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London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is... | |
a good idea | | 81% | | a bad idea | | 14% | | something I'm not sure about | | 5% | Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms? | |
Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these... People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny | | 41% | | Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg | | 18% | | The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner | | 35% | | The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs | | 41% | | People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg | | 24% | | No bench pull | | 53% | | The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run | | 24% | | Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement | | 12% | | People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!! | | 18% | | People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique | | 18% | | Something else - see below | | 29% | Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Daddy or Chips? | |
Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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Favourite Poll | |
FaT | | 36% | | North or South | | 7% | | Vault | | 0% | | Dancing | | 29% | | Lech Walesa | | 7% | | /. | | 21% | Total: 14 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Which is your favourite part of the stroke? | |
Blade entry | | 0% | | Connection | | 17% | | Leg drive | | 25% | | Back through | | 4% | | Finish | | 21% | | Extraction | | 0% | | Hands away | | 4% | | Bodies over | | 4% | | Slide | | 0% | | The bit where your hands rise up to go over your knees | | 25% | Total: 24 members' votes |
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What is your favourite weights exercise? | |
Select as many of your favourite exercises from the list as you want (apologies if I have forgotten any of your favourites). Deadlift | | 23% | | Clean | | 41% | | Shoulder Press | | 23% | | Bench Pull | | 50% | | Bench Press | | 59% | | Incline Bench Press | | 5% | | Leg Press | | 59% | | Leg Extension | | 36% | | Leg Curl | | 27% | | Calf Raise | | 9% | | Squat | | 41% | | Hack Squat | | 9% | | Forward Lunge | | 14% | | Backward Lunge | | 9% | | Diagonal Lunge | | 9% | | Plie Lunge | | 9% | | Pelvic Lifts | | 14% | | Other core exercises | | 32% | | Hip Flexor | | 5% | | Hip Abduction | | 5% | | Side Leg Raises | | 5% | | Toe Press | | 9% | | Bicep Curl | | 32% | | Lat Pull | | 27% | | Cable cross-over | | 18% | | Tricep Dip | | 14% | | Triceps Extension | | 23% | | Wrist Curl | | 5% | | Press up | | 32% | | Chin ups | | 50% | | Sit up | | 50% | | Dumbbell Fly | | 23% | | Incline Dumbbell Fly | | 14% | | Shoulder Shrug | | 9% | | Seated Row | | 32% | | Back Extension | | 14% | | Overhead Press | | 9% | | Rear Deltoid Raise | | 5% | | Military Press | | 5% | | Upright Row | | 9% | | Back Butterfly | | 9% | | Leg Pull-In | | 5% | Total: 22 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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What is your favourite type of land training? | |
Long erg | | 13% | | AT erg | | 4% | | 6x500m | | 9% | | Heavy weights | | 30% | | 200 reps | | 22% | | Circuits | | 4% | | Running | | 4% | | Lard consumption | | 13% | Total: 23 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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Favourite summer regattas | |
Summertime, and the living is easy. Apparently.
Choose up to 4 regattas - based on whatever criteria you choose (e.g. previous wins, beer tent quality, course, weather on past visits, all of these, etc.) Kingston Amateur | | 22% | | Bedford Quarts | | 61% | | Molesey | | 28% | | St Neots Saturday | | 11% | | St Neots Sunday | | 17% | | Peterborough Saturday | | 39% | | Peterborough Sunday | | 22% | | Royal Canadian Henley | | 33% | | Gloucester | | 11% | | Bristol | | 17% | | Ross | | 6% | | Cambridge Autumn | | 11% | Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Favourite boat class? | |
8o | | 26% | | 4x | | 0% | | 4- | | 17% | | 4+ | | 13% | | 2x | | 4% | | 2- | | 17% | | 1x | | 17% | | Laser | | 4% | Total: 23 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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Categories to be included in FaT Top Trumps | |
