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Challenge - Rowing Home
19/05/08 -
Update 05/06/08 | | | Wayne
Davey, Captain of the Pirates 'Amateurs, is aiming to beat the record for crossing
the Atlantic with the 'Scilly Boys', follow their progress as they row for home
www.woodvale-challenge.com
At
the end of a busy rugby season most players have the chance to take it easy for
a few weeks, but not Penzance & Newlyn RFC's Wayne Davey. The
captain of the Pirates 'Amateurs', who also coaches the Pirates Colts, Wayne will
be called upon to show all the commitment he shows on the rugby field, and a great,
great deal more besides when he participates in the 'Woodvale North Atlantic Challenge
2008'. |  | | Training
At Sea On "Scilly Boys" | 
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a member of a four-man rowing team, Wayne will join three 'Scillonians' for the
challenge of a lifetime, their aim to beat the record for crossing the Atlantic
from New York to Bishop Rock lighthouse, which presently stands at 55 days 13
hours. The Transatlantic Challenge starts from the Statute
of Liberty on the 1st June, the first such unsupported crossing of the Atlantic,
and their team the only one that will actually be rowing towards home! Wayne
is born and bred Cornishman who lives in Newlyn and is a member of the Penlee
Lifeboat. Aged 30, he has played professional rugby in the
past, and has also been employed by the Westcountry Ambulance Service since 2001
as a paramedic. | | Wayne
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rowing colleagues are Chris Jenkins, Tim Garratt and Joby Newton. All
four, who will fly to New York this weekend, are keen to look at this project
with an aim to support worthwhile charity causes:RNLI 'Train One, Save Many' -
Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust - 'Above and Beyond' enhancing Bristol's Special
Baby Care Unit, and Breakthrough Breast Cancer The training
and preparation has been immense, as they will have to be in a peak state of fitness,
rowing two hours on, and two hours off, 24/7. It is predicted
that they will each burn 10,000 calories a day, so 1,500 specially prepared meals
will be carried aboard their vessel "Scilly Boys" . People
on the Isles of Scilly, the mainland and beyond will follow their efforts with
interest, and it is certain to provide fascinating project material for youngsters
attending the Cornish Pirates Learning Zone. |  | |
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