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Wight Crew
warming up
The plucky members of the Wight Crew warmed
up for their row across the English Channel with
a fundraising dinner at the Royal Corinthian
Yacht Club, Cowes.
Radio One DJ Rob da Bank and double
Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson both
attended the function, which raised an amazing
£17,000, well over the team’s expectations for
the evening.
The Wight Crew are a group of seven ladies
who live on the Island and will depart from
Dover on June 22 and row across the English
Channel to France. The row will raise money for
the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust http://www.
ellenmacarthurcancertrust.org/), an Island based
charity that takes young people in recovery
from cancer sailing to help them regain their
confidence, and Ahoy (http://www.ahoy.org.uk/)
-- a c harity based in Deptford, London.
To donate visit www.justgiving.com/
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