The May Bumps 2022 was a series of rowing races at

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from Wednesday 15 June 2022 to Saturday 18 June 2022.May Bumps 2022: The full round-up
- Varsity. 19 June 2022. The event was run as a

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and was the 129th 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. Following the cancellation of the

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editions, this was the first time the May Bumps had been raced since three years prior in

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.Famous Cambridge May Bumps will return after two year break due to pandemic
- Cambridgeshire Live. 27 May 2022.

Head of the River crews

men rowed over on all four nights of the competition to retain the headship they won in

.Bumps Results: May Bumps 2022 Men's Division
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 20-Jun-2022.May Bumps 2022: Newnham College and Caius retain headships on final day
- Cambridge Independent. 19 June 2022. Newnham College Rowing Blade

decisively retained their 2019 headship by rowing over on all four nights.Bumps Results: May Bumps 2022 Women's Division
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs (CUCBC). Retrieved 20-Jun-2022.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Despite being bumped by on the first night and a row-over on the second, then bumped and on the third and fourth nights respectively, rising to 12th in the first division. Newnham College Rowing Blade

Combined with three row-overs, bumped on the second night to finish 4th in the second division.

Links to races in other years

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all 5 men's and all 5 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event on the right.All Boats Bumps Chart: May Bumps 2022
- Cam FM. Retrieved 20-Jun-2022. 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

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