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Welcome to the Spearesextreme website Speares extreme club is formed in association with the highly successful Speares Rowing Club. As with the Rowing Club we enter events to have a good time, while still being competitive! Dull, boring and slog are not words associated with our membership of adrenaline enthusiasts! Regular events range from charity bike rides to more energetic rides such as cycling from London to Paris; hot air ballooning to paragliding; coastal paddles to kite surfing; from a gentle jog to 3-day endurance marathons; and, that's just for starters... The social calendar is equally as challenging with weekly “thirsty Thursday” pub sessions and an annual black tie ball that tops 200 guests! To find out more about joining please visit the membership page or email us here Latest News 29/06/08 Disaster strikes for running duo! John Taylor & Richard Ludlow’s attempt to win the 3-peaks yacht race has ended in disaster after the yacht that they were sailing in ran aground. Team Nunatek was leading when disaster struck as they ran aground on the sand just inside Caernarfon Bar! They had to retire after using their engine to move off the sand bank at the entrance to the Strait. More news here: www.sleepmonsters.co.uk 27/06/08 John & Richard ready for massive challenge Speares members John Taylor & Richard Ludlow are all set for the start of one of the greatest adventure challenges in UK sport when The Three Peaks Yacht Race starts tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm. The race combines 389 miles of coastal sailing, 18 miles of cycling and 72 miles of running, with 14,000 feet of ascent to reach the highest points in Wales, England and Scotland! John & Richard are the running part of a 5-man team with Mike Jaques, Colin Rawlings and Sam sailing to complete ‘Team Nunatak’ This will be Richard’s 11th time competing (he has won once before & came 2nd last year) while it will be John’s 1st time. This year all teams will carry satellite tracker systems so you can track their progress and race position via this link: http://live.adventuretracking.com/tpyr2008 You can also leave messages with the teams & view pictures via this site: Good luck boys! 27/06/08 Ball update Next week on 1st July the ‘Early Bird’ ticket price of £40 will end & will revert to their list price of £65. To avoid disappointment book your tickets now! More information here: Ball 28/04/08 Speares members complete the 3-peaks challenge! Speares extreme members John Taylor, Paul Bartlett, Richard Ludlow & Alex Julien have successfully completed the Three Peaks 24-hour challenge. They finished in 17 hours 52 minutes, 6 hours 8 minutes under their target!
Click here to see the picture gallery & also John’s video clip of how to descend Ben Nevis quickly! A news report will follow shortly... 08/04/08 Speares members to take on the 3-peaks 24-hour challenge! Speares extreme members John Taylor, Paul Bartlett, Richard Ludlow & Alex Julien are to take on the Three Peaks 24-hour challenge to raise money for the Speares extreme hand-crank appeal. Their aim is to climb and travel between the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours! 17/03/08 Speares take 2nd in Votwo Dirty Double Speares extreme came 2nd yesterday in the Votwo organised Dirty Double. The team of John Taylor, Richard Ludlow & Alex Julien completed the course in 1hr46, just 30 seconds behind the winners. Go to the gallery to see the pictures... click here
19/02/08 John to host Drive-time show on Radio Oxford! Our regular ‘Tough Guy’ & Veterinary Surgeon John Taylor will be co-hosting the drive-time show this Wednesday on Radio Oxford (95.2 FM) John will be ‘on air’ from 4pm, click here to listen: www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/oxford.shtml or go to: www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/local_radio/ & click listen live 15/02/08 Speares announce date for Ball The Speares Rowing Club/Speares Extreme annual ball will be held on Saturday, 11th October at the Moat House in Stratford-upon-Avon More details to follow…
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