May Week: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 22:47, 19 December 2018

May Week is the name used in the University of Cambridge to refer to a period at the end of the academic year. Originally May Week took place in the week during May before year-end exams began.^[1] Nowadays, May Week takes place in June after exams, and is a cause for great celebration amongst the students of the University. Highlights of the week include Bumps races, May Balls, June Events and garden parties.

History

May Week festivities were originally held in May, in the final week before exams; however, the May boat races, also known as the May Bumps, moving toward June, right after exams to celebrate the year end.^[2]

Suicide Sunday

Suicide Sunday is the name used at Cambridge University to refer to the Sunday immediately after the end of the spring term (known as Easter Term). By this Sunday, all students have finished exams but most of the results have not been published, so it is traditionally a period of nerves and suspense. The name, however, refers to the celebration that students haven't committed suicide due to stress of exams.^{[citation needed]} The event is for current students of the University of Cambridge but is frequented by former students that indulge in the student lifestyle. A student-led campaign in 2015 encouraged use of the name "MayWeek Sunday" instead, though "Suicide Sunday" continues to persist among some students and the public.

The Cardboard Boat Race is a main attraction to Suicide Sunday, offering an alternative to the many garden parties and more serious boating. The first race was in 2010, with three boats from Magdalene College (The Galleon - Graham Forrest, Konrad Newton and Peter O'Brien; The Canoe - Doug Byatt, Matthew Schabas and Dominic White; Skippy - Ian Drummond, Julian Wesolowski and Tom Wilson). In 2011, the race was opened to other colleges.^[3]

May Week 2019

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Thursday 13th
Friday 14th	Robinson May Ball
Saturday 15th
Suicide Sunday 16th	Emmanual College May Ball
Monday 17th	Jesus College May Ball Trinity College May Ball
Tuesday 18th	Gonville & Caius College May Ball St John's May Ball Queens' May Ball	Trinity Hall June Even	Newnham Garden Party
Wednesday 19th	Magdalene May Ball Pembroke May Ball			King's Affair
Thursday 20th		Sidney Sussex June Event
Friday 21st	Peterhouse May Ball Corpus May Ball Darwin College May Ball Wolfson College May Ball

May Week 2018

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Thursday 14th	Rainbow Ball		RAG Charitea Party
Friday 15th	Robinson May Ball Homerton May Ball
Saturday 16th	Hughes Hall May Ball Lucy Cavendish May Ball The CUCA Chairman's Ball			May Bumps College Boat Club Dinners
Suicide Sunday 17th		Emmanuel June Event	Murray Edwards Garden Party	Downing Tribal Barbecue Cardboard Boat Race
Monday 18th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday 19th	Christ's May Ball St John's May Ball		Newnham Summer Soiree
Wednesday 20th	Catz May Ball	King's Affair Pembroke June Event Trinity Hall June Event
Thursday 21st		Sidney Sussex June Event
Friday 22nd	Darwin & St Edmund's May Ball Wolfson May Ball

May Week 2015

	May balls	Garden parties	Other events
Friday 12th	Robinson May Ball	The Greene King Twenty20 Varsity Match and Varsity Garden Party	Cambridge University Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday 17th	Magdalene May Ball Peterhouse May Ball
Friday 19th	Corpus Christi May Ball Darwin May Ball
Saturday 20th	Selwyn May Ball

May Week 2014

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Friday 13th	Robinson May Ball	Homerton June Event	The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party Science Societies' Garden Party The Wilberforce Society Garden Party The Lucy Cavendish Summer Party	The Hawks' Event
Saturday 14th	The CUCA Chairman's Ball Hughes Hall May Ball		Cambridge University Law Society Garden Party The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party Adams Society Garden Party The CUCA Garden Party The Kitten Club Garden Party	The Lord's Cricket Varsity Match
Suicide Sunday 15th	Catfish May Ball	Emmanuel June Event	Murray Edwards Garden Party Sidney Sussex Boat Club Garden Party The Crescents' Garden Party The Gentlemen Squires' Garden Party The Idlers' Garden Party Trinity College Science Society Garden Party The Marguerites' Garden Party	Downing Tribal Barbecue Cardboard Boat Race
Monday 16th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday 17th	Christ's May Ball Gonville & Caius May Ball St John's May Ball	Newnham June Event	Cambridge Hub Garden Party
Wednesday 18th	Sidney Sussex May Ball St Catharine's College May Ball	King's Affair Pembroke June Event Trinity Hall June Event
Thursday 19th	Clare Hall May Ball		Brighty's Garden Party Marshall Society Garden Party	The Twenty20 Varsity Match
Friday 20th	GU Summer Ball Darwin May Ball St Edmund's May Ball	Wolfson June Event	CUGS Garden Party
Saturday 21st

