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CUBC Technique by jo - Tue 14th Dec 2004, 10:38am
I am living under the cloud of DREADFUL technique at uea so i went to have a look at the CUBC technique page that was so good in getting wolfson into shape....and i can't find it! has it disappeared from the cucbc pages forever or is this temporary? Has anyone got any links to other resources similar? its only 4 and a bit months to BUSA! cheers guys (3 replies...)

Crossing over by Lilie - Sun 5th Dec 2004, 10:38pm
After nearly being crashed into by a city VIII at the cross over point [well ok it wasn't that close but it could have been!] Can I just ask - why? Why, at an arbitrary point in the river do we have switch sides? Seems a bit odd.. and dangerous, to me. (2 replies...)

Bop Requests by jpd - Wed 1st Dec 2004, 11:29am
No S Club Juniors please. (18 replies...)

T-Shirts by Becca - Sun 31st Oct 2004, 1:09pm
This is primarily for the benefit of Tom and John, and relates to a conversation about t-shirt slogans that we had several yrs ago...: I'm currently rowing with a girl from Oriel. They did come up with the t-shirt slogan: 'L'Oriel, because we're worth it'

ARA library by Simon - Fri 27th Aug 2004, 12:31am
The ARA has copies of old British Rowing Almanacks available for people to look at in Hammersmith. Some of the older ones (e.g. early 1900s) have detailed descriptions of races at Henley and on the Cam involving Trinity boats. If anyone in the club is keen enough to come and look through these and get information (e.g. for this website) then let me know and I shall try to arrange something.

strokesider (female) for S4 eight by Sarah - Mon 9th Aug 2004, 10:26am
Hello I'm currently coaching and coxing the Mortlake intermediate squad. We are going to Stourport Regatta this weekend, but one of the girls is ill so won't be able to come. the main problem is the eight - on saturday we have a straight final (non-qualifying) at 3.50pm so is there ANYBODY out there that knows a female with less than 4 points who could help us out? we could probably manage if you are a bowsider as we have someone who can swap. Stourport is just south of Birmingham, we could probably pick up someone anywhere en route from SW london please email me asap if you can help? (3 replies...)

2nd VIII clip by ipe - Wed 30th Jun 2004, 3:24pm
I've put up a video clip of the 2nd Men's VIII doing a practice start, taken by Chris Stone during the May bumps. It's a 7.3mb mpg file, here (1 replies...)

LARD Top Tens for the year by Lard Man - Thu 17th Jun 2004, 3:46pm
Here we have Top 10 users in the fields of LARD, Items and Lard per Item coefficient LARD: Name Lard Items Coeff 1. djh 4680 231 20.3 LARDiest Man, Best Coefficient 2. cm 3880 430 9.0 3. jpd 3211 621 5.2 LARDiest Triallist, Most Items 4. tdc 2996 364 8.2 5. ccsi 2515 491 5.1 6. mjb 2460 578 4.3 7. rb 2402 243 9.9 8. wat 2254 221 10.2 9. amd 2212 306 7.2 LARDiest Woman 10. twr 2155 253 8.5 LARDiest Bufty ... 17. accw 1393 178 7.8 LARDiest Cox Items: Name Lard Items Coeff 1. jpd 3211 621 5.2 LARDiest Triallist, Most Items 2. mjb 2460 578 4.3 3. ccsi 2515 491 5.1 4. agrs 1522 476 3.2 5. cm 3880 430 9.0 6. tdc 2996 364 8.2 7. arr 1344 322 4.2 8. amd 2212 306 7.2 LARDiest Woman 9. egh 1638 285 5.7 10. js 1806 266 6.8 ... 11. twr 2155 253 8.5 LARDiest Bufty 13. djh 4680 231 20.3 LARDiest Man, Best Coefficient 19. accw 1393 178 7.8 LARDiest Cox Coefficient (min. 20 items) Name Lard Items Coeff 1. djh 4680 231 20.3 LARDiest Man, Best Coefficient 2. hsc 1318 82 16.1 3. wgk 1689 107 15.8 4. jwg 987 66 15.0 5. jwe 1968 142 13.9 6. riap 601 46 13.1 7. elt 413 32 12.9 8. ctmn 623 53 11.8 9. jl 1064 92 11.6 10. df 371 35 10.6 ... 27. twr 2155 235 8.5 LARDiest Bufty 34. accw 1393 178 7.8 LARDiest Cox 42. amd 2212 306 7.2 LARDiest Woman 53. jpd 3211 621 5.2 LARDiest Triallist (6 replies...)

