24hour Row…Team Derby Rowing must be MAD!

At 8am on Thursday 6^th December saw the start of Team Derby’s Rowing Club 24 hour row challenge. It was in aid of the Paddley centre in Derby and to help the club achieve more with the sport.

 

The race began with the teams men’s senior 4 consisting of Tom Garner, Tom Dawtrey, Toby Jarvis and Theo Carter-Leay completing the challenge between them against the rest of the rowing team. I participated and did 2 one hour slots at 8:30am and 3:30pm. I did find these one hours difficult as I was still struggling with a cough and my heart rate was high for a gentle 60min ergo.

 

At 7pm the team moved from the university grounds to continue the overnight part at Derby Rowing Club where there was more comfort from sleeping in between stints (I can only presume as I didn’t actually participant in these deadly hours, instead I was fast asleep in my comfy bed!)

 

Everyone helped achieve this challenge and the boys did a total of 338km beating the rest of the club by 43km. The amount raised is still yet unknown as the money is being collected after Christmas. Fingers crossed for a big sum J

 

All I can say now is WELL DONE TEAM DERBY ROWING!