Jun 11 2010

Cross Channel Row

Published by at 18:24 under Bilge

As some of you will be aware, I am part of a team intending to row across the English Channel in the next few days when the weather settles down (now 90% sure for Sunday). If conditions are right, we are also hoping to beat the current record of 2 hours 40 minutes. Why? You might well ask!

It’s all for charity: The AHOY Centre, which is based in east London, provides water based activities for young and disabled people in one of Britain’s most deprived areas. In particular it does a lot of work with young offenders and those who are not in education, giving them some structure to their lives, often for the first time, regularly leading to RYA qualifications and similar.

For more details see www.ahoy.org.uk.

Anyone wishing to sponsor us is very welcome to do so and the JustGiving site is: www.justgiving.com/xchannelrowing.

Thanks for your support
Kevin Iles

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2 Responses to “Cross Channel Row”

  1. Kevin Ileson 14 Jun 2010 at 16:29

    Wow, that was tough! Completed on Sunday in a time of about 4 hours. Many thanks to everyone who sponosred us. The site will be open for a little while longer for anyone who has not quite got around to it yet.

  2. sam huskon 14 Jun 2010 at 20:00

    well done Kevin, what a great achievment. sam

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