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| How should the novices be taught to row? | |
| From backstops |   | 23% |  | | From frontstops |   | 42% |  | | Slowly |   | 35% | Total: 26 members' votes (25 comments...) |
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| Who should the club back as Sports Personality of the Year? | |
| Ben Ainslie |   | 7% |  | | Freddie Flintoff |  | 11% |  | | Kelly Holmes |   | 50% |  | | Amir Khan |  | 4% |  | | Colin Montgomerie |  | 7% |  | | Matthew Pinsent |   | 14% |  | | RTT |  | 7% | Total: 28 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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| Simple: | |
| Bowside |   | 45% |  | | Strokeside |   | 45% |  | | Darkside |   | 10% | Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Favourite Film Trilogy | |
| Godfather |  | 12% |  | | Lord of the Rings |   | 42% |  | | Back to the Future |  | 15% |  | | Matrix | | 0% |  | | American Pie |   | 8% |  | | Star Wars (original) |   | 12% |  | | Indiana Jones |  | 8% |  | | Kill Bill |  | 4% | Total: 26 members' votes (44 comments...) |
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| Vote for the Champagne Moment in the BPBCCC FaTBCCC match | |
(if you can remember!) | Crawford surviving his first ball |   | 38% |  | | Garrod hitting the game's only six | | 0% |  | | the only Aussie on show (Nigel Kaye) getting the only duck |  | 5% |  | | Lea-Cox winning it for FaT off the last ball of the match |  | 10% |  | | Ingram's sense of humour failure after a dubious lbw decision |   | 38% |  | | Other (state below) |   | 10% | Total: 21 members' votes (9 comments...) |
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| Which of the following will we see first? | |
I'm sure all of these events will occur at some point in the future, but which will be first? | FaT win Uni M4+ |  | 8% |  | | FaT win Uni W4+ |  | 8% |  | | FaT actually beats an inferior LMBC in the Uni LM4- |  | 8% |  | | Lents Headship |  | 31% |  | | Mays Headship | | 0% |  | | Women's Lents Headship |  | 4% |  | | Women back in 1st May Division |   | 31% |  | | BPBC don't win Fairbairns category |  | 8% |  | | RTT drops below 72kg again |  | 4% | Total: 26 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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| Which Olympic sport would you like to see in 2008? | |
Clearly there is a lack of erg games in the current Olympic timetable. Which one would you most like to see there? | 10m erg test |   | 35% |  | | One arm lowest split | | 0% |  | | Feet out highest rating |  | 18% |  | | Arms only 2k |   | 18% |  | | Underwater erging |  | 6% |  | | Armchair erging |  | 6% |  | | Beach erging |  | 12% |  | | Synchronised erging |  | 6% | Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is... | |
| a good idea |   | 81% |  | | a bad idea |   | 14% |  | | something I'm not sure about |  | 5% | Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms? | |
Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these... | People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny |   | 41% |  | | Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg |  | 18% |  | | The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner |  | 35% |  | | The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs |   | 41% |  | | People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg |   | 24% |  | | No bench pull |   | 53% |  | | The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run |  | 24% |  | | Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement |  | 12% |  | | People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!! |  | 18% |  | | People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique |  | 18% |  | | Something else - see below |  | 29% | Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Daddy or Chips? | |
| Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Favourite Poll | |
| FaT |   | 36% |  | | North or South |  | 7% |  | | Vault | | 0% |  | | Dancing |  | 29% |  | | Lech Walesa |  | 7% |  | | /. |  | 21% | Total: 14 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Which is your favourite part of the stroke? | |
