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What next?

After rowing across the Channel, what will the club do next?

Boston Marathon		50%

Great River Race		5%

Record attempt on rowing the length of the Cam/Ouse		5%

Row to Lincoln		5%

Beat BPBC in the Fairbairn Cup		9%

Mays Headship		14%

Successfully enter a 1x into the GoR		14%

Total: 22 members' votes

Your favourite Bumps

The Lents & Mays are quite different experiences through the contrasting weather, number of crews, different spectators, work and social distractions etc... Which do you prefer?

Lents		24%

Mays		76%

Oxford City		0%

Total: 29 members' votes

What was your favourite Bumps race report?

Everyone knows that the real purpose of racing is to write a good report afterwards. Which of this year's May Bumps reports was your favourite?

M1 - Describing Maggie as 'hench'		6%

W1 - Haikus and Limericks		10%

M3 - Smiley Mark's blacksmith metaphor		16%

M3 - Christoph's tale of Icarus		13%

W3 - Counting strokes until the bump		3%

M4 - Top Gun quotes		16%

Caius M2 describing FaT M2 - 'I swear they had a rocket launcher on their stern!'		32%

Other		3%

Total: 31 members' votes

Which boat performed best in the Bumps?

Not mathematically but achievementally

1st Men		10%

1st Women		10%

2nd Men		77%

2nd Women		0%

3rd Men		0%

3rd Women		0%

4th Men		0%

4th Women		0%

5th Men		0%

Atlantic Prince		3%

Total: 39 members' votes (11 comments...)

Bumps is all about...

...one or more of the following...

Good technique		20%

Hyper-fitness		20%

Mental strength		58%

Sheer teeth-gritting tenacity		70%

Core stability		13%

Matching kit		40%

Blades		50%

Spoons		15%

Boat damage		30%

The thrill of the chase		55%

Mays dinner		63%

The bop		45%

A pint at the plough in the early evening		18%

M1		35%

W1		25%

Marshalling		5%

Those few seconds of silence before the gun		48%

The weeks of training beforehand		23%

The alcohol bans		13%

The start		48%

The rating		15%

Grassy		18%

The quick bump		28%

The satisfying 'reach' bump		25%

The slow grind and just before the line bump		8%

Hitting Maggie		55%

The stomp		75%

Crew pastas		35%

The race reports		43%

The FaT mobile update system		25%

Being a DU/SU		18%

The callouses		5%

The glory		45%

The pain		45%

Crew showers		15%

Having fun (?!)		40%

Blood, sweat and tears		30%

Total: 40 members' votes (8 comments...)

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