May Bumps 2008
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The May Bumps 2008 are a series of rowing races to be held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 11 June 2008 until Saturday 14 June 2008. The races are to be run as a bumps race and are the next set in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races. In 2008, a total of 171 crews are expected to take part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with around 1000 participants in total.
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[edit] Head of the River crews
1st & 3rd Trinity men bumped Caius on the first day to move into 1st position for the first time since 1974, the first change in men's headship since 2002.
Pembroke women bumped Jesus on the first day to take back the headship they lost in 2007.
[edit] Highest 2nd VIIIs
1st & 3rd Trinity II are the highest men's 2nd VIII at the start of the week at 14th position.
Jesus II are the highest women's 2nd VIII at the start of the week at 16th position.
[edit] Links to races in other years
Preceding year | Current year | Following year |
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May Bumps 2007 | May Bumps 2008 | May Bumps 2009 |
Lent Bumps 2007 | Lent Bumps 2008 | Lent Bumps 2009 |
[edit] 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.
[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 | |
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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 2008 May Bumps Getting-on Race will take place on 6 June 2008.
[edit] Competing crews
[edit] Men
7 men's crews will race for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division
- Hughes Hall II
- Sidney Sussex IV
- King's III
- Pembroke V
- Clare Hall II
- 1st & 3rd Trinity VI
- Downing IV
[edit] Women
10 women's crews will race for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 5th division
- Clare III
- Clare IV
- Clare V
- Sidney Sussex III
- Peterhouse II
- Clare Hall II
- Jesus IV
- Trinity Hall III
- Lady Margaret IV
- Pembroke V