Seven of our LYR volunteers saw their names in lights (well, paint) on the prows of new boats, courtesy of Team Hackney and other sponsors.
The six singles and one double scull were formally handed over to Spring Hill Juniors at an award and naming ceremony at Lea Rowing Club on July 11th.
Ben Cox from Lea RC says: “We are naming our new boats after our volunteer coaches Alex Djan, Sandra Motture, Gordon Richardson and Charlie Collinson , as well as Frank Kershaw and Albert Scruby, who’ve given so much to the club in time, work and donations.”
Awards
There were a number of other ceremonies on the same day.
These include a Jack Petchey Award to one of our youth volunteers, coaching awards to five junior rowers and the formal presentation of £12,000 in cheques to LYR from the Metropolitan Police in Hackney, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth.
The awards will help LYR extend its work in all four boroughs. The money was raised from the Prisoners’ Property Fund, which distributes money raised from the sale of stolen goods whose owners cannot be traced.
