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Who in the mens squad needs a haircut the most? | |
Bryn | | 8% | | Tom | | 23% | | Dan | | 58% | | Emma | | 12% | Total: 26 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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Who's the shortest? | |
A poll with no purpose other than to get rid of the Christmas one. Ming | | 60% | | Peter Ford | | 17% | | Laffan | | 23% | Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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How many times did you train on Christmas Day? | |
0 | | 63% | | 1 | | 30% | | 2 | | 7% | | 3+ (liar) | | 0% | Total: 27 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun... | |
Frankly this is no better than 'Daddy or Chips'... Total: 20 members' votes |
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What's your favourite mince pie? | |
I'm sure they're better if you make your own, but who has the time? Tesco Deep Fill | | 21% | | Tesco Finest | | 7% | | Mr Kipling | | 0% | | Sainsbury's Deep Fill | | 21% | | Sainsbury's Taste The Difference | | 0% | | M&S Classic | | 0% | | Waitrose All Butter | | 14% | | Duchy Originals | | 0% | | Four'N Twenty | | 0% | | Other - add below | | 36% | Total: 14 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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Who will win BBC Sports Personality of the Year? | |
Joe Calzaghe | | 7% | | Lewis Hamilton | | 33% | | Ricky Hatton | | 0% | | Andy Murray | | 0% | | Christine Ohuruogu | | 0% | | Paula Radcliffe | | 4% | | Jason Robinson | | 0% | | Justin Rose | | 0% | | James Toseland | | 0% | | Jonny Wilkinson | | 0% | | Ming-Chee Chung | | 56% | Total: 27 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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How should seating be organised at the Fairbairns Dinner? | |
By crew | | 0% | | W1 with NM1, M1 with NW1 etc. | | 9% | | W1 with M1, NW1 with NM1 etc. | | 2% | | W1 with NW1, M1 with NM1 etc. | | 2% | | Boy-girl-boy-girl... | | 2% | | Fit-ugly-fit-ugly... | | 5% | | Random selection (genuinely random) | | 0% | | Random selection (rigged for carnage) | | 7% | | Random selection (rigged for incest) | | 41% | | Random selection (rigged for novice retention) | | 5% | | Random selection (rigged for awkwardness) | | 2% | | Alphabetically by surname | | 0% | | By 2K time | | 14% | | First come, first served | | 2% | | Sec's discretion | | 9% | Total: 44 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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What are your Fairbairns predictions? | |
FaT men to beat BPBC men | | 87% | | BPBC men to beat FaT men | | 3% | | FaT women to beat BPBC women | | 47% | | BPBC women to beat FaT women | | 43% | | a FaT novice crew to beat a FaT senior crew | | 20% | | a FaT novice crew to beat a BPBC crew | | 13% | | a BPBC member to require medical assistance | | 20% | | a BPBC member to make the 'three-stroke practice outing' joke | | 63% | | every BPBC member to make the 'I won Fairbairns in my single scull' joke | | 57% | | someone to criticise Byrne's catch | | 67% | | Coker to turn up too drunk to row | | 50% | | Coker to turn up too sober to row | | 33% | | JCBC to do better than expected | | 73% | Total: 30 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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That's a negative Ghost rider, the pattern is full... | |
Apparently congestion in the mornings is getting worse (although we reached gridlock years ago). A 'leaked' CUCBC paper has suggested banning novices from the mornings, prompting some discussion. What to do? Ban novices from early mornings | | 3% | | Ban CULRC from early mornings | | 43% | | Ban seniors from early mornings in November | | 29% | | Ban rowing | | 9% | | Allow limited senior outings in the dark | | 26% | | Move novice races to the middle of Lent term | | 17% | | Build a bigger river | | 74% | | A quota system of early morning outings | | 14% | | Build an air traffic control tower at Chesterton and require all boats to proceed under its control during outings | | 34% | Total: 35 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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What happened to Granta in the Fours head? | |
The Granta coxless four finished last in the Fours Head in a time of 47 minutes (their event was won in just over 20 minutes). What happened? Gate opened, blade lost | | 0% | | Hit bridge | | 0% | | Steering wires broke | | 0% | | Hit debris | | 0% | | Training plan called for technical pairs work | | 14% | | Aliens | | 14% | | Very localised counter-current tidal wave | | 4% | | Thames whale | | 4% | | Ran aground on Fulham flats | | 0% | | They didn't 'use the stream! Stream one! Stream two!' | | 7% | | Nothing - it was a good time for them | | 57% | Total: 28 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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Favourite MLB team | |
