Wow. On Saturday night we held the first big fundraising event and it was a huge success. Thanks to my parents organising it and family and friends coming along to support plus everyone who volunteered their time, we managed to raise a grand. That's right £1000. It just shows how much support there is out there for a challenge like this. Now i just need to get a company to realise this as well.
Some facts and figures for you to ponder over:
Value of Media Coverage from the Atlantic Race 2005
Printed - £770,269
TV - £50,000,000
This doesn't even include Internet coverage and there was over £50million pounds worth of coverage generated from just a few hundred thousand spent on race sponsorship for all the crews combined. A huge profit. That's what ocean rowing can do for you! It really captures people's imaginations as they can't for the life of them work out why someone would subject themselves to it!
Anyway, more work this week on getting people's attention and of course, more training. Had a great weekend on the erg with long distances covered at a good rate and pace so hopefully it will continue. Also look out for the Suffolk Free Press this week as they are going to be running a follow-up to the story they did at the start of January. Complete with photos of me sitting at front stops in a single (hopefully noone will notice that i'm not actually taking a stroke).
x
PS Please get in contact if you know someone who might be able to help!
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