May Bumps 2010

The May Bumps 2010 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge with crews from the boat clubs of all Cambridge University Colleges, the University Medical and Veterinary Schools and Anglia Ruskin University from Wednesday 9 June 2010 until Saturday 12 June 2010. 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 2010, a total of 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with nearly 1550 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

1st & 3rd Trinity men's 1st VIII rowed over to retain their headship gained in 2008.

Pembroke women's 1st VIII also rowed over to retain their headship held from 2008.[1]

This was the second year running 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 and their 15th position at the end of the week, bumping up on Churchill but being caught by a resurgent King's.

Pembroke II gained the highest women's 2nd VIII from Jesus II at the end of the week at 18th position, having started 20th.

Pegasus Cup and the Biggest Risers


Clare Hall won the Pegasus cup for the first time. The club's two boats moved up seven places up the rankings with the women winning and the men narrowly missing out on blades.

Caius III rose a total of nine places, moving into Men's division 3, by bumping into the sandwich boat position on the final day before overbumping on Queens' III.[2] In the women's competition, both Christ's II and Christ's III climbed seven places, each winning blades.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2009 May Bumps 2010 May Bumps 2011
Lent Bumps 2009 Lent Bumps 2010 Lent Bumps 2011

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts all 6 men's and all 4 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 Caius Pembroke 2 Jesus Downing 2
3 Jesus Caius 3 Caius Christ's 3
4 Lady Margaret Jesus 4 Emmanuel Emmanuel 4
5 Pembroke Downing 5 Downing Lady Margaret 5
6 Downing Lady Margaret 6 Lady Margaret Caius 6
7 Queens' St. Catharine's 7 Christ's Newnham 7
8 Trinity Hall Queens' 8 Girton Jesus 8
9 Clare Fitzwilliam 9 1st & 3rd Trinity 1st & 3rd Trinity 9
10 St. Catharine's Magdalene 10 Newnham Clare 10
11 Fitzwilliam Trinity Hall 11 Clare Queens' 11
12 Magdalene Emmanuel 12 Magdalene Girton 12
13 Churchill Clare 13 Queens' St. Catharine's 13
14 Emmanuel King's 14 Churchill Trinity Hall 14
15 1st & 3rd Trinity II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 15 St. Catharine's Magdalene 15
16 Christ's Christ's 16 Trinity Hall Churchill 16
17 King's Churchill 17 Jesus II King's 17
18 Robinson Robinson 18 King's Pembroke II 18
19 Lady Margaret II Peterhouse 19 Peterhouse Selwyn 19
20 Peterhouse Selwyn 20 Pembroke II Jesus II 20
21 Selwyn Downing II 21 Selwyn Peterhouse 21
22 Downing II Lady Margaret II 22 Darwin Robinson 22
23 Girton Girton 23 Anglia Ruskin Emmanuel II 23
24 Caius II Homerton 24 Lady Margaret II Anglia Ruskin 24
25 Darwin Caius II 25 Robinson Sidney Sussex 25
26 Jesus II Selwyn 26 Homerton Darwin 26
27 Anglia Ruskin Jesus II 27 Emmanuel II Murray Edwards 27
28 Homerton Anglia Ruskin 28 Sidney Sussex Lady Margaret II 28
29 Wolfson II Darwin 29 Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam 29
30 St Edmund's Sidney Sussex 30 Murray Edwards Homerton 30
31 Queens' II Wolfson 31 Downing II Newnham II 31
32 Emmanuel II Christ's II 32 Clare II Clare II 32
33 Sidney Sussex Queens' II 33 Corpus Christi Downing II 33
34 Selwyn II Pembroke II 34 Caius II Lucy Cavendish 34
35 Corpus Christi Emmanuel II 35 Newnham II Corpus Christi 35
