May Bumps 2008

The May Bumps 2008 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 11 June 2008 until Saturday 14 June 2008. The races were run as a bumps race and 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 took part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with over 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

1st & 3rd Trinity men bumped Caius on the first day to take the headship for the first time since 1973; 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.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

1st & 3rd Trinity II were the highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week, holding 14th position.

Jesus II were the highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week at 15th position, having started 16th.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2007 May Bumps 2008 May Bumps 2009
Lent Bumps 2007 Lent Bumps 2008 Lent Bumps 2009

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. The combined Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish women's crews are listed as Lucy Cavendish only.

Pos Crew Men's Bumps Chart Crew Pos Crew Women's Bumps Chart Crew Pos
1 Caius
1st & 3rd Trinity 1 Jesus
Pembroke 1
2 1st & 3rd Trinity Lady Margaret 2 Pembroke Jesus 2
3 Lady Margaret Jesus 3 Emmanuel Emmanuel 3
4 Trinity Hall Caius 4 Newnham Caius 4
5 Jesus Queens' 5 Caius Girton 5
6 St. Catharine's St. Catharine's 6 Girton Lady Margaret 6
7 Churchill Downing 7 1st & 3rd Trinity Newnham 7
8 Queens' Trinity Hall 8 Trinity Hall Clare 8
9 Downing Pembroke 9 Lady Margaret Downing 9
10 Emmanuel Churchill 10 Clare 1st & 3rd Trinity 10
11 Pembroke Clare 11 Downing Christ's 11
12 Clare Emmanuel 12 Queens' Trinity Hall 12
13 Robinson Fitzwilliam 13 Churchill Queens' 13
14 1st & 3rd Trinity II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 14 Christ's Magdalene 14
15 Christ's Christ's 15 St. Catharine's Jesus II 15
16 Fitzwilliam Magdalene 16 Jesus II King's 16
17 Magdalene Robinson 17 King's Churchill 17
18 Caius II Lady Margaret II 18 Peterhouse Peterhouse 18
19 Selwyn Selwyn 19 Magdalene St. Catharine's 19
20 King's Caius II 20 Anglia Ruskin Darwin 20
21 Wolfson King's 21 Selwyn Pembroke II 21
22 Lady Margaret II Peterhouse 22 Fitzwilliam Selwyn 22
23 Peterhouse Downing II 23 Darwin Emmanuel II 23
24 Downing II Anglia Ruskin 24 Pembroke II Anglia Ruskin 24
25 Anglia Ruskin Wolfson 25 New Hall Robinson 25
26 Emmanuel II Girton 26 Emmanuel II Fitzwilliam 26
27 Jesus II Darwin 27 Lady Margaret II Lady Margaret II 27
28 Corpus Christi Emmanuel II 28 Robinson Homerton 28
29 Girton Jesus II 29 Homerton New Hall 29
30 Darwin Homerton 30 Girton II Sidney Sussex 30
31 St. Catharine's II Corpus Christi 31 Caius II Downing II 31
32 St Edmund's St Edmund's 32 Sidney Sussex Corpus Christi 32
33 Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex 33 Wolfson Girton II 33
34 Homerton Queens' II 34 Downing II Caius II 34
35 Queens' II St. Catharine's II 35 Newnham II Newnham II 35
36 Churchill II Pembroke II 36 Corpus Christi Clare II 36
37 Pembroke II Selwyn II 37 Queens' II Wolfson 37
38 Selwyn II 1st & 3rd Trinity III 38 Jesus III Queens' II 38
39 Girton II Churchill II 39 Clare II Trinity Hall II 39
40 1st & 3rd Trinity III Fitzwilliam II 40 1st & 3rd Trinity II Lucy Cavendish 40
