5 Miles From Home Challenge

5 Mile virtual rowing & paddling challenge taking place 27 Sept-1Oct 2023. Join our mailing list at link below.

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The good news? This extra time means we’ll be able to make the next event even bigger and better! 🎉 We can’t wait to see you in the spring (end of March/start of April) for an incredible challenge. Stay tuned for more updates!
Thanks so much for your understanding and support!

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𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱
Hey all, Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite as planned, and we’ve had to make the tough call to postpone this year's #5MilesFromHome to spring 2025.

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Ocean to City / Meitheal Mara was excited to lead this year, but with a few changes behind the scenes and some logistical challenges, we’re not quite ready for this month. Apologies.

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Congratulations to everyone involved! 𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁! Huge thanks to all the people behind the scenes for making this year's event happen: @wsranews @OfficialSCRA @CorkHarbourFest #OceanToCity
And importantly, a sincere thanks to all our participants for joining us! 2/2

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#𝟱𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 – 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔�� 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
1200 participants, 10 countries, 4 continents, 250+ entries, 94 clubs and 30+ boat types... what a fabulous event again this year.
The Provisional Results are now live! 1/2
https://t.co/dhxjgYLyyY

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@plugpearson well done richard - serious kudos doing it twice in one session!

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Hello everyone who happens to check our twitter account 😆INDEED #5milesfromhome 2023 is on and it's happening now! Please head over to our FB https://t.co/uZXYrZhVrx or Insta https://t.co/AG5DtLqNJ0 for full coverage of this year's event!

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Celtic Longboats came out in full strength this year, we wanted to recognize teams' special efforts in this class. A huge thank you to each club for entering #5milesfromhome. @wsranews wants to personally commend and award the following Class Association Awards to each team🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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✨The Medium Award is given to the participant finishing right in the middle of the fleet, thereby accepting this designation as a rep of the whole fleet. This years winner is Bryony, representing Llanion Warriors RC in Wales. Thank you for partaking in #5milesfromhome 😎

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The Perseverance Award goes to The Mallards from @EastneyCruising in their Cornish Pilot Gig. Well done team, great work from everyone. The crew faced challenging weather conditions but this didn't stop them completing #5milesfromhome ❤️

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The 'Plate of Spaghetti' Special Award is a new award made especially for our friends at @QueensferryRow! Congratulations to the Skua Chasers, what a masterpiece! The team had to juggle 30mph winds but made it work, what an outcome! Well done to all involved, #5milesfromhome🍝

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3) Both teams did not live up to their names (in the best way!) rowing really impressive times and enjoying the journey. We wish you all the best in your future rowing adventures! It was lovely to have you all join #5milesfromhome ❤️

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1) The Novice Award goes to two very deserving teams. Congrats '5 Blind Mice' from Solva RC and 'Average Rows' from Nairn CRC. 5 Blind Mice told us "fairly inexperienced crew who’d never rowed together before" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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2) Average Rows said "We're all new to rowing in the last year / couple months, and this was our first row altogether after a late night last minute change of crew! But it was so much fun; we spent the entire 5 miles laughing and singing together!"🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Throwing shapes... the Creative Course Award for #5milesfromhome goes to Prestwick Coastal RC, very artistic indeed! The team said they were rowing the flag for Scotland, such a great job Pops! Lovely to have you all part of the race, we hope to see you all again next year! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

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We hope you all had lots of laughs and giggles and feel more connected to your rowing friends around the globe. From @CorkHarbourFest , @castletocrane and @wsranews we thank you.❤️

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The time has come, Final Results are in! It's been lovely getting to know each club and truly feel connected to each and every person who joined #5milesfromhome 2022. We will continue to post our Special & Class Association Awards. ❤️
👉Final Results here: https://t.co/8TjxvnFZ4q

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Lossie Juniors from Lossiemouth CRC in their boat Loxa came up against some challenging winds but stuck with it, racing within their harbour showing great flexibility! Fantastic work teams, thank you all for taking part. We wish you well with your future rowing adventures. 💪

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1)🔥Happy Saturday everyone. We're back with more Special Awards. We're pleased to announce that the Youth Award is being awarded to two clubs. Both teams are from Scotland, rowing #5milesfromhome in St Ayles Skiffs. Drum roll please... congrats Broughty Youth & Lossie Juniors!

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2) Both teams put their all into the race representing the under 19s category. Broughty Youth from Broughty Ferry Boating entered our last series and found themselves rowing 6 minutes faster! Great progress team, keep up the good work! 👏