The upstream Marathon was due to start Wednesday 25th August. Unfortunately one member of the crew has had an accident which resulted in an injured shoulder and he has been told not to row for about four weeks. We have been unable to find a replacement crew member who is available for the three day trip at short notice and have therefore reluctantly decided to postpone it. We do not yet have a revised date but fully expect to reschedule the event. We hope that anyone who has already donated will leave their donations in place until the rescheduled date, but if anyone wishes to have their donation refunded, please contact Keith Baldwin.
Details of the original plan are below:
Not to be outdone by the 75Km Marathon Row undertaken recently by seven of Twickenham's younger members, five of the Club's Masters squad are going to make the same trip - but this time upstream and in gig boats rather than fine boats. All of this is in aid of the Club's building fund.
Keith Baldwin and Ian Lilley will start the row from the Twickenham stretch on Wednesday 25th August. The second boat with Dennis Kenny, John Sewell and Bob Hurles will join them upstream with a rendezvous at Burway Rowing Club for the first overnight stop. They are planning a second overnight stop at Maidenhead with arrival at Henley scheduled for the afternoon of Friday 27th August. Mind you, if it keeps raining, as they are rowing against the stream, it might be rather late on Friday!
As with the earlier downstream Marathon Row, all the funds raised will be put towards the development of the Clubhouse. The first phase of the development programme will result in a new entrance with a lift to make the club fully accessible for the local community. The second phase will deliver much improved land training facilities, including a new rowing tank and proper accomodation for our indoor rowing machines.
you can sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/twrc-Reverse-Marathon
