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| What do you look for in a boat club? | |
Many FaTties will be training away from the Cam over the summer, and there are also plenty of BPBCites rowing for different clubs who vote in these things. Anyway, what is the first thing you look for when hunting for a new boat club? | Top coaches |   | 24% | | | Top oarsmen | | 6% | | | Shiny new boats | | 6% | | | Shiny new ergs | | 0% | | | Strong recent performances | | 12% | | | Glorious past | | 0% | | | Plentiful social events | | 12% | | | Capacious bar area | | 6% | | | Lard warehouse | | 35% |
Total: 17 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Who will win the British Open this week? (Vote by Thurs a.m.) | |
The British Open Golf Championship takes place this week at Carnoustie, the venue of the last British win in a major (Paul Lawrie in 1999). Which of the sport's luminaries will lift the famous claret jug on Sunday afternoon? | Tiger Woods | | 19% | | | Phil Mickelson | | 10% | | | Ernie Els | | 10% | | | Jim Furyk | | 0% | | | Justin Rose | | 5% | | | Padraig Harrington | | 5% | | | Vijay Singh | | 0% | | | Adam Scott | | 0% | | | Colin Montgomerie | | 10% | | | Luke Donald | | 0% | | | Paul Casey | | 0% | | | Retief Goosen | | 10% | | | Sergio Garcia | | 10% | | | Angel Cabrera | | 0% | | | Geoff Ogilvy | | 0% | | | Henrik Stenson | | 0% | | | Ian Poulter | | 0% | | | K J Choi | | 0% | | | Lee Westwood | | 0% | | | Niclas Fasth | | 0% | | | Stuart Appleby | | 0% | | | Zach Johnson | | 0% | | | David Toms | | 0% | | | Steve Stricker | | 0% | | | Trevor Immelman | | 0% | | | Aaron Baddeley | | 0% | | | Jose Maria Olazabal | | 0% | | | Robert Allenby | | 0% | | | Rory Sabbatini | | 0% | | | Stephen Ames | | 0% | | | Sean O'Hair | | 0% | | | Scott Verplank | | 0% | | | Thomas Bjorn | | 5% | | | Chris DiMarco | | 0% | | | Darren Clarke | | 0% | | | David Howell | | 0% | | | Justin Leonard | | 0% | | | Davis Love III | | 0% | | | Miguel-Angel Jimenez | | 0% | | | John Daly | | 0% | | | Michael Campbell | | 5% | | | Paul McGinley | | 0% | | | Paul Lawrie | | 0% | | | Tom Lehman | | 0% | | | Mark Calcavecchia | | 0% | | | Ben Curtis | | 0% | | | Mark O'Meara | | 0% | | | Nick Faldo | | 10% | | | Sandy Lyle | | 0% | | | Tony Jacklin | | 5% | | | Other (please post below) | | 0% |
Total: 21 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Favourite rowing-related island | |
| Chiswick Eyot (Chiswick) | | 10% | | | Oliver's Island (Kew) | | 0% | | | Eel Pie Island (Twickenham) | | 0% | | | Trowlock Island (Teddington) | | 3% | | | Raven's Ait (Kingston) | | 21% | | | Garrick's Eyot (Molesey) | | 0% | | | Hamhaugh Island (Shepperton) | | 0% | | | Queen's Eyot (Eton) | | 7% | | | Temple Island (Henley) | | 41% | | | Antigua | | 17% |
Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Favourite 2-digit ''A'' road | |
Everyone loves a retarded poll | A10 London to King's Lynn (known as the Great Cambridge Road or the Old North Road) | | 4% | | | A11 London to Norwich | | 0% | | | A12 London to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | | A13 London to Shoeburyness | | 0% | | | A14 M1/M6 Catthorpe junction near Rugby to Felixstowe (Originally Royston to Huntingdon) | | 8% | | | A15 Peterborough to Hull | | 0% | | | A16 Stamford to Grimsby | | 0% | | | A17 Newark to King's Lynn | | 0% | | | A18 Doncaster to