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Can you be bothered to vote?

Yes		69%

No		31%

Total: 29 members' votes (7 comments...)

Is the web poll getting stale?

This week's original poll was a repeat of an earlier poll. Is the poll getting stale? Turn out rates suggest that voter apathy is not a problem. Have the old coffin dodgers who used to contribute run out of ideas? Or have they retired, leaving a void yet to be filled by those still in statu pupillare? The main question again: is the web poll getting stale? Vote and discuss.

Yes		13%

No		87%

Total: 23 members' votes (24 comments...)

Who is/was the greatest oar of all time?

Abbagnale (brothers, any of them)		0%

Ned Hanlan		0%

Sir Matthew Pinsent		29%

Sir Steve Redgrave		48%

James Tomkins		5%

Rob Waddell		14%

Dreissigacker (brothers, inventors of the ergo)		5%

Total: 21 members' votes (16 comments...)

Daddy or Chips?

Daddy		23%

Chips		77%

Total: 13 members' votes (2 comments...)

What next?

After rowing across the Channel, what will the club do next?

Boston Marathon		50%

Great River Race		5%

Record attempt on rowing the length of the Cam/Ouse		5%

Row to Lincoln		5%

Beat BPBC in the Fairbairn Cup		9%

Mays Headship		14%

Successfully enter a 1x into the GoR		14%

Total: 22 members' votes

Your favourite Bumps

The Lents & Mays are quite different experiences through the contrasting weather, number of crews, different spectators, work and social distractions etc... Which do you prefer?

Lents		24%

Mays		76%

Oxford City		0%

Total: 29 members' votes

At which sport do Black Prince have the best chance of beating FaT (other than rowing)?

Cricket		0%

Golf		0%

Triathlon		65%

Atlantic Rowing		92%

Earning More Money		85%

Drinking		35%

Chess		4%

Total: 26 members' votes (18 comments...)

What was your favourite Bumps race report?

Everyone knows that the real purpose of racing is to write a good report afterwards. Which of this year's May Bumps reports was your favourite?

M1 - Describing Maggie as 'hench'		6%

W1 - Haikus and Limericks		10%

M3 - Smiley Mark's blacksmith metaphor		16%

M3 - Christoph's tale of Icarus		13%

W3 - Counting strokes until the bump		3%

M4 - Top Gun quotes		16%

Caius M2 describing FaT M2 - 'I swear they had a rocket launcher on their stern!'		32%

Other		3%

Total: 31 members' votes

Which boat performed best in the Bumps?

Not mathematically but achievementally

1st Men		10%

1st Women		10%

2nd Men		77%

2nd Women		0%

3rd Men		0%

3rd Women		0%

4th Men		0%

4th Women		0%

5th Men		0%

Atlantic Prince		3%

Total: 39 members' votes (11 comments...)

Bumps is all about...

...one or more of the following...

Good technique		20%

Hyper-fitness		20%

Mental strength		58%

Sheer teeth-gritting tenacity		70%

Core stability		13%

Matching kit		40%

Blades		50%

Spoons		15%

Boat damage		30%

The thrill of the chase		55%

Mays dinner		63%

The bop		45%

A pint at the plough in the early evening		18%

M1		35%

W1		25%

Marshalling		5%

Those few seconds of silence before the gun		48%

The weeks of training beforehand		23%

The alcohol bans		13%

The start		48%

The rating		15%

Grassy		18%

The quick bump		28%

The satisfying 'reach' bump		25%

The slow grind and just before the line bump		8%

Hitting Maggie		55%

The stomp		75%

Crew pastas		35%

The race reports		43%

The FaT mobile update system		25%

Being a DU/SU		18%

The callouses		5%

The glory		45%

The pain		45%

Crew showers		15%

Having fun (?!)		40%

Blood, sweat and tears		30%

Total: 40 members' votes (8 comments...)

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