North Wales
School rowers claim indoor record Mar 8 2006
By Antony Stone, Daily Post
A JUBILANT secondary school rowing team claimed an indoor world rowing record yesterday after a gruelling 24-hour charity drive.
A team of 10 pupils at Monmouth Comprehensive School Junior Rowing Club clocked up a staggering 215 miles without ever laying eyes on water.
The team, whose members are all under 17, worked in six hour shifts with five minute intensive rowing bouts followed by a 20 minute rest.
Now their 24 hour charitable exploits on a school rowing machine are being checked by the Guinness Book of Records.
The marathon event at the weekend raised cash for the boat club, and more than £6,000 for the trust set up by five times Olympic gold medalist Steve Redgrave.
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
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