Ludborough | | 0% | | | A19 Doncaster to Seaton Burn | | 0% | | | A20 London to Dover | | 0% | | | A21 London to Hastings | | 0% | | | A22 London to Eastbourne | | 4% | | | A23 London to Brighton | | 0% | | | A24 London to Worthing | | 4% | | | A25 Wrotham Heath to Guildford | | 0% | | | A26 Maidstone to Newhaven | | 0% | | | A27 Pevensey to Whiteparish | | 8% | | | A28 Margate to Hastings | | 0% | | | A29 Beare Green to Bognor Regis | | 0% | | | A30 London to Land's End | | 4% | | | A31 Guildford to Bere Regis | | 0% | | | A32 Alton to Gosport | | 0% | | | A33 Southampton to Reading | | 4% | | | A34 Winchester to Salford | | 0% | | | A35 Southampton to Honiton | | 0% | | | A36 Southampton to Bath | | 0% | | | A37 Dorchester to Bristol | | 0% | | | A38 Bodmin to Mansfield | | 4% | | | A39 Bath to Falmouth | | 0% | | | A40 London to Fishguard | | 0% | | | A41 London to Birkenhead | | 0% | | | A42 Appleby Magna (M42) to Kegworth(M1) (Originally Reading to Birmingham: taken over by A34) | | 0% | | | A43 Cherwell Valley to Stamford (formerly Oxford to Market Deeping) | | 0% | | | A44 Oxford to Aberystwyth | | 0% | | | A45 Birmingham to Thrapston (Originally to Felixstowe, but eastern section taken over by A14) | | 4% | | | A46 Bath to Cleethorpes | | 0% | | | A47 Birmingham to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | | A48 Highnam to Carmarthen | | 0% | | | A49 Ross-on-Wye to Bamber Bridge near Preston | | 0% | | | A50 Leicester to M1 Junction 22 and Kegworth (M1 Junction 24) to Warrington (formerly Northampton to Warrington) | | 0% | | | A51 Kingsbury to Chester | | 0% | | | A52 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Mablethorpe | | 4% | | | A53 Shrewsbury to Buxton | | 0% | | | A54 Chester to Buxton | | 0% | | | A55 Holyhead to Chester (The North Wales Expressway) | | 0% | | | A56 Chester to Broughton (A59) | | 0% | | | A57 Liverpool to Lincoln | | 4% | | | A58 Prescot to Wetherby | | 0% | | | A59 Liverpool to York | | 0% | | | A60 Loughborough to Doncaster | | 0% | | | A61 Derby to Thirsk | | 0% | | | A62 Manchester to Leeds | | 0% | | | A63 Leeds to Hull | | 0% | | | A64 Leeds to Scarborough | | 4% | | | A65 Leeds to Kendal | | 0% | | | A66 Workington to Grangetown | | 13% | | | A67 Bowes (A66) to Crathorne (A19) | | 0% | | | A68 Darlington to Edinburgh | | 0% | | | A69 Carlisle to Blaydon | | 0% | | | A70 Edinburgh to Ayr | | 0% | | | A71 Edinburgh to Irvine | | 0% | | | A72 Galashiels to Hamilton | | 0% | | | A73 Abington to Cumbernauld | | 0% | | | A74 Carlisle to Glasgow | | 0% | | | A75 Gretna to Stranraer | | 4% | | | A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock | | 4% | | | A77 Glasgow to Portpatrick | | 0% | | | A78 Prestwick to Greenock | | 0% | | | A79 Prestwick to Doonholm | | 0% | | | A80 Glasgow to Bonnybridge | | 0% | | | A81 Glasgow to Callander | | 4% | | | A82 Glasgow to Inverness | | 4% | | | A83 Campbeltown to Tarbet | | 4% | | | A84 Stirling to Lochearnhead | | 4% | | | A85 Oban to Dundee | | 0% | | | A86 Spean Bridge to Kingussie | | 0% | | | A87 Invergarry to Uig | | 4% | | | A88 Larbert to Stenhousemuir (Originally what is now the A9 past Inverness: this explains the rarity of A9xxx numbers in the Highlands) | | 0% | | | A89 Newbridge to Glasgow | | 0% | | | A90 Edinburgh to Fraserburgh | | 0% | | | A91 Bannockburn to St Andrews | | 0% | | | A92 Dunfermline to Stonehaven | | 0% | | | A93 Perth to Aberdeen | | 0% |