May Week 2013

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Friday 14th	The CUCA Midsummer Ball Robinson May Ball		The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party Science Societies' Garden Party The Gentlemen of St John's Garden Party The Wilberforce Society Garden Party	The Hawks' Event
Saturday 15th	Hughes Hall May Ball	The Lucy Cavendish College June Event 2013	Cambridge University Law Society Garden Party The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party Adams Society Garden Party The CUCA Garden Party The Kitten Club Garden Party	The Lord's Cricket Varsity Match
Suicide Sunday 16th	Emmanuel May Ball		Sidney Sussex Boat Club Garden Party The Crescents' Garden Party The Gentlemen Squires' Garden Party The Idlers' Garden Party The Marguerites' Garden Party	Downing Tribal Barbecue Cardboard Boat Race
Monday 17th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball		Cambridge Universities Labour Club Garden Party
Tuesday 18th	Downing May Ball Homerton May Ball Queens' May Ball St John's May Ball
Wednesday 19th	Magdalene May Ball Pembroke May Ball	King's Affair Trinity Hall June Event
Thursday 20th	Clare Hall May Ball		Brighty's Garden Party Marshall Society Garden Party CUGS Garden Party	The Twenty20 Varsity Match
Friday 21st	GU Summer Ball Corpus May Ball Darwin May Ball -The Orient Express- St Edmund's May Ball	St Catharine's College June Event Wolfson June Event
Saturday 22nd

May Week 2012

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Thursday 14th			The Kitten Club Garden Party
Friday 15th	Robinson May Ball	Lucy Cavendish June Event	Downing Lady Orchids Garden Party The Wilberforce Society Annual Garden Party The Gentlemen of St John's Garden Party	The Hawks' Event
Saturday 16th	Hughes Hall May Ball Peterhouse May Ball		CUSU LGBT Garden Party The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party Adams Society Garden Party The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party	The Lord's Cricket Varsity Match
Suicide Sunday 17th	Emmanuel June Event		Murray Edwards Garden Party Sidney Sussex Boat Club Garden Party The Crescents' Garden Party The Idlers' Garden Party The Squires' Garden Party The Marguerites' Garden Party TCSS Garden Party The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party	Cardboard Boat Race [1] Downing Tribe - Tribal Barbecue QEnts Presents "BOUNCE"
Monday 18th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball	St Catharine's College June Event
Tuesday 19th	Gonville and Caius May Ball Christ's May Ball St John's May Ball	Newnham June Event	'Without Borders' Garden Party Cambridge University Punting Society Garden Party CUCA Garden Party
Wednesday 20th	Sidney Sussex May Ball Pembroke June Event	Trinity Hall June Event		King's Affair
Thursday 21st	Clare Hall May Ball		Marshall Society Garden Party Newnham MCR Garden Party Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats Garden Party
Friday 22nd	Darwin May Ball Homerton June Event St. Edmund's May Ball	Wolfson June Event
Saturday 23rd	GU Cirque du Soleil Summer Ball		CUMexSoc Garden Party

May Week 2011

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Friday 17th	Robinson May Ball		Downing Lady Orchids Garden Party The Wilberforce Society Annual Garden Party The Gentlemen of St John's Garden Party The Varsity Twenty20 Garden Party	The Hawks' Event
Saturday 18th	Hughes Hall May Ball		The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party
Suicide Sunday 19th	Emmanuel May Ball		The Crescents' Garden Party The Marguerites' Garden Party TCSS Garden Party The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party	Cardboard Boat Race Downing Tribe - Tribal Barbecue QEnts Presents "BOUNCE"
Monday 20th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday 21st	Downing May Ball Queens' May Ball St John's May Ball		Newnham JCR Garden Party
Wednesday 22nd	Magdalene May Ball Pembroke May Ball	Trinity Hall June Event		King's Affair
Thursday 23rd	Homerton May Ball		CUSU LGBT Garden Party Newnham MCR Garden Party
Friday 24th	Corpus May Ball Darwin College May Ball St. Edmund's May Ball	Clare Hall June Event Wolfson June Event

May Week 2010

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Thursday 10th
Friday 11th	Robinson May Ball
Saturday 12th	Hughes Hall May Ball
Suicide Sunday 13th		Emmanuel June Event	Wyverns' Garden Party Murray Edwards Garden Party The Marguerites and Hippolytans Garden Party The Crescents' Garden Party	Queens' Bounce
Monday 14th	Clare May Ball Trinity May Ball			Downing Tribal BBQ
Tuesday 15th	Gonville and Caius May Ball Christ's May Ball Jesus May Ball St John's May Ball	Newnham June Event
Wednesday 16th	St Catharine's May Ball Sidney Sussex May Ball	Pembroke June Event Trinity Hall June Event		King's Affair
Thursday 17th	Homerton June Event St Edmund's May Ball
Friday 18th	Darwin College May Ball Clare Hall May Ball	Wolfson June Event
Saturday 19th