With the World Series currently taking place, let's see which baseball franchise the Club supports. If you know nothing about baseball, select Other and then make up a name by taking the name of a US state or town and adding a word/words of your choice. Atlanta Braves | | 0% | | Florida Marlins | | 0% | | New York Mets | | 0% | | Philadelphia Phillies | | 5% | | Washington Nationals | | 0% | | Chicago Cubs | | 0% | | Cincinnati Reds | | 0% | | Houston Astros | | 5% | | Milwaukee Brewers | | 0% | | Pittsburgh Pirates | | 0% | | St. Louis Cardinals | | 5% | | Arizona Diamondbacks | | 0% | | Boulder Creek Earls | | 16% | | Colorado Rockies | | 0% | | Los Angeles Dodgers | | 5% | | San Diego Padres | | 0% | | San Francisco Giants | | 0% | | Baltimore Orioles | | 5% | | Boston Red Sox | | 47% | | New York Yankees | | 0% | | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | | 0% | | Toronto Blue Jays | | 0% | | Chicago White Sox | | 0% | | Cleveland Indians | | 0% | | Detroit Tigers | | 0% | | Kansas City Royals | | 0% | | Minnesota Twins | | 0% | | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | | 0% | | Oakland Athletics | | 0% | | Seattle Mariners | | 0% | | Texas Rangers | | 0% | | Other | | 11% | Total: 19 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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What happened to Granta in the Fours head? | |
The Granta coxless four finished last in the Fours Head in a time of 47 minutes (their event was won in 20'08 Gate opened, blade lost | Hit bridge | Steering wires broke | Hit debris | Training plan called for technical pairs work | Aliens | Very localised counter-current tidal wave | Thames whale | Ran aground on Fulham flats | Nothing - it was a actually a good time by their standards | No votes were cast |
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Who will win the Rugby World Cup? | |
Argentina | | 5% | | Australia | | 19% | | Canada | | 0% | | England | | 10% | | Fiji | | 0% | | France | | 0% | | Georgia | | 0% | | Ireland | | 0% | | Italy | | 0% | | Japan | | 0% | | Namibia | | 0% | | New Zealand | | 43% | | Portugal | | 0% | | Romania | | 0% | | Samoa | | 0% | | Scotland | | 5% | | South Africa | | 5% | | Tonga | | 0% | | USA | | 5% | | Wales | | 0% | | FaTTRFC | | 10% | Total: 21 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Favourite pasta shape? | |
The burning crew pasta issue. It has been discussed before, but never voted on. For descriptions, see here - the list got quite excessive, but your favourite should be on there somewhere. cavatelli | | 0% | | conchiglie | | 0% | | conchiglioni | | 0% | | croxetti | | 0% | | farfalle | | 4% | | fiorentine | | 0% | | fiorettini | | 0% | | fusilli | | 24% | | gemelli | | 0% | | maltagliati | | 0% | | orecchiette | | 0% | | pipe | | 0% | | radiatore | | 0% | | rotelle | | 0% | | rotini | | 0% | | spirali | | 0% | | trofie | | 0% | | bucatini | | 0% | | cannelloni | | 4% | | ditalini | | 0% | | elbow macaroni | | 0% | | maccheroni | | 0% | | manicotti | | 0% | | mezze penne | | 0% | | mostaccioli | | 0% | | penne | | 24% | | penne rigate | | 4% | | rigatoni | | 0% | | ziti | | 0% | | spaghetti | | 8% | | vermicelli | | 0% | | capellini | | 0% | | capelli d'angelo | | 0% | | fettuccine | | 0% | | lasagne | | 8% | | linguine | | 8% | | pappardelle | | 8% | | tagliatelle | | 8% | | alphabets | | 0% | | couscous | | 0% | | conchigliette | | 0% | | ditali | | 0% | | ditalini | | 0% | | orzo | | 0% | | pastina | | 0% | | agnolotti | | 0% | | cannelloni | | 0% | | mandu | | 0% | | manti | | 0% | | panzarotti | | 0% | | ravioli | | 0% | | tortellini | | 0% | | tortelloni | | 0% | | gnocchi | | 0% | | spatzle | | 0% | | chicken and dumplin | | 0% | Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Most important attribute in a novice? | |
Height | | 0% | | Fitness | | 9% | | Strength | | 3% | | Keenness | | 42% | | Coordination | | 30% | | Lard appetite | | 6% | | Ability to swim | | 6% | | Ability to memorise crew lists from the 1800s | | 3% | Total: 33 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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What is your favourite moment of the rugby world cup so far? | |
England dumping Australia out | | 81% | | France dumping New Zealand out | | 19% | | Neither of the above - I'm an Antipodean loser | | 0% | Total: 16 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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Where did you learn to row? | |
At a club | | 0% | | At school | | 3% | | At Trinity (in my first year) | | 75% | | At Trinity (not in my first year) | | 19% | | At another university | | 0% | | At a gym | | 3% | Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Who will win the World Twenty20? | |
Time to forget about rugby and jump ship to a new sport. Who's going to win this one? Australia | | 19% | | Bangladesh | | 0% | | England | | 6% | | India | | 0% | | Kenya | | 0% | | New Zealand | | 13% | | Pakistan | | 6% | | Scotland | | 25% | | South Africa | | 6% | | Sri Lanka | | 6% | | West Indies | | 6% | | Zimbabwe | | 0% | | Germany (in a bowl off) | | 13% | Total: 16 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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Tim Henman | |
Britain's highest ranked tennis player for years has retired from the professional game. We've all grown up in the Henman era, so how do we rate him? A great tennis player who was unlucky to have to play against unstoppable players | | 36% | | A solid competitor who over-achieved | | 27% | | Average and over-hyped | | 23% | | A choker | | 14% | | We should encourage him to do a Masters at Trinity and get him to row | | 55% | Total: 22 members' votes |
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Favourite aspect of the summer weather? | |
The rain | | 24% | | The cold | | 53% | | The fact that you're 12,000 miles away and in glorious sunshine | | 24% | Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Who deserves to call themselves FaT/BPBC multisport champions? | |