Total: 24 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Favourite British motorway | |
| M1 (and M10, M45, M621) | | 0% | | | M2 | | 0% | | | M3 | | 0% | | | M4 (and M32, M48, M49) | | 14% | | | M5 (and M50) | | 7% | | | M6 (and M54, M55, M58, M61, M65) | | 10% | | | M6 Toll | | 28% | | | M8 (and M77, M80, M876, M898) | | 7% | | | M9 | | 0% | | | M11 | | 0% | | | M18 (and M180, M181) | | 0% | | | M20 (and M26) | | 3% | | | M23 | | 3% | | | M25 | | 7% | | | M27 (and M271, M275) | | 7% | | | M40 & M42 | | 3% | | | M53 | | 0% | | | M56 | | 3% | | | M60 (and M66, M67) | | 0% | | | M62 (and M57, M602, M606) | | 3% | | | M69 | | 3% | | | M74 (and M73) | | 0% | | | M90 | | 0% | | | M96 | | 0% |
Total: 29 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| Who have you done? | |
Boat Club ≡ Incest | Jane Allison | | 4% | | | Tom Andrews | | 4% | | | Narelle Baker | | 4% | | | Charley Bates | | 4% | | | Ulrike Bauer | | 4% | | | Adam Blacklay | | 4% | | | Jonathan Blazek | | 0% | | | Harriet Booker | | 4% | | | Abigail Breary | | 4% | | | Richard Bullock | | 70% | | | Lorry Carr | | 4% | | | Charles Chapin | | 0% | | | Ji-Jian Chow | | 0% | | | Ming Chung | | 0% | | | Tom Coker | | 0% | | | Rachel Croft | | 4% | | | Adam Csenki | | 0% | | | Damilola Dauda | | 4% | | | Jon Davies | | 9% | | | Will Dean | | 0% | | | Chris Dunleavy | | 0% | | | Richard Fletcher | | 0% | | | Abigail Fox | | 4% | | | Rachel Frigot | | 4% | | | Bryn Garrod | | 4% | | | Julijana Gjorgjieva | | 4% | | | Stu Gooch | | 0% | | | Joanna Heath | | 9% | | | Nicola Henshall | | 13% | | | Amy Hewer | | 13% | | | Sarah Hickey | | 4% | | | Liz Hill | | 4% | | | Dominic Hockley | | 4% | | | Phil Horler | | 0% | | | Hannah Jackson | | 9% | | | Dan Jane | | 4% | | | Magnus Jones | | 4% | | | John Kiely | | 4% | | | Konstantin Kisil | | 0% | | | Will Laffan | | 9% | | | Emma Leadbetter | | 9% | | | Andrew Lewis | | 9% | | | Sam Lings | | 9% | | | Sorcha McGinn | | 9% | | | Tristan Melen | | 0% | | | Christian Mertes | | 0% | | | Thomas O'Neill | | 0% | | | Kristina Ooi | | 9% | | | Igor Ostrowski | | 9% | | | Sebastian Pancratz | | 17% | | | Robert Patterson | | 9% | | | Sarah Pitt | | 9% | | | Lynsey Porter | | 17% | | | Philipp Preiss | | 0% | | | Helen Ralston | | 4% | | | Fran Rawlins | | 9% | | | Pedro Salgard-Cunha | | 4% | | | Matthew Sargeant | | 4% | | | Emma Smith | | 4% | | | Sarah Stoneman | | 4% | | | James Strawson | | 4% | | | Andrew Sugden | | 13% | | | Julia Summers | | 4% | | | Alex Sye | | 4% | | | Erica Thompson | | 4% | | | Corinne Vannatta | | 4% | | | Lilie Weaver | | 4% | | | P-J White | | 0% | | | Henry Wood | | 4% | | | Martin Yarr | | 4% | | | Sam Zhang | | 4% |
Total: 23 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Bumps Predictions | |
Yea yea yea, we all love BumpIt, but it seems to be lacking some options. Which of the following is likely to happen at some point during bumps week (up to and including post-bop carnage) | Blades: M1 | | 39% | | | Blades: M2 | | 30% | | | Blades: M3 | | 30% | | | Blades: M4 | | 23% | | | Blades: M5 | | 20% | | | Blades: W1 | | 64% | | | Blades: W2 | | 80% | | | Blades: W3 | | 18% | | | All FaT boats to spoon | | 7% | | | Holes to appear in all Jesus' boats - FaT to retain Michell cup | | 34% | | | FaT to bump Caius | | 59% | | | Caius to bump FaT | | 