A lot of blisters and aching knees later our seven teams smashed the #RecruitmentRowathon. What a day! We rowed a combined 609,892m that's unbelievable! Thanks to all the teams that took part! Read our Best-Bits blog recapping the day & the leaderboard!"Who's bloody idea was this" , "Blimey! That was absolutely awful!!" , "Burn out from the Juniors" - Some of the quotes from our brave rowers at todays #RecruitmentRowathon, 7 teams took on the challenge of an 8hour endurance race for charity, yep you heard that right 8 hours of continuous rowing! We were raising for the amazing charities OPERA Global Youth Foundation, Clic Sargeant and The Shepway Sports Trust.
We all ended up with a lot of blisters on our hands, sweaty brows and wobbly knees but we did it! Rowing a combined 609,892 , absolutely amazing!
And extra kudos to the guys at TXMRecruit who did an Ironman as well as the Rowathon! Going the extra mile.
Don't forget you can still support our cause by donating here:
We've also tallied up the results and the rankings are as follows:
First Place: Niyaa People
Second Place: Atlantic Avengers
Third Place: Calco Services
Fourth Place: Freshminds
Fifth Place:The Recruitment Network
Sixth Place: TXM Recruit
Seventh Place: Marton Recruitment
Twitter was literally taken over by the fantastic teams taking part, tweeting away with some awesome updates, we've embedded some our favourite!
Little birthday celebration mid #RecruitmentRowathon for @sammartonrecpic.twitter.com/YdOF8ua9bG
— Marton Recruitment (@Marton_Recruit) 2 March 2018
- This was the absolute winner for us! Birthday's don't stop out diligent rowers!
Come on #TeamCalco ???????? @TheRecNetwork1#RecruitmentRowathonpic.twitter.com/Bmy4vmBPuQ — Calco Services (@CalcoServices) 2 March 2018
- Team Calco all pumped for the Rowathon, Team spirit really got all of us through this!
Phwor! That’s a face of pure effort!! Ed smashing it for Team #TRN#RecruitmentRowathon @weareopera@CLIC_Sargent @ShepwayST@Atl_Avengerspic.twitter.com/tRhI72Y9PH
— The Recruitment Network (@TheRecNetwork1) 2 March 2018
- Team #TRN Rower Ed absolutely putting is all into the row, second time around it was a little more leisurely...
All set up and ready to row! The Freshminds team on the 8 hour #charity #RecruitmentRowathonraising money for some great causes! @TheRecNetwork1https://t.co/1Cb9sl0Lq8pic.twitter.com/XN4EwgYEaS — Freshminds (@FMTalent) 2 March 2018
- Awesome backdrop for the Freshminds team! This was before the day started, I bet thumbs were down by the afternoon!
Nazir making it look like a walk in the park! #RecruitmentRowathon#TeamCalco ???? @TheRecNetwork1pic.twitter.com/ZtBLNO75BZ
— Calco Services (@CalcoServices) 2 March 2018
- Team Calco starting strong with Nazir!
The Atlantic Avengers’ team, including members of the family are taking part in the #RecruitmentRowathonpic.twitter.com/NHwMyamjpY — AtlanticAvengers (@Atl_Avengers) 2 March 2018
- The AtlanticAvengers got all members of family in to take part!
1 hour done 6 more to go #RecruitmentRowathon Thanks to @ShepwayST for the venue. @TheRecNetwork1 @txmrecruit@WhiteRecUK @NiyaaPeople@Marton_Recruit @CalcoServices@FreshMindsTeam Keep on going... pic.twitter.com/amqBGoAnAj
— AtlanticAvengers (@Atl_Avengers) 2 March 2018
- The Avengers themselves putting in the graft!
#RecruitmentRowathon ????#TeamCalco giving it our all! ???? pic.twitter.com/156bCUaGWB — Calco Services (@CalcoServices) 2 March 2018
- The Calco team, is it strength in numbers?
Second team of the day Matthew Davies, Tyree Clarke & Sam Blatchley - hit another 15,000m - 30,000m in 2 hours, well done gents!! #TeamNiyaaPeople at the #RecruitmentRowathon - Donate on behalf of us at https://t.co/y21XL8nCfhfor @weareopera #Recruitment#Fitness #Rowingpic.twitter.com/KbkculxEYl
— Niyaa People (@NiyaaPeople) 2 March 2018
- The Niyaa boys giving them a huge headstart in the competition!
Our secret weapon clocking up the meters @sammartonrec husband. Thank you Jamie for your help for great causes #RecruitmentRowathonhttps://t.co/07qTfBJpjBpic.twitter.com/T73TdkYLB3 — Marton Recruitment (@Marton_Recruit) 2 March 2018
- Marton bringing out the secret weapons!
Jen going the distance on the #RecruitmentRowathon! @TheRecNetwork1 #rowrowrowpic.twitter.com/Q6cKkLfG0q
— Freshminds (@FMTalent) 2 March 2018
- Jen putting in the hard-work for the Freshminds team!
Some tight distances in our #RecruitmentRowathon !! Check and donate on - https://t.co/O4zaZKSWuWpic.twitter.com/kSLMMnr6ZN — The Recruitment Network (@TheRecNetwork1) 2 March 2018
- It was getting close at the 11am mark!
Lunch for the #RecruitmentRowathonpic.twitter.com/k0PZpl9MAc
— Marton Recruitment (@Marton_Recruit) 2 March 2018
- Mid-day carbs for the afternoon energy!
Mike Nordoff going strong ???? #RecruitmentRowathonpic.twitter.com/k9HwykCwmR — Calco Services (@CalcoServices) 2 March 2018
- Mike was getting everyone all G'd up at Calco!
Here’s @osborne_tweets #TRN secret weapon, business up top, Ironman bottom smashing it for the #RecruitmentRowathonpic.twitter.com/zdRamOBAMN
— The Recruitment Network (@TheRecNetwork1) 2 March 2018
- Welcome Ironman James Osborne pushing us to the 50k mark!
Just hit 60,000 meters in the #RecruitmentRowathon. Seriously impressed with out team effort on #EmployeeAppreciationDay also. pic.twitter.com/P84ahXKvnr — Andy Knight (@AndyAKnight1) 2 March 2018
- Martons Andy Knight feeling chuffed at his teams effort!
@gary_txmre bringing it home #RecruitmentRowathon @weareopera@Atl_Avengers @TheRecNetwork1 he has also run 16k today #GoingTheXtraMilepic.twitter.com/m7xwyUyfoy
— andrew midgley (@MidgleyAndrew) 2 March 2018
- TXM Going the Extra mile, they did an Ironman also!
Keep up the good work guys! Team @txmrecruit are not only doing the rowing but also completing an Iron Man too on the treadmill, bike and pool! Please support them in raising money for @Atl_Avengers and @weareoperahttps://t.co/XUUbmRJZiX … https://t.co/rM91dMS0N9pic.twitter.com/1kbyOkpvDi — The Recruitment Network (@TheRecNetwork1) 2 March 2018
