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Event Summary    Between the 14th February 11 and begining of March the UK and Afghanistan based River Helmand rowing teams committed their spare time to acheiving the River Helmand rowing challenge. A throughly impressive display from both of the teams, saw the UK team managing to complete the event in 21 days with the Afghanistan based team reaching their goal in 28 days.   The Afghanistan based team had some inspirational solo performances, all of which were squeezed around very long working days. Luke Dodington-Boyes took it upon himself to row a marathon in a single sitting (42.2km). John Brown ran a half marathon in 29 degree heat, then cracked on with his rowing quota and Dom McMinn smashed out the gargantuan total of 403km, in the final 16 days of the challenge.    Having completed the event the teams are unbelievably grateful to all of those who have donated and helped us reach the fantastic total indicated above!    Thank you for taking the time to view our page. Please remember to click gift aid with any donation; even on a £1 donation it makes a huge difference.     Many thanks,       <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The River Helmand Row Teams </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div>           Event Overview   From February 14th 2011, Chris Cartwright, John Curwen, Si Berwick, Lewis Howlett and Jake Kay will be rowing the distance of the Helmand River, which stretches 1150km (715 miles) across Afghanistan.       The River Helmand Row team currently have friends deployed in Afghanistan; over the course of their tour, these incredibly selfless individuals will be committing what spare time they have to matching the River Helmand Rowing team's distances. The Afghanistan based team consist of Dom Mcminn, Luke Donovan, Luke Dodington-Boyes, Tom Hobbs and John Brown.   Both teams are very grateful for such a generous response to this event and are hoping to be able to push our current total to £1,000. Help For Heroes is such a phenomenal cause it would be fantastic to achieve this new goal.   Help for Heroes is a charity which supports members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded in the service of their country, any contributions to this charity would be hugely appreciated.      Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. Gift Aid allows the team to raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.     Thank you for all of your support