5% | | | LMBC to be too red | | 77% | | | FaT buftys to outnumber everyone else on the river (including rowers) | | 61% | | | FaT to form a secret cartel to fix the BumpIt results | | 16% | | | NT to drive at >100mph with no brakes from York, every day to try and make the gun | | 61% | | | FaTAMS epidemic to occur | | 5% | | | JPD, NT, RTT, JWE etc to injure themselves in comic fashion on the towpath | | 55% | | | Iain to run down Ian T and break his arm | | 11% | | | Ian T to run down Iain and break his leg | | 7% | | | Coker to turn up drunk to one or more races | | 43% | | | Any member of FaT to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language' | | 64% | | | Coker to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language' | | 45% | | | LW to crash TR2 | | 30% | | | LW to miss men's division, ABL to cox M2 (not going to happen :P) | | 18% | | | Incest chart to be in need of updating | | 84% | | | Buftys to (try and) seduce 'innocent' younger FaTers | | 73% | | | BCD to result in being banned | | 16% | | | BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point | | 2% | | | BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point (in the minds of the speakers) | | 77% |
Total: 44 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| We row in order to... | |
| ...win | | 79% | | | ...have fun | | 21% |
Total: 39 members' votes (40 comments...) |
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| Who should trial lightweights next year? | |
| Andrew Lewis | | 38% | | | Will Laffan | | 44% | | | Richard Fletcher | | 44% | | | Martin Yarr | | 18% | | | John Kiely | | 28% | | | Philipp Preiss | | 41% | | | Lorry Carr | | 28% | | | Sam Lings | | 21% | | | Mohammad Dehabadi | | 18% | | | Tom O'Neill | | 23% | | | Seb Pancratz | | 44% | | | Christian Mertes | | 21% | | | Adam Blacklay | | 21% | | | James Strawson | | 23% | | | Tom Coker | | 26% | | | Hannah Jackson | | 15% | | | Fran Rawlins | | 59% | | | Julia Summers | | 51% | | | Rachel Croft | | 18% | | | Joanna Heath | | 18% | | | Amy Hewer | | 15% | | | Lilie Weaver | | 49% | | | Toby Garnett | | 38% |
Total: 39 members' votes (17 comments...) |
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| Who will be next year's Men's Captain? | |
Because we know its just a popularity contest anyway ;) | Tom ''El Presidente'' Coker | | 3% | | | Ming ''The Merciless'' Chung | | 41% | | | Sebastian ''I Only Scull'' Pancratz | | 3% | | | Will ''Shortest Headship Winner'' Laffan | | 3% | | | Emma ''Brian Is So Awesome'' Leadbetter | | 12% | | | Pedro ''How Can I Copy Erica After She's Gone'' Cunha | | 3% | | | Bryn ''Will Only Coach Novice Girls'' Garrod | | 18% | | | Martin ''Must Do Bigger Weights'' Yarr | | 3% | | | Chris ''Doing a PhD to Row'' Dunleavy | | 9% | | | Lorry ''Can't Look Forward'' Carr | | 0% | | | Adam ''Very Ordinary'' Blacklay | | 6% |
Total: 34 members' votes |
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| How to tan? | |
The second most important thing about Mays rowing (after bumps)... bronzing. | Stay completely covered at all times to avoid any chance of a tan (see A. Lea-Cox) | | 15% | | | Wear an all-in-one and get strap marks (see people too busy rowing to care about looks) | | 48% | | | Wear only one strap and then switch at the lock to avoid too much of a strap mark whilst still being able to row well (see T. Coker) | | 6% | | | Push both straps down to avoid strap marks and (if female) hope it holds and (if male) hope it doesn't (see Women's hour) | | 12% | | | Go topless and just take the fines for indecent exposure on the chin (see the bank balance decrease) | | 18% |
