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by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:47pm
Mike said: How bored are you? You could check the last few years' charts for any such occurrences...
To answer that question: no-one has yet achieved the uber-blades of bumping five times on five different days. Fitzwilliam W1 were on course in 2001, having bumped up three times (into the first division) in the first three days before plague struck and racing was cancelled.

After day 1 this year, four crews (King's M1, Pembroke M2, Robinson W1 and Caius W2) are still on course to manage it.

Yes. I am bored.
by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:36pm
Dubya said: no but you'd have sub-spoons, which is arguably just as cool.
Maybe, but as there is no way of being bumped more than four times (this being a sensible institution with a sensible set of bumping rules) it would therefore also be impossible to be bumped on five consecutive days.

There goes your race plan...
by Dubya - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:25pm
Mike said: That wouldn't really qualify you for uber-blades though would it?
no but you'd have sub-spoons, which is arguably just as cool.
by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:22pm
Dubya said: Cant you also do it by being bumped down,
That wouldn't really qualify you for uber-blades though would it?
by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:22pm
Bored said: the stupid new Lents rule
I was also going to point out that Chris was showing his age ;) I suspect that the 'new' rule has been around longer than any current club rowers. Mind you, I remember rowing in (the 7th VIII at the bottom of) the now-defunct 5th division, and I agree that the current setup is both stupid and new...

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