41 Robinson II Magdalene II 41 Trinity Hall II Jesus III 41
42 Magdalene II Christ's II 42 Magdalene II Magdalene II 42
43 Fitzwilliam II Girton II 43 Darwin II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 43
44 Christ's II Clare II 44 Lucy Cavendish St Edmund's 44
45 Clare II Robinson II 45 St. Catharine's II Vet School 45
46 Trinity Hall II Lady Margaret III 46 Anglia Ruskin II Darwin II 46
47 Jesus III Jesus III 47 Lady Margaret III Selwyn II 47
48 Lady Margaret III Peterhouse II 48 Vet School Anglia Ruskin II 48
49 Emmanuel III Trinity Hall II 49 New Hall II Pembroke III 49
50 Hughes Hall Hughes Hall 50 Churchill II Lady Margaret III 50
51 Darwin II Darwin II 51 St Edmund's Emmanuel II 51
52 Peterhouse II Queens' III 52 Selwyn II St. Catharine's II 52
53 St. Catharine's III Emmanuel III 53 1st & 3rd Trinity III Churchill III 53
54 Queens' III Selwyn III 54 Pembroke III Christ's II 54
55 Downing III Downing III 55 Newnham III New Hall II 55
56 Clare III St. Catharine's III 56 Emmanuel III New Hall III 56
57 Trinity Hall III Wolfson II 57 Homerton II 1st & 3rd Trinity III 57
58 Selwyn III Clare III 58 Christ's II Homerton II 58
59 Caius III King's II 59 Addenbrooke's Newnham III 59
60 Corpus Christi II Trinity Hall III 60 New Hall III Pembroke IV 60
61 Wolfson II Pembroke III 61 Queens' III Queens' III 61
62 1st & 3rd Trinity IV Caius III 62 Robinson II Clare Hall 62
63 King's II Jesus IV 63 Pembroke IV Addenbrooke's 63
64 Lady Margaret IV Corpus Christi II 64 Fitzwilliam II Fitzwilliam II 64
65 Pembroke III Clare Hall 65 Newnham IV Robinson II 65
66 Churchill III 1st & 3rd Trinity IV 66 Clare Hall Anglia Ruskin III 66
67 Jesus IV Lady Margaret IV 67 Anglia Ruskin III Newnham IV 67
68 Clare Hall Christ's III 68 Girton III Sidney Sussex II 68
69 Christ's III Sidney Sussex II 69 Magdalene III King's II 69
70 Sidney Sussex II Churchill III 70 King's II Magdalene III 70
71 Caius IV Christ's IV 71 Downing III Jesus IV 71
72 1st & 3rd Trinity V Anglia Ruskin II 72 Sidney Sussex II Girton III 72
73 Magdalene III 1st & 3rd Trinity V 73 Jesus IV Clare III 73
74 Christ's IV Robinson III 74 Sidney Sussex III Peterhouse II 74
75 Anglia Ruskin II Caius IV 75 Clare III Downing III 75
76 Robinson III St Edmund's II 76 Clare Hall II Sidney Sussex III 76
77 Jesus V Magdalene III 77 Peterhouse II Clare Hall II 77
78 Lady Margaret V Pembroke IV 78  
79 Fitzwilliam III Homerton II 79
80 Pembroke IV Jesus V 80
81 Homerton II Fitzwilliam III 81
82 St Edmund's II Sidney Sussex III 82
83 Queens' IV Emmanuel IV 83
84 Sidney Sussex III Lady Margaret V 84
85 Lady Margaret VI King's III 85
86 Girton III Queens' IV 86
87 Emmanuel IV Lady Margaret VI 87
88 Anglia Ruskin III Downing IV 88
89 Darwin III Anglia Ruskin III 89
90 Girton IV Pembroke V 90
91 Downing IV Girton III 91
92 King's III Clare Hall II 92
93 Pembroke V Darwin III 93
94 Clare Hall II Girton IV 94

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 took place on 6 June 2008.

Competing crews

Men

7 men's crews raced for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

Women

10 women's crews raced for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 5th division, but subsequently 2 further places became available. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.

References