May Term Lard by The Lardmeister - Wed 16th Jun 2004, 4:41pm
A new term, and a new LARD competition. Here's the Lard Standings for the term so far ... :o) Name Lard Items djh 634 22 rb 298 24 hsc 260 15 ccsi 218 36 jpd 201 17 tdc 159 26 gm 150 12 aml 141 16 arr 137 20 jwe 126 6 js 123 17 wat 109 8 acl 91 11 amd 86 17 agrs 81 10 cema 73 11 rjm 64 11 djtn 62 7 cm 57 12 ad 57 15 twr 56 12 mjb 55 24 pjh 49 10 mhs 48 5 elt 46 7 djb 35 8 sat 34 20 bjg 32 4 wgk 30 5 riap 29 2 hd 24 3 kn 23 1 jl 21 2 sjc 18 4 dw 18 12 jwg 17 2 dn 15 2 csd 12 3 mw 12 14 pks 8 13 rhd 6 1 cc 6 2 epp 6 5 rka 6 32 tf 3 3 (18 replies...)

The Stomp by Anna - Tue 15th Jun 2004, 12:59pm
The Stomp, come to it. Please. I know it means getting up early but you can go back to bed and it's really poor that we're outnumbered by a bunch of tree hugging muppets when there's so many of us. Tomorrow and Saturday are our chances to make it up so get your arses out of bed and get stomping. Thank you ladies and gentlemen and GOOD LUCK to all our crews today. (19 replies...)

Camera Found by Martin - Mon 14th Jun 2004, 10:26am
My camera is found. Thank you to everyone who expressed pity or helped to track it down. It was safely stowed away in a top secret location in Great Court. :-)

drunk lbc SAYS... by glass vandal - Sat 12th Jun 2004, 9:23pm
Mr Law is a legend. Those of you who didnt see my pink shoes, study the photos. they are legendary. What a good dinner. nuff sed. p.s. thanks to hattie for dealing with mich-term-me

drunk lbc SAYS... by glass vandal - Sat 12th Jun 2004, 9:21pm
Mr Law is a legend. Those of you who didnt see my pink shoes, study the photos. they are legendary. What a good dinner. nuff sed

May Term Bop Requests by KSS - Tue 8th Jun 2004, 11:07am
Get imaginative or else it'll be four hours of S Club Juniors and Belinda! You have been warned... (32 replies...)

Eton boy and his hat by Esther - Fri 4th Jun 2004, 9:39am
Why isn't there a picture of eton boy and his hat anywhere? it seems ridiculous that there isn't one... (5 replies...)

Punting vs. Maggie by Maggie Beater - Fri 28th May 2004, 5:10pm
Thursday 17th of June marks the day when justice will be meted out to all Red Scum everywhere, by proving our superiority on yet another stretch of the Cam. Sign up on the diary page now to enter a crew in the inaugural punting race vs Maggie. They reckon they've got it sorted, so i hope to see a couple of elite squads of punters on the list, to prove FaT greatness [which shouldn't be a problem anyway, as I get to make up the rules :)] (4 replies...)

Can you help please by Dan - Fri 14th May 2004, 12:37pm
Hi, Does anyone know if TOPS is still active and if so who is the current president or secretary or whatever? (TOPS = Trinity Outdoor Pursuits Society). If so either reply to this message or email me direct. Cheers Dan

Kit Suggestions by KSS - Sat 24th Apr 2004, 8:38pm
Does anyone have a burning desire for any additional items of kit that are not currently available on the kit order? Speak now... (3 replies...)

Crew Hall by Rupert - Fri 23rd Apr 2004, 10:38am
I need your suggestions for what to do about crew hall this may term, given we can't use the minstrel's gallery. Can we find a room near the kitchens? Or how about a picnic?? (80 replies...)

Google Ranking by dw229 - Thu 15th Apr 2004, 1:42pm
It have recently noticed that typing my full name into Google yields my rower profile as the number one result! Fame at last, amongst all the Daniel Walkers in all the world... Anyway, is this a general FaT phenomenon and what's changed, other than this site's immense popularity... (19 replies...)

Lent 04 LARD Requests by The Lardmeister - Wed 17th Mar 2004, 2:02pm
I'm going shopping for LARD tomorrow, so if you have any sensible suggestions or old favourites, can you put them down here. (15 replies...)

