Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, has postponed his attempt to become the world’s first physically disabled person to row solo from Europe to South America. Unfortunately Lee’s mother has been taken seriously ill and Lee will be returning to the UK today to be with her.
More than 100 models took part in the Fighting Battles with Fashion charity fashion show that was held in the Ince’s Hall Theatre just before Christmas.
On the 18th January at approximately 9.00 am, with Ocean Village Marina as one of the lead sponsors in Gibraltar, the man known as the ‘Rowing Marine’ will set off in a 7-meter-long ocean rowing boat named ‘Hope’. He will attempt to become the world’s first physically disabled person to row solo and unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean from Ocean Village Marina in Gibraltar to Venezuela in South America a distance of 3,500 miles.
Gibtelecom’s CEO Tim Bristow and Adrian Ochello, Head of Marketing and Business Development, presented a cheque for £2,394 to Directors Albert Poggio, Ian McGhie and Deborah Huxley for the Calpe House Trust.
Four former Westside School friends will be running up the Rock 12 times on Boxing Day to raise funds for 12 orphans in Kenya.