36 1st & 3rd Trinity III Corpus Christi 36 Lucy Cavendish Magdalene II 36
37 Christ's II Clare II 37 Girton II Queens' II 37
38 St. Catharine's II Selwyn II 38 Magdalene II Caius II 38
39 Pembroke II Lady Margaret III 39 Wolfson Trinity Hall II 39
40 Magdalene II 1st & 3rd Trinity III 40 1st & 3rd Trinity II Girton II 40
41 Clare II St. Catharine's II 41 Queens' II Wolfson 41
42 Churchill II Magdalene II 42 St Edmund's Christ's II 42
43 Lady Margaret III Hughes Hall 43 Trinity Hall II 1st & 3rd Trinity II 43
44 Fitzwilliam II Fitzwilliam II 44 Pembroke III Pembroke III 44
45 Peterhouse II Peterhouse II 45 Jesus III Emmanuel III 45
46 Hughes Hall Churchill II 46 Emmanuel III Selwyn II 46
47 Girton II Robinson II 47 Selwyn II St Edmund's 47
48 Trinity Hall II Trinity Hall II 48 Christ's III St. Catharine's II 48
49 Robinson II Caius III 49 Darwin III Jesus III 49
50 Jesus III Emmanuel III 50 Anglia Ruskin II Clare Hall 50
51 Queens' III Girton II 51 St. Catharine's II Anglia Ruskin II 51
52 Darwin II Queens' III 52 Newnham III Newnham III 52
53 Wolfson II Wolfson II 53 Churchill II Darwin II 53
54 Selwyn III Darwin II 54 Clare Hall Murray Edwards II 54
55 King's II King's II 55 1st & 3rd Trinity III Sidney Sussex II 55
56 Emmanuel III Jesus III 56 Homerton II Churchill II 56
57 Downing III Pembroke III 57 Murray Edwards II Robinson II 57
58 Caius III Selwyn III 58 Fitzwilliam II 1st & 3rd Trinity III 58
59 St. Catharine's III Clare Hall 59 Sidney Sussex II Magdalene III 59
60 Pembroke III Downing III 60 Sidney Sussex III Homerton II 60
61 Clare III 1st & 3rd Trinity IV 61 Robinson II Fitzwilliam II 61
62 Clare Hall St. Catharine's III 62 Magdalene III Christ's III 62
63 Trinity Hall III Anglia Ruskin II 63 Queens' III Queens' III 63
64 1st & 3rd Trinity IV Clare III 64 Clare III Sidney Sussex III 64
65 Anglia Ruskin II Corpus Christi II 65 King's II King's II 65
66 Lady Margaret IV 1st & 3rd Trinity III 66 Lucy Cavendish II Lucy Cavendish II 66
67 Jesus IV Lady Margaret IV 67 Trinity Hall III Clare III 67
68 Corpus Christi II Selwyn II 68 Christ's III Peterhouse II 68
69 Sidney Sussex II Christ's III 69 Peterhouse II Trinity Hall III 69
70 Christ's III Jesus IV  
71 1st & 3rd Trinity V Magdalene III
72 Christ's IV Sidney Sussex II
73 St Edmund's II Christ's IV
74 Magdalene III 1st & 3rd Trinity V
75 Churchill III Churchill III
76 Homerton II Homerton II
77 Robinson III Caius IV
78 Jesus V Pembroke IV
79 Caius IV Jesus V
80 Sidney Sussex III Hughes Hall II
81 King's III Robinson III
82 Pembroke IV Fitzwilliam III
83 Lady Margaret V Sidney Sussex III
84 Hughes Hall II Pembroke V
85 Fitzwilliam III King's III
86 Lady Margaret VI Lady Margaret V
87 Pembroke V Girton III
88 Queens' IV Lady Margaret VI
89 Christ's V Queens' IV
90 Downing IV Christ's V
91 Girton III Pembroke VI
92 1st & 3rd Trinity VI Downing IV
93 Clare IV 1st & 3rd Trinity VI
94 Girton IV Girton IV
95 Pembroke VI Pembroke VII
96 Downing V Clare IV
97 1st & 3rd Trinity VII Emmanuel IV
98 King's IV 1st & 3rd Trinity VII
99 Pembroke VII Magdalene IV
100 Clare V Downing V
101 Emmanuel IV King's IV
102 Magdalene IV Clare V
103 Girton V Girton V

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 2010 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 4 June 2010.

Competing crews

Men

16 men's crews raced for 10 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.


Women

9 women's crews raced for 4 available spaces at the bottom of the 4th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.

References