| Blade entry | | 0% |  | | Connection |   | 17% |  | | Leg drive |   | 25% |  | | Back through |  | 4% |  | | Finish |   | 21% |  | | Extraction | | 0% |  | | Hands away |  | 4% |  | | Bodies over |  | 4% |  | | Slide | | 0% |  | | The bit where your hands rise up to go over your knees |   | 25% | Total: 24 members' votes |
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| What is your favourite weights exercise? | |
Select as many of your favourite exercises from the list as you want (apologies if I have forgotten any of your favourites). | Deadlift |   | 23% |  | | Clean |   | 41% |  | | Shoulder Press |   | 23% |  | | Bench Pull |   | 50% |  | | Bench Press |   | 59% |  | | Incline Bench Press |  | 5% |  | | Leg Press |   | 59% |  | | Leg Extension |   | 36% |  | | Leg Curl |   | 27% |  | | Calf Raise |  | 9% |  | | Squat |   | 41% |  | | Hack Squat |  | 9% |  | | Forward Lunge |  | 14% |  | | Backward Lunge |  | 9% |  | | Diagonal Lunge |  | 9% |  | | Plie Lunge |  | 9% |  | | Pelvic Lifts |   | 14% |  | | Other core exercises |   | 32% |  | | Hip Flexor |  | 5% |  | | Hip Abduction |  | 5% |  | | Side Leg Raises |  | 5% |  | | Toe Press |   | 9% |  | | Bicep Curl |   | 32% |  | | Lat Pull |   | 27% |  | | Cable cross-over |  | 18% |  | | Tricep Dip |   | 14% |  | | Triceps Extension |   | 23% |  | | Wrist Curl |  | 5% |  | | Press up |   | 32% |  | | Chin ups |   | 50% |  | | Sit up |   | 50% |  | | Dumbbell Fly |   | 23% |  | | Incline Dumbbell Fly |   | 14% |  | | Shoulder Shrug |  | 9% |  | | Seated Row |   | 32% |  | | Back Extension |   | 14% |  | | Overhead Press |   | 9% |  | | Rear Deltoid Raise |  | 5% |  | | Military Press |  | 5% |  | | Upright Row |  | 9% |  | | Back Butterfly |   | 9% |  | | Leg Pull-In |  | 5% | Total: 22 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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| What is your favourite type of land training? | |
| Long erg |   | 13% |  | | AT erg |  | 4% |  | | 6x500m |  | 9% |  | | Heavy weights |   | 30% |  | | 200 reps |  | 22% |  | | Circuits |  | 4% |  | | Running |  | 4% |  | | Lard consumption |  | 13% | Total: 23 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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| Favourite summer regattas | |
Summertime, and the living is easy. Apparently.
Choose up to 4 regattas - based on whatever criteria you choose (e.g. previous wins, beer tent quality, course, weather on past visits, all of these, etc.) | Kingston Amateur |  | 22% |  | | Bedford Quarts |   | 61% |  | | Molesey |  | 28% |  | | St Neots Saturday |  | 11% |  | | St Neots Sunday |  | 17% |  | | Peterborough Saturday |   | 39% |  | | Peterborough Sunday |   | 22% |  | | Royal Canadian Henley |  | 33% |  | | Gloucester |  | 11% |  | | Bristol |  | 17% |  | | Ross |  | 6% |  | | Cambridge Autumn |  | 11% | Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Favourite boat class? | |
| 8o |   | 26% |  | | 4x | | 0% |  | | 4- |   | 17% |  | | 4+ |   | 13% |  | | 2x |  | 4% |  | | 2- |  | 17% |  | | 1x |  | 17% |  | | Laser |  | 4% | Total: 23 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Categories to be included in FaT Top Trumps | |
| 500m Ergo Score |   | 44% |  | | 2k Ergo Score |   | 69% |  | | 2k Ergo Score as percentage of WR |   | 34% |  | | Bumps Races Done |   | 63% |  | | Bumps Up |   | 31% |  | | Net Bumps Record |   | 75% |  | | Blades |   | 38% |  | | ARA Status |   | 34% |  | | Pots (etc.) Won |   | 53% |  | | Versatility (Get a point for each of Bowside,Strokeside,Cox,Sculler) |   | 53% |  | | Year of Novicing |   | 63% |  | | Age |   | 72% |  | | Height |   | 81% |  | | Weight |   | 88% | Total: 32 members' votes (25 comments...) |
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| Henley time! | |
