Local veteran of extraordinary courage takes on world’s toughest rowing challenge
Former Irish Guardsman and Wisbech local Patrick Gallagher will be taking on what is considered to be the world’s toughest rowing race in the first all amputee crew to meet the challenge.
Gallagher and crew mates Light Dragoon Lce Cpl Cayle Royce, Flt Sgt Nigel Rogoff and Royal Marine Clr Sgt Lee Spence are taking part on behalf of Row2Recovery, a unique campaign which has raised more than £1 million for injured service personnel and their families. The team have already raised £9,195, and the final total will be divided between Help for Heroes, Blesma, Prince Harry’s Endeavour Fund and Row2Recovery. The race kicks off on 15 December from Gomera on the Canary Islands, and the team hope to reach the finish line, 3,000 miles away across the Atlantic ocean, in Antigua in late January. The crew will be rowing two hours on and two hours off, 24 hours a day in their 29ft boat, Legless.
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