May Week 2009

	May balls	June events	Garden parties	Other events
Thursday 11th
Friday 12th	Homerton May Ball Robinson May Ball
Saturday 13th	Hughes Hall May Ball Peterhouse May Ball
Suicide Sunday 14th	Emmanuel May Ball		Wyverns' Garden Party Murray Edwards Garden Party
Monday 15th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday 16th	Downing May Ball Queens' May Ball St John's May Ball
Wednesday 17th	Magdalene May Ball Pembroke May Ball	Trinity Hall June Event		King's Affair
Thursday 18th
Friday 19th	Darwin May Ball Corpus Christi May Ball	Wolfson June Event
Saturday 20th

May Week 2008

	May balls	June events	Other events
Thursday 12th		Homerton June Event
Friday 13th	Robinson May Ball
Saturday 14th	Clare Hall May Ball Hughes Hall May Ball
Suicide Sunday (15th)		Emmanuel June Event
Monday 16th	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday 17th	Gonville and Caius May Ball Christ's May Ball St John's May Ball
Wednesday 18th	St Catharine's May Ball Sidney Sussex May Ball	Pembroke June Event Trinity Hall June Event	King's Affair
Thursday 19th
Friday 20th	Darwin May Ball St Edmund's May Ball	Wolfson June Event
Saturday 21st	Selwyn May Ball

May Week 2007

	May balls	June events	Other events
Friday	Homerton May Ball Robinson May Ball
Saturday
Suicide Sunday
Monday	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball Emmanuel May Ball
Tuesday	St. John's May Ball Queens' May Ball
Wednesday	Pembroke May Ball Downing May Ball Magdalene May Ball	Trinity Hall June Event	King's Affair
Thursday
Friday	Corpus Christi May Ball St Edmund's May Ball	Wolfson College June Event

May Week 2006

	May balls	June events	Other events
Suicide Sunday		Emmanuel June Event	Queens' Bounce
Monday	Clare May Ball Jesus May Ball Trinity May Ball
Tuesday	Christ's May Ball Gonville and Caius May Ball St. John's May Ball
Wednesday	Peterhouse May Ball St. Catharine's May Ball Sidney Sussex May Ball	Pembroke June Event Trinity Hall June Event	King's Affair
Thursday
Friday	St Edmund's May Ball	Wolfson College June Event

References

^ "May Week: balls, boats and bubbly". King's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^ "We had a Ball" - William Ham Bevan. Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Issue 72 (Easter 2014)
^ "2011 Cardboard Boat Race". Facebook.

[1] "May Week: balls, boats and bubbly". King's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

[2] "We had a Ball" - William Ham Bevan. Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Issue 72 (Easter 2014)

[3] "2011 Cardboard Boat Race". Facebook.

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 ! scope="row" | Thursday 13th
 | <!-- balls -->
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->
 |-
@@ Line 36: / Line 34: @@
 ! scope="row" | Friday 14th
 | <!-- balls -->
-[https://www.robinsonmayball.co.uk/ Robinson College May Ball]
+[https://www.robinsonmayball.co.uk/ Robinson May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
@@ Line 44: / Line 42: @@
 ! scope="row" | Saturday 15th
 | <!-- balls -->
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Suicide Sunday 16th
 | <!-- balls -->
+[http://www.emmajuneevent.com/ Emmanual College May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->
 |-
 ! scope="row" | Monday 17th
 | <!-- balls -->
+[https://jesusmayball.com/ Jesus College May Ball]
+[https://www.facebook.com/TrinityMayBall/ Trinity College May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
@@ Line 72: / Line 66: @@
 ! scope="row" | Tuesday 18th
 | <!-- balls -->
+[http://caiusmayball.com/ Gonville & Caius College May Ball]
-St John's May Ball
+[https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsCollegeMayBall/ St John's May Ball]
 [http://www.queensball.com/ Queens' May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
+[http://www.thjuneevent.co.uk/ Trinity Hall June Even]
 | <!-- garden parties -->
-Newnham Garden Party
+[https://www.facebook.com/newnhamjcrgardenparty/ Newnham Garden Party]
 | <!-- other events -->
 |-
@@ Line 84: / Line 78: @@
 ! scope="row" | Wednesday 19th
 | <!-- balls -->
+[https://www.magdalenemayball.com/ Magdalene May Ball]
+[http://www.pembrokemayball.co.uk/ Pembroke May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->
+[http://www.kingsaffair.com/2019/ King's Affair]
 |-
@@ Line 94: / Line 89: @@
 | <!-- balls -->
 | <!-- june events -->
+[https://www.facebook.com/JuneEvent/ Sidney Sussex June Event]
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->
@@ Line 102: / Line 97: @@
 | <!-- balls -->
 [https://peterhousemayball.co.uk/ Peterhouse May Ball]
 [https://corpusmayball.co.uk/ Corpus May Ball]
+[https://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/events/may-ball-2 Darwin College May Ball]
+[https://www.facebook.com/wolfsonmayball/ Wolfson College May Ball]
 | <!-- june events -->
 | <!-- garden parties -->
 | <!-- other events -->