If you could spend the day anywhere, it would be... | Leander | | 0% |  | | Stewards |   | 50% |  | | Regatta |  | 5% |  | | Remenham | | 0% |  | | Corporate hospitality at Fawley |  | 10% |  | | Barn Bar | | 0% |  | | Gin Palace |  | 5% |  | | All of the above | | 0% |  | | Boat tent |   | 30% | Total: 20 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| How will First and Third do in the bumps? | |
If you add all the crews' results together... | Up 13 or more |  | 3% |  | | up 9 - 12 |  | 3% |  | | up 5 - 8 |   | 41% |  | | up 1 - 4 |   | 38% |  | | level |  | 3% |  | | down 1 - 4 |  | 7% |  | | down 5 - 8 | | 0% |  | | down 9 - 12 | | 0% |  | | down 13 or more |  | 3% | Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Favourite Seat? | |
| Bow |   | 13% |  | | Two |   | 11% |  | | Three |  | 5% |  | | Four |  | 3% |  | | Five |  | 5% |  | | Six |   | 16% |  | | Seven |   | 24% |  | | Stroke |   | 13% |  | | Cox |  | 5% |  | | Launch |  | 3% |  | | Toledo |  | 3% | Total: 38 members' votes (32 comments...) |
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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...) |
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| I have never.... | |
PLEASE CLICK IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO DRINK (IE IF YOU _HAVE_ DONE THE THING) | been swimming in the Cam |   | 68% |  | | worn a boat club thong |   | 29% |  | | been sculling |   | 79% |  | | been sculling inside the boathouse |   | 18% |  | | liked salad |   | 82% |  | | quiched |   | 56% |  | | eaten quiche |   | 74% |  | | slept atbh |  | 32% |  | | slept in St John's |   | 21% |  | | owned a rabbit which was not alive |   | 6% | Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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| Who would win a First and Third Committee version of Pop Idol? | |
Although I doubt Simon Cowell would approve... | Dan |  | 4% |  | | Aileen | | 0% |  | | Andrew L-C |   | 83% |  | | Tom C | | 0% |  | | Honey | | 0% |  | | Chris | | 0% |  | | David | | 0% |  | | Abbie | | 0% |  | | Alla | | 0% |  | | Danae | | 0% |  | | Jo | | 0% |  | | Tom S | | 0% |  | | Andrew F |  | 4% |  | | Rachel |  | 9% |  | | Matt | | 0% |  | | Iain E | | 0% | Total: 23 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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| Which new features would you most like to see on the website? | |
We all love our website, but what would make it better and get that all important hit-count up? | Expanded technique guide with video clips |   | 47% |  | | Online games |   | 26% |  | | Java mobile phone downloads (e.g. rate watch) |   | 26% |  | | Rowing-based trading game (cf Bumpsdaq) |   | 44% |  | | Updatable incest chart |   | 65% |  | | Kit ordering |   | 59% |  | | More rower career stats/comparison |   | 38% |  | | Nice photos of the committee |  | 15% | Total: 34 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| Which pairing will be the scandal at this term's BCD/Bop? | |
Carnage as usual, but who will hit it off? | Rupert + Little Jenners |   | 29% |  | | Henners + one of his 'targets' |   | 24% |  | | Danae + Tom + Alla + Eton Boy |   | 57% |  | | Matt Byrne + novice |   | 14% |  | | Rachel + LMBC |   | 24% |  | | Zoe + Phil |  | 5% |  | | Stone + Miss Johnson |   | 14% |  | | Claire + a coach |  | 5% | Total: 21 members' votes (33 comments...) |
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| Which FaT/BPBC boat will complete the Fairbairns course in the shortest time? | |
| BPBC 1st VIII (crew unknown) |   | 49% |  | | BPBC 2nd VIII (crew unknown) |  | 2% |  | | FaT Fairbairn VIII (Thorne, Holland, Chamberlain et al.) |  | 11% |  | | FaT Low Commitment VIII (Grundy, Peacock, Lea-Cox et al.) |   | 13% |  | | FaT Grad VIII (Copland, Cuthbert, Miller et al.) |  | 15% |  | | FaT Gents VIII (Bullock, Dunleavy, Minch-Dixon et al.) | | 0% |  | | FaT Women's Fairbairn IV (Powell, Russell, Dennis, Sampson, Lee) [+1 min as shorter course] |   | 11% | Total: 47 members' votes (39 comments...) |
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| After their win at Queens' Ergs, how will the Novice Women fare in Clare Novices ? | |
The 1st Novice Women won Queens' Ergs by over half a minute.
