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, with around 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

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

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 yearCurrent yearFollowing year
May Bumps 2005May Bumps 2006May Bumps 2007
Lent Bumps 2005Lent Bumps 2006Lent 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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PosCrewMen's Bumps ChartCrewPosCrewWomen's Bumps ChartCrewPos-
1CaiusCaius1JesusPembroke1
2Lady MargaretSt. Catharine's2PembrokeJesus2
3Trinity HallLady Margaret3EmmanuelEmmanuel3
4St. Catharine'sQueens'4CaiusCaius4
5Queens'1st & 3rd Trinity5ClareTrinity Hall5
6DowningChurchill6GirtonGirton6
71st & 3rd TrinityTrinity Hall7Lady MargaretNewnham7
8ChurchillJesus8Trinity HallClare8
9RobinsonDowning9NewnhamDowning9
10JesusPembroke10MagdaleneLady Margaret10
11MagdaleneEmmanuel11Christ'sChurchill11
12PembrokeChrist's12Downing1st & 3rd Trinity12
13EmmanuelRobinson13ChurchillMagdalene13
14ClareClare14SelwynKing's14
15Christ'sMagdalene151st & 3rd TrinityChrist's15
16SelwynCaius II16New HallQueens'16
171st & 3rd Trinity II1st & 3rd Trinity II17King'sSelwyn17
18Caius IIWolfson18St. Catharine'sSt. Catharine's18
19Downing IISelwyn19Queens'Jesus II19
20PeterhouseFitzwilliam20FitzwilliamNew Hall20
21WolfsonPeterhouse21DarwinDarwin21
22Lady Margaret IIDowning II22Emmanuel IIPeterhouse22
23FitzwilliamKing's23Jesus IICCAT23
24CCATLady Margaret II24PeterhouseFitzwilliam24
25Sidney SussexCCAT25CCATLady Margaret II25
26King'sJesus II26Pembroke IIEmmanuel II26
27St. Catharine's IISt. Catharine's II27Caius IICaius II27
28Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi28RobinsonPembroke II28
29Jesus IISidney Sussex29Lady Margaret IINewnham II29
30GirtonEmmanuel II30Sidney SussexWolfson30
31Queens' IIGirton31WolfsonRobinson31
32Emmanuel IIDarwin32Newnham IIHomerton32
33DarwinQueens' II33HomertonSidney Sussex33
34Churchill IISelwyn II34Girton IIGirton II34
35Robinson IIChurchill II35Trinity Hall IIClare II35
36Selwyn IIRobinson II36St. Catharine's IIQueens' II36
37Girton IIMagdalene II37Clare IITrinity Hall II37
38Trinity Hall IIHomerton38Jesus IIIDowning II38
39HomertonSt. Edmund's39Downing IIJesus III39
40Clare IIGirton II40Queens' IICorpus Christi40
41Christ's IIPembroke II41New Hall IISt. Catharine's II41
42St. Edmund'sTrinity Hall II42Lady Margaret IIIDarwin II42
43Magdalene II1st & 3rd Trinity III43Churchill IILady Margaret III43
44Lady Margaret IIIChrist's II44Corpus Christi1st & 3rd Trinity II44
45Pembroke IILady Margaret III45Clare HallNew Hall II45
461st & 3rd Trinity IIIClare II46Darwin IIMagdalene II46
47Downing IIIFitzwilliam II471st & 3rd Trinity IIChurchill II47
48Emmanuel IIIEmmanuel III48Magdalene IIHughes Hall48
49Fitzwilliam IIPeterhouse II49CCAT IIClare Hall49
50Trinity Hall IIIJesus III50Homerton IICCAT II50
51Peterhouse IIDowning III51Hughes HallVeterinary School51

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.
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 ;

Women