May Bumps 2006

Girton College Boat Club racing in the May Bumps 2006.

The May Bumps 2006 was a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 14 June 2006 until Saturday 17 June 2006. 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 2006 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 retained the for the 5th consecutive year, their 8th since 1998.

Pembroke women bumped Jesus on Day 1 to take their first headship since 1998.

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.

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

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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Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
1 Caius
Caius 1 Jesus
Pembroke 1
2 Lady Margaret St. Catharine's 2 Pembroke Jesus 2
3 Trinity Hall Lady Margaret 3 Emmanuel Emmanuel 3
4 St. Catharine's Queens' 4 Caius Caius 4
5 Queens' 1st & 3rd Trinity 5 Clare Trinity Hall 5
6 Downing Churchill 6 Girton Girton 6
7 1st & 3rd Trinity Trinity Hall 7 Lady Margaret Newnham 7
8 Churchill Jesus 8 Trinity Hall Clare 8
9 Robinson Downing 9 Newnham Downing 9
10 Jesus Pembroke 10 Magdalene Lady Margaret 10
11 Magdalene Emmanuel 11 Christ's Churchill 11
12 Pembroke Christ's 12 Downing 1st & 3rd Trinity 12
13 Emmanuel Robinson 13 Churchill Magdalene 13
14 Clare Clare 14 Selwyn King's 14
15 Christ's Magdalene 15 1st & 3rd Trinity Christ's 15
16 Selwyn Caius II 16 New Hall Queens' 16
17 1st & 3rd Trinity II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 17 King's Selwyn 17
18 Caius II Wolfson 18 St. Catharine's St. Catharine's 18
19 Downing II Selwyn 19 Queens' Jesus II 19
20 Peterhouse Fitzwilliam 20 Fitzwilliam New Hall 20
21 Wolfson Peterhouse 21 Darwin Darwin 21
22 Lady Margaret II Downing II 22 Emmanuel II Peterhouse 22
23 Fitzwilliam King's 23 Jesus II CCAT 23
24 CCAT Lady Margaret II 24 Peterhouse Fitzwilliam 24
25 Sidney Sussex CCAT 25 CCAT Lady Margaret II 25
26 King's Jesus II 26 Pembroke II Emmanuel II 26
27 St. Catharine's II St. Catharine's II 27 Caius II Caius II 27
28 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi 28 Robinson Pembroke II 28
29 Jesus II Sidney Sussex 29 Lady Margaret II Newnham II 29
30 Girton Emmanuel II 30 Sidney Sussex Wolfson 30
31 Queens' II Girton 31 Wolfson Robinson 31
32 Emmanuel II Darwin 32 Newnham II Homerton 32
33 Darwin Queens' II 33 Homerton Sidney Sussex 33
34 Churchill II Selwyn II 34 Girton II Girton II 34
35 Robinson II Churchill II 35 Trinity Hall II Clare II 35
36 Selwyn II Robinson II 36 St. Catharine's II Queens' II 36
37 Girton II Magdalene II 37 Clare II Trinity Hall II 37
38 Trinity Hall II Homerton 38 Jesus III Downing II 38
39 Homerton St. Edmund's 39 Downing II Jesus III 39
40 Clare II Girton II 40 Queens' II Corpus Christi 40
41 Christ's II Pembroke II 41 New Hall II St. Catharine's II 41
42 St. Edmund's Trinity Hall II 42 Lady Margaret III Darwin II 42
43 Magdalene II 1st & 3rd Trinity III 43 Churchill II Lady Margaret III 43
44 Lady Margaret III Christ's II 44 Corpus Christi 1st & 3rd Trinity II 44
45 Pembroke II Lady Margaret III 45 Clare Hall New Hall II 45
46 1st & 3rd Trinity III Clare II 46 Darwin II Magdalene II 46
47 Downing III Fitzwilliam II 47 1st & 3rd Trinity II Churchill II 47
48 Emmanuel III Emmanuel III 48 Magdalene II Hughes Hall 48
49 Fitzwilliam II Peterhouse II 49 CCAT II Clare Hall 49
50 Trinity Hall III Jesus III 50 Homerton II CCAT II 50
51 Peterhouse II Downing III 51 Hughes Hall Veterinary School 51

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.

Successful crews

The successful crews which will compete in the bumps are (displayed in alphabetical order);

Women

Men