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Oympic Grandstand
China is in a different timezone to the UK, so events will be largely through the night (including the swimming finals, moved to the morning to suit US tv. How will you get your fix?
I do not intend to watch any of the Olympics  0%
I shall hear about it on Radio 5  0%
I'll watch the prime time evening highlights  11%
I'll stay up for the bits I'm interested in  44%
I'm going to live on Chinese time for the duration  44%
Total: 9 members' votes   (2 comments...)
HRR
How far will FaT get at Henley, before being knocked out ?
Qualifiers  5%
Wednesday  41%
Thursday  14%
Saturday  0%
Sunday  0%
They'll win  36%
Friday  5%
Total: 22 members' votes   (7 comments...)
How should future headships be celebrated?
News from upriver suggests that boat burnings are not always safe. In these eco-aware times, what about the carbon footprint of a burnt boat? And the lack of wooden boats to burn?
Find a wooden boat, even if it means buying a skiff, and burn it  57%
Build a wooden boat and burn it  26%
Give an old boat to an underfunded school rowing club (cf Magdalen Oxford when they went head of Eights in 04, for the first time in decades)  17%
Give money to a FISA project to set up rowing in a small country (on condition that any boats bought are called Black Prince)  9%
Hold some sort of lantern festival with lanterns on boats floating along the backs, timed so that they launch mini fireworks displays as they go past the Wren  4%
Hold a ball on the Monday after bumps  48%
Make all boat club activity carbon neutral  13%
Total: 23 members' votes   (2 comments...)
Which Division 1 Positions Will Be Occupied By 1st & 3rd At The End Of The Week?
With 3 boats in their respective 1st divisions any position is possible, but where do we think they'll end up?
Head  90%
2nd  23%
3rd  3%
4th  0%
5th  10%
6th  37%
7th  0%
8th  0%
9th  7%
10th  20%
11th  37%
12th  23%
13th  3%
14th  0%
15th  0%
16th  0%
17th  0%
Total: 30 members' votes
Are there too many races on the Cam?
Much as we love the end of term blow outs, are there now so many events during the term that normal training is being hindered? Or should every outing be at firm pressure anyway?
Yes  26%
No  74%
Total: 19 members' votes   (4 comments...)
Which Convention is most dull?
Democratic Party  8%
Republican Party  8%
Star Trek  25%
Fairport  58%
Total: 12 members' votes
If there was a General Election tomorrow, who would you vote for?
British National Party  0%
Conservative Party  17%
Green Party  3%
Labour Party  7%
Liberal Democrats  21%
Scottish National Party  3%
UK Independence Party  0%
John Earl  48%
Total: 29 members' votes   (2 comments...)
What should be done to protest at the Olympics about the Chinese in Tibet?
Torch protesting has begun, but there are various suggestions about further demonstration. What do you think is appropriate?
Nothing, the Olympics are about sport and should be apolitical  24%
The torch protests make the point well enough  7%
Political leaders should boycott the games  62%
Athletes should boycott the games  3%
Everyone should buy Pepsi to send a consumerist message  3%
Total: 29 members' votes
Is this the best photo yet on the website?
This is the 8,040th photo uploaded onto the site. Is it the best?
Yes  14%
No  86%
Total: 29 members' votes   (1 comment...)
What's your favourite Blondie song?
They might not move a boat very fast, but they knocked out some awesome tunes. These are all on youtube.
X-Offender  0%
Denis  5%
Hanging on the Telephone  14%
Heart of Glass  14%
One Way or Another  14%
Dreaming  0%
Call Me  10%
Atomic  14%
Rapture  0%
Maria  24%
The Tide is High  5%
Total: 21 members' votes
Boat Race
Light Blues  30%
Dark Blues  15%
BPBC  55%
Total: 20 members' votes
Who should be in the Trinity BC football team?
11 men to beat the old boys. I've just taken the mubs list, feel free to suggest others.
