[UPDATE 10 Sep 2017 – Naomi has finally received official confirmation from the Guinness World Record people that she is the the Fastest Time to Row The River Thames by Single Scull (female). This was after nealry a year, and being required to provide multipel forms of evidence etc etc. ANyway – great news Naomi, but we never doubted i! 🙂 ]
Original article from 19 Sep 2016:
We are delighted to share the news that Naomi Riches has completed her epic 165 mile row of the Thames in a time of 47 hours 59 minutes 54 seconds.
Well done Naomi – what a truly amazing achievement!
The final few hours were agonisingly tough – Naomi was rowing against the tide, having been at it for 2 days remember! There will be official verification procedures, but Naomi had to achieve under 50 hours for the official Guinness World Record to be recognised, and she has clearly smashed that time limit.
We thought we would wrap up with a selection of photos mostly taking during Naomi’s stop at Marlow Rowing Club . If you scroll past the end of the gallery, we have also shared images and videos from various Twitter contributors.
Oh, and Naomi might have finished, but it doesn’t mean you can still donate! https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/naomirichesmbe1]
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Our Gallery
Selected Tweets – from Marlow onwards!
A brief video of the cheers as Naomi leaves Marlow
Good luck @NaomiRichesMBE on the next part of your epic challenge @TGTR2016 to set a record & support a great cause pic.twitter.com/UZZ58t2Dv2
— Cath Bishop (@thecathbishop) September 18, 2016
Video of Naomi soon after leaving Marlow, followed by a flotilla of rowing boats
The fantastic @NaomiRichesMBE passes Upper Thames SC in @TGTR2016 – go girl! pic.twitter.com/V6lKINf8Sh
— John Greening (@JohnCGreening) September 18, 2016
Passing the (huge!) Thames Barrier on Monday morning
@TGTR2016 Witnessing our Patron going through #ThamesBarrier after rowing for 41hrs + raising funds for #nystagmus pic.twitter.com/h32Y0AJN0i
— IN-vision (@INvision_Buzz) September 19, 2016
Head of British Rowing, Annamarie Phelps was waiting near the QE2 bridge at the Dartford Crossing
We can see you!!
@TGTR2016 @NaomiRichesMBE pic.twitter.com/vdtVQrllhj— Annamarie Phelps (@PhelpsAnnamarie) September 19, 2016
Lisa Knill was onboard a support boat and giving updates in the final agonising miles. And check out that forboding view…. not quite the leafy Thames we are used to here!
https://twitter.com/LisaZero/status/777866487193305089
Waiting at the end….
https://twitter.com/TGTR2016/status/777881687535579136
and a final note from Lisa confirms at
https://twitter.com/LisaZero/status/777885603107049472
