Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. This page has been created on behalf of Crannog Rowing Club who have entered a team of 12 rowers into the 2014 Celtic Challenge. 

The Celtic Challenge 2-5 May 2014

www.celtic-challenge.org.uk

Is the World’s longest true rowing race where teams race from Arklow in County Wicklow, Ireland to Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast, a distance of about 90 nautical miles. Celtic and Pembrokeshire longboats take part (and occasionally other similar boats also join in) – each boat is about 24 feet (8m) long and has four fixed seats and one Cox. Each team doing the Celtic Challenge consists of 12 people who take it in turns to row, spending the time in between on a support boat. A small inflatable is generally used to transfer people between the support boat and the rowing boat. How often teams swap rowers and how people are utilised is all part of the tactics of the race. The race is an extreme test of endurance and generally takes between 15 and 24 hours, depending on the weather. The race usually starts in the afternoon with all teams rowing throughout the night and sometimes arriving in Aberystwyth very early in the morning! 

Crannog Rowing Club www.crannogrowingclub.co.uk

We are a sea rowing club based in Llangrannog, in Ceredigion. We row in Celtic long boats, a modern day craft with four rowers and a Cox, which has evolved from the earliest boats used by our Celtic ancestors. We have entered the challenge to test ourselves and  also to raise money for our chosen three charities.

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