May Bumps

14/06/06 - 17/06/06

Four King's crews competed in the May Bumps 2006 two men's boats and two women's boats. Both the Men’s 1st VIII and Women's 1st VIII went up 3 in Divisions 2 and 1 respectively. M2 and W2 both started in their respective fourth divisions, but both unfortunately ended up in the fifth divisions.

Wednesday

M2: Bumped by 1st and 3rd IV. Had M2 managed to hold on for a little longer, they may well have caught a Christ’s III crew which suffered a double overbump by the plough, but it was not to be.

W2: Bumped by Jesus IV. Not a great start, but this was a fast Jesus crew who ended up getting blades, so no disgrace at all for a W2 crew which had struggled to get some consistent practice through the term.

W1: Bumped New Hall. The usual strong showing from W1 resulted in a cushion in the first division.

M1: Bumped Sidney Sussex. This took until Ditton, but it was a bump and a solid start.

Thursday

M2: Bumped by Jesus IV. Another crew from Jesus who ended up getting blades, taking a King’s crew out in the process.

W2: Overbumped by Newnham IV. It’s the taking part that counts.

W1: Bumped Selwyn. Job done, but a tough third day in store with a strong 1st and 3rd crew ahead chasing a weak Christ’s crew.

M1: Rowed over. Chasing CCAT, suffered a crab along the reach. 100m more river and maybe the bump would have been made.

Friday

M2: Bumped by Wolfson II, to end up at the bottom of Division 4.

W2: Rowed over. W2 avoided spoons, holding off a Clare III crew until they got bumped by Girton III.

W1: Rowed over. The crews ahead bumped out, leaving a row over as the only option.

M1: Bumped CCAT. CCAT ran wide round Grassy and lost time, but the bump was made on the Reach just after the Railway bridge. A wonderful raising of the pace at the end resulted in the bump.

Saturday

M2: Bumped by 1st and 3rd V. Down 4 and spoons it is. Next year I’m sure the crew will get blades to cancel this out.

W2: Bumped by Girton III. W2, boosted by a couple of strong additions to the crew, were unfortunately pushed off at an awkward angle and got bumped very quickly. Down 5 overall

W1: Bumped Christ’s. Up 3 to finish 14th on the river, and hopefully provide a comfort zone in the 1st Division.

M1: Bumped LMBC II. M1 hit LMBC II very hard as they crabbed just as the bump was about to happen. LMBC II ended up perpendicular to the river bank just before the railway bridge. M1 ended up 3 and are now at 6th in Division 2.