Celeb Boat Race by Simon - Sun 29th Feb 2004, 9:09am
Oxford won the celeb boat race on the Tideway this afternoon. The crews clashed around Fulham football ground and the race was halted for a restart. Oxford seemed to be coping better with fairly splashy Tideway conditions and moved away to about a length and a half lead by the finish at Hammersmith Bridge. (2 replies...)

Bumps photos online by Amelia - Thu 26th Feb 2004, 12:09pm
Bumps photos taken yesterday and Tuesday can be viewed online at www.jetphotographic.com and also at www.edeandravenscroft.co.uk/eventpix (password CAM). There are some quite good ones, especially individual pictures of the 2nd women after bumping yesterday.

Going to get wet... please help! by Lilie - Fri 20th Feb 2004, 10:15pm
Would anyone like a bit of a laugh? id like to go out sculling, (i guess it's too late to ask for this [thurs] afternoon?) but need a "competent" bank steerer - ditto me and erica in a pair this sunday (this should be especially funny, i would imagine..!) so if any of you want to witness me/me + erica drowning in the cam, please let me know..! Thanks Lilie vlw26 p.s i have quite a nasty timetable, but can do this weekend mostly.. and then i guess after bumps. (3 replies...)

A cox for the 2nd Women by You know you want to, Chris! - Tue 17th Feb 2004, 5:26pm
Ode to Chris Pedder Thou that hast more experience in steering a boat than God has in guiding the stars, we beg thee, we plead with thee, descend! once more amongst the ranks of mortals to cox us. In this our darkest hour when all have failed us, it is but the halo of your glory that may lead us to the end of the tunnel. Reliant we are, in thy valiance we trust, our hopes and our lives on the river Cam. (20 replies...)

Lent Term Bop Requests by KSS - Mon 16th Feb 2004, 1:22pm
Tell me what you want, I might put it in... (4 replies...)

Please buy me some nice lucozade :) by Berry Fiend - Wed 11th Feb 2004, 12:08pm
please can we have some dark berry lucozade for the lard cupboard?? i like it lots :) (12 replies...)

Topical teaser by Esther - Tue 23rd Dec 2003, 12:12am
Spot the celebraty in the recent Regatta... (1 replies...)

Fairbairns Bop Requests by KSS - Sun 7th Dec 2003, 2:57pm
So then, off you go... (34 replies...)

LARD by Remigo Ergo Edo - Tue 2nd Dec 2003, 11:30pm
The Mich Term Lard Competition is starting to get quite interesting now. With just over two weeks left before the end of term it's anyone's guess as to who will actually walk away with the trophy. This term there will hopefully be quite a few sub-categories, each of which is elegible for a prize of some kind: Lard King, Lard Queen, Lardiest Cox, Novice Lard King, and Novice Lard Queen, plus anything else I decide to give a prize for. To be elegible for a prize, all you have to do is keep eating lard and make sure you attend the end-of-term dinner. For those of you to whom this all seems a bit strange, this is how it works : Each item you buy from the Lard Cupboard in the Boathouse has a LARD rating which is related in some way to its fat content, so if you're trying to catch up, it's time to ditch the Bottled Water and start eating Flapjacks instead. :-)) The top fives (alphabetically) for the five categories as of last week are: Men : Byrne, Davies, Holland, Ingram, Mycroft. Women : Dennis, Hadrill-Barratt, Lee(Jenny), Russell, Sampson. Coxes : Francis, Minch Dixon, Nanayakkara, Powell, Wolf. Novice Men : Dewbery, Hill, Nicholson, Taylor(Chris), Wong. Novice Women : Gutteridge, Michlig, Munro, Schaefer, Standley. (27 replies...)

Do you have a colour printer? by Martin - Wed 26th Nov 2003, 11:06am
Does anyone in college have a colour printer and is set up to print photo-quality pictures? I have a couple of photos I need to print at short notice. Any help would be gratefully received - pls email (mail@martinpeck.net) or reply if i could come round this evening to use it. (Will contribute cash and/or paper.)

Catz womens captain's e-mail addres by Becca - Thu 13th Nov 2003, 1:00pm
Hey - does anyone know what Cat's (Catz women's captain) e-mail address is? If you do, could you e-mail it to me at oxist1833@oxilp.ac.uk. Cheers, Bec (situated in Filth)

IVs Head by Hammersmith - Thu 30th Oct 2003, 9:03pm
I'm hoping to be down watching the IVs Head - aside from the FaT crews and JPD's Goldie III, who's rowing and in what starting position? (4 replies...)

