The May Bumps 2009 were a set of rowing races held in Cambridge, UK from Wednesday 10 June 2009 to Saturday 13 June 2009. The bumps featured crews from all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University. The races were run as a bumps race and were the 118th set of races in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. In 2009, a total of 171 crews are expected to take part (94 men's crews and 77 women's crews), with over 1500 participants in total. Two clubs changed their names in 2009. became reflecting the college name change. became reflecting the change in the University's name a couple of years previously. Head of the River crews M1 rowed over to retain the headship gained in 2008 despite determined attacks from on the Friday and Saturday. Caius managed to close to within a third of a length for much of the course on the Friday. W1 also rowed over to retain their headship gained in 2008. This was the first time since 1994 that there was no change in either the men's or women's headship. Highest 2nd VIIIs remained the highest men's 2nd VIII at the end of the week, despite being bumped into 15th position. remained the highest women's 2nd VIII at the end of the week at 17th position, having started 15th. Pegasus Cup and the Biggest Risers Hughes Hall won the Pegasus cup again, claiming it back after a one-year loan to St Edmunds. Three of the club's boats got blades and their second men's boat had a meteoric rise of eleven places up the rankings. In the women's competition, climbed eleven places, finishing above Links to races in other years Bumps Charts Below are the bumps charts all 6 men's and all 5 women's divisions, with the men's event on the left and women's event 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. Note that 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