Warