May Bumps 2012

The May Bumps 2012 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge with crews from the boat clubs of all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University from Wednesday 13 June 2012 until Saturday 16 June 2012. 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 2012, 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with nearly 1550 participants in total.

The timing of the lower divisions on the Saturday was disrupted by a protest on the river and its tow-path by animal rights activists objecting to the removal of an infamous swan, the so-called Mr. Asbo, from the area that had been attacking rowers.[1] Three people were arrested for breaching the peace.[2]

Head of the River crews

Caius men rowed over well clear of Downing men each day to win their blades and retain the headship they won 2011. As they came also first at the Lent Bumps 2012 they hold the double Headship. They also won both bumps events in 2011.[3]

Downing women rowed-over on each day to hold onto the Head of the River title and win their blades. By winning the Mays they also retain the double Headship having won Lent Bumps 2012. This also their second double headship, having won both bumps events in 2011.[4]

Consecutive double Headships, i.e. that the same Men's and Women's crews have won both the Lent and May Bumps for consecutive years, illustrate how dominant these crews have been on the River Cam. Caius men have now won 11 of the 15 May Bumps from 1998 (and 8 of the Lent Bumps), whilst Downing men's and women's 1st VIIIs have been either 1st (head) or second on the river in Lents or Mays for at least the last 2 years (and up to 6 in the case of the Men in Lents).

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Downing II held the position of highest men's 2nd VIII despite being bumped successively by Girton, Homerton and Peterhouse.

Pembroke II remained the highest women's 2nd VIII despite falling to 22nd due to bumps from Murray Edwards and Sidney Sussex.

Pegasus Cup and the Biggest Risers

Homerton won the Pegasus cup for the first time, narrowly beating Murray Edwards in their attempt to hold the title.[5] Homerton boats collectively managing 15 bumps moving up 18 places in total. The Men's 1st VIII entered division 1 and two of the club's five boats won blades.

Darwin III rose an impressive 8 places, triple over-bumping Sidney Sussex IV and bumping Downing IV, who themselves fell 7 places over the 4 days.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2011 May Bumps 2012 May Bumps 2013
Lent Bumps 2011 Lent Bumps 2012 Lent Bumps 2013

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

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.

The 2012 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 8 June 2012.[6]

Competing crews

Men

12 men's crews competed for 8 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.

Women

11 women's crews competed for 6 available spaces at the bottom of the 4th division.

The following were unsuccessful.

The following did not race.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Aggressive-swan-Mr-Asbo-is-finally-removed-from-River-Cam-02052012.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Animal-rights-campainers-arrested-for-trying-to-hold-up-the-Bumps-16062012.htm
  3. ↑ "Men's results".
  4. ↑ "Women's results".
  5. ↑ http://www.miltonbrewery.co.uk/pegasus-cup.html
  6. ↑ "May Bumps Getting on Race".