<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 <span class="gmail-il">umpires</span>. This is only the fourth 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 <span class="gmail-il">umpire</span>, 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 style="margin-left:15px"><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 class="gmail-il">Umpiring</span> 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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span> along the course </font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></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 style="margin-left:15px"><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 <span class="gmail-il">umpiring</span> by Monday 5 June will count towards this marshal allocation. Trust me: <span class="gmail-il">umpiring</span> 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:inherit;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><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">You don't need to have <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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>d before to sign up. There will be a briefing on the evening of Sunday 11 June for 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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>s ahead of racing where we explain everything and all new <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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>s are paired with a 'senior' one during racing. However, we do ask that you have </span></font><b style="color:black"><i>rowed or coxed in at least 2 sets of bumps (Lents, Mays, or Towns)</i></b><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"> before so that you understand how the races work.</span></font><br aria-hidden="true"><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">Please remember that you can both compete and <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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>. We suggest you leave </span></font><b style="color:black">two divisions clear before</b><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"> your race and </span></font><b style="color:black">one after</b><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"> to allow you to get to and from the boathouses. The division times are available here: </span></font></span><a href="https://www.cucbc.org/mays/times" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" 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">https://www.cucbc.org/mays/times</a><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:black;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br aria-hidden="true"><br aria-hidden="true">The <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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>s briefing will be in the early evening of Sunday 11 June - 18:15 in the Main Lecture Theatre, St John's College - and last about 45 minutes, and I’ll endeavour to distribute a first draft of the <span class="gmail-il">umpiring</span> rota before the meeting.<br aria-hidden="true"><br aria-hidden="true">You can sign up here: </span><a href="http://www.cucbc.org/mays/umpires/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" 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">http://www.cucbc.org/mays/<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"><span class="gmail-il">umpire</span></span>s/signup</a><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:black;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br aria-hidden="true"><br aria-hidden="true">If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at <span dir="ltr" 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"><a href="mailto:lukebarratt@cucbc.org" target="_blank"><font face="inherit"><span style="border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">l</span></font>ukebarratt@cucbc.org</a> - I will be sorting out the umpires rota etc for this set of Bumps. If anything comes up on the day which may affect your umpiring, please email the entire Committee at <a href="mailto:committee@cucbc.org">committee@cucbc.org</a> so we can sort out the issue as quickly as possible.</span><br aria-hidden="true"><br aria-hidden="true">Many thanks,<br aria-hidden="true">Luke</span></div></div></div></div>