New web site features by Martin - Thu 30th Oct 2003, 1:05pm
What do you think of the new stuff on the website? What improvements would you suggest? I am really keen to hear what people think of the new message board / news stuff on the website - particularly if there are things which you think don't really work. The one feature I have still to add is the option of including pictures in posts. Is there anything else you want to see or that needs changing? (28 replies...)

Missing Words by RTT - Fri 17th Oct 2003, 8:00pm
Given that HIGNFY is starting again tonight, I thought we could have our own round on the website. So, suggestions please for what might be hidden under the stars: Another must have *************************, just so he can whip it out in meetings. Oh and I guess our guest publication ought to be that unmissable monthly magazine known as Regatta (though this is not from said magazine). (3 replies...)

Mich 03 Lard Discussion by JT - Tue 14th Oct 2003, 1:50pm
After a bit of moaning from the Women's IV this morning, I have decided to revive the Lard message thread(s). Any comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome, but be warned that I may not ncessarily take any notice of what you write. To forestall one potential whinge, I intend to soon put up a prices list. (9 replies...)

Coxing standard by Dubya - Sun 12th Oct 2003, 2:32pm
The email about starting up soc-rowing-coxes again mentions people making requests for coxes to sub into outings should state what "standard" of cox they require. It occurs to me that there is currently no way to quantify this apart from the very inadequate "first boat", "second boat", "third boat" etc which mean different and often random things from college to college and from year to year. I wonder if we could set up a coxing standards group. We'd get a bunch of reasonable coxes together and make up a coxing standard test for a bunch of classes. I'm thinking along these lines. Class I. New coxes. Test for this class should require demonstration of COMPLETE knowledge of relevant rules of the river. Class II. Skilled lower boats cox. Test for this class should require demonstrated ability to steer safely and communicate with other river users (eg observe an outing). Maybe a written or practical test on basic rowing technique from cox's perspective. Class III. Skilled college cox. Test for this class should require demonstrated ability to cox safely in racing conditions including some bumps experience, plus requirements for previous classes. Class IV. University level. Should be granted automatically to coxes who get university colors, (upon demonstration of Class II knowledge on the Cam ;). But should also be available to college coxes with substantial off-Cam racing, and pass a test involving coxing a crew of some reasonable standard and getting a pass from that crew. (tbd) Class V. Really good people. (8 replies...)

Gym erg style guide by Simon - Fri 3rd Oct 2003, 4:51pm
Anyone who has used an erg in a gym during the holidays will have been able to enjoy that smug feeling as you under rate someone on the ergs who just does not know how to row and is flummoxed as you pull splits which are far better than them. This thread is to enable us to contrast and compare "gym erg" technique. As well as a fantastic piece of skill witnessed at the Indoor champs, with a contestant tapping up at the finish, my particular favourite is someone at my gym in London who manages to use their back twice in every stroke. Pure class. (9 replies...)

Chideock by Julia Gog - Tue 5th Aug 2003, 9:42am
Does anyone have Cass Chideock's current E-mail/real-mail address? If so, can you drop it to me at juila@may.be. Cheers.

Your best ever outing by Simon - Mon 7th Jul 2003, 3:59pm
As it's quiet on the boards... I've just had a really productive and constructive outing in the 2-, which made me start to wonder what was my best outing (nb not race) ever. Haven't made my mind up yet, but thought I'd set up a thread in case anyone else felt like doing some reminiscing as well. (10 replies...)

