
<html><head></head><body style="zoom: 0%;"><div dir="auto">Dear all,<br><br></div>

<div dir="auto">We are still low on umpires, in particular for Weds M3/W3, Thurs M2/W2 and Fri M2/W2. In order to run the races safely, we need to have more sign-ups so please do ask experienced members of your Clubs to sign up if they haven't already, in particular if they're not competing in the M1/W1 divisions. If they sign up by tomorrow at 6pm they will still count towards your marshalling quota.<br><br></div>

<div dir="auto">Best wishes,<br></div>

<div dir="auto">Luke</div>

<div class="gmail_quote" >On 19 Feb 2023, at 12:39, Luke Barratt <<a href="mailto:lukebarratt@cucbc.org" target="_blank">lukebarratt@cucbc.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">

<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><b style="color:black"><i>*Captains please forward this message to your Clubs*<br aria-hidden="true"></i></b><br aria-hidden="true"><font color="black"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Dear all,</span></font><br aria-hidden="true"><br aria-hidden="true"><font color="black">I hope you're all looking forward to the upcoming set of Bumps races, which of course cannot run without sufficient umpires. This is only the third set of Bumps since the pandemic saw the races cancelled, so we still require a large proportion of those around with two more sets of Bumps under their belts to help out and umpire, so please do encourage members of your Clubs to sign up - especially if they're not rowing in the top four divisions.</font></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000"><i>Some carrots:</i></font><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><ul><li><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="black"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">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 <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">umpire</span> along the course </span></font></span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="black"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">As a 'thank you' for your time, all <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">umpire</span>s are offered a </span></font><b style="color:black">free dinner</b><font color="black"> (including drinks) at a pub the week after Bumps.</font></span></li><li><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font color="black">Each Club will have a certain allocation of marshalling to ensure the safe and smooth running of the Bumps. </font></span><span style="color:black;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Everyone who volunteers for umpiring by noon on Saturday 25 February will count towards this marshal allocation. Trust me: umpiring is a lot more fun than marshalling.</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inhe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