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GB Row Challenge
A film by Ross Birkbeck and Anson Hartford
A highly-acclaimed film by Ross Birkbeck 'GB Row Challenge' charting the four intrepid oarsmen who became the first crew to row non-stop around mainland Britain. The film will be screened at the Royal Geographic Society on 13th December at 7.30pm.
Tickets £12.50
Pay for tickets online by donating to the charities [please bring donation reference as proof of purchase].
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Photographs from the Big Day
 Click here for VIDEO CLIP July 5 2005
Click here for VIDEO CLIP July 5 2005
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Photographs from the Big Day
July 6 2005
Photographs from the Big Day as the four intrepid oarsmen became the first people ever to row non-stop around mainland Britain.
The GB Row Challenge crew completed the 2,000 mile journey in 26 days 21 hours 14 minutes to earn their place in the Guinness World Records Book.
[ Click here to view ]
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Rowers finish gruelling challenge
July 5 2005
A team of four men have become the first to row all the way around Britain without stopping.
[ BBC News Article click here to read ]
Record bid rowers sandbank scare
July 4 2005
Four rowers attempting to become the first people to row non-stop around Britain are still on course even though they ran aground off the Essex coast.
[ BBC News Article click here to read ]
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ROUND BRITAIN ROWERS SET NEW WORLD RECORD
July 4 2005
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FOUR intrepid oarsmen have set a new world record by becoming the first people ever to row non-stop around mainland Britain. The GB Row Challenge crew completed the 2,000 mile journey in 26 days 21 hours 14 minutes to earn their place in the Guinness World Records Book.
Despite being hit by force eight gales and fifty foot waves, capsized by a freak wave which broke two oars and even running aground, they managed to row an incredible 70 miles a day in their 23-feet-long boat, Outward Bound.
[ Click here to read ]
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GB Row Challenge - back on course
July 3 2005
The GB Row Challenge was back on course again on Sunday night, when the
crew were freed from Maplin Sands at 7.50pm. The GB Row Challenge crew are expected reach Tower Bridge at around 10 o’clock on Monday morning. When they reach Tower Bridge the crew will set a new Guinness World Record of just 26 days to travel around Britain
Come along and cheer them home!
[ Click here to read ]
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"I have sailed round Britain twice in the Two Handed Round Britain and Ireland Race and well know the hazards in a yacht, to do it in a rowing boat is quite fantastic and add to that the interpersonal dynamics of the crew and how they get on leads to a great adventure. It is unlikely that anything will happen to upset the apple cart now so I guess full congratulations is in order. A great feat of endurance and tenacity, and now where will their focus be??? Only one great rowing challenge left, New Zealand to Cape Town via Cape Horn and I bet they are thinking of it. Again very many congratulations you must be justly proud and so you should be. Chay"
Sir Chay Blyth CBE BEM |
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"The last stretch is always the toughest because it seems to take for ever. But you are doing fantastically well - don't let the occasional setback get you down. And what a tribute to your planning, Will, to have loaded spare oars. God speed, and may the winds be kind. Love, Clare"
Clare Frances |
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Round Britain rowers run aground - 40 miles from finish line
July 3 2005
FOUR intrepid rowers - on course to set a world record by becoming the first people ever to row non-stop around mainland Britain – ran aground off the Essex coast today (Sunday)...just 40 miles from the finish of their epic journey.
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Countdown to the finish - 10am Monday, Tower Bridge
July 3 2005
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FOUR intrepid rowers on course to set a world record by becoming the first people ever to row non-stop around mainland Britain were battling strong headwinds off the Essex coast.
The GB Row Challenge crew are expected reach Tower Bridge at around 10 o’clock on Monday morning. When they reach Tower Bridge the crew will set a new Guinness World Record of just 26 days to travel around Britain
Come along and cheer them home!
[ Click here to read ]
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"The circumnavigation of Britain by four oarsmen is a remarkable achievement. It requires exceptional courage, determination and team work. I hope it will encourage all those who are taking their first steps in adventurous pursuits through Outward Bound courses to overcome novel challenges."
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
Patron of The Outward Bound Trust and
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"I'm so proud of the four rowers who've worked with such determination and bravery over the last four weeks to overcome the hardships they faced on their incredible journey around Britain. It is so like the battle new leukaemia patients have to go through. The money the rowers have raised through battling against the sea will be used to help our patients win their battle against leukaemia."
Professor Ray Powles - Bud Flannagan Leukaemia Fund
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Rowers' final leg of record bid
July 3 2005
Four rowers attempting to become the first people to row non-stop around Britain are expected to achieve their ambitious record book bid on Monday.
[ BBC News Article click here to read ]
Round Britain rowers off East Anglian coast
July 2 2005
FOUR intrepid rowers who are attempting to set a world record by becoming the first people ever to row non-stop around mainland Britain are off the
coast of East Anglia.
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Bear Grylls, Everest Mountaineer: "Keep at it guys - remember it is much easier to be a starter than a finisher...so that leaves you with one option...stick it out! You're heroes!"r: |
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Help GB Row raise £1million
Every penny counts !
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The crew's thoughts have turned to just why they undertook this epic voyage. They did it to raise money - hopefully £1 million - for two extremely worthwhile charities, The Bud Flanagan Fund for luekaemia research and The Outward Bound Trust, who deserve our support.
Each member of the crew has made a special video appeal for YOUR help.
Click here for the VIDEO CLIPS |
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Alex Partridge, GB Olympic Squad: " I am so impressed by the challenge - rowing 24 hours a day, and the ability of the crew to keep their spirits high. I personally don't think I could have done it - it takes a special type of character to do this - and to raise money for two such good causes along the way." |
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Round Britain rowers hit by freak wave
June 30 2005
A FREAK 10-foot wave hit four round-Britain rowers, almost capsized their tiny boat and smashed two of their oars.
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Round Britain rowers back on course
June 29 2005
FOUR rowers attempting a world record for rowing non-stop 2,000 miles around the British mainland were back on course today (Weds) after a ‘disastrous’ day yesterday.
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Round Britain rowers on course for Yorkshire
June 28 2005
FOUR intrepid rowers attempting a world record for rowing non-stop 2,000 miles around the British mainland reached the Teesside coast today and stripped off!
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Bamburgh Castle In Northumberland
June 28 2005
Photographs of GB Row Challenge rowing at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.
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Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, a trustee of the Outward Bound Trust and chairman of the organisation’s Risk Committee said: “It’s an amazing challenge and the team have risen to it brilliantly. I’ve been following their progress and I’m so proud of their fantastic achievement.”
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GB rowers on course for a record
June 27 2005
Four rowers attempting to become the first people to row non-stop around Britain are on course to sail into the record books next week.
[ BBC News Article click here to read ]
Round Britain rowers back in English waters
June 27 2005
FOUR intrepid rowers attempting a world record for rowing non-stop 2,000 miles around the British mainland reached the Northumberland coast today, crossing over the border from Scotland in the early hours of the morning.
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GB Rowers are off the Scottish East Coast
June 25 2005
FOUR rowers attempting a world record for rowing non-stop 2,000 miles around the British mainland have reached Aberdeen.
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GB Rowers : We're on the way home!
June 24 2005
FOUR rowers attempting a world record for rowing non-stop 2,000 miles around the British mainland are on the final leg of their incredible journey. Yesterday, the GB Row Challenge team passed John O’Groats, the most northerly point on the mainland, and are now heading south down the east coast of Scotland.
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