May Bumps 1997

The May Bumps 1997 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 11 June 1997 to Saturday 14 June 1997. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 106th set of races in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. In 1997, a total of 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with around 1550 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

Downing College Boat Club Downing rowed over to retain the headship.

Pembroke College Boat Club Pembroke bumped Emmanuel on the first day to take the Mays headship for the first time.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Lady Margaret Boat Club The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 8th consecutive year was Lady Margaret, who bumped into Division 1.

Jesus College Boat Club The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 4th consecutive year was Jesus.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 1996	May Bumps 1997	May Bumps 1998
Lent Bumps 1996	Lent Bumps 1997	Lent Bumps 1998

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all divisions. The men's bumps charts are on the left, and women's bumps charts 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.

Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1	Downing		Downing	1	Emmanuel		Pembroke	1
2	Trinity Hall		Caius	2	Pembroke		Emmanuel	2
3	Magdalene		Jesus	3	Jesus		Jesus	3
4	Jesus		Queens'	4	Trinity Hall		Clare	4
5	Lady Margaret		Trinity Hall	5	Newnham		Trinity Hall	5
6	Caius		1st & 3rd Trinity	6	Clare		Churchill	6
7	Churchill		Magdalene	7	Churchill		Lady Margaret	7
8	Queens'		Robinson	8	Homerton		Queens'	8
9	Emmanuel		Lady Margaret	9	Lady Margaret		Newnham	9
10	1st & 3rd Trinity		Churchill	10	New Hall		Downing	10
11	Pembroke		Pembroke	11	Queens'		Caius	11
12	Robinson		Christ's	12	Downing		Homerton	12
13	Christ's		Emmanuel	13	Caius		St. Catharine's	13
14	Clare		Sidney Sussex	14	Sidney Sussex		New Hall	14
15	Sidney Sussex		Peterhouse	15	Magdalene		Christ's	15
16	Fitzwilliam		Fitzwilliam	16	St. Catharine's		Sidney Sussex	16
17	St. Catharine's		Lady Margaret	17	Christ's		Selwyn	17
18	Peterhouse		Clare	18	Selwyn		Magdalene	18
19	Selwyn		Selwyn	19	Corpus Christi		1st & 3rd Trinity	19
20	Lady Margaret		St. Catharine's	20	Jesus		Corpus Christi	20
21	Downing		Downing	21	Girton		Robinson	21
22	Girton		Girton	22	Peterhouse		Jesus	22
23	Corpus Christi		1st & 3rd Trinity	23	1st & 3rd Trinity		Fitzwilliam	23
24	Jesus		Queens'	24	Lady Margaret		Girton	24
25	Queens'		King's	25	Robinson		King's	25
26	King's		Corpus Christi	26	Emmanuel		Peterhouse	26
27	1st & 3rd Trinity		Jesus	27	Fitzwilliam		Lady Margaret	27
28	Pembroke		Caius	28	King's		CCAT	28
29	Emmanuel		Trinity Hall	29	CCAT		Emmanuel	29
30	Trinity Hall		Pembroke	30	Newnham		Newnham	30
31	Caius		Clare	31	New Hall		New Hall	31
32	Fitzwilliam		Churchill	32	Homerton		Queens'	32
33	Clare		Emmanuel	33	Addenbrooke's		Homerton	33
34	Churchill		St. Catharine's	34	Clare		Clare	34
35	St. Catharine's		Christ's	35	Jesus		Trinity Hall	35
36	Magdalene		Fitzwilliam	36	Queens'		Wolfson	36
37	Christ's		Wolfson	37	Trinity Hall		Addenbrooke's	37
38	Selwyn		Lady Margaret	38	Magdalene		Jesus	38
39	Lady Margaret		1st & 3rd Trinity	39	Wolfson		Darwin	39
40	Jesus		Magdalene	40	1st & 3rd Trinity		Magdalene	40
41	Wolfson		Girton	41	Pembroke		Pembroke	41
42	1st & 3rd Trinity		Selwyn	42	Darwin		St. Catharine's	42
43	Sidney Sussex		Peterhouse	43	St. Catharine's		Churchill	43
44	Girton		Jesus	44	Girton		1st & 3rd Trinity	44
45	Peterhouse		CCAT	45	Lady Margaret		CCAT	45
46	Corpus Christi		Downing	46	Churchill		Girton	46
47	CCAT		Sidney Sussex	47	Jesus		Lady Margaret	47
48	Trinity Hall		Robinson	48	CCAT		1st & 3rd Trinity	48
49	Lady Margaret		Corpus Christi	49	Christ's		Caius	49
50	Downing		Darwin	50	Caius		Fitzwilliam	50
51	Queens'		Trinity Hall	51	Sidney Sussex		Jesus	51
52	Robinson		Queens'	52	1st & 3rd Trinity		Christ's	52
53	Churchill		Lady Margaret	53	Clare		Robinson	53
54	Clare		Hughes Hall	54	Fitzwilliam		Sidney Sussex	54
55	Darwin		Churchill	55	Hughes Hall		Downing	55
56	Pembroke		Pembroke	56	Robinson		Clare	56
57	Magdalene		Clare	57	Homerton		Hughes Hall	57
58	Hughes Hall		St Edmund's	58	CCAT		Selwyn	58
59	Sidney Sussex		Magdalene	59	Downing		Homerton	59
60	Jesus		Jesus	60	Selwyn		Darwin	60
61	King's		1st & 3rd Trinity	61	Queens'		CCAT	61
62	St Edmund's		Sidney Sussex	62	Homerton		Churchill	62
63	Lady Margaret		Downing	63	Darwin		Queens'	63
64	St. Catharine's		King's	64	Corpus Christi		Homerton	64
65	Emmanuel	Selwyn	65	Churchill	Corpus Christi	65
66	Clare	Emmanuel	66	New Hall	New Hall	66
67	1st & 3rd Trinity	Lady Margaret	67	St. Catharine's	St. Catharine's	67
68	Downing	St. Catharine's	68	Newnham	Newnham	68
69	Selwyn	Christ's	69	Lady Margaret	Lady Margaret	69
70	Churchill	Clare	70
71	Jesus	Homerton	71
72	Trinity Hall	Jesus	72
73	Christ's	Girton	73
74	Girton	Churchill	74
75	Homerton	CCAT	75
76	Addenbrooke's	Trinity Hall	76
77	CCAT	1st & 3rd Trinity	77
78	Pembroke	Addenbrooke's	78
79	King's	Fitzwilliam	79
80	Fitzwilliam	King's	80
81	Wolfson	Pembroke	81
82	1st & 3rd Trinity	Wolfson	82
83	Queens'	Queens'	83
84	Corpus Christi	1st & 3rd Trinity	84
85	1st & 3rd Trinity	Clare Hall	85
86	Clare Hall	Corpus Christi	86
87	Selwyn	Darwin	87
88	Queens'	Selwyn	88
89	Christ's	St. Catharine's	89
90	Darwin	Queens'	90
91	St. Catharine's	Christ's	91
92	Girton	Caius	92
93	Homerton	Lady Margaret	93
94	St Edmund's	Homerton	94
95	Caius	Clare	95
96	Lady Margaret	Girton	96
97	Clare	1st & 3rd Trinity	97
98	1st & 3rd Trinity	St Edmund's	98
99	Churchill	Downing	99
100	Downing	Churchill	100
101	Darwin	Darwin	101
102	Corpus Christi	Jesus	102
103	Jesus	Corpus Christi	103

References

• Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 Template:ISBN