Total: 33 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Blue and gold bikinis? | |
It has been suggested that the new women's Mays kit should be blue and gold bikinis. Less (/fewer?) tan lines, and proof, if needed, that we are (all) female. Aye or Nay? | Yes please! | | 63% | | | No thanks! | | 37% |
Total: 43 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Punting skill | |
How good do you think you are? | I am/was a professional and made things up to tell tourists | | 10% | | | I am/was a professional | | 0% | | | I can go fast and straight | | 45% | | | I struggle if it's busy but I'm largely OK | | 16% | | | I may have hit an occasional bridge... | | 3% | | | I'm a danger to myself and others | | 6% | | | The Conservators have banned me | | 0% | | | I'm a lady so I get a burly man to punt me | | 6% | | | Water is for racing over, not drifting down | | 13% |
Total: 31 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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| Favourite test? | |
| 2k | | 7% | | | 5k | | 17% | | | 30 minute | | 3% | | | Max. Power | | 7% | | | Max. Weights | | 10% | | | 5k sculling | | 0% | | | Seat Race | | 13% | | | Rorschach | | 3% | | | Turing | | 7% | | | Edgbaston 2005 | | 33% |
Total: 30 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Website | |
It was suggested on the pub crawl that the site's login page (i.e. the navy blue background with the two large crests) be replaced with an animated lion who walks in from one side before stopping in the right pose. Thoughts? | Yes please | | 42% | | | No thanks | | 58% |
Total: 36 members' votes |
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| Easter training | |
| More than term-time | | 20% | | | Same as term-time | | 12% | | | Slightly less than term-time | | 12% | | | Non-rowing related cross-training (e.g. skiing) | | 32% | | | Very little, I'm off on holidays | | 4% | | | Pub crawl anyone? | | 20% |
Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Eights Head | |
| Legends: 88th or better | | 5% | | | Very good: 89th - 118th | | 45% | | | Above Average: 119th - 164th | | 45% | | | Average: 165th - 200th | | 0% | | | Below par for this crew: 201st - 250th | | 0% | | | Below par for any 1st VIII: 251st - 300th | | 0% | | | Disaster: 301st or below | | 0% | | | Failure to finish | | 0% | | | Failure to start | | 0% | | | Event cancelled | | 5% |
Total: 20 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Grammar Police | |
You know who you are. | They're ensuring that high standards are maintained | | 66% | | | They're standing in the way of an evolving language | | 31% | | | There's no one quite like Grammar... | | 3% |
Total: 35 members' votes |
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| A beautiful game? | |
