Adrian Bell is fundraising for Meningitis Trust

Team Hesco, powered by Commando Joe

Ocean Fours Atlantic Rowing Challenge 2005

on 10/06/2006

Gareth Rowlands

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Team members:

Ben Fouracre, Charlie Martell, Pete Rowlands and Mark Waterson

Raising money for

Meningitis Trust

Charity Registration No. 803016

The Meningitis Trust is the UK’s longest established meningitis charity. It helps around 20,000 people each year through its range of specialist services; giving vital support to those who have been affected by this life-changing disease. With as many as 500,000 people living in the UK who have had either viral or bacterial meningitis and up to one adult in every four knowing someone who has had meningitis, the charity’s ongoing work is much-needed. The charity is committed to raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis and distributes millions of leaflets, posters, symptoms cards, information sheets and other materials every year.

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Adrian Bell

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Raised: 719%

Target: £20,000.00
Raised so far: £143,783.03

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My story

In June 2006, Commando Joe - rowing as Team Hesco - and fifteen other teams will set out from the North American coastline in a 29ft rowing boat, aiming to cover the 3,118 nautical miles to Falmouth, UK, in as little time as possible. The journey is likely to take about 45-60 days and will require supreme effort from all those involved. It will be the second extreme challenge for the Commando Joe team - in April 2005 they competed in a 320-mile footrace to the North Pole, smashing the previous record by finishing in nine days, 17 hours and 39 minutes.

The 2006 Shepherds Ocean Fours Atlantic Rowing Race is the first four-man crossing of the Ocean from the United States to the UK mainland and follows a more northerly route than previous two-man races. Teams will encounter difficult currents, cold weather, high seas and even icebergs.

As well as the mental and physical challenge of competition, the team is dedicating its involvement to the memory of Gareth Rowlands, Pete's sixteen-year-old son. One day in May 2003, Pete and his wife Helen received a call from Gareth's boarding school, informing them of the devastating news that Gareth had suddenly died from meningitis. Just a couple of hours before he had been playing rugby with the school team, joking with his friends and talking about coming home for the half-term break.

Our original fundraising target was £20,000, which we have now comfortably exceeded. Please help us to reach our revised target of £100,000. With that, you'll be helping the Meningitis Trust to continue its excellent work in increasing awareness of the disease, funding further research and, most importantly, providing the all-important support to those like Pete, whose families' lives have been irrevocably changed because of the disease.

For more information about our team and the challenges we're facing, please visit our website at http://www.teamhesco.com. Here you can also sign up to our e-mail newsletter so you can keep track of our progress.

Thank you for your support and interest in our Challenge. Please donate generously.

	Donation by Rob Berrisford 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Dave Scholes 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peter Kennard 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Geoff Derges 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Will Walker 17/03/06	£3.00 + £0.85 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peter Court 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Lorien Engineering Solutions Supporter! Donation by Peter Brown 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Lorien Engineering Solutions Supporter! Donation by Paul Hanson 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Lorien Engineering Solutions Supporter! Donation by Robert Jackson 17/03/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Lorien Engineering Solutions Supporter! Donation by Gordon Elkin 17/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Lorien Engineering Solutions Supporter! Donation by Peter Court 17/03/06	£5.00
	Good luck - you're mad x Donation by Vicki Bramley 17/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck all of you we will be keeping an eye on your progress and be waiting for you on the dock Donation by Cat Bramley 17/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by The Colquhoun Family 17/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Robert King 16/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Pippa 16/03/06	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	I've always wanted my name on a boat! Donation by Catherine Drury 15/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck to Charlie and the rest of Team Hesco Donation by Express Tool Hire Ltd 14/03/06	£50.00
	Donated By ALEXCARS of Cirencester for vinyl work i did free for them in exchange for a donation Donation by D & C Signs 14/03/06	£40.00
	Are you going to row naked? Donation by Zu Rafalat 06/03/06	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Best of luck guys! Don't forget the vaseline... Donation by Will Lawrie 02/03/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good Luck, You Mad, Mad People Donation by Hels 26/02/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Can I come too???? Donation by Nathalie Hirst 26/02/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck and dont give Mark the compass! Donation by Mark Macdonald 24/02/06	£50.00
	GOOD LUCK - KEEP DRY Donation by st winnies line dancers 22/02/06	£50.00
	Good luck! Safe journey! Donation by Billy B 23/01/06	£100.00
	Good luck! Donation by Harawira Downs 29/12/05	£100.00
	For Dave and research into Lyme Disease (see lymediseaseaction.org.uk) Donation by Helen Giles 23/12/05	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	On behalf of Janet and Martin Church Donation by Helen 23/12/05	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Nice talking to you today Charlie...see you up the Fan someday! Good Luck Donation by Dr Susie Riley 09/12/05	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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Offline donations:	£126,998.36
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£3,402.01

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