Last year, The
Canbury Arms Girl's crew finished a very respectable 15th, ahead of
many all male crews and I am delighted to say that there is now a second all
girls crew racing this year adding to the excitement! Come and give them a
cheer, they will appreciate your support.
The boy's crew last
year made the six boat final race and finished in the top three for the second
year running. The first three crews finished within a second of each other.
In our crew
last year, helping us power into the final and a top three finish was a truly great
man, local entrepreneur, husband, father of two and friend of us all at the
Canbury - Rupert Spurling.
Sadly, Rupert
passed away on Saturday 19th June 2010 aged just 41.
We are all deeply
shocked by his very sudden, shocking and tragic passing and accordingly, we
have decided to race on this year and hopefully win in Rupert's memory. We have
re-aligned our fund raising to the British Heart Foundation according to the
wishes of Sue Spurling.
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