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It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you? | |
You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most Scientist | | 65% | | Artist | | 18% | | Both | | 12% | | Neither | | 6% | Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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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 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 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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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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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'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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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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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...) |