The May Bumps 2008 were a series of rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 races held at Cambridge University

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

 from Wednesday 11 June 2008 until Saturday 14 June 2008. The races were run as a bumps race

Bumps race

A bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each boat attempting to catch and "bump" the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind....

 and have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps

May Bumps

The May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...

 for the format of the races. In 2008, a total of 171 crews took part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with over 1500 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

men bumped on the first day to take the headship for the first time since 1973; the first change in men's headship since 2002.

women bumped on the first day to take back the headship they lost in 2007.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

were the highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week, holding 14th position.

were the highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week at 15th position, having started 16th.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 2007 May Bumps 2007 The May Bumps 2007 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 13 June 2007 until Saturday 16 June 2007. The races were run as a bumps race in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the...	May Bumps 2008	May Bumps 2009 May Bumps 2009 The May Bumps 2009 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge with crews from all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University from Wednesday 10 June 2009 until Saturday 13 June 2009. The races are to be run as a bumps race, which have been held annually in mid-June in this form...
Lent Bumps 2007 Lent Bumps 2007 The Lent Bumps 2007 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 27, 2007 until Saturday March 3, 2007. The event was run as a bumps race and was the last set in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form...	Lent Bumps 2008 Lent Bumps 2008 The Lent Bumps 2008 were a series of rowing races at the University of Cambridge held on the River Cam from Tuesday February 26, 2008 until Saturday March 1, 2008. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 121st race in the series of Lent Bumps, which have been held annually in late February or...	Lent Bumps 2009 Lent Bumps 2009 The Lent Bumps 2009 is a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 24, 2009 until Saturday February 28, 2009. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 122nd in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form...

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts all 6 men's and all 5 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 Hughes Hall only.

Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1		rowspan="94" |		1		rowspan="77" |		1
2			2			2
3			3			3
4			4			4
5			5			5
6			6			6
7			7			7
8			8			8
9			9			9
10			10			10
11			11			11
12			12			12
13			13			13
14			14			14
15			15			15
16			16			16
17			17			17
18			18			18
19			19			19
20			20			20
21			21			21
22			22			22
23			23			23
24			24			24
25			25			25
26			26			26
27			27			27
28			28			28
29			29			29
30			30			30
31			31			31
32			32			32
33			33			33
34			34			34
35			35			35
36			36			36
37			37			37
38			38			38
39			39			39
40			40			40
41			41			41
42			42			42
43			43			43
44			44			44
45			45			45
46			46			46
47			47			47
48			48			48
49			49			49
50			50			50
51			51			51
52			52			52
53			53			53
54			54			54
55			55			55
56			56			56
57			57			57
58			58			58
59			59			59
60			60			60
61			61			61
62			62			62
63			63			63
64			64			64
65			65			65
66			66			66
67			67			67
68			68			68
69			69			69
70			70			70
71			71			71
72			72			72
73			73			73
74			74			74
75			75			75
76			76			76
77			77			77
78			78
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81			81
82			82
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84			84
85			85
86			86
87			87
88			88
89			89
90			90
91			91
92			92
93			93
94			94

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 (with one bumps place per 3 crews competing, subject to the maximum of 10 available places).

The 2008 May Bumps Getting-on Race took place on 6 June 2008.

Men

7 men's crews raced for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 6th division. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.
The following were unsuccessful.

Women

10 women's crews raced for 3 available spaces at the bottom of the 5th division, but subsequently 2 further places became available. The following were successful and rowed in the bumps.
The following were unsuccessful.
The following did not race.