1. Rowing - For the second year running, FaT M1, M2 and W1 all beat their BPBC counterparts.
2. Football - In the inaugural fixture, FaT win 2-1 after BPBC have an injury-time goal disallowed.
3. Golf - BPBC run out comfortable 7-2 winners, and also win the Womens' (sic) and Adaptive version.
4. Cricket - The fixture is rained off twice; BPBC seem to have the gods on their side and retain their title by default.
So two wins apiece, but are some worth more than others? Who wins overall? Total: 21 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Favourite British motorway | |
M1 (and M10, M45, M621) | | 0% | | M2 | | 0% | | M3 | | 0% | | M4 (and M32, M48, M49) | | 14% | | M5 (and M50) | | 7% | | M6 (and M54, M55, M58, M61, M65) | | 10% | | M6 Toll | | 28% | | M8 (and M77, M80, M876, M898) | | 7% | | M9 | | 0% | | M11 | | 0% | | M18 (and M180, M181) | | 0% | | M20 (and M26) | | 3% | | M23 | | 3% | | M25 | | 7% | | M27 (and M271, M275) | | 7% | | M40 & M42 | | 3% | | M53 | | 0% | | M56 | | 3% | | M60 (and M66, M67) | | 0% | | M62 (and M57, M602, M606) | | 3% | | M69 | | 3% | | M74 (and M73) | | 0% | | M90 | | 0% | | M96 | | 0% | Total: 29 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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Town bumps | |
It was relevant before the website went away... I have a better record in town bumps than CUCBC bumps | | 5% | | I have a worse record in town bumps than CUCBC bumps | | 30% | | I have never raced town bumps but would like to for Black Prince | | 65% | | Town bumps is just a poor quality version of CUCBC bumps | | 35% | | Town bumps is a more polite version of CUCBC bumps | | 15% | | Town what? | | 0% | Total: 20 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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What do you look for in a boat club? | |
Many FaTties will be training away from the Cam over the summer, and there are also plenty of BPBCites rowing for different clubs who vote in these things. Anyway, what is the first thing you look for when hunting for a new boat club? Top coaches | | 24% | | Top oarsmen | | 6% | | Shiny new boats | | 6% | | Shiny new ergs | | 0% | | Strong recent performances | | 12% | | Glorious past | | 0% | | Plentiful social events | | 12% | | Capacious bar area | | 6% | | Lard warehouse | | 35% | Total: 17 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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Who will win the British Open this week? (Vote by Thurs a.m.) | |
The British Open Golf Championship takes place this week at Carnoustie, the venue of the last British win in a major (Paul Lawrie in 1999). Which of the sport's luminaries will lift the famous claret jug on Sunday afternoon? Tiger Woods | | 19% | | Phil Mickelson | | 10% | | Ernie Els | | 10% | | Jim Furyk | | 0% | | Justin Rose | | 5% | | Padraig Harrington | | 5% | | Vijay Singh | | 0% | | Adam Scott | | 0% | | Colin Montgomerie | | 10% | | Luke Donald | | 0% | | Paul Casey | | 0% | | Retief Goosen | | 10% | | Sergio Garcia | | 10% | | Angel Cabrera | | 0% | | Geoff Ogilvy | | 0% | | Henrik Stenson | | 0% | | Ian Poulter | | 0% | | K J Choi | | 0% | | Lee Westwood | | 0% | | Niclas Fasth | | 0% | | Stuart Appleby | | 0% | | Zach Johnson | | 0% | | David Toms | | 0% | | Steve Stricker | | 0% | | Trevor Immelman | | 0% | | Aaron Baddeley | | 0% | | Jose Maria Olazabal | | 0% | | Robert Allenby | | 0% | | Rory Sabbatini | | 0% | | Stephen Ames | | 0% | | Sean O'Hair | | 0% | | Scott Verplank | | 0% | | Thomas Bjorn | | 5% | | Chris DiMarco | | 0% | | Darren Clarke | | 0% | | David Howell | | 0% | | Justin Leonard | | 0% | | Davis Love III | | 0% | | Miguel-Angel Jimenez | | 0% | | John Daly | | 0% | | Michael Campbell | | 5% | | Paul McGinley | | 0% | | Paul Lawrie | | 0% | | Tom Lehman | | 0% | | Mark Calcavecchia | | 0% | | Ben Curtis | | 0% | | Mark O'Meara | | 0% | | Nick Faldo | | 10% | | Sandy Lyle | | 0% | | Tony Jacklin | | 5% | | Other (please post below) | | 0% | Total: 21 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Favourite rowing-related island | |
Chiswick Eyot (Chiswick) | | 10% | | Oliver's Island (Kew) | | 0% | | Eel Pie Island (Twickenham) | | 0% | | Trowlock Island (Teddington) | | 3% | | Raven's Ait (Kingston) | | 21% | | Garrick's Eyot (Molesey) | | 0% | | Hamhaugh Island (Shepperton) | | 0% | | Queen's Eyot (Eton) | | 7% | | Temple Island (Henley) | | 41% | | Antigua | | 17% | Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Favourite 2-digit ''A'' road | |
