October CTC - Actual Poll

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What should the format of the October CTC be?

Poll ended at Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:05 am

To Honour Gillian - 1934m (year of birth). 2206m (birthday), 400m (individual medley), 200m (Butterfly), 3x2min rest (3 2k records)
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October CTC - Actual Poll

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Here is a poll for the October CTC submission
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98 views, but only 10 votes?
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Just voted, the discrepancy is probably due to people using Tapatalk or similar apps - I had to log in to the actual website in order to vote


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But a 100% vote for to Honour Gillian...could we finish the poll ? And what name we give our ctc ?
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Claudius wrote:But a 100% vote for to Honour Gillian...could we finish the poll ? And what name we give our ctc ?
Yes, the poll is done and dusted, the only issue is the wording of the challenge and possibly the actual make-up of the session(as in some of the reps could still be changed if there was something more appropriate)
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We could call it "Gill.I.am" in recognition of the who and why - although the pun on Will.i.am may be utterly lost on many if not most.
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plummy wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:26 pm We could call it "Gill.I.am" in recognition of the who and why - although the pun on Will.i.am may be utterly lost on many if not most.
Like it :fsbgrin:
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plummy wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:26 pm We could call it "Gill.I.am" in recognition of the who and why - although the pun on Will.i.am may be utterly lost on many if not most.
That's a good suggestion David. :)

This has just popped into my head:

For Gillian - A Special Lady in a Million

To honour the many sporting achievements of record holder Gillian Burrell.

A rough idea I know, but something along those lines.
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I like that Jill. It's respectful and dignified. This is a terrible disease (my aunt is suffering too); those suffering should be given dignity at all times, even if they are unaware.
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Thank you Jane for your considered and compassionate comments. I am so sorry to hear about your aunt - with me, it was my mum and mum-in-law.

Perhaps Roger and Clare would prefer to choose the wording for the October CTC title.
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just some suggestions:

https://act.alz.org/site/SPageServer/?p ... k_homepage
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/

there are several groups like above for physical activity to reduce the symptoms of dementia...it coult be like...the rowing down dementia...
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Should we not add the logic of the distances?
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I find that rapper reference too fanciful - unless the actual person is or has been a huge fan.
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After reading through the comments several times, some more thoughts for the header.

The Free Spirits’ Alzheimers Awareness - Treat Dementia With Dignity Row

Celebrating The Many Sporting Achievements of Gillian Burrell

Again, only a rough idea, especially if Roger and Clare have their own suggestions.
Iain wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:32 am Should we not add the logic of the distances?
A good point Iain, and also, are you all now finally decided on the distances and the order in which they are to be rowed?

Apologies if I sound as if I’m nagging :roll: but with only two weeks left, let’s try not to leave everything until the last minute. :)
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Yes, I think your suggestions are very fine, Jill :!: :D

My impression is that the actual formulation of the challenge in the past has been more up to a trusted person, who in turn can also get some feedback from an organizer, than it has been a democratic poll... :idea: :-k :!: :?:
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If Gillian could understand I am sure she would be happy with any of your suggestions for a header but I like the idea of combining her achievements and Alzheimers.
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Thank you Erik and Roger.

Thank you also to the person who has already/will be passing on the information to the CTC organiser. :)
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Jill wrote: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:34 am Thank you Erik and Roger.

Thank you also to the person who has already/will be passing on the information to the CTC organiser. :)
Does anyone actually have "ownership" of this task i.e. is the decision for a title and the order of the row decided is made and passed to a CTC organiser??
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Jill wrote: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:34 am by Jill » Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:34 am

Thank you Erik and Roger.

Thank you also to the person who has already/will be passing on the information to the CTC organiser.
plummy wrote: Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:06 am Does anyone actually have "ownership" of this task i.e. is the decision for a title and the order of the row decided is made and passed to a CTC organiser??
I don’t know Plummy, I was only talking in general terms - please see my 16th Sept. post on this thread.

Apart from Erik and Roger’s replies, there doesn’t appear to be anymore updates?

For my part, the " task " is something that I do not feel qualified to deal with as it's way beyond my technical abilities.
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Against better judgement, I've asked to join the faceborg group for CTCs so I can pass along the details of (since Fred is doing the heavy lifting of the CTC leaderboard):

Title: "The Free Spirits’ Alzheimers Awareness - Treat Dementia With Dignity Row
Celebrating The Many Sporting Achievements of Gillian Burrell"

Format: 1934m (year of birth). 2206m (birthday), 400m (individual medley), 200m (Butterfly), 3x2min rest (3 2k records)

I will happily defer to others if I misunderstood the above.
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Ian, thank you for doing this The only slight amendment I can think of is that it is not immediately obvious that this is to do with swimming achievements
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"The Free Spirits’ Alzheimers Awareness - Treat Dementia With Dignity Row
Celebrating The Many Swimming Achievements of Gillian Burrell"

Good point - slight edit above.
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Sounds good Ian
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Thumbs up from me (apart from having to row the darned thing! - ;-) )
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I actually quite fancy this one
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