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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...) |
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| Which is your favourite Tetris shape? | |
| Square | | 11% | | | J | | 5% | | | L | | 11% | | | S | | 0% | | | Z | | 5% | | | T | | 32% | | | I | | 32% | | | Q | | 5% |
Total: 19 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| Which boat will row fastest in May term? | |
| 1st Men | | 60% | | | 2nd Men | | 16% | | | 1st Women | | 16% | | | 2nd Women | | 8% |
Total: 25 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| How will the boat race go? | |
After the 0-5 humiliation at Henley today with the women and children, how will the men fare?
Pick once for the Blues and once for the Reserves. | Cambridge by more than 1 length | | 19% | | | Cambridge by less than 1 length | | 63% | | | Dead Heat | | 6% | | | Oxford by less than 1 length | | 6% | | Oxford by more than 1 length
| | 6% | | | Goldie by more than 1 length | | 63% | | | Goldie by less than 1 length | | 22% | | | Dead Heat | | 3% | | | Isis by less than 1 length | | 6% | | | Isis by more than 1 length | | 3% |
Total: 32 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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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 ? | |
Badger Badger Badger Badger
Badger Badger Badger Badger
Badger Badger Badger Badger
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...) |
