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| As per Julia's request, should the next FaTTBC vs BPBC multisport event be touch rugby? | |
Touch rugby is a superb game played by men and women together and, though not widely played here, is the largest participation sport in NZ. For those unfamiliar with the game check out this for a basic intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvASxmfGVIM Total: 18 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Whither FaTTFC vs BPFC? | |
This year's 1st & 3rd vs Black Prince football match was less competitive than in previous years. This may be a consequence of BPBC having gained more recent graduates, leaving 1st & 3rd somewhat disadvantaged. How should the fixture be run in future years to keep it competitive? | No change |  | 41% | | | Pick teams on the day, each being mixed FaT/BPBC | | 0% | | | Play (e.g.) strokeside vs bowside, again with mixed FaT/BPBC teams |  | 6% | | | Organise a composite FaT/BPBC team to play, say, the College 2nd XI or another boat club's old boys | | 12% | | | Only run the fixture in years when there is particularly strong interest from FaT | | 0% | | | Have a 5-a-side tournament instead | | 0% | | | Play the game in Michaelmas term when more 1st years are likely to be involved | | 41% | | | Abandon the fixture | | 0% | | | Other (please suggest below) | | 0% |
Total: 17 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Who will do best at the (W)HoRR? | |
Clearly there are different numbers of entries (400 in HoRR, 300 in WHoRR), but going purely on places, which result do you expect? | Women beat men by > 50 places | | 0% | | | Women beat men by 31-50 places | | 7% | | | Women beat men by 11-30 places | | 33% | | | 10 or fewer places between them | | 7% | | | Men beat women by 11-30 places | | 13% | | | Men beat women by 31-50 places | | 0% | | | Men beat women by >50 places | | 0% | | | Both crews lose to JPD, Mahe and Ming in a Randan | | 40% |
Total: 15 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| How Many Headships? | |
The four men's crews currently hold their respective headships. How many will the club hold at the end of the week? | None | | 0% | | | One | | 0% | | | Two | | 0% | | | Three | | 0% | | | Four | | 6% | | | Five | | 89% | | | Six | | 6% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
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| Lent Bumps Net Gain | |
What will be the net gain for the six FaT crews racing this week? Rowing over head of the first division counts as +1. Voting closes Wednesday at 12 noon. | Worse than -4 | | 5% | | | -4 to -1 | | 5% | | | Level | | 5% | | | +1 to +4 | | 21% | | | +5 to +8 | | 11% | | | +9 to +12 | | 37% | | | +13 to +16 | | 16% | | | +17 to + 20 | | 0% | | | Better than +20 | | 0% |
Total: 19 members' votes |
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| Where will be the best place to watch the bumps from? | |
With just over 3 weeks until bumps, where do you hope to be keeping your eye on the racing from? | Head Station | | 0% | | | First Post Corner | | 0% | | | Grassy Corner | | 16% | | | The Plough pub | | 4% | | | Ditton Corner | | 0% | | | The Railings | | 0% | | | The Railway Bridge | | 0% | | | Morleys Holt | | 0% | | | Peter's Posts | | 0% | | | Top Finish | | 4% | | | Bicycle on the towpath | | 28% | | | The Coxes seat | | 4% | | | The Headship crew | | 28% | | | Over the radio from home | | 0% | | | Online @ www.firstandthird.org | | 16% |
Total: 25 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Pembroke Regatta | |
| Competitive in M2 division | | 32% | | | Fall in after standard Long Reach regatta blade clash | | 21% | | | Tip an eight in after standard Long Reach regatta blade clash | | 63% | | | Disqualified | | 16% | | | Beat that random French crew that always turns up, but make no further progress | | 11% | | | Beat the crews from other College alumni clubs | | 32% | | | Win the Pembroke Regatta in his single scull | | 42% |
Total: 19 members' votes |
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| Which annoys you the most? | |
| Fairburns | | 94% | | | Mitchell Cup | | 6% |
Total: 16 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Most Significant Victory? | |
Which First and Third victory was the most significant in recent times? | 1998 Lents (Men) | | 9% | | | 1998 HORR (Novice) | | 0% | | | 2000 Lents (Men) | | 6% | | | 2007 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2007 Lents (Women) | | 17% | | | 2007 Fairbairn's (Men) | | 6% | | | 2008 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2008 Lents (Women) | | 0% | | | 2008 Fairbairn's (Men) | | 0% | | | 2008 Mays (Men) | | 43% | | | 2009 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2009 HORR (Halladay) | | 11% | | | 2009 Mays (Men) | | 3% | | | 2009 Fairbairn's (Women) | | 3% | | | ? Other (Please specify) | | 3% |
Total: 35 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| What form will Martin's midlife crisis take? | |
Martin Peck (the creator of this website) turned 40 on New Year's Day. Clearly a midlife crisis is shortly due, but what form will it take? | He'll buy a Harley Davidson | | 4% | | | He'll adopt a comb-over | | 4% | | | He'll trade his wife in for a younger model | | 4% | | | He'll buy an allotment | | 13% | | | He'll take up pipe smoking | | 4% | | | He'll take early retirement | | 0% | | | His speech will become hesitant | | 21% | | | He'll commission the manufacture of a tandem | | 50% |
Total: 24 members' votes |
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| New Year resolutions | |
Will you be giving things up, or taking things up? | Giving up | | 17% | | | Taking up | | 83% |
Total: 12 members' votes |
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| Are you an alcoholic? | |
As we are well aware due to the press many students drink far too much. Is this true of First and Third students?
