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| by Mysterious photo taker - Fri 13th Jan 2006, 2:03am | ||
| Is our beloved webmaster deletiing embarassing photos of herself, find out for yourself, I uploaded 16 photos from the curry night, if there are any less on the website, she has done!!! | ||
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| by pia, active on the website today - Wed 9th Mar 2005, 11:44am | ||
Anna Mc said: I've just confused my office by screaming very loudly. Thanks Anna! Well done W1 - you are beyond great. This is so amazine and you overbumped the green monsters. Churchill yesterday, Girton today, absolutely brilliant. We were beyond happy... we have avenged the crews bumped by Churchill and overbumped by Girton, and last year's Lent VIII by finishing two ahead of Pembroke. Happy happy happy. I love bumps! xxx | ||
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| by Pia - Wed 9th Mar 2005, 11:42am | ||
sarah said: As Erica so truthfully explained, it's a lot of voodoo, really. A bit of arrogance mixed in with understatement to achieve the renowned FaT subtlety- I mean, who IS going to take a crew seriously that looks like the Cheshire Cat? oh yeah, and is someone going to explain the first womens kit? looks vile on the photos... I must be getting old... Also, the kit order didnt come through in time, nor did our plans for crew tops. xx | ||
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| by Mike - Tue 8th Mar 2005, 2:36pm | ||
jpd said: Is this the first time that the mean position of our men's and women's top boats has been higher than that of LMBC? No. At the end of day 2 in 1999, our men were head and the women had just rowed over in 9th place, one place behind LMBC. LMBC M1 had just been bumped down to 3rd by Caius, so we were ahead on mean position. If you are only counting positions at the end of the week's racing, I don't know. | ||
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| by jpd - Tue 8th Mar 2005, 1:49pm | ||
Mike said: Well done W1! Is this the highest position ever for FaT women? Is this the first time that the mean position of our men's and women's top boats has been higher than that of LMBC? | ||
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| by mjb - Mon 7th Mar 2005, 7:58pm | ||
Rupert said: Where are the photos of the dinner/bop?!?! Surely someone must have had a camera?! I believe Mr. Edwards was taking photos in the bop ... | ||
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| by Rupert - Mon 7th Mar 2005, 7:28pm | ||
| Where are the photos of the dinner/bop?!?! Surely someone must have had a camera?! | ||
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| by Andy - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 11:58pm | ||
| Good luck in the WeHORR, hopefully the women will hit Newnham, and we'll get Caius and all will be well :-) | ||
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| by Anna Mc - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 9:15pm | ||
| Andy - sadly not coming up tomorrow as am rowing in WeHoRR and suspect it may kill me either through exhaustion or cold. I shall be there in spirit though - vodka preferably. | ||
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| by Mike - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 7:18pm | ||
sarah said: does the definition of uberblades allow for any sort of 'gaining more than 4 places in 4 bumps'? That's been possible ever since bumps was introduced. I think Chris's definition of uber-blades was only meant to include five bumps on five different days. Any up 'more than 4' would need a different name; perhaps fat-blades? | ||
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| by Stripey 4 - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 6:28pm | ||
sarah said: Vile? How dare you?! *We* think we look proper sexy in it!oh yeah, and is someone going to explain the first womens kit? looks vile on the photos... I must be getting old... It's specially imported from New Zealand, designed expressly to blind and daze/confuse any opposition. Clearly it works a treat... | ||
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| by sarah - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 5:58pm | ||
(the only crew still in with a shout of uber-blades) does the definition of uberblades allow for any sort of 'gaining more than 4 places in 4 bumps'? (ie if W1 manage to bump newnham tomorrow they'll have gone up 6?) what's that, a megablade? oh yeah, and is someone going to explain the first womens kit? looks vile on the photos... I must be getting old... | ||
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| by Andy - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 5:53pm | ||
| I know, it's fantastic, innit. Are you going to come down to Cambridge tomorrow Anna? | ||
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| by Anna Mc - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 5:51pm | ||
| I've just confused my office by screaming very loudly. Well done W1 - you are beyond great. This is so amazine and you overbumped the green monsters. Churchill yesterday, Girton today, absolutely brilliant. | ||
