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Rampant boaties - what inter/intra-boatclub carnage have you been involved in?

We've all been to formal hall lots of times. I'm sure most of us have tried it on with an unsuspecting member of the opposition. But with members (past or present) of how many boatclubs have you actually been successful?

First and Third Trinity BC		84%

Caius BC		31%

Christ's College BC		28%

Churchill College BC		9%

Clare BC		34%

Clare Hall BC		3%

Corpus Christi College BC		13%

Darwin College BC		6%

Downing College BC (shame on you)		9%

Emmanuel College BC		16%

Fitzwilliam College BC		6%

Girton College BC		16%

Homerton College BC		34%

Hughes Hall BC		3%

Jesus College BC		25%

King's College BC		3%

LMBC (tut tut)		31%

Lucy Cavendish BC (?!)		3%

Magdalene BC		13%

New Hall BC		19%

Newnham College BC		22%

Pembroke College BC		41%

Peterhouse BC		25%

Queens' College BC		16%

Robinson College BC		9%

St Catharine's College BC		19%

St Edmund's College BC		3%

Selwyn College BC		19%

Sidney Sussex College BC		9%

Trinity Hall BC		13%

Wolfson College BC		6%

Black Prince BC		50%

CUBC		13%

CULRC		16%

CUWBC		22%

Leander		3%

Rob Roy BC		16%

Any other town club		13%

Any Oxford club		22%

Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...)

In which boat will the first men race the Lent Bumps?

So far they've taken out BP2 and BP3...

Black Prince 1		31%

Any one of the other Black Princes		6%

A novice shell		17%

A different boat every day		11%

Fair Maid of Kent		36%

Total: 36 members' votes

What constitutes 'cooperation' in the incest chart?

A line == a pull. But what is a pull?

Touching		4%

Kissing		4%

Kissing with tongue (sometimes called 'French kissing', but not by me)		54%

Shagging		11%

Marriage		4%

Mixed double outing		21%

A stroke		4%

Total: 28 members' votes (1 comment...)

Who do we hate most?

Caius		15%

Downing		53%

LMBC		32%

Total: 34 members' votes (25 comments...)

What's the highest rate you've ever clocked?

Bonus points for small boats

less than 40		14%

40-45		18%

46-48		32%

49		0%

50		0%

51		0%

52		9%

53		0%

54		5%

55		5%

56+		18%

Total: 22 members' votes (9 comments...)

New Year's Resolutions

This year, I resolve to

train more		73%

train less		3%

win blades		27%

qualify for/row at Henley		27%

take a break from rowing		3%

take up rowing again		23%

do all the stretches my physio tells me to do		37%

wash my kit		40%

spend less time on this website		30%

spend more time on this website		10%

stomp		40%

get a (new) job		33%

smile more		30%

buft		40%

win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals		3%

drink more (alcohol)		17%

drink less (alcohol)		27%

not make any resolutions		10%

Total: 30 members' votes

Who delivered more Christmas presents this year ?

Father Christmas		33%

St. Nicholas		6%

Santa Claus		11%

Kriss Kringle		0%

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer		11%

Royal Mail		39%

Total: 18 members' votes

What is your 2k PW?

That's Personal Worst if it's not obvious - only counting pieces you started with the intention of doing a flat out 2k, and discounting any you didn't finish

10:00+		0%

9:40-9:59		0%

9:20-9:39		0%

9:00-9:19		4%

8:50-8:59		4%

8:40-8:49		4%

8:30-8:39		4%

8:20-8:29		7%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		7%

7:40-7:49		14%

7:30-7:39		11%

7:20-7:29		4%

7:10-7:19		21%

7:00-7:09		11%

6:50-6:59		7%

6:40-6:49		0%

6:30-6:39		4%

6:20-6:29		0%

6:10-6:19		0%

6:00-6:09		0%

<6:00		0%

Total: 28 members' votes (29 comments...)

Which of these have you experienced on an ergo?

Following on from our discussion of personal worsts, which of these have you done on an ergo?

Thrown up		48%

Got buttock cramp		72%

Shat your pants (preferable to rowing for LMBC)		4%

Had sex		20%

Passed out		4%

Given up		72%

Total: 25 members' votes (4 comments...)

I won the Fairbairn Cup...

In 1956		10%

In 2004		19%

For second boats		24%

For novices		5%

For Fours		10%

In my single scull		67%

Total: 21 members' votes

How often do you wash your kit?

More than once a week		29%

Once a week		24%

Once a fortnight		29%

Once a month		9%

Once a term		3%

When it rains		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments...)

What is your 2k PB?

>8:20		6%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		12%

7:40-7:49		3%

7:30-7:39		3%

7:20-7:29		0%

7:10-7:19		0%

7:00-7:09		6%

6:50-6:59		12%

6:40-6:49		9%

6:30-6:39		15%

6:20-6:29		18%

6:10-6:19		9%

6:00-6:09		3%

5:50-5:59		0%

5:40-5:49		0%

<5:39		3%

Total: 33 members' votes (37 comments...)

Allegiance?

Black Prince BC		44%

First and Third Trinity BC		56%

Total: 50 members' votes (6 comments...)

HoR4s. Select all the options that you think will occur

FaT Men beat BPBC Men		10%

FaT Women beat BPBC women		20%

FaT Men finish higher than they start		65%

FaT Women finish higher than they start		75%

FaT Men have a positive net overtaking record		55%

FaT Women have a positive net overtaking record		45%

FaT men overtaken by BPBC Men		15%

FaT Women overtaken by BPBC Women		5%

FaT Men best college crew		25%

FaT Women best college crew		10%

FaT Men get under the 2nd Lamppost		60%

FaT Women get under the 2nd Lamppost		45%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash		45%

FaT Women have a huge blade clash		50%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash with FaT Women		10%

Total: 20 members' votes (7 comments...)

Which rowing term made you snigger most as a novice?

Stroke		38%

Cox box		0%

Entry		8%

Rack		0%

Pull		0%

Shaft		46%

Scull		0%

Rudder		8%

Total: 13 members' votes (9 comments...)

It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you?

You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most

Scientist		65%

Artist		18%

Both		12%

Neither		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...)

How should the novices be taught to row?

From backstops		23%

From frontstops		42%

Slowly		35%

Total: 26 members' votes (25 comments...)

Who should the club back as Sports Personality of the Year?

Ben Ainslie		7%

Freddie Flintoff		11%

Kelly Holmes		50%

Amir Khan		4%

Colin Montgomerie		7%

Matthew Pinsent		14%

RTT		7%

Total: 28 members' votes (8 comments...)

Simple:

Bowside		45%

Strokeside		45%

Darkside		10%

Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...)

Favourite Film Trilogy

Godfather		12%

Lord of the Rings		42%

Back to the Future		15%

Matrix		0%

American Pie		8%

Star Wars (original)		12%

Indiana Jones		8%

Kill Bill		4%

Total: 26 members' votes (44 comments...)

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