Everyone loves a retarded poll A10 London to King's Lynn (known as the Great Cambridge Road or the Old North Road) | | 4% | | A11 London to Norwich | | 0% | | A12 London to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | A13 London to Shoeburyness | | 0% | | A14 M1/M6 Catthorpe junction near Rugby to Felixstowe (Originally Royston to Huntingdon) | | 8% | | A15 Peterborough to Hull | | 0% | | A16 Stamford to Grimsby | | 0% | | A17 Newark to King's Lynn | | 0% | | A18 Doncaster to Ludborough | | 0% | | A19 Doncaster to Seaton Burn | | 0% | | A20 London to Dover | | 0% | | A21 London to Hastings | | 0% | | A22 London to Eastbourne | | 4% | | A23 London to Brighton | | 0% | | A24 London to Worthing | | 4% | | A25 Wrotham Heath to Guildford | | 0% | | A26 Maidstone to Newhaven | | 0% | | A27 Pevensey to Whiteparish | | 8% | | A28 Margate to Hastings | | 0% | | A29 Beare Green to Bognor Regis | | 0% | | A30 London to Land's End | | 4% | | A31 Guildford to Bere Regis | | 0% | | A32 Alton to Gosport | | 0% | | A33 Southampton to Reading | | 4% | | A34 Winchester to Salford | | 0% | | A35 Southampton to Honiton | | 0% | | A36 Southampton to Bath | | 0% | | A37 Dorchester to Bristol | | 0% | | A38 Bodmin to Mansfield | | 4% | | A39 Bath to Falmouth | | 0% | | A40 London to Fishguard | | 0% | | A41 London to Birkenhead | | 0% | | A42 Appleby Magna (M42) to Kegworth(M1) (Originally Reading to Birmingham: taken over by A34) | | 0% | | A43 Cherwell Valley to Stamford (formerly Oxford to Market Deeping) | | 0% | | A44 Oxford to Aberystwyth | | 0% | | A45 Birmingham to Thrapston (Originally to Felixstowe, but eastern section taken over by A14) | | 4% | | A46 Bath to Cleethorpes | | 0% | | A47 Birmingham to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | A48 Highnam to Carmarthen | | 0% | | A49 Ross-on-Wye to Bamber Bridge near Preston | | 0% | | A50 Leicester to M1 Junction 22 and Kegworth (M1 Junction 24) to Warrington (formerly Northampton to Warrington) | | 0% | | A51 Kingsbury to Chester | | 0% | | A52 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Mablethorpe | | 4% | | A53 Shrewsbury to Buxton | | 0% | | A54 Chester to Buxton | | 0% | | A55 Holyhead to Chester (The North Wales Expressway) | | 0% | | A56 Chester to Broughton (A59) | | 0% | | A57 Liverpool to Lincoln | | 4% | | A58 Prescot to Wetherby | | 0% | | A59 Liverpool to York | | 0% | | A60 Loughborough to Doncaster | | 0% | | A61 Derby to Thirsk | | 0% | | A62 Manchester to Leeds | | 0% | | A63 Leeds to Hull | | 0% | | A64 Leeds to Scarborough | | 4% | | A65 Leeds to Kendal | | 0% | | A66 Workington to Grangetown | | 13% | | A67 Bowes (A66) to Crathorne (A19) | | 0% | | A68 Darlington to Edinburgh | | 0% | | A69 Carlisle to Blaydon | | 0% | | A70 Edinburgh to Ayr | | 0% | | A71 Edinburgh to Irvine | | 0% | | A72 Galashiels to Hamilton | | 0% | | A73 Abington to Cumbernauld | | 0% | | A74 Carlisle to Glasgow | | 0% | | A75 Gretna to Stranraer | | 4% | | A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock | | 4% | | A77 Glasgow to Portpatrick | | 0% | | A78 Prestwick to Greenock | | 0% | | A79 Prestwick to Doonholm | | 0% | | A80 Glasgow to Bonnybridge | | 0% | | A81 Glasgow to Callander | | 4% | | A82 Glasgow to Inverness | | 4% | | A83 Campbeltown to Tarbet | | 4% | | A84 Stirling to Lochearnhead | | 4% | | A85 Oban to Dundee | | 0% | | A86 Spean Bridge to Kingussie | | 0% | | A87 Invergarry to Uig | | 4% | | A88 Larbert to Stenhousemuir (Originally what is now the A9 past Inverness: this explains the rarity of A9xxx numbers in the Highlands) | | 0% | | A89 Newbridge to Glasgow | | 0% | | A90 Edinburgh to Fraserburgh | | 0% | | A91 Bannockburn to St Andrews | | 0% | | A92 Dunfermline to Stonehaven | | 0% | | A93 Perth to Aberdeen | | 0% | Total: 24 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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Who have you done? | |
Boat Club ≡ Incest Jane Allison | | 4% | | Tom Andrews | | 4% | | Narelle Baker | | 4% | | Charley Bates | | 4% | | Ulrike Bauer | | 4% | | Adam Blacklay | | 4% | | Jonathan Blazek | | 0% | | Harriet Booker | | 4% | | Abigail Breary | | 4% | | Richard Bullock | | 70% | | Lorry Carr | | 4% | | Charles Chapin | | 0% | | Ji-Jian Chow | | 0% | | Ming Chung | | 0% | | Tom Coker | | 0% | | Rachel Croft | | 4% | | Adam Csenki | | 0% | | Damilola Dauda | | 4% | | Jon Davies | | 9% | | Will Dean | | 0% | | Chris Dunleavy | | 0% | | Richard Fletcher | | 0% | | Abigail Fox | | 4% | | Rachel Frigot | | 4% | | Bryn Garrod | | 4% | | Julijana Gjorgjieva | | 4% | | Stu Gooch | | 0% | | Joanna Heath | | 9% | | Nicola Henshall | | 13% | | Amy Hewer | | 13% | | Sarah Hickey | | 4% | | Liz Hill | | 4% | | Dominic Hockley | | 4% | | Phil Horler | | 0% | | Hannah Jackson | | 9% | | Dan Jane | | 4% | | Magnus Jones | | 4% | | John Kiely | | 4% | | Konstantin Kisil | | 0% | | Will Laffan | | 9% | | Emma Leadbetter | | 9% | | Andrew Lewis | | 9% | | Sam Lings | | 9% | | Sorcha McGinn | | 9% | | Tristan Melen | | 0% | | Christian Mertes | | 0% | | Thomas O'Neill | | 0% | | Kristina