But will that translate into rowing ability on the water?
Will the age-old proverb | Winners |   | 76% |  | | Finalists |   | 17% |  | | Semi-Finalists |  | 7% |  | | Quarter-Finalists | | 0% |  | | Knocked out before QF | | 0% |  | | Click here if you think they'll have at least one crabbing incident |   | 76% |  | | Click here if you think they'll hit the bank at least once |   | 38% |  | | Click here if you think they'll get a DQ |  | 3% | Total: 29 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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| Who should be in the Fairbairn VIII? | |
Everyone knows how difficult the captain's job is. We can make it easier for him by democratically selecting the Fairbairn VIII. You should pick 8 rowers and a cox (unless you have a radical new strategy). Bear in mind availibility and motivation issues. | Bullock | | 0% |  | | Byrne |   | 24% |  | | Chamberlain |   | 84% |  | | Clouting |   | 24% |  | | Coker |   | 49% |  | | Colvin |   | 35% |  | | Dunleavy |  | 5% |  | | Holland |   | 86% |  | | Ingram |   | 57% |  | | Koryczan |  | 14% |  | | Lea-Cox |   | 54% |  | | Miller |   | 8% |  | | Milos |   | 41% |  | | Minch-Dixon |  | 5% |  | | Noble-Nesbitt | | 0% |  | | Mycroft |  | 32% |  | | Peacock |   | 49% |  | | Sankey |  | 16% |  | | Silvey |   | 27% |  | | Thorne |   | 65% |  | | Walker |   | 19% |  | | Duan |   | 16% |  | | Earl |   | 41% |  | | Munro |   | 30% |  | | Wong |   | 11% |  | | Fisher |   | 27% | Total: 37 members' votes (54 comments...) |
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| Which is the best track to listen to for maximum erging performance? | |
(and should therefore be in the bop) | Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor) |   | 50% |  | | The Way (Divine Inspiration) |  | 7% |  | | Castles in the Sky (Ian van Dahl) |  | 3% |  | | Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim) |  | 20% |  | | Don't Stop Me Now (Queen) |   | 20% |  | | Hey Boy Hey Girl (Chemical Brothers) | | 0% |  | | Gay Bar (Electric Six) | | 0% | Total: 30 members' votes (22 comments...) |
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| How long will it take the Goldie coxless 4 to overtake First and Third at the Fours' Head? | |
They're starting right behind... | They won't |   | 19% |  | | In a last gasp effort at the Black Buoy |  | 4% |  | | In the Harrods' wind shadow |  | 4% |  | | 2nd lamp post at Hammersmith |  | 4% |  | | Chiswick Eyot |  | 8% |  | | Bandstand |  | 27% |  | | Before Barnes Bridge |   | 23% |  | | Within the first minute |   | 12% |  | | Within the first ten strokes |   | 12% |  | | Also click here if you think it'll involve a massive blade clash |   | 77% | Total: 26 members' votes (22 comments...) |
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| Maggie... | |
| are just another club to race on the river |   | 9% |  | | deserve our admiration and respect |  | 6% |  | | I'd rather be at Oxford than St John's! |   | 20% |  | | are despicable and worthless |   | 9% |  | | I would rather s*** in my own pants than row for Lady Margaret |   | 51% |  | | Who's Maggie? |  | 6% | Total: 35 members' votes (15 comments...) |