500m Ergo Score | | 44% | | 2k Ergo Score | | 69% | | 2k Ergo Score as percentage of WR | | 34% | | Bumps Races Done | | 63% | | Bumps Up | | 31% | | Net Bumps Record | | 75% | | Blades | | 38% | | ARA Status | | 34% | | Pots (etc.) Won | | 53% | | Versatility (Get a point for each of Bowside,Strokeside,Cox,Sculler) | | 53% | | Year of Novicing | | 63% | | Age | | 72% | | Height | | 81% | | Weight | | 88% | Total: 32 members' votes (25 comments...) |
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Henley time! | |
If you could spend the day anywhere, it would be... Leander | | 0% | | Stewards | | 50% | | Regatta | | 5% | | Remenham | | 0% | | Corporate hospitality at Fawley | | 10% | | Barn Bar | | 0% | | Gin Palace | | 5% | | All of the above | | 0% | | Boat tent | | 30% | Total: 20 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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How will First and Third do in the bumps? | |
If you add all the crews' results together... Up 13 or more | | 3% | | up 9 - 12 | | 3% | | up 5 - 8 | | 41% | | up 1 - 4 | | 38% | | level | | 3% | | down 1 - 4 | | 7% | | down 5 - 8 | | 0% | | down 9 - 12 | | 0% | | down 13 or more | | 3% | Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Favourite Seat? | |
Bow | | 13% | | Two | | 11% | | Three | | 5% | | Four | | 3% | | Five | | 5% | | Six | | 16% | | Seven | | 24% | | Stroke | | 13% | | Cox | | 5% | | Launch | | 3% | | Toledo | | 3% | Total: 38 members' votes (32 comments...) |
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The best 2nd May VIII song | |
Total: 33 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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That's very kind, I'll have a... | |
pint of lager | | 8% | | pint of bitter | | 28% | | glass of white wine | | 3% | | glass of red wine | | 3% | | vodka and bitter lemon | | 0% | | G and T | | 18% | | lager shandy | | 3% | | bitter shandy | | 0% | | orange juice | | 0% | | orange juice and soda | | 3% | | whisky | | 5% | | rum and coke | | 3% | | archers and lemonade | | 5% | | archers and pineapple | | 5% | | guiness | | 8% | | lemonade | | 3% | | lucozade | | 0% | | smirnoff ice | | 3% | | barcardi breezer | | 3% | | latest trendy alcopop | | 3% | Total: 39 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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Ergos... | |
Total: 34 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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Which was the better 2nd May VIII? | |
It must come down to these two, but who pips it.
Find their result histories...
Here (2002)
Here (1999) 2002: Walker, Goldmanis, Byrne, Peck, Jane, Clouting, Thorne, Davies, Adams (Up 4) | | 31% | | 1999: Remoundos, Fisher, Blackburn, Goodson, Sherrington, Peck, Ingram, Case, MacGregor (Up 3) | | 69% | Total: 29 members' votes (22 comments...) |
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Fantasy May VIII | |
Pick the crew before Dan gets round to it. 8 rowers and a cox, please. Andrews | | 74% | | Bullock | | 6% | | Byrne | | 0% | | Chamberlain | | 82% | | Clouting | | 15% | | Coker | | 21% | | Colvin | | 62% | | Davies | | 94% | | Earl | | 15% | | Garrod | | 0% | | Grundy | | 29% | | Holland | | 91% | | Horler | | 0% | | Ingram | | 71% | | Koryczan | | 0% | | Lea-Cox | | 53% | | Milos | | 21% | | Mycroft | | 12% | | Newton | | 0% | | Patterson | | 0% | | Peacock | | 15% | | Rose | | 15% | | Sankey | | 3% | | Silvey | | 0% | | Eton Boy | | 82% | | Thorne | | 0% | | Walker | | 3% | | Watton | | 0% | | Duan | | 6% | | Earl | | 32% | | Fisher | | 9% | | Lee | | 9% | | Munro | | 18% | | Murphy | | 44% | | Nanayakkara | | 6% | | Wolf | | 0% | | Wong | | 9% | Total: 34 members' votes (40 comments...) |
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Love is... | |
Blind | | 17% | | In the air | | 17% | | A verb, not a noun | | 14% | | All around | | 14% | | A Big Scary Animal | | 38% | Total: 29 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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Which are your favourite regattas/heads in the May Term? | |
Choose your favourite four; nb this is just regattas during the summer term/up to HRR. CUCBC Small boats | | 30% | | Head of the Cam (when in summer) | | 0% | | Notts City | | 20% | | Oxford City bumps | | 10% | | BUSA | | 5% | | Bedford | | 35% | | Summer Head2Head | | 5% | | City Sprints | | 45% | | Cambridge Champion 8s Head | | 0% | | 99s regatta | | 20% | | Peterborough May (1000m) | | 10% | | Peterborough May (500m) | | 5% | | Docklands | | 5% | | CUCBC May races | | 80% | | HWR | | 20% | | Marlow | | 10% | | HRR | | 40% | Total: 20 members' votes (27 comments...) |