How many of these would you answer yes to?
Have you ever felt you needed to cut down on your drinking?
Have people criticised your drinking?
Have you ever felt guilty about drinking?
Have you ever felt you needed a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover? | 0 (none of these apply) | | 26% | | | 1 | | 19% | | | 2 | | 15% | | | 3 | | 22% | | | 4 (all of these apply) | | 19% |
Total: 27 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| How will Pedro's Atlantic attempt go? | |
Pedro is attempting to row across the Atlantic in a 6 man boat. What will happen on the trip? | They will complete the crossing | | 74% | | | They will get over halfway | | 26% | | | They will get a quarter of the way | | 22% | | | They will get three days out of port | | 22% | | | The trip will be long and uneventful | | 33% | | | The trip will take 40 days or less | | 7% | | | The trip will take between 41 and 45 days | | 19% | | | The trip will take between 46 and 50 days | | 19% | | | The trip will take between 51 and 60 days | | 11% | | | The trip will take between 61 and 70 days | | 15% | | | The crew will never be seen again | | 11% | | | The boat will be found drifting empty years later | | 26% | | | The boat will never be found | | 4% | | | They will fight off a pirate attack | | 26% | | | Pirates will attack and take the crew hostage | | 4% | | | They will get bored of rowing and become pirates | | 52% | | | They will run out of food | | 4% | | | They will run out of food and become cannibals | | 19% | | | They will run out of food and trade with friendly mermaids for more food | | 30% | | | They plan to use a motor when no-one is watching | | 33% | | | They have a sail | | 30% | | | They are actually very slow drug smugglers | | 44% | | | They will be turned away at Barbados and have to row all the way back | | 30% | | | The will be arrested in Barbados for trying to smuggle in illegal immigrants | | 15% | | | The world is actually flat and they will fall off the edge | | 44% | | | They will capsize | | 22% | | | They will see a shark | | 41% | | | A shark will attack the boat | | 11% | | | A shark will eat the whole crew | | 7% | | | They will see a kraken | | 30% | | | A kraken will eat the whole crew | | 19% | | | They will miss America and end up in New Zealand | | 48% |
Total: 27 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| In 1902, the Master of Trinity Hall died during the May Bumps and Trinity Hall did not wish to race for the last two nights. 1st Trinity were behind them and arranged to row past the Hall starting post the third night, and allow the Hall to row past the 1st TBC post the following night, thus enabling the Hall boat to retain its place on the river without racing. If a similar thing happened now, would you do the same? | |
| Total: 20 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Should the photos in the gallery be bigger? | |
Simple. Are the pictures in the gallery too small? | Yes | | 65% | | | No | | 24% | | | Don't care | | 12% |
Total: 17 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Delayed | |
In last week's poll, MC Peck was havin' trouble in da wife transportation area. What's the best solution to the fact that wifes/girlfriends always make you late for everything? | Family Railcard | | 0% | | | Tandem | | 10% | | | Larger car | | 5% | | | Telling her bumps starts two hours before it does | | 76% | | | Shopping vouchers | | 14% | | | Divorce | | 14% | | | Giving up altogether and accepting that your life is over. Settling down. Raising a family and ruining their lives by pushing them into first coxing, then rowing, & being faintly disappointed that they end up with a better bumps aggregate than you | | 29% | | | Men! Huh. Like you're any better | | 5% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| Top Glass | |
| Team Clarkson | | 7% | | | Team Hammond | | 37% | | | Team May | | 41% | | | The Stig | | 15% |
Total: 27 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| What is the worst organised sporting event of recent times? | |
| The 1993 Grand National (link) | | 0% | | | West Indies vs England, 1st Test 1998 (link) | | 0% | | | The 2002 University Fours (link) | | 10% | | | The 2005 US Grand Prix (link) | | 0% | | | West Indies vs England, 2nd Test 2009 (link) | | 14% | | | The 2009 Pembroke Regatta | | 76% |
Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| If JDT were to stand for Women's boatclub captain, would you vote for him? | |
After hearing some of JDT's main thoughts on the subject, RTT suggested he should stand. | Yes | | 54% | | | No | | 38% | | | Depends on his policies | | 8% |
Total: 26 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Lents Bop in the Union | |
There's going to be a combined bop for JCBC, LMBC, and 1&3TBC... | Tragedy | | 33% | | | It's a sin | | 24% | | | Opportunities (Let's make lots of money) | | 14% | | | I predict a riot | | 71% | | | We didn't start the fire | | 48% | | | You get what you give | | 10% | | | Everbody wants to rule the world | | 19% | | | Take on me | | 19% | | | Who let the dogs out | | 43% | | | Maggie may | | 19% | | | Jesus he knows me | | 0% | | | Three lions | | 38% | | | Dizzy | | 19% |
Total: 21 members' votes (1 comment...) |
