The Lent Bumps 2025 will occur from 11th-15th March 2025 to avoid WeHORR on Sat 8th, with the GoR on Friday 7th March.
Entries open after Lent Captains Meeting
 

The May Bumps 2025 will occur from 18th-21th June 2025, with the GoR Friday on 13th June
Entries open after May Captains Meeting

The May Bumps 2024 will take place from Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th June 2024. The Getting-on Race took place on Friday 7th June 2024.

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To mark 50 years of Women's Divisions in the University of Cambridge Bumps, there will be an anniversary row past of the 1974 Girton, Newnham and New Hall (now Murray Edwards) crews immediately before the W1 division on Saturday 15th June. The crews will row down with the W1 division around 17:15-17:30, spin at the Plough pub, and row back upstream to clear the course before the W1 division closes out May Bumps 2024.

The May Bumps took place from Wednesday 14th June to Saturday 17th June 2023. The Getting-On Race to qualify for the lower divisions was held on Friday 9th June.

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The May Bumps 2022 took place from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th June. The Getting-On Race to qualify for the lower divisions was held on Friday 10th June.

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Wednesday 8th April 2020:

Dear friends,

This is to officially confirm that the 2020 May Bumps scheduled for 10-13 June are cancelled. This is in line with the general transfer of the University to a virtual existence, and with BR and government advice.

We look forward to reconvening in happier times, and will be in touch again as soon as appropriate.

With all our best wishes,
David Munday on behalf of the CUCBC committees.
--
Dr David Munday, Chairman, Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs

Tuesday 17th March 2020:

Dear friends,

I regret to have to let you know the following, taken in the light of advice from the University and BR and the government:

• The Small Boat Regatta is cancelled - refunds will be arranged for those who have entered, in due course.
• The Easter term captains' meetings will not be held.
• We have not yet been instructed directly to cancel large events, but we will monitor evolving government, BR and University advice over the coming weeks and update you when we have a clearer picture as to the Mays.

You will probably have received information via your Colleges about the overall emergency planning in the University, which it is not my business to repeat here, but the CUCBC aims to follow this advice closely, and to be consistent with it: one statement is at https://www.cam.ac.uk/coronavirus

We would like to stress that we're all volunteers and none of us are experts in public health. Clubs must continue to exercise their own judgement and common sense. However, with that said, we have the following thoughts:

1. Our interpretation of the statement by the Prime Minister yesterday evening (specifically that 'now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others') is that we would discourage crew outings at the moment. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-coronavirus-16-march-2020.
   
   We have also noted the British Rowing guidance issued prior to the government statement, which can be found at https://www.britishrowing.org/2020/03/ceo-update-on-coronavirus-covid-19/ - all BR events are suspended until at least the end of April.
2. There are a few races scheduled in the coming weeks organised by CRA clubs. They will each make their own assessment of whether it is appropriate to postpone or cancel - at the present time the decision as to whether or not to enter is left to individual crews. We understand from informal contacts that many of these races will not run.

We will be in touch as and when we have more to say, in the meantime please do what you can to look after yourselves.

With all best wishes,
David Munday.
--
Dr David Munday, Chairman, Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs

The May Bumps 2019 took place from Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th June. The Getting-On Race took place on Friday 7th June.

Thanks to all for a good week's racing and congratulations to Caius and Newnham for winning the Men's and Women's Headships, respectively. See you next year!

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The May Bumps 2018 took place from Wednesday 13th June to Saturday 16th June. The Getting-on Race took place on Friday 8th June, the results of which are available here.

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The May Bumps 2017 took place from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th June. The Getting-On Race took place on Friday 9th June, the results of which can be found here.

Congratulations to Lady Margaret for retaining the Men's Headship and Jesus for winning the Women's Headship and thanks to all crews for a good week's racing!

The May Bumps 2016 took place from Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th June. The Getting-On Race was on Friday 3rd June.

Thank you to all crews for a good week's racing and particular congratulations to Lady Margaret for winning the Men's Headship and Downing who retained the Women's Headship.

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The May Bumps 2015 took place between Wednesday 10th and Saturday 13th June.

Many thanks to all crews, bank parties, spectators and umpires for making the races a huge success. We hope everyone enjoyed the week. Congratulations to Caius Men and Downing Women for winning their respective Headships.

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The Getting-On Race took place on Friday 5th June and further details can be found here.

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