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| by Mike - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 4:15pm | ||
| Well done W1! Is this the highest position ever for FaT women? | ||
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| by Mike - Fri 4th Mar 2005, 3:02pm | ||
Bored said: has any crew ever managed an "uber-blade" by bumping on 5 consecutive days Watch out for Caius W2 tomorrow. They have bumped on all four days so far (the only crew still in with a shout of uber-blades) and chase Catz W2 tomorrow (who failed to bump Wolfson W1 today). Pretty good chances there, unless Wolfson and Catz conspire to mess it up. | ||
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| by Dubya - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 8:58pm | ||
Tom C said: What've people got against Churchill? Look at the first women, Lent term 2002. And while you're at it, Thursday of Lent term 2001. | ||
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| by Tom C - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 6:10pm | ||
Anna Mc said: Well done W1 for bumping Churchill. I'm guessing that was a particularly sweet bump. What've people got against Churchill? | ||
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| by mjb - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 5:27pm | ||
Dubya said: Here's hoping the girls will get the overbump tomorrow... Or the double overbump (on LMBC ...) | ||
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| by Dubya - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 5:25pm | ||
| Here's hoping the girls will get the overbump tomorrow... | ||
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| by Anna Mc - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 4:24pm | ||
| Well done W1 for bumping Churchill. I'm guessing that was a particularly sweet bump. Good luck to everyone racing in the next two days. RAH RAH 1st & 3rd. | ||
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| by Anything to do with being short - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 9:33am | ||
| I was pushing off: we should have been fined, as the bung was dropped early. Fisher was right there to adjudicate. Incidendally (spelling?) I told Pete that we should be fined, but someone (don't know who, but a third party) radioed through that the chain had caught on something under the water and the fine should be reduced..... | ||
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| by Simon - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 9:09am | ||
| I think fining people for dropping the bung discourages them from doing it which is good as it encourages people to make sure they have a competent bank party pushing them off. Let's face it, there are plenty of times where we've seen crews start off at stupid angles because the push off has gone wrong and the cox hasn't dropped the bung. In these situations dropping the bung would gain an advantage (or remove a disadvantage) but as it wouldn't necessarily be an obvious quantifiable one, you can't change the result of the race. Thus you fine the crew instead. And you also fine them when the bung is dropped accidently with no attempt to seek advantage, just in the same way that you penalise accidental errors in rugby in a lesser way than deliberate errors. | ||
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| by It wasn't my fault! - Thu 3rd Mar 2005, 1:12am | ||
| In fairness, we REALLY did not gain any advantage from dropping the bung. 2 and 4 were rowing light pressure and 5 and 7 weren't rowing at all for the draw strokes... On Friday, we plan to row with 8 rowers who a) WILL NOT COME OFF THEIR SEATS and b) WILL ROW WITH FEET STRAPPED IN THE BOAT! | ||
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| by Simon - Wed 2nd Mar 2005, 11:35pm | ||
Far away but still cheering you on said: Since when has this been a fining offence? Ages and ages... it's a fine if you drop it and don't gain advantage, and then it's at the Umpire's discretion to change the result of a race if s/he thinks a crew gains advantage. | ||
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| by Far away but still cheering you on - Wed 2nd Mar 2005, 10:02pm | ||
| I notice that M3 got a fine for dropping the bung. Since when has this been a fining offence? Given their descriptions of the start, they certainly didn't gain any advantage, so I don't understand why the fine has been given. Can anybody more up to date on the rules enlighten me? By the way, Ra Ra First and Third. Good luck to all crews. (1st men - It's traditional to hit Caius on Day 2 to go head, and then spend the rest of the week about 6 inches ahead of them! I look forward to reading the reports) | ||
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| by Deskbound for Bumps - Wed 2nd Mar 2005, 4:22pm | ||
| Great result for W1 today. Well done. Good luck chasing Churchill tomorrow, they are so so yours. | ||
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| by esther (wanting to be there rather than stuck here in a boat) - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 10:36pm | ||
| Forgotten bumps had started. Good luck everyone! | ||
