The May Bumps 2006[1] were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 14 June 2006 to Saturday 17 June 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 115th set of races in the series of May Bumps have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. In 2006, 171 crews took part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with around 1500 participants in total.
Caius for the 5th consecutive year, their 8th since 1998.
Pembroke women bumped Jesus on Day 1 to take their first headship since 1998.
Caius 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.
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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.
Note that this chart may not be displayed correctly if you are using a large font size on your browser.
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| 16 | Caius II | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Caius II | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | Downing II | 19 | Jesus II | 19 | |||||||||||||
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| 22 | Lady Margaret II | Downing II | 22 | Emmanuel II | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 23 | Jesus II | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Lady Margaret II | 24 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 25 | Lady Margaret II | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | Jesus II | 26 | Pembroke II | Emmanuel II | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | St. Catharine's II | St. Catharine's II | 27 | Caius II | Caius II | 27 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 28 | Pembroke II | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | Jesus II | 29 | Lady Margaret II | Newnham II | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Emmanuel II | 30 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | Queens' II | 31 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Emmanuel II | 32 | Newnham II | 32 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Queens' II | 33 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | Churchill II | Selwyn II | 34 | Girton II | Girton II | 34 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Robinson II | Churchill II | 35 | Trinity Hall II | Clare II | 35 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Selwyn II | Robinson II | 36 | St. Catharine's II | Queens' II | 36 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Girton II | Magdalene II | 37 | Clare II | Trinity Hall II | 37 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Trinity Hall II | 38 | Jesus III | Downing II | 38 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | 39 | Downing II | Jesus III | 39 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Clare II | Girton II | 40 | Queens' II | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Christ's II | Pembroke II | 41 | New Hall II | St. Catharine's II | 41 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Trinity Hall II | 42 | Lady Margaret III | Darwin II | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Magdalene II | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | 43 | Churchill II | Lady Margaret III | 43 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Lady Margaret III | Christ's II | 44 | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Pembroke II | Lady Margaret III | 45 | New Hall II | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | Clare II | 46 | Darwin II | Magdalene II | 46 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Downing III | Fitzwilliam II | 47 | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | Churchill II | 47 | |||||||||||
| 48 | Emmanuel III | Emmanuel III | 48 | Magdalene II | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 49 | Fitzwilliam II | Peterhouse II | 49 | CCAT II | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 50 | Trinity Hall III | Jesus III | 50 | Homerton II | CCAT II | 50 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Peterhouse II | Downing III | 51 | 51 | |||||||||||||
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 2006 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 9 June 2006.
The successful crews which will compete in the bumps are (displayed in alphabetical order);