Where there are more crews entering the Bumps than there are places on the River, the lowest crews must compete for places in the Getting-On Race. Crews are removed from the lowest division such that there is one place available in the Bumps for every two crews competing in the Getting-On Race (up to a maximum of 17 places). Crews are timed from the upstream side of the A14 Road Bridge to the upstream side of the Railway Bridge and the fastest will qualify for places in the Bumps.

2025

The Getting-On Race for the May Bumps 2025 will take place on the evening of Friday 13th June. There will be 2 divisions, timings tbc.

The following crews are required to get on
Men
Christ's III
Christ's IV
Clare IV
Downing III
Downing IV
First and Third IV
Fitzwilliam III
Girton III
Homerton II
Jesus V
King's III
King's IV
King's V
Lady Margaret V
Pembroke IV
Peterhouse III
Peterhouse IV
Queens' III
Queens' IV
Selwyn III
Sidney Sussex III
St. Edmund's II
Trinity Hall III

Women
Churchill IV
Clare IV
Corpus Christi II
First and Third III (TO)
Hughes Hall II
Hughes Hall III
Jesus IV
King's III
Lucy Cavendish III
Murray Edwards III
Newnham IV
Pembroke IV
Robinson II
Selwyn II
St. Edmund's II
Trinity Hall III
Wolfson II