Tenax sponsors veterans’ charity Pilgrim Bandits’ English Channel rowing challenge
We were pleased to sponsor Pilgrim Bandits, a charity helping injured military and blue light personnel, in its inspiring fundraising challenge rowing across the English Channel, from Poole to Cherbourg and back again.
Setting off at 5am on 14th July from Poole harbour, a group of injured and amputee military and blue-light veterans rowed 66 miles across the busiest shipping lane in the world to Cherbourg. In France, the oars were taken up by another group of military veterans and ex-service personnel, who completed the return crossing, arriving back in Poole on 16th July.
This incredible challenge was not only an amazing personal achievement for all of those involved, it also resulted in a new Guinness World Record for the first group of amputees to cross the English Channel.
About Pilgrim Bandits
Pilgrim Bandits is a charity supporting military and blue light veterans. Funds raised go towards carrying out its incredible work, which includes:
- Organising expeditions;
- Applying for grants to provide specialist equipment, such as wheelchairs;
- Providing training courses for employment and personal development;
- Health and wellbeing services, including therapies and treatments to improve physical and mental wellbeing.
Rowing the Channel is the latest in the charity’s long list of mentally and physically challenging expeditions, which have included kayaking extraordinary distances, jumping from aircraft, running races and trekking inhospitable terrain. In the spirit of its mantra, ‘always a little further’, these adventures push injured veterans to achieve what they didn’t think possible, helping to restore their independence and self-belief.
“We were pleased to support the amazing work of Pilgrim Bandits by sponsoring its incredible rowing challenge across the English Channel,” says Tenax’s Managing Director, Andy Hughes. “Congratulations to everyone involved on such a fantastic achievement – and a new world record!”
Find out more about Pilgrim Bandits.