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| by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 6:38pm | ||
Martin said: Anyone fancy Maypole-ing this evening? Will Thorne, Andrew Fisher and I agreed to head there around 7:30. Sounds good to me. | ||
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| by Martin - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 6:01pm | ||
| Anyone fancy Maypole-ing this evening? Will Thorne, Andrew Fisher and I agreed to head there around 7:30. | ||
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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. | ||
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| 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... | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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? | ||
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| 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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| by Dubya - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:18pm | ||
Mike said: Not necessarily. You could start 2nd in Division 2, bump up on day 1 to sandwich boat, then bump the remaining four days in Division 1. Or start 3rd in Division 3, bump up to sandwich boat by the 2nd day, then bump three days in Division 2. Or start 4th in Division 4 etc etc. Cant you also do it by being bumped down, assuming you start in the 2nd or 3rd divisions? Cant be bothered to work out the details but am sure it is possible.How bored are you? You could check the last few years' charts for any such occurrences... | ||
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| by gf - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:15pm | ||
Simon said: It's now in its 8th year... when does it stop being new? The New Forest hasn't been renamed yet... | ||
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| by Simon - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:14pm | ||
Bored said: With the stupid new Lents rule It's now in its 8th year... when does it stop being new? | ||
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| by Mike - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:14pm | ||
Bored said: (I imagine this could only work starting in the 4th division?) Not necessarily. You could start 2nd in Division 2, bump up on day 1 to sandwich boat, then bump the remaining four days in Division 1. Or start 3rd in Division 3, bump up to sandwich boat by the 2nd day, then bump three days in Division 2. Or start 4th in Division 4 etc etc.How bored are you? You could check the last few years' charts for any such occurrences... | ||
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| by mjb - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:11pm | ||
Bored said: (I imagine this could only work starting in the 4th division?) No, you just have to ensure you start off (n-1)th in the nth division ... | ||
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| by Dubya - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:06pm | ||
| yay maggie 3 are now in the 3rd division again! yay! | ||
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| by Bored - Tue 1st Mar 2005, 5:02pm | ||
| With the stupid new Lents rule putting the rowing onto 5 days, has any crew ever managed an "uber-blade" by bumping on 5 consecutive days (I imagine this could only work starting in the 4th division?) | ||
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| by Mike - Wed 17th Mar 2004, 9:35am | ||
thick-o said: Who is "MC" at the top of the number of posts graph? I would guess it's Mobile Correspondent...I'm blatantly being thick. can't work it out. | ||
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| by thick-o - Wed 17th Mar 2004, 9:24am | ||
| Who is "MC" at the top of the number of posts graph? I'm blatantly being thick. can't work it out. | ||
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| by Dirty Old Buftie - Fri 12th Dec 2003, 9:00am | ||
Rupert said: In her lap. So now she's claiming possession of parts of you? | ||
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| by Rupert - Fri 12th Dec 2003, 12:44am | ||
Where's her hand? In her lap. | ||
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| by dw229 - Wed 10th Dec 2003, 1:27pm | ||
| Is it just me that finds this photo highly amusing :) Where's her hand? | ||
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| by Sitting in the same boat - Wed 19th Nov 2003, 2:47pm | ||
| Not a full overhead yet but he came damn close in one of our practice courses for the Uni IV's and also in the IV's Head. | ||
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| by mjb - Tue 18th Nov 2003, 10:58pm | ||
Simon said: Just wondering: has the new captain caught the start of year ceremonial crab yet? I don't think so, but it can only be a matter of time ...Then again, maybe he's saving it up for the big occasion ? | ||
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| by Simon - Tue 18th Nov 2003, 6:31pm | ||
| Just wondering: has the new captain caught the start of year ceremonial crab yet? | ||
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