Ahmadnia  19%
Braviner  24%
Carr  43%
Hill  14%
Chow  10%
Chung  29%
Coker  43%
Dehabadi  10%
Denby  24%
Dunleavy  33%
Fletcher  33%
Ford  14%
Garcia  19%
Garrod  48%
Gruessing  43%
Jane  52%
Kebschull  19%
Kiely  10%
Laffan  38%
Leadbetter  29%
Lewis  14%
Li  10%
Malmberg  29%
Masset  14%
Mertes  29%
O'Neill  10%
Ostrowski  10%
Preiss  38%
Richardson  10%
Routh  10%
Cunha  33%
Smith  19%
Stoneman  29%
Strawson  48%
Vial  24%
Total: 21 members' votes   (6 comments...)
The Big One redux
neither  3%
men  12%
women  6%
both  79%
Total: 33 members' votes
Who will get on?
The GoR is on Friday afternoon - choose 7 men's and 8 women's crews from the following.
Trinity Hall WII  5%
Pembroke WIII  32%
Christ's WII  50%
Downing WII  27%
CCAT WII  14%
Emmanuel WIII  18%
First & Third WIII  77%
LMBC WIII  41%
Jesus WIII  36%
Lucy Cavendish/Hughes Hall WII  23%
Magdalene WII  9%
Peterhouse WII  18%
Sidney Sussex WII  0%
King's WII  14%
Churchill WII  9%
Selwyn WIII  9%
LMBC WIV  18%
Magdalene WIII  0%
Sidney Sussex WIII  0%
Homerton WII  32%
Fitzwilliam WII  14%
St Edmund's WII  14%
Darwin WII  5%
Christ's MIII  23%
First & Third MV  68%
CCAT MII  36%
Homerton MII  45%
Pembroke MIII  45%
Girton MIII  9%
St Edmund's MII  14%
Darwin MII  0%
Sidney Sussex MIII  5%
Corpus MII  14%
Churchill MIV  9%
Magdalene MIV  5%
CCAT MIII  9%
Fitzwilliam MIII  14%
Jesus MIV  41%
Magdalene MIII  9%
First and Third MVI  41%
LMBC MV  41%
Pembroke MIV  23%
Hughes Hall MII  5%
Total: 22 members' votes   (4 comments...)
Most aesthetically pleasing setting for a regatta
Any lake in New Zealand in February  19%
The Ouse at Bedford in May  14%
The Wear at Durham in May  0%
The Tyne at Hexham in June  0%
The Cam at Plough Reach in June  29%
The Thames at Henley in July  19%
The Ouse at St Neots in July  0%
The Rotsee near Lucerne in July  10%
The Thames at Maidenhead in August  0%
Dover Harbour in August  0%
The NIA in Birmingham in November  10%
Total: 21 members' votes
Which is your favourite race to watch?
They all have their charms, whether you are looking for comedy, rivalry, tradition, international crews showing off, men in lycra or just the best pub located along the course. But which is your favourite?
Bumps - upper divisions  48%
Bumps - lower divisions  14%
The Boat Race  19%
The Henley boat races  0%
Henley Royal Regatta  19%
Henley Women's Regatta  0%
Total: 21 members' votes   (2 comments...)
Who in the mens squad needs a haircut the most?
Bryn  8%
Tom  23%
Dan  58%
Emma  12%
Total: 26 members' votes   (3 comments...)
Who's the shortest?
A poll with no purpose other than to get rid of the Christmas one.
Ming  60%
Peter Ford  17%
Laffan  23%
Total: 30 members' votes   (1 comment...)
How many times did you train on Christmas Day?
 63%
 30%
 7%
3+ (liar)  0%
Total: 27 members' votes   (1 comment...)
So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun...
Frankly this is no better than 'Daddy or Chips'...
Ho ho ho  60%
Humbug  40%
Total: 20 members' votes

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