Warrington Round Table held a charity event on Sunday 15th May at the Alive & Well Gym in Birchwood. The event involved a team of eight novice rowers who rowed the distance from Dover to Calais and back!
Thanks to a lot of team spirit and a bit of determination they managed it a little under three hours covering a total of 62 miles between them. The gym kindly provided three ergo rowing machines for the team to use and we split the distance into short stints of two miles each (about fifteen minutes rowing) before another member of the team would take over. This allowed most of the Tablers to average a distance of between 7-8 miles each with a couple of the younger guys doing slightly more.
The Round Table team included (from left to right in the picture) Ben Howard, John Lampard, Andrew Butcher, Neil Brougham, Steve Law-Lyons, Julian Pearson and Martin Chatten (Chairman) on the rower with Tim McCann taking the photo.
The sponsorship is still being collected so a final total had not yet been determined, however, all funds raised will go to support local Warrington Charities. The Tablers would like to thank all those who have supported this event. And anyone who would like to know more about Warrington Round Table please contact Ian at ian@warringtonroundtable.co.uk or 01925 594383.
Andrew Butcher, Fundraising Officer
If you would like to sponsor the team then click on the link and follow the instructions: www.charitygiving.co.uk/
Click on the ‘donate no’ button in the top left hand corner and it will take you to a page where you can search for ‘Warrington Round Table’. Click on the link and then follow the simple steps to donating. The website will be able to claim gift aid on any donations and after taking a very small fee will help us to make the most of these gifts.
UPDATE – Warrington Round Table have totalled up the sponsorship monies and, taking account of the Gift Aid provided to them by using the website www.charitygiving.co.uk, they have a total of £1,100.