Ooi | | 9% | | Igor Ostrowski | | 9% | | Sebastian Pancratz | | 17% | | Robert Patterson | | 9% | | Sarah Pitt | | 9% | | Lynsey Porter | | 17% | | Philipp Preiss | | 0% | | Helen Ralston | | 4% | | Fran Rawlins | | 9% | | Pedro Salgard-Cunha | | 4% | | Matthew Sargeant | | 4% | | Emma Smith | | 4% | | Sarah Stoneman | | 4% | | James Strawson | | 4% | | Andrew Sugden | | 13% | | Julia Summers | | 4% | | Alex Sye | | 4% | | Erica Thompson | | 4% | | Corinne Vannatta | | 4% | | Lilie Weaver | | 4% | | P-J White | | 0% | | Henry Wood | | 4% | | Martin Yarr | | 4% | | Sam Zhang | | 4% | Total: 23 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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We row in order to... | |
...win | | 79% | | ...have fun | | 21% | Total: 39 members' votes (40 comments...) |
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Bumps Predictions | |
Yea yea yea, we all love BumpIt, but it seems to be lacking some options. Which of the following is likely to happen at some point during bumps week (up to and including post-bop carnage) Blades: M1 | | 39% | | Blades: M2 | | 30% | | Blades: M3 | | 30% | | Blades: M4 | | 23% | | Blades: M5 | | 20% | | Blades: W1 | | 64% | | Blades: W2 | | 80% | | Blades: W3 | | 18% | | All FaT boats to spoon | | 7% | | Holes to appear in all Jesus' boats - FaT to retain Michell cup | | 34% | | FaT to bump Caius | | 59% | | Caius to bump FaT | | 5% | | LMBC to be too red | | 77% | | FaT buftys to outnumber everyone else on the river (including rowers) | | 61% | | FaT to form a secret cartel to fix the BumpIt results | | 16% | | NT to drive at >100mph with no brakes from York, every day to try and make the gun | | 61% | | FaTAMS epidemic to occur | | 5% | | JPD, NT, RTT, JWE etc to injure themselves in comic fashion on the towpath | | 55% | | Iain to run down Ian T and break his arm | | 11% | | Ian T to run down Iain and break his leg | | 7% | | Coker to turn up drunk to one or more races | | 43% | | Any member of FaT to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language' | | 64% | | Coker to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language' | | 45% | | LW to crash TR2 | | 30% | | LW to miss men's division, ABL to cox M2 (not going to happen :P) | | 18% | | Incest chart to be in need of updating | | 84% | | Buftys to (try and) seduce 'innocent' younger FaTers | | 73% | | BCD to result in being banned | | 16% | | BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point | | 2% | | BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point (in the minds of the speakers) | | 77% | Total: 44 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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Who should trial lightweights next year? | |
Andrew Lewis | | 38% | | Will Laffan | | 44% | | Richard Fletcher | | 44% | | Martin Yarr | | 18% | | John Kiely | | 28% | | Philipp Preiss | | 41% | | Lorry Carr | | 28% | | Sam Lings | | 21% | | Mohammad Dehabadi | | 18% | | Tom O'Neill | | 23% | | Seb Pancratz | | 44% | | Christian Mertes | | 21% | | Adam Blacklay | | 21% | | James Strawson | | 23% | | Tom Coker | | 26% | | Hannah Jackson | | 15% | | Fran Rawlins | | 59% | | Julia Summers | | 51% | | Rachel Croft | | 18% | | Joanna Heath | | 18% | | Amy Hewer | | 15% | | Lilie Weaver | | 49% | | Toby Garnett | | 38% | Total: 39 members' votes (17 comments...) |
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Who will be next year's Men's Captain? | |
Because we know its just a popularity contest anyway ;) Tom ''El Presidente'' Coker | | 3% | | Ming ''The Merciless'' Chung | | 41% | | Sebastian ''I Only Scull'' Pancratz | | 3% | | Will ''Shortest Headship Winner'' Laffan | | 3% | | Emma ''Brian Is So Awesome'' Leadbetter | | 12% | | Pedro ''How Can I Copy Erica After She's Gone'' Cunha | | 3% | | Bryn ''Will Only Coach Novice Girls'' Garrod | | 18% | | Martin ''Must Do Bigger Weights'' Yarr | | 3% | | Chris ''Doing a PhD to Row'' Dunleavy | | 9% | | Lorry ''Can't Look Forward'' Carr | | 0% | | Adam ''Very Ordinary'' Blacklay | | 6% | Total: 34 members' votes |
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How to tan? | |
The second most important thing about Mays rowing (after bumps)... bronzing. Stay completely covered at all times to avoid any chance of a tan (see A. Lea-Cox) | | 15% | | Wear an all-in-one and get strap marks (see people too busy rowing to care about looks) | | 48% | | Wear only one strap and then switch at the lock to avoid too much of a strap mark whilst still being able to row well (see T. Coker) | | 6% | | Push both straps down to avoid strap marks and (if female) hope it holds and (if male) hope it doesn't (see Women's hour) | | 12% | | Go topless and just take the fines for indecent exposure on the chin (see the bank balance decrease) | | 18% | Total: 33 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Blue and gold bikinis? | |
