Oar-some Finish!
Having heard many tales of the prestigious Montford Challenge hosted by Shropshire Adventure Rowing Club (SARC), a group of LandScope employees decided to enter a Celtic boat (provided by SARC) to challenge established and extremely competitive rowing clubs on the River Severn.
The event was hosted at the Pengwern Boat Club, sponsored by local companies including LandScope. Pre-race events saw the LandScope team consuming bacon butties, which helped with carb loading and the peaceful surroundings calming pre-race jitters.
The race format was altered this year, resulting in a very exciting and eventful formula one start, with teams eventually spacing out throughout the 1hr 30min upstream leg and downstream return sprint.
Having only rowed as a team for five weeks, LandScope were awarded the timekeepers trophy for best novice crew – an honour we were pleased to accept, exhausted and with blistered hands. The team are now looking forward to preparing for next year’s race, bring it on…..
