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How will First and Third men do at the Eights Head?
Top 50  3%
51-100  0%
101-150  7%
151-200  48%
201-250  24%
251-300  7%
Best Cambridge College crew  7%
Top 5 Cambridge College crews  69%
Overtake more crews than overtake them  38%
Fail to make it to the start  10%
Sink  10%
Blade clash  66%
Beat BPBC  38%
Beat BPBC by 100 or more places  10%
Beat Dev Squad  7%
Correctly steer under the 2nd lamp post at Hammersmith Bridge  59%
Total: 29 members' votes   (27 comments...)
All things considered, the best venue for a training camp would be...
A sports resort in Spain with no boat in sight  3%
the Cam  3%
Ely  3%
the Thames at Kingston  3%
the Tideway  15%
Peterborough  3%
Dorney  0%
Docklands  0%
Dublin  6%
A lake in Southern Europe  47%
English Channel  3%
at home, in bed, sleeping  15%
Total: 34 members' votes   (15 comments...)
How will First and Third ladies do at the Women's Eights Head?
Top 50  3%
Top 100  12%
Top 150  61%
Top 200  27%
Best Cambridge College crew  3%
Top 5 Cambridge College crews  76%
Overtake more crews than overtake them  24%
Fail to make it to the start line (injury/illness/traffic in Putney/boat blown off trailer)  12%
Sink  6%
Blade clash  45%
Get under the 2nd lampost at Hammersmith Bridge  39%
Total: 33 members' votes   (10 comments...)
How will First and Third do in the bumps?
If you add together all participating crews...
Up 16 or more  0%
Up 12 - 15  3%
Up 8 - 11  18%
Up 4 - 7  48%
Up 1 - 3  15%
level  6%
Down 1 - 3  0%
Down 4 - 7  3%
Down 8 -11  0%
Down 12 - 15  0%
Down 16 or more  6%
Total: 33 members' votes   (9 comments...)
How should we select crews?
Do ergs Float? Should we seat race? Is strength relevant? Or given the popularity of a previous poll, should democracy be allowed to flourish? You choose:
Seat Racing  22%
Pairs Matrix  22%
Sculling trial  5%
Bodyweight-adjusted 2k erg test  7%
absolute 2k erg test  2%
10m erg test  0%
Max Bench Press  2%
Democratic Web Poll  7%
Previous term's lard consumption  7%
Formal Hall pulling prowess  15%
By default because there are more available seats than rowers  7%
Fiat racing.  2%
Total: 41 members' votes   (28 comments...)
Iain Law
Select all that apply
is the webmaster  10%
is Welsh  10%
does a great job  87%
should set the riggers higher  26%
has coached me  68%
should coach us more  77%
keeps his ooooooutside hooooound aroooooound the blade  71%
banksteerers are for girls  23%
should come to the Lents dinner  74%
is not wearing any pants  32%
(mostly for the girls) is fit  39%
Who's Iain Law?!!  3%
Total: 31 members' votes   (5 comments...)
Should the Badger Song be in the bop ?
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Mushroom ...
Yes  14%
No  86%
Total: 22 members' votes   (18 comments...)
In which seat will John 'not rowing this term' Earl be in the Lent eight?
Bow  28%
Cox  72%
Ironic Four  0%
Total: 18 members' votes   (11 comments...)
What's the best bit about Lent term rowing?
It's cold  66%
It's wet  52%
Everyone's ill  48%
Some days it never really gets light  69%
It's windy  62%
Head of the Nene  52%
The river's in flood  59%
All your kit is always wet  55%
Bumps is before the end of term and the next fortnight's a bit of an anti-climax  38%
Total: 29 members' votes   (18 comments...)
What food would you like at Lents Dinner?
I thought i'd take a bit of member input to see what people want. Choose 1 soup, 1 main course (or vegetarian) and 1 dessert, please.
Roast Plum Tomato Soup  52%
Cullen Skink  16%
Wild Mushroom & Tarragon Soup  32%
Collops of Venison Loin - Wild Mushroom & Bacon Sauce  29%
Breast of Guinea-Fowl wrapped in Parma Ham with Noodles - Tomato & Garlic Sauce with Pesto  29%
Scotch Sirloin Steak - Bearnaise Sauce  35%
Baked Mediterranean Vegetable Pancake - Parmesan Sauce (V)  0%
Baked Gnocchi in a Cheese, Wild Mushroom & Sun-Blushed Tomato Sauce topped with Mozzarella Cheese (V)  3%
Red Wine, Artichoke, Fried Courgette & Chive Risotto (V)  3%
Chocolate Marquise - Orange Sauce  61%
Caramelised Dutch Apple Steamed Pudding - Chantilly Cream  29%
Pannacotta with Roast Plums in Brandy  6%
Total: 31 members' votes   (5 comments...)

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