It has been suggested that the new women's Mays kit should be blue and gold bikinis. Less (/fewer?) tan lines, and proof, if needed, that we are (all) female. Aye or Nay? Yes please! | | 63% | | No thanks! | | 37% | Total: 43 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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Punting skill | |
How good do you think you are? I am/was a professional and made things up to tell tourists | | 10% | | I am/was a professional | | 0% | | I can go fast and straight | | 45% | | I struggle if it's busy but I'm largely OK | | 16% | | I may have hit an occasional bridge... | | 3% | | I'm a danger to myself and others | | 6% | | The Conservators have banned me | | 0% | | I'm a lady so I get a burly man to punt me | | 6% | | Water is for racing over, not drifting down | | 13% | Total: 31 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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Favourite test? | |
2k | | 7% | | 5k | | 17% | | 30 minute | | 3% | | Max. Power | | 7% | | Max. Weights | | 10% | | 5k sculling | | 0% | | Seat Race | | 13% | | Rorschach | | 3% | | Turing | | 7% | | Edgbaston 2005 | | 33% | Total: 30 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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Eights Head | |
Legends: 88th or better | | 5% | | Very good: 89th - 118th | | 45% | | Above Average: 119th - 164th | | 45% | | Average: 165th - 200th | | 0% | | Below par for this crew: 201st - 250th | | 0% | | Below par for any 1st VIII: 251st - 300th | | 0% | | Disaster: 301st or below | | 0% | | Failure to finish | | 0% | | Failure to start | | 0% | | Event cancelled | | 5% | Total: 20 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Website | |
It was suggested on the pub crawl that the site's login page (i.e. the navy blue background with the two large crests) be replaced with an animated lion who walks in from one side before stopping in the right pose. Thoughts? Yes please | | 42% | | No thanks | | 58% | Total: 36 members' votes |
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Easter training | |
More than term-time | | 20% | | Same as term-time | | 12% | | Slightly less than term-time | | 12% | | Non-rowing related cross-training (e.g. skiing) | | 32% | | Very little, I'm off on holidays | | 4% | | Pub crawl anyone? | | 20% | Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Grammar Police | |
You know who you are. They're ensuring that high standards are maintained | | 66% | | They're standing in the way of an evolving language | | 31% | | There's no one quite like Grammar... | | 3% | Total: 35 members' votes |
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A beautiful game? | |
On Saturday (March 17th), FaTTBC FC will play BPBC FC in the final of the inaugural Football Challenge Pot. You're not a betting (wo)man, but if you were...? FaT to win easily | | 30% | | FaT to win narrowly | | 24% | | FaT to win on penalties | | 8% | | BPBC to win on penalties | | 8% | | BPBC to win narrowly | | 14% | | BPBC to win easily | | 11% | | Seb to lose easily | | 41% | | No injuries | | 0% | | Minor injuries only | | 32% | | One major injury | | 14% | | Multiple major injuries | | 8% | | Multiple major injuries to one person | | 32% | | No cards | | 8% | | Yellow cards only | | 24% | | One red card | | 11% | | Multiple red cards | | 30% | | A full-blown fracas leading to FA charges | | 27% | | FaT to score first | | 46% | | BPBC to score first | | 30% | | FaT to fail to score at all | | 3% | | BPBC to fail to score at all | | 16% | | FaT to concede a penalty | | 30% | | BPBC to concede a penalty | | 38% | | Anyone to score with a header | | 19% | | Anyone to score with a volley | | 14% | | Anyone to score from outside the area | | 43% | | Anyone to score from his own half | | 16% | | Anyone to score an own goal | | 54% | | Anyone to score a hat-trick | | 22% | | Anyone to score at the post-match social | | 49% | | Streaker (FaT underwear) | | 38% | | Streaker (inferior underwear) | | 5% | | Streaker (no underwear) | | 5% | | No WAGs present | | 11% | | 1-5 WAGs present | | 46% | | 6-10 WAGs present | | 11% | | 11+ WAGs present | | 14% | | FaT's destructive gambling culture to be exposed in Varsity in the build-up to the game | | 19% | | BPBC's specially commissioned spyplane and listening devices employed at FaT training sessions to be exposed in The Cambridge Student in the build-up to the game | | 16% | | Lorry to be seen daydreaming | | 49% | | Will Laffan to win a header | | 16% | | Tom Coker to turn up too drunk to play | | 57% | | James Strawson to turn up on the wrong day | | 43% | | Richard Fletcher to claim he's 'fed up of not winning