More publicity

Radio Suffolk came down to the boat club on Saturday morning to do an interview with myself and with some of the other members of the club. It will be broadcast in the next few days so i will keep you posted but expect me talking 'enthusiastically' ie rambling and everyone else saying how idiotic and mad this is. Hopefully it will get the word out there some more and lead to some money! I contacted Look East as well but they didn't think they would be able to cover the story so no tv. I'll keep trying other avenues though cos i'm sure people are more interested in watching a story about a world record attempt than a report about people making furniture shaped like liqurice allsorts and animals who do crazy things. Maybe i'm biased though.

More news...
- college (St Edmund Hall) have said they will give me £350 so that is an unexpected bonus. It has come right from the top, from the Governing Body, and things like this don't happen very often so i'm very grateful. Obviously Oxford dons have an adventurous side.
- Scope have sent me some leaflets and sponsorship forms as well as t-shirts and pins to use at events and i now have my official letter of intent so now i am properly registered to raise money for them. I will try to scan it in and put it on the site somehow.
- had a conference call with the rest of the crew on Sat although i was on a train and it cut out halfway through so not entirely sure what happened. We are deciding on a boat name and logo this week so the boat can get branded before it is shipped out on the 11th Feb. The crew might also be changing again. I'm not entirely sure who is in and who is out at the moment but i'm determined to stay there (moeny permitting of course).
- lots of training this week. Had a bit of a mare on the erg for the first few days but then managed to get it back and had some good sessions with some of the girls (and boys) in Oxford. And with my erging partner Jocelyn at Sudbury of course. Saturdays wouldn't be the same without our 10ks!

Finally - RACE NIGHT is on Saturday night ie 7th Feb. There seem to be quite a lot of people going so i'm very excited. My parents have been amazing about this and have done nearly all the organisation work. I turn up after a few days in Oxford to find everything is pretty much done and all i need to do is make the posters and set up a stand to tell everyone about the row. I couldn't have put something like this on without their help and experience and it must be twice as hard for them as they know that the more money we make, the closer i am to leaving for 2 months and rowing across an inhospitable ocean! If anyone wants to come to the race night then please come. Entry is free and it is at Walsham Le Willows Sports Club. The more the merrier!

Okay have to go. Early morning coaching (and maybe coxing) my novice crew in their first outing on the water this term. The river has finally gone down.