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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...) |
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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...) |
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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...) |
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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...) |
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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...) |
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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...) |
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Should the Badger Song be in the bop ? | |
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Mushroom Mushroom ... Total: 22 members' votes (18 comments...) |
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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...) |
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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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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...) |
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I have never.... | |
PLEASE CLICK IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO DRINK (IE IF YOU _HAVE_ DONE THE THING) been swimming in the Cam |   | 68% |  | worn a boat club thong |   | 29% |  | been sculling |   | 79% |  | been sculling inside the boathouse |   | 18% |  | liked salad |   | 82% |  | quiched |   | 56% |  | eaten quiche |   | 74% |  | slept atbh |  | 32% |  | slept in St John's |   | 21% |  | owned a rabbit which was not alive |   | 6% | Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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Who would win a First and Third Committee version of Pop Idol? | |
Although I doubt Simon Cowell would approve... Dan |  | 4% |  | Aileen | | 0% |  | Andrew L-C |   | 83% |  | Tom C | | 0% |  | Honey | | 0% |  | Chris | | 0% |  | David | | 0% |  | Abbie | | 0% |  | Alla | | 0% |  | Danae | | 0% |  | Jo | | 0% |  | Tom S | | 0% |  | Andrew F |  | 4% |  | Rachel |  | 9% |  | Matt | | 0% |  | Iain E | | 0% | Total: 23 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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Which new features would you most like to see on the website? | |
We all love our website, but what would make it better and get that all important hit-count up? Expanded technique guide with video clips |   | 47% |  | Online games |   | 26% |  | Java mobile phone downloads (e.g. rate watch) |   | 26% |  | Rowing-based trading game (cf Bumpsdaq) |   | 44% |  | Updatable incest chart |   | 65% |  | Kit ordering |   | 59% |  | More rower career stats/comparison |   | 38% |  | Nice photos of the committee |  | 15% | Total: 34 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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Which pairing will be the scandal at this term's BCD/Bop? | |
Carnage as usual, but who will hit it off? Rupert + Little Jenners |   | 29% |  | Henners + one of his 'targets' |   | 24% |  | Danae + Tom + Alla + Eton Boy |   | 57% |  | Matt Byrne + novice |   | 14% |  | Rachel + LMBC |   | 24% |  | Zoe + Phil |  | 5% |  | Stone + Miss Johnson |   | 14% |  | Claire + a coach |  | 5% | Total: 21 members' votes (33 comments...) |
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Which FaT/BPBC boat will complete the Fairbairns course in the shortest time? | |
BPBC 1st VIII (crew unknown) |   | 49% |  | BPBC 2nd VIII (crew unknown) |  | 2% |  | FaT Fairbairn VIII (Thorne, Holland, Chamberlain et al.) |  | 11% |  | FaT Low Commitment VIII (Grundy, Peacock, Lea-Cox et al.) |   | 13% |  | FaT Grad VIII (Copland, Cuthbert, Miller et al.) |  | 15% |  | FaT Gents VIII (Bullock, Dunleavy, Minch-Dixon et al.) | | 0% |  | FaT Women's Fairbairn IV (Powell, Russell, Dennis, Sampson, Lee) [+1 min as shorter course] |   | 11% | Total: 47 members' votes (39 comments...) |
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After their win at Queens' Ergs, how will the Novice Women fare in Clare Novices ? | |
The 1st Novice Women won Queens' Ergs by over half a minute.
But will that translate into rowing ability on the water?
Will the age-old proverb Winners |   | 76% |  | Finalists |   | 17% |  | Semi-Finalists |  | 7% |  | Quarter-Finalists | | 0% |  | Knocked out before QF | | 0% |  | Click here if you think they'll have at least one crabbing incident |   | 76% |  | Click here if you think they'll hit the bank at least once |   | 38% |  | Click here if you think they'll get a DQ |  | 3% | Total: 29 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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Who should be in the Fairbairn VIII? | |
Everyone knows how difficult the captain's job is. We can make it easier for him by democratically selecting the Fairbairn VIII. You should pick 8 rowers and a cox (unless you have a radical new strategy). Bear in mind availibility and motivation issues. Bullock | | 0% |  | Byrne |   | 24% |  | Chamberlain |   | 84% |  | Clouting |   | 24% |  | Coker |   | 49% |  | Colvin |   | 35% |  | Dunleavy |  | 5% |  | Holland |   | 86% |  | Ingram |   | 57% |  | Koryczan |  | 14% |  | Lea-Cox |   | 54% |  | Miller |   | 8% |  | Milos |   | 41% |  | Minch-Dixon |  | 5% |  | Noble-Nesbitt | | 0% |  | Mycroft |  | 32% |  | Peacock |   | 49% |  | Sankey |  | 16% |  | Silvey |   | 27% |  | Thorne |   | 65% |  | Walker |   | 19% |  | Duan |   | 16% |  | Earl |   | 41% |  | Munro |   | 30% |  | Wong |   | 11% |  | Fisher |   | 27% | Total: 37 members' votes (54 comments...) |
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Which is the best track to listen to for maximum erging performance? | |
(and should therefore be in the bop) Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor) |   | 50% |  | The Way (Divine Inspiration) |  | 7% |  | Castles in the Sky (Ian van Dahl) |  | 3% |  | Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim) |  | 20% |  | Don't Stop Me Now (Queen) |   | 20% |  | Hey Boy Hey Girl (Chemical Brothers) | | 0% |  | Gay Bar (Electric Six) | | 0% | Total: 30 members' votes (22 comments...) |
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How long will it take the Goldie coxless 4 to overtake First and Third at the Fours' Head? | |
They're starting right behind... They won't |   | 19% |  | In a last gasp effort at the Black Buoy |  | 4% |  | In the Harrods' wind shadow |  | 4% |  | 2nd lamp post at Hammersmith |  | 4% |  | Chiswick Eyot |  | 8% |  | Bandstand |  | 27% |  | Before Barnes Bridge |   | 23% |  | Within the first minute |   | 12% |  | Within the first ten strokes |   | 12% |  | Also click here if you think it'll involve a massive blade clash |   | 77% | Total: 26 members' votes (22 comments...) |
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Maggie... | |
are just another club to race on the river |   | 9% |  | deserve our admiration and respect |  | 6% |  | I'd rather be at Oxford than St John's! |   | 20% |  | are despicable and worthless |   | 9% |  | I would rather s*** in my own pants than row for Lady Margaret |   | 51% |  | Who's Maggie? |  | 6% | Total: 35 members' votes (15 comments...) |