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 Boat Club

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 Boat Club

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.

Preceding year Current year Following year
May Bumps 2011May Bumps 2012May Bumps 2013
Lent Bumps 2011Lent Bumps 2012Lent 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
1Caius
Caius1Downing
Downing
2DowningDowning2PembrokeJesus
3St. Catharine'sJesus3Christ'sNewnham
41st & 3rd TrinityLady Margaret4NewnhamPembroke
5Pembroke1st & 3rd Trinity5EmmanuelClare
6JesusSt. Catharine's6JesusEmmanuel
7Lady MargaretPembroke7ClareChrist's
8Queens'Queens'8Lady MargaretCaius
9FitzwilliamClare9Queens'1st & 3rd Trinity
10MagdaleneFitzwilliam10CaiusQueens'
11ClareChrist's11Trinity HallTrinity Hall
12Trinity HallEmmanuel121st & 3rd TrinityLady Margaret
13EmmanuelKing's13MagdaleneGirton
14Christ'sMagdalene14St. Catharine'sSt. Catharine's
15ChurchillGirton15ChurchillSelwyn
16King'sTrinity Hall16GirtonMagdalene
17RobinsonHomerton17SelwynPeterhouse
18Downing IIChurchill18PeterhouseKing's
191st & 3rd Trinity IIRobinson19King'sChurchill
20GirtonPeterhouse20Pembroke IIMurray Edwards
21HomertonDowning II21Sidney SussexSidney Sussex
22PeterhouseSelwyn22Emmanuel IIPembroke II
23Lady Margaret II1st & 3rd Trinity II23Murray EdwardsFitzwilliam
24SelwynLady Margaret II24Jesus IIRobinson
25Caius IICaius II25FitzwilliamEmmanuel II
26Jesus IISt Edmund's26RobinsonHomerton
27St Edmund'sJesus II27Newnham IIDarwin
28Sidney SussexSidney Sussex28Anglia RuskinJesus II
29WolfsonPembroke II29HomertonLady Margaret II
30Pembroke IIChrist's II30DarwinNewnham II
31Anglia RuskinWolfson31Clare IIDowning II
32Corpus ChristiQueens' II32Lady Margaret IIAnglia Ruskin
33DarwinCorpus Christi33Lucy CavendishClare II
34Christ's IIClare II34Downing IICaius II
35Queens' IIAnglia Ruskin35Trinity Hall IILucy Cavendish
36Clare IIHughes Hall36Corpus ChristiWolfson
37St. Catharine's IIDarwin37WolfsonChrist's II
38Emmanuel II1st & 3rd Trinity III38Caius IITrinity Hall II
39Hughes HallSelwyn II39Christ's IIQueens' II
40Selwyn IIEmmanuel II40Queens' IICorpus Christi
41Peterhouse IISt. Catharine's II41Girton IIPembroke III
42Lady Margaret IIIPeterhouse II42Magdalene IISelwyn II
43Robinson IILady Margaret III43Selwyn IISt. Catharine's II
441st & 3rd Trinity IIIRobinson II44Pembroke IIIGirton III
45Trinity Hall IIGirton II45St. Catharine's II1st & 3rd Trinity II
46Magdalene IITrinity Hall II461st & 3rd Trinity IIMagdalene II
47Fitzwilliam IIMagdalene II47Emmanuel IIIMurray Edwards II
48Churchill IIFitzwilliam II48Clare HallNewnham III
49Girton IIQueens' III49Newnham IIIEmmanuel III
50Emmanuel IIIEmmanuel III50Murray Edwards IIClare Hall
51King's IIKing's II51St Edmund'sChrist's III
52Caius IIIChurchill II52Sidney Sussex IISidney Sussex II
53Queens' IIICaius III53Jesus IIIHomerton II
54Pembroke IIIDowning III54Homerton IIFitzwilliam II
55Wolfson IIPembroke III55Darwin IISt Edmund's
56Clare HallClare III56Christ's IIIPeterhouse II
57Downing IIIClare Hall57Fitzwilliam IIJesus III
58Darwin IIWolfson II58Lucy Cavendish IIKing's II
59Jesus IIIDarwin II59Peterhouse IIDarwin II
60Clare IIISelwyn III60King's IILucy Cavendish II
61Selwyn IIIJesus III61Selwyn IIIQueens' III
62St. Catharine's IIISt. Catharine's III62Queens' IIIMurray Edwards III
63Trinity Hall IIIChrist's III63Pembroke IVSelwyn III
64St Edmund's IITrinity Hall III64Clare IIILady Margaret III
651st & 3rd Trinity IV1st & 3rd Trinity IV65Trinity Hall IIIPembroke IV
66Jesus IVCorpus Christi II66Murray Edwards IIITrinity Hall III
67Christ's IIIHomerton II67Robinson IIClare III
68Corpus Christi IISt Edmund's II68Lady Margaret IIIRobinson II
69Magdalene IIIChrist's IV69Sidney Sussex IIISidney Sussex III
70Lady Margaret IVJesus IV 
71Homerton IIHughes Hall II
72Christ's IVMagdalene III
73Sidney Sussex II1st & 3rd Trinity V
74Pembroke IVLady Margaret IV
75Hughes Hall IISidney Sussex II
761st & 3rd Trinity VKing's III
77Robinson IIIPembroke IV
78Sidney Sussex IIIQueens' IV
79Caius IVRobinson III
80King's IIIGirton III
81Jesus VSidney Sussex III
82Queens' IVMagdalene IV
83Girton IIICaius IV
84Fitzwilliam IIIJesus V
85Lady Margaret VClare IV
86Christ's VLady Margaret V
87Magdalene IVFitzwilliam III
88Downing IVQueens' V
89Emmanuel IVEmmanuel IV
90Clare IVCorpus Christi III
91Corpus Christi IIIChrist's V
92Girton IVHomerton III
93Selwyn IVSelwyn IV
94Queens' VDarwin III
95Sidney Sussex IVDowning IV
96Clare VQueens' VI
97Robinson IVGirton IV
98Homerton III1st & 3rd Trinity VI
99Queens' VIClare V
100Emmanuel VEmmanuel V
1011st & 3rd Trinity VIRobinson IV
102Darwin IIICorpus Christi IV
103Corpus Christi IVSidney 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]

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Men's results".
  4. "Women's results".
  5. http://www.miltonbrewery.co.uk/pegasus-cup.html
  6. "May Bumps Getting on Race".
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