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OCEAN ROWING SOCIETY ARCHIVE
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2008

 

On May 6 2008 ocean rower Jordan Hanssen  finished his last adventure - bike ride across Australia, from Perth to Sydney.
 Read details >>>

Congratulations to Kenneth F.Crutchlow on becoming "Million Mile Premier Executive" !!!    >>>

 On April 15th 2008 there begins a new challenge for four-times-oceanrower Graham Walters, who starts 350 mile team Polar Race in the Arctic to the  Magnetic North Pole "and beyond" with his team mate Jim Vale.  See details >>>   ●  >>>        Press  >>> 

Good Luck, "Silver Foxes" !!!
Ocean rower Jan Meek took part in the expedition of 12 people trekking to the GEOGRAPHIC North Pole headed by British Explorer David Hempleman-Adams and Norwegian Explorer Rune Gjeldnes. See details >>>

The expedition reached  the North Pole on April 9th 2008.
 Congratulations to Jan Meek
on one more diamond in her brilliant necklace of the most extreme adventures !!!

Congratulations to oceanrower Jaap Koomen (Vopak Victory, 2005) and his lovely wife Debra
on arrival of their baby-son Douwe Ulven !!!  >>>

Three cheers for Tom and John!!!

Film Row Hard No Excuses (produced by Bill Wolbach and Luke Wolbach, A Lantern Films production)
 received the following review in Variety, the most-read US magazine about the international film scene >>>

Friday , March 7th 2008
watch on ITV 4 at 9pm a documentary of the row of Ben Gaffney and Orlando Rogers - "Go Commando!"
 
On Feb 19 2008, that would be Peter Bird's 61st Birthday,  there was a Memorial Service  held in Kilkee, Ireland  in the memory of all ocean rowers  lost at sea.

  Speech of Tom Byrne,  President of the Kilkee Civic Trust >>>
 

   Congratulations to Rachel Flanders  
who on February 14th 2008 successfully completed  row of the Atlantic E-W
in Ocean Four "Silver Cloud"
and became the youngest person (17) to have ever rowed across an ocean !!!
 

Statement of the ORS Int. re the time of ORCA's arrival  >>>

On Jan 23 team Oyster Shack   rowed 102 (statute) miles in 24 hours
Since the first 'Woodvale Four ' in 2004 this is the first time that this class boat has done
more than 100 statute miles  in 24 hours.