<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">*Captains please forward this message to your clubs*</i></b><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you to everyone who has signed up to umpire so far. We’re currently a bit short on umpires for <b class="">Wednesday W3 & M3, Thurs W2, M2 & W1, Fri W2, M2 and W1 and the last four divisions of Saturday</b>. If you, or anyone you know who might be keen (with relevant experience), can make these divisions, we’d love to have you signup.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As a reminder, everyone who umpires will be invited to a free umpires dinner the week after racing, and anyone who signs up in the next two days will count towards their colleges allocation of marshals (meaning fewer slots to fill, and less work finding people to fill them!). If you sign up after that please drop me an email or I might miss you off the rota.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Conor<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15 Feb 2019, at 22:56, Conor Burgess <<a href="mailto:conor@cucbc.org" class="">conor@cucbc.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">*Captains please forward this message to your clubs*</i></b><br class=""><br class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">The time has come for Umpiring Sign Up. Umpiring is a great way to get involved in the racing and you get the chance to be right at the centre of the action - either by cycling along with the crews or acting as a static umpire along the course. <br class=""><br class=""></div>As a 'thank you' for your time, all umpires are offered a <b class="">free dinner</b> (including drinks) at a pub the week after Bumps. Furthermore, everyone who volunteers for umpiring before Wednesday 27th Feb will count towards their college's marshal allocation (if you sign up after this, please drop me an email!).<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">You don't need to have umpired before. There will be a meeting for all umpires ahead of racing where we explain everything and all new umpires are paired with a 'senior' one during racing. However, we do ask that you have <i class=""><b class="">rowed or coxed in at least 2 sets of bumps</b></i> before so that you understand how the races work. <br class=""><br class="">Please remember that you can both compete and umpire. We suggest you leave <b class="">two divisions clear before</b> your race and <b class="">one after</b> to allow you to get to and from the boathouses. The division times are available here: <a href="http://www.cucbc.org/lents/times" class="">http://www.cucbc.org/lents/times</a><br class=""><br class="">The umpires briefing will be on Sunday 3rd March, time and location TBC. It'll last about half an hour, and I’ll endeavour to distribute a first draft of the umpiring rota before the meeting.<br class=""><br class="">You can sign up here: <a href="http://www.cucbc.org/lents/umpires/signup" class="">http://www.cucbc.org/lents/umpires/signup</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:conor@cucbc.org" class="">conor@cucbc.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks,</div><div class="">Conor</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>