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| What's the highest rate you've ever clocked? | |
Bonus points for small boats | less than 40 |  | 14% | | | 40-45 |  | 18% | | | 46-48 | | 32% | | | 49 | | 0% | | | 50 | | 0% | | | 51 | | 0% | | | 52 | | 9% | | | 53 | | 0% | | | 54 | | 5% | | | 55 | | 5% | | | 56+ | | 18% |
Total: 22 members' votes (9 comments...) |
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| New Year's Resolutions | |
This year, I resolve to | train more | | 73% | | | train less | | 3% | | | win blades | | 27% | | | qualify for/row at Henley | | 27% | | | take a break from rowing | | 3% | | | take up rowing again | | 23% | | | do all the stretches my physio tells me to do | | 37% | | | wash my kit | | 40% | | | spend less time on this website | | 30% | | | spend more time on this website | | 10% | | | stomp | | 40% | | | get a (new) job | | 33% | | | smile more | | 30% | | | buft | | 40% | | | win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals | | 3% | | | drink more (alcohol) | | 17% | | | drink less (alcohol) | | 27% | | | not make any resolutions | | 10% |
Total: 30 members' votes |
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| Who delivered more Christmas presents this year ? | |
| Father Christmas | | 33% | | | St. Nicholas | | 6% | | | Santa Claus | | 11% | | | Kriss Kringle | | 0% | | | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | | 11% | | | Royal Mail | | 39% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
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| Which of these have you experienced on an ergo? | |
Following on from our discussion of personal worsts, which of these have you done on an ergo? | Thrown up | | 48% | | | Got buttock cramp | | 72% | | | Shat your pants (preferable to rowing for LMBC) | | 4% | | | Had sex | | 20% | | | Passed out | | 4% | | | Given up | | 72% |
Total: 25 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| I won the Fairbairn Cup... | |
| In 1956 | | 10% | | | In 2004 | | 19% | | | For second boats | | 24% | | | For novices | | 5% | | | For Fours | | 10% | | | In my single scull | | 67% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| What is your 2k PW? | |
That's Personal Worst if it's not obvious - only counting pieces you started with the intention of doing a flat out 2k, and discounting any you didn't finish | 10:00+ | | 0% | | | 9:40-9:59 | | 0% | | | 9:20-9:39 | | 0% | | | 9:00-9:19 | | 4% | | | 8:50-8:59 | | 4% | | | 8:40-8:49 | | 4% | | | 8:30-8:39 | | 4% | | | 8:20-8:29 | | 7% | | | 8:10-8:19 | | 0% | | | 8:00-8:09 | | 0% | | | 7:50-7:59 | | 7% | | | 7:40-7:49 | | 14% | | | 7:30-7:39 | | 11% | | | 7:20-7:29 | | 4% | | | 7:10-7:19 | | 21% | | | 7:00-7:09 | | 11% | | | 6:50-6:59 | | 7% | | | 6:40-6:49 | | 0% | | | 6:30-6:39 | | 4% | | | 6:20-6:29 | | 0% | | | 6:10-6:19 | | 0% | | | 6:00-6:09 | | 0% | | | <6:00 | | 0% |
Total: 28 members' votes (29 comments...) |
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| How often do you wash your kit? | |
| More than once a week | | 29% | | | Once a week | | 24% | | | Once a fortnight | | 29% | | | Once a month | | 9% | | | Once a term | | 3% | | | When it rains | | 6% |
Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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| What is your 2k PB? | |
| >8:20 | | 6% | | | 8:10-8:19 | | 0% | | | 8:00-8:09 | | 0% | | | 7:50-7:59 | | 12% | | | 7:40-7:49 | | 3% | | | 7:30-7:39 | | 3% | | | 7:20-7:29 | | 0% | | | 7:10-7:19 | | 0% | | | 7:00-7:09 | | 6% | | | 6:50-6:59 | | 12% | | | 6:40-6:49 | | 9% | | | 6:30-6:39 | | 15% | | | 6:20-6:29 | | 18% | | | 6:10-6:19 | | 9% | | | 6:00-6:09 | | 3% | | | 5:50-5:59 | | 0% | | | 5:40-5:49 | | 0% | | | <5:39 | | 3% |
Total: 33 members' votes (37 comments...) |
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| Allegiance? | |
| Black Prince BC | | 44% | | | First and Third Trinity BC | | 56% |
Total: 50 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| HoR4s. Select all the options that you think will occur | |
| FaT Men beat BPBC Men | | 10% | | | FaT Women beat BPBC women | | 20% | | | FaT Men finish higher than they start | | 65% | | | FaT Women finish higher than they start | | 75% | | | FaT Men have a positive net overtaking record | | 55% | | | FaT Women have a positive net overtaking record | | 45% | | | FaT men overtaken by BPBC Men | | 15% | | | FaT Women overtaken by BPBC Women | | 5% | | | FaT Men best college crew | | 25% | | | FaT Women best college crew | | 10% | | | FaT Men get under the 2nd Lamppost | | 60% | | | FaT Women get under the 2nd Lamppost | | 45% | | | FaT Men have a huge blade clash | | 45% | | | FaT Women have a huge blade clash | | 50% | | | FaT Men have a huge blade clash with FaT Women | | 10% |
Total: 20 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| Which rowing term made you snigger most as a novice? | |
| Stroke | | 38% | | | Cox box | | 0% | | | Entry | | 8% | | | Rack | | 0% | | | Pull | | 0% | | | Shaft | | 46% | | | Scull | | 0% | | | Rudder | | 8% |
Total: 13 members' votes (9 comments...) |
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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 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...) |