On Saturday (March 17th), FaTTBC FC will play BPBC FC in the final of the inaugural Football Challenge Pot. You're not a betting (wo)man, but if you were...? | FaT to win easily | | 30% | | | FaT to win narrowly | | 24% | | | FaT to win on penalties | | 8% | | | BPBC to win on penalties | | 8% | | | BPBC to win narrowly | | 14% | | | BPBC to win easily | | 11% | | | Seb to lose easily | | 41% | | | No injuries | | 0% | | | Minor injuries only | | 32% | | | One major injury | | 14% | | | Multiple major injuries | | 8% | | | Multiple major injuries to one person | | 32% | | | No cards | | 8% | | | Yellow cards only | | 24% | | | One red card | | 11% | | | Multiple red cards | | 30% | | | A full-blown fracas leading to FA charges | | 27% | | | FaT to score first | | 46% | | | BPBC to score first | | 30% | | | FaT to fail to score at all | | 3% | | | BPBC to fail to score at all | | 16% | | | FaT to concede a penalty | | 30% | | | BPBC to concede a penalty | | 38% | | | Anyone to score with a header | | 19% | | | Anyone to score with a volley | | 14% | | | Anyone to score from outside the area | | 43% | | | Anyone to score from his own half | | 16% | | | Anyone to score an own goal | | 54% | | | Anyone to score a hat-trick | | 22% | | | Anyone to score at the post-match social | | 49% | | | Streaker (FaT underwear) | | 38% | | | Streaker (inferior underwear) | | 5% | | | Streaker (no underwear) | | 5% | | | No WAGs present | | 11% | | | 1-5 WAGs present | | 46% | | | 6-10 WAGs present | | 11% | | | 11+ WAGs present | | 14% | | | FaT's destructive gambling culture to be exposed in Varsity in the build-up to the game | | 19% | | | BPBC's specially commissioned spyplane and listening devices employed at FaT training sessions to be exposed in The Cambridge Student in the build-up to the game | | 16% | | | Lorry to be seen daydreaming | | 49% | | | Will Laffan to win a header | | 16% | | | Tom Coker to turn up too drunk to play | | 57% | | | James Strawson to turn up on the wrong day | | 43% | | | Richard Fletcher to claim he's 'fed up of not winning anything' after the game | | 22% | | | Mark Sankey to do a fartlek session at half-time while smiling | | 24% | | | Seb to do a fartlek session at half-time while grimacing | | 57% | | | Seb to suffer abuse for being German | | 84% | | | Phil to suffer abuse for being ginger | | 70% | | | QB James Scott to shout 'Red, Red, 72, 72' | | 30% | | | Neil to be accused of sexism for failing to select any girls for BPBC | | 62% | | | Dan Darley to cycle to and from the game from London | | 49% | | | Dan Holland to 'do a Din' (i.e. require hospital treatment for exhaustion) | | 22% | | | Ingers to 'do an Ingers' | | 35% | | | Graham to 'do a Graham' | | 27% | | | Simon Blackburn to attempt to have the game called off for health and safety reasons | | 19% | | | BPBC to attempt to have the game called off because Bryn tries to play his ringer | | 27% | | | Jon Glass to do the 'robot dance' after scoring | | 41% | | | John Earl to provide a half-time 'keepy-uppy' masterclass | | 24% | | | Eton Boy to ask where the Wall is | | 41% | | | Matt Byrne to crown a mazy dribble from his own half with an outrageous left-foot chip over the onrushing goalkeeper | | 11% |
Total: 37 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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| Best of the rest | |
Yeah yeah Lent VIIIs we love you and all, but let's spread that love. In the style of the well known but trademarked movie awards, who should get the 'best supporting crew' award? | 2nd Men | | 39% | | | 2nd Women | | 13% | | | 3rd Men | | 5% | | | 3rd Women | | 29% | | | 4th Men | | 2% | | | 5th Men | | 13% |
Total: 56 members' votes (10 comments...) |
