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* 48 ■- Clitheroe Advertiser&Times, Thursday,JunelSth,2009


STEVE WINS ALGARVE TRIP


-PAGE 46 OONLINE •'V i for rower i i v ■ By Dan Black ■


A FORMER Clitheroe: rower will ride the waves, fight sea: sickness -and


. exhaustion, and face an extreme test of endurance ^. for a charity Atlantic chal­ lenge.


' Andrew Mallinson, who now lives in Gloucester- .■ shire, will be embarking on the incredibly testing Woodvale Atlantic.Chal- lenge where he will be part of a four man crew. ;The race is held every


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two years and will start from La Gomera in the , Canary Islands on Decern- ; ber 6th before a 3,000 mile and up to 100 day journey takes them to Antigua. ..


• -Team Insight, • as Andrew’s crew are collec-. tively kim ^, will be row­ ing in pairs for up to 12


• hours a day on their pur­ pose‘built ,29ft rowing


what is an extreme test of; endurance. . "


• “There is an interesting statistic that more people usually - climb /Mount Everest in any one calen­ dar year, than have ever rowed across an ocean.” The team is actively


_ boat. ’ - ■ The former St Augus­ tine’s, Billington, and St. Mary’s College, Black- ■ bum, student got into row­ ing while attending War- ' wick University. . ,: :. -


' He said: “I am doing


this to raise a significant amount of money for two extremely deserving chari-: ties, the British Heart Foundation and the


: : “I am also doing it for-


the challenge and for the quie't satisfaction of know­ ing that I ’ve completed


seeking .sponsorship towards the event with all proceeds from the row going towards the two charities the team are sup­ porting. They have set. themselves a fund-raising target of £50,000.


: Anybody interested in helping the crew with their


'fund-raisiilg can choose from a range of sponsor­ ship options. - Sponsorship packages


• National Star College of ■ : Cheltenham. : '


s ta rt a t £10, and the largest sponsor will get the: honour of naming the boat.. ■ Andrew, whose family ;■ s t i l l live in. Clitheroe,


added: “We have been : training hard putting in daily-training sessions on


10,000 calories per day. ■ British adventurer Sir


, indoor rowing machines; we have also completed several 24 .■ hour “rowathons” on indoor •


- rowing machines and held • regular training sessions "on . our boat out on the River Severn in Gloucestershire. . “We were also planning


: on rowing across the Eng­ lish Channel but the


^ attempt had to be aborted : due'to bad weather so we’re hoping to try again : laterthisyear.”


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■ Therace.whichwascom- pleted by TV presenter Ben


-Fogle and Olympic rower James Cracknel!, will see the crew exceeding the nor-


' mal daily allowance of calo-~ lies by four to five times. ^- They will eat.wet and


. dry ration packs high in carbohydrates as they : • require between 8,000 and.


•Ranulph- Fiennes, the holder. ■ of- several endurance records, said: “This is an incredible chal­ lenge Team Insight are undertaking. “I t epitomises the


human spirit for adventure and discovery, and I wish


. them all the very best in . their endeavour. Rowing across 3,000 miles of ocean


-is no mean feat..Please support them in any way you can. . “They are raising money for two fantastic charities - the British Heart Foundation and the . National Star College in Cheltenham”. Anyone interested in •


sponsoring the team can contact the.’ team, at info@insightatlantic.com or-visit.the website at \vww.insightatlantic.com.


Salesbury’s Wembley date


. FOOTBALLERS; from .: Salesbury Primary School.


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are the third best in the country.


. :'The boys’- team repre-::


. sented the.North of Eng­ land- in the .English,:.


Schools! .FA Under 11- . finals at Wembley. ■' They secured third place r' watched by around. 120


' supporters from Salesbury: and a further 10,000 in the .stadium.-


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■ The.trip was sponsored ^ by Bowland Fresh Milk..' Additional help with the


cost of the trip was provid­ ed by the Rotary Clubs of Clitheroe and Blackburn.; •-’. Headteacher Pauline^ Mallaby, said: -‘!We were - really pleased with'all the support the team received ■ from the local community in Salesbury.”


' ■ Thanks '-/ were a lso . expressed to.team.coach, Stephen Bird.


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Golfer Elizabeth wins top county title


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LANCASHIRE Schools' Under. ,15 Champion Elizabeth Stebbings (15). of Rogersfield, Langho, shot a gross score of 77 at the Lancashire Under 15s Championship: held at Stand Golf Club, White- field. ■ Elizabeth, who plays off a handicap of four,. : will now represent West-


holme School and Lan­ cashire a t the.England : Schools' Championship a t N o rth am p to n Golf ■ Club next month.


; She.is a member of


Wilpshire Golf Club, the cu r ren t Town League Under 18s Knockout


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Champion and she is also a member of the England BirdieSquad. .


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