James Caird Sponsored Row-A-Thon

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Our sponsored Row-A-Thon launched on Wednesday 14^th April at Dulwich College with two high profile rowing machines either side of Shackleton’s famous James Caird lifeboat and lots of other rowers participating simultaneously on rowing machines remotely. The aim was to clock up 1500 kilometers (the equivalent of 800 nautical miles or 933 miles!) – the amazing distance covered by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five of his men on the Endurance expedition’s incredible boat journey.  They took 17 days to row from Elephant Island to the island of South Georgia so we set ourselves the same timescale for our event.

We did it!

We completed the 800 nautical miles (1500km) in just under 17 days – precisely the same distance covered by Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men in the James Caird Lifeboat 105 years ago. A massive thanks to all our fantastic rowers with a special mention for Chris Barrow and to the Oratory School for their exceptional support.

The ReQuest2021 project team are immensely grateful to the James Caird Society and to Dulwich College for letting us launch the event at the prestigious James Caird Hall. 

The row raised a grand total of £1167.23 towards the Kent Scouts ReQuest2021 Antarctic Research Project so far but welcome any further donations on REQUEST FUND – JustGiving

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All profits go to the Kent Scouts ReQuest2021 Antarctic Research Project.

[Kent County Scout Council. Charity Number: 303471]

A partnership project between Kent Scouts, The James Caird Society and Dulwich College.

WAYS TO DONATE

Visit the following link to donate to the “virtual” rowing team’s efforts:
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By cheque to “Kent County Scout Council” and send to Kent Scouts County Office, Lower Grange Farm, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3DA

By BACS to Kent County Scout Council, CAF Bank, Sort Code: 40-52-40 Account #: 00015563 quoting reference “Request2021”.

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