Issue 5 - April 2011 - Ampleforth College

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ROWATHON 2011
Rowathon
2011
On the Saturday, 16 students from St Martin’s Ampleforth successfully took on a team
from local rivals Terrington School and this was followed by the Endurance Challenge
when staff joined Olympic rower Roger Brown, and his rowing partner Julian Norton, for
the grueling 100km event. Eighteen students (along with 10 staff, parents and friends) took
part in this challenge rowing for up to five hours and we are so proud that they all finished
with admirable times. Our congratulations to them all - Philippa La Rosee (B), Niklas
Wittmann (J), Kick Douglas (H), Geordie Tulloch (H), Charles Ramsay (H), Ross Dwyer
(EW), Alex Crean (EW), Anthony Hornung (EW), Digby Walker (T), Angus Duncan (T),
Libby Simpson (B), Joe de Klee (EW), Vincent O’Rourke (D), Alex Hall (D), Max Archibald
(EW), Joshua O’Donovan (T), Charlie Oxlade (H) and Will Theile (C).
Over 800 students, members of staff and the local
community took part in the second Ampleforth College
Rowathon on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March at
the St Alban’s Sports Centre.
The challenge was to row over 2,500
miles, the distance from Ampleforth to
Romania in support of Hope and Homes
for Children, a leading charity which helps
children grow up in loving families in their
own countries by closing orphanages,
preventing child abandonment and keeping
together families at risk of breakdown due
to the pressures of poverty and disease.
The first Rowathon in 2009 raised £23,000
and we are determined to beat this
amount this year – with over £25,000
raised to date and donations still coming in,
we are confident we will reach our target
of £30,000.