 13:45 | 13:45 | 11:45 | |
| Men's 6/Women's 5 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 |
[edit] The Getting-on Race
The Getting-on Race (GoR) 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 2006 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 9 June 2006.
[edit] Successful crews
The successful crews which will compete in the bumps are (displayed in alphabetical order);
[edit] Women
- CCAT III
- Corpus Christi II
- Emmanuel IV
- Newnham IV
- Pembroke IV
- Pembroke V (Replaced a crew that scratched)
- Trinity Hall III