"Rowing" - 1904 by Simon - Tue 6th May 2003, 10:56am
From WG East's 1904 book "Rowing" (via The Tideway Slug): Rowing terms "SUGARING - Rowing apparently correctly, but avoiding putting in a full share of work." On training "rowing stands alone, in that the exercise in the boat, in addition to walking, is all that is required to get the oarsman fit. No ball-punching exercises or dumb-bells should be practised during actual training. Walking and the boat will do all that is required." "A rowing man should not confine his preparation entirely to the strict traing period, he should keep fairly fit through the winter if he desires to be at his best in the spring and summer. To this end he should row leisurely once or twice a week if convenient and practise ball-punching, skipping and Indian clubs. Indian club swinging is possibly the best of exercises for oarsmen during the winter months" The day's Routine "Turn out of bed at 6:30, certainly not later than 7 o'clock. No cup of tea before getting up, nor immediately after rising, as this is most detrimental." On Boils "If there is any weakness or impurity in the blood a hard course of rowing will generally bring it out in the form of boils" On food "The food at meals should be just whatever one fancies so long as it is plain and wholesome. Pork, rabbit, hare, venison and boiled beef are not allowed. Potatoes must be sparing partaken of. Bacon, shell fish, suet puddings, pastry and cheese complete, I think, the list of banned foods." On Drink "Three half-pints of ale a day are, I think, the best and sufficient drink for a man in training. the Varsity crews include a glass of port after dinner, but I think this is a mistake. If any man or crew seems low or stale I advise soup and an extra half-pint of old ale for a day or two, or a glass of champagne on three days in a week" On 'Staleness' Staleness at the end of training, say two or three days before the race, is much more serious, but can be cured in a well trained crew by a trip for a couple of days or a weekend to the seaside, with, of course, no rowing during this rest. On Selecting a Stroke "good heavyweight oarsmen are generally hard to find, for big, strong men as a general rule are not the best watermen, and do not pull with strength proportionate to their weight. The best weight for a stroke is 11 to 12 stone, over 12 stone a man is apt to be too slow, and few big men are stylish oarsmen" Rules of racing (1904) "15. every competitor must wear complete clothing from the shoulders to the knees, including a sleeved jersey (rule 15 is to prevent the use of the objectionable sleeveless jerseys, exposing the naked flanks and armpits, which have been introduced into amateur regattas by oarsmen of questionable status)" (10 replies...)

Small Boats' Races by Interested - Tue 22nd Apr 2003, 4:55pm
Who were the crews who raced in the Foster-Fairbairn Pairs, Fairbairn Junior Sculls, Bushe-Fox Freshmen's Sculls and Women's Championship Sculls today? (1 replies...)

Secretary Manifesto(s) by Acting Secretary - Tue 22nd Apr 2003, 4:44pm
My Manifesto: I will sort out a cheap dinner, and generally run the club, as well as doing all the other things a secretary should do. Matt Byrne "It's a one man, one vote system. And I'm that man." (3 replies...)

Committee cooperation by "webmaster" - Wed 16th Apr 2003, 3:57pm
It is becoming amusing... we've had the men's captain coxing the women's 1st VIII and the women's captain coxing the men, and now the webmaster organising the training camp social event, the JT in charge of race entries, kernigit running the training camp... whatever next?! (3 replies...)

May Term Lard Requests by JT - Sat 12th Apr 2003, 8:49am
It's that time of the year again - the JT is off to buy even more lard for your consumption. As he has exams, the lard cupboard will not be re-stocked again until the middle of May, so you have until Tuesday to get those requests in.

Let's play... by Lilt - Sat 5th Apr 2003, 8:56am
...spot Matthew Byrne in the Bumps Programme. (14 replies...)

BP II by esther (never coxing again) - Sun 30th Mar 2003, 1:48pm
Am I being really blonde and stupid or does BPII's stern sit really low in the water? Now i'm not suggesting you have fat chuffer coxes but is this true or have I felt safe in the coxes seat for too long? example (doubt it will work: am very dense) /frames/photos/2002/lent2002m2.shtml?3 (7 replies...)

New Head of the Lent's board by Guy - Mon 17th Mar 2003, 10:30pm
I don't go to the boathouse very often these days so I only noticed it yesterday. I think it's hilarious. Three years to get and it's still wrong. It's so First and Third. Brilliant. (4 replies...)

Lent Term Lard Requests by Lardy Heifer - Fri 7th Mar 2003, 5:53pm
After listening to my whinging about lack of savoury items in the lard cupboard today, Matt suggested that I started a new thread for us all to request lard, much like requesting bop songs. Only obviously for lard rather than bop songs. I want more savoury things, like crisps, twiglets, mini packets of pringles etc. There are probably more but I can't think at the moment. (17 replies...)

Bumps trends by Dr. Pepper - Wed 26th Feb 2003, 12:42pm
Just been looking at the comparison of Lent Bumps positions. The 4th VIII have had quite a roll. Anyone know the last time they were in the 3rd Lents division? Well done on crossing a division boundary today guys. (4 replies...)

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