anything' after the game | | 22% | | Mark Sankey to do a fartlek session at half-time while smiling | | 24% | | Seb to do a fartlek session at half-time while grimacing | | 57% | | Seb to suffer abuse for being German | | 84% | | Phil to suffer abuse for being ginger | | 70% | | QB James Scott to shout 'Red, Red, 72, 72' | | 30% | | Neil to be accused of sexism for failing to select any girls for BPBC | | 62% | | Dan Darley to cycle to and from the game from London | | 49% | | Dan Holland to 'do a Din' (i.e. require hospital treatment for exhaustion) | | 22% | | Ingers to 'do an Ingers' | | 35% | | Graham to 'do a Graham' | | 27% | | Simon Blackburn to attempt to have the game called off for health and safety reasons | | 19% | | BPBC to attempt to have the game called off because Bryn tries to play his ringer | | 27% | | Jon Glass to do the 'robot dance' after scoring | | 41% | | John Earl to provide a half-time 'keepy-uppy' masterclass | | 24% | | Eton Boy to ask where the Wall is | | 41% | | Matt Byrne to crown a mazy dribble from his own half with an outrageous left-foot chip over the onrushing goalkeeper | | 11% | Total: 37 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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What's the most beautiful piece of sport you've ever seen (live)? | |
*Liu Xiang broke Colin Jackson's 13-year-old 110m hurdles world record this week. That World Championship-winning run of 12.91 from CJ was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in sport. What's your favourite - not the most important or dramatic, but simply the most beautiful? (Ideally you should have watched it live for it to count.)
* denotes a link to a video clip. *Football: Diego Maradona's second goal, Argentina vs England, World Cup QF, 1986 | | 0% | | *Football: Marco van Basten's winner, Holland vs USSR, European Championship Final, 1988 | | 0% | | *Football: Roberto Carlos's goal, Brazil vs France, Le Tournoi, 1997 | | 5% | | *Football: Michael Owen's goal, England vs Argentina, World Cup Round 2, 1998 | | 0% | | *Football: Dennis Bergkamp's last-minute winner, Holland vs Argentina, World Cup QF, 1998 | | 0% | | *Football: Ryan Giggs's extra-time winner, Man United vs Arsenal, FA Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | *Football: Thierry Henry's winner, Arsenal vs Man United, Premiership, 2000 | | 0% | | *Football: Zinedine Zidane's winner, Real Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen, Champions' League Final, 2002 | | 5% | | *Football: Steven Gerrard's last-minute equaliser, Liverpool vs West Ham, FA Cup Final, 2006 | | 10% | | *Football: Esteban Cambiasso's goal, Argentina vs Serbia, World Cup Group C, 2006 | | 5% | | Cricket: Lance Klusener's 31* off 16 balls, South Africa vs Australia, World Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | Cricket: Kevin Pietersen's 91* off 65 balls, England vs Australia, ODI, 1999 | | 0% | | Cricket: Matthew Hoggard's series-winning 7-61, England vs South Africa, 2005 | | 0% | | Cricket: England (477) reducing Australia to 99/5, 4th Ashes Test, 2005 | | 0% | | Rugby: Rob Andrew's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup QF, 1995 | | 0% | | Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's tackle on Matt Giteau, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 0% | | *Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 15% | | Rowing: Searle brothers winning Gold in the coxed pair with Gary Herbert, Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Atlanta, 1996 | | 0% | | Rowing: Cambridge breaking the course record (16.19) in winning the Boat Race, 1998 | | 0% | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Rowing: British eight winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 5% | | *Rowing: Oxford winning from behind at Barnes Bridge, Boat Race, 2002 (see next option for video) | | 5% | | *Rowing: Oxford winning by one foot, Boat Race, 2003 (video) | | 0% | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Athens, 2004 | | 5% | | Athletics: Daley Thompson's decathlon Olympic Gold, Los Angeles, 1984 | | 0% | | Athletics: Colin Jackson's 110m hurdles world record (12.91), World Championships, Stuttgart, 1993 | | 5% | | *Athletics: Jonathan Edwards's triple jump world record (18.29m), World Championships, Gothenburg, 1995 | | 0% | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie breaking the 5000m world record by 11 seconds, Zurich, 1995 | | 0% | | *Athletics: Michael Johnson's 200m world record (19.32), Olympic Final, Atlanta, 1996 | | 5% | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie winning Olympic 10000m Gold, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Swimming: Australia beating the USA to win Gold in the 4x100m relay, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Hockey: