Shropdoc’s General Manager Graham Fell handing the medical supplies to Annie Janusewski
Shropdoc gives medical support to Atlantic rowers
December 04, 2009
Former Shropdoc employee Annie Janusewski and fellow crew member Mel King will start their 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic this weekend. They are the only ladies pair crew racing against 33 other entrants.
Annie and Mel will be launching their boat from La Gomera, in the Canary Islands and setting their sights on English Harbour, Antigua 3,000 miles away across the Atlantic Ocean. Braving harsh weather, contstant physical and mental stress, no Christmas. One of them will be rowing at all times, 2 hours on and off, continuously day and night. Only 49 women have every rowed an ocean and only 6 female pairs. They are hoping to break the world record for a ladies pair by completing the race in under 70 days.
Shropdoc has assisted Annie by providing the medical supplies needed for the trip in case of any emergency. When Annie worked at Shropdoc she arranged a fund raiser for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Renal Unit by organising Shropdoc staff to row on the river Severn. This time any funding they raise over and above the cost of the race will be donated to the Macmillan Cancer support