The May Bumps 2019 was a series of

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races at

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from Wednesday 12 June 2019 to Saturday 15 June 2019.CUCBC: Bumps
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 09-Mar-2019. The event was run as a

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and was the 128th set of races in the series of

May Bumps The May Bumps (also May Races, Mays) are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of M ...

which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887.

Head of the River crews

men bumped , and on the first, second and third nights respectively to claim headship for the first time since

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.Bumps Results: May Bumps 2019 Men's Division
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 16-Jun-2019. Newnham College Rowing Blade

Starting in 2nd position, bumped women on the second night to claim Mays headship for the first time since

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.Bumps Results: May Bumps 2019 Women's Division
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 16-Jun-2019. This is Newnham's first 'Double Headship', meaning they hold Headship in both the Lent and May Bumps in the same year.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

achieved blades by bumping , , and , rising to 13th in the first division. Newnham College Rowing Blade

bumped , and before rowing over on the fourth night, securing W2 headship at 5th in the second division.

Links to races in other years

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all 4 men's and all 4 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right.All Boats Bumps Chart: Lent Bumps 2020
- Cam FM. Retrieved 14-Oct-2020. The bumps chart shows the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, 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. ''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.''

References

{{reflist 2019 in rowing May Bumps results 2019 in English sport