Great Britain going 2-0 up on Germany, Olympic Final, Seoul, 1988 | | 0% | | Tennis: Goran Ivanisevic beating Pat Rafter in 5 sets, Wimbledon Final, 2001 | | 0% | | Tennis: Roger Federer beating Andy Roddick, Wimbledon Final, 2005 | | 0% | | Golf: Constantino Rocca's 60-foot putt on the 18th hole to force a play-off, British Open, 1995 | | 0% | | Golf: Tiger Woods winning the US Masters by a record 12 shots, aged 21, 1997 | | 0% | | *Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan's world record fastest 147 in 5min 20sec, 1997 | | 0% | | *Figure-skating: Torvill and Dean winning Gold with Bolero, Winter Olympics, Sarajevo, 1984 | | 5% | | Other (please post below, with a link if possible.) | | 30% | Total: 20 members' votes (30 comments...) |
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Best of the rest | |
Yeah yeah Lent VIIIs we love you and all, but let's spread that love. In the style of the well known but trademarked movie awards, who should get the 'best supporting crew' award? 2nd Men | | 39% | | 2nd Women | | 13% | | 3rd Men | | 5% | | 3rd Women | | 29% | | 4th Men | | 2% | | 5th Men | | 13% | Total: 56 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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How will First and Third fare this week? | |
Estimate the total number of places lost or gained by our crews (in total) this week. We have 8 crews on the River, and could go up a total of 28 places if all crews gain blades with no overbumps. Down more than 5 places | | 2% | | Down between 1 and 5 | | 0% | | Stay level | | 0% | | Up between 1 and 5 | | 2% | | Up between 6 and 10 | | 9% | | Up between 11 and 15 | | 41% | | Up between 16 and 20 | | 35% | | Up between 21 and 25 | | 2% | | Up more than 25 places for the week | | 9% | Total: 46 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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Grammar Police | |
They know who they are... They're ensuring that high standards are maintained | | 50% | | They're standing in the way of an evolving language | | 50% | | There's no one quite like Grammar... | | 0% | Total: 2 members' votes |
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The Big One | |
neither | | 2% | | men | | 22% | | women | | 5% | | both | | 71% | Total: 41 members' votes |
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Day tickets | |
The ARA is abolishing day tickets next month and entry into all open regattas and heads will require ARA membership (unless they run dodgy events e.g. CRA only). Which of these do you agree with? It will have no effect on me whatsoever | | 56% | | I have regularly used day tickets as I do 1 or 2 open events each year and this will stop me racing | | 6% | | I fear that there will be less people for me to race at events I go to | | 21% | | It's good because it will stop people with lots of points cheating by entering on a day ticket with 0 points | | 26% | | ARA membership is a rip-off | | 29% | | ARA membership is good value for money | | 21% | | I predict BPBC will now only enter non-ARA events | | 32% | | What's a day ticket? | | 29% | Total: 34 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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Best indicator of form? | |
With only two competitions left before the Lents and, more importantly, BumpIT, which is traditionally the best indicator of who's going up and who's going down? Total: 31 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Which club do we hate the most? | |
Over the years it has become traditional to hate some clubs more than others, but which is the worst of the lot? LMBC | | 22% | | Downing | | 61% | | Caius | | 17% | | 5 iron | | 0% | Total: 36 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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The hype starts here | |
It seems you can't have a game of football these days without a load of OTT build-up. We're having a game of football, how can we best hype it up? Just a note on the blackboard @GG on the day of the game | | 5% | | Special section of this website | | 14% | | Kick off is moved to accommodate tv schedules - debate over whether the organisers have sold out | | 23% | | Richard Keys of SkySports calls it 'the most important game of football that's ever been played' | | 5% | | Speaking before the game, Neil Talbott is quoted as saying the following when asked about Bryn 'But I'll tell ya - you can tell him now if you're watching it - we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Cramner Road and get something, and. | | 5% | | Graham Fisher breaks a metatarsal next week, leading to speculation regarding his participation in the game | | 18% | | This poll is quite enough thank you. | | 32% | Total: 22 members' votes (2 comments...) |