May Bumps 2009

The May Bumps 2009 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge UK. The bumps featured crews from all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University. They were held from Wednesday 10 June 2009 until Saturday 13 June 2009. The races were run as a bumps race, which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races. In 2009, a total of 171 crews are expected to take part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with over 1500 participants in total.

Two clubs changed their names in 2009. New Hall became Murray Edwards reflecting the college name change. Anglia Ruskin became Anglia Ruskin reflecting the change in the University's name a couple of years previously.

Head of the River crews

1st & 3rd Trinity M1 rowed over to retain the headship gained in 2008 despite determined attacks from Caius on the Friday and Saturday. Caius managed to close to within a third of a length for much of the course on the Friday.

Pembroke W1 also rowed over to retain their headship gained in 2008.

This was the first time since 1994 that there was no change in either the men's or women's headship.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

1st & 3rd Trinity II remained the highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week, despite being bumped into 15th position.

Jesus II remained the highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week at 17th position, having started 15th.

Pegasus Cup and the Biggest Risers

Hughes Hall won the Pegasus cup again, claiming it back after a one year loan to St Edmunds. Three of the clubs boats got blades and their second men's boat had a meteoric rise of eleven places up the rankings.

In the women's competition, Sidney Sussex III climbed eleven places, finishing above Sidney Sussex II

Links to races in other years

Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2008 May Bumps 2009 May Bumps 2010
Lent Bumps 2008 Lent Bumps 2009 Lent Bumps 2010

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

The Getting-on Race

The Getting-on Race 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 2009 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 5 June 2009.

Competing crews

Men

12 men's crews raced for 4 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division. The following were successful and will row in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.


Women

7 women's crews raced for 6 available spaces at the bottom of the 5th division. The following were successful and will row in the bumps.


The following did not race.

References

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