Wednesday
We started a bit scrappily but at a high rate. The weather didn’t help matters and we were not putting into place what we had achieved in training the previous week. We did make good ground on Jesus III who fought very hard, but the Trinity Hall II crew chasing us was there until Hughes Hall bumped them. The cox took great first post and grassy corners and the sustained push out of grassy gave us the inside line on Jesus III. The bump was achieved shortly after. Not our best row but it got the job done.

Day One

Arriving at the boat house full of nerves, we began our warm up paddle to Chesterton after a pre-racing briefing from Mel. Two solid practice starts saw us arriving at head station with plenty of time before the four minute gun. As we were pushing off, the chain went tight and a few quick corrections helped to keep us competitive.

We went into the May Bumps knowing that we have improved well since the Champs Head and were looking forward to comparing our boat speed to that of the other crews around us.

Day one saw us chasing King's who were pursuing Caius II. We had a solid start but Caius were so much slower that King's that the bump happened in front of us shortly after Grassy. Once we had gone around Ditton, the crew gave it everything to see whether an overbump was possible. Rowing down the reach, we found a solid rhythm and opened up a large gap between us and the chasing crew, Downing II. However, the 6 lengths that separated us and Selwyn off the start proved to be too large and we wound it down at Peter's Post to row-over comfortably.

The May Bumps 2009 will run from Wednesday, 10th June until Saturday, 13th June.

Summary of results:

The division times for PBC crews are as follows:

Please note that these time may change if crews rise/fall sufficient places to row in different divisions. Spectators are not allowed to cycle along with crews without a "bank pass".

For more information on the Bumps see CUCBC website.

This was to be M2’s only warm up event for May Bumps. Due to lack of entries we only had one race guaranteed. We faced Clare II. We did not really get our rhythm and had trouble transitioning from the start to the stride and did not hold our finishes well. Clare II won easily. The positives were the crew rowing in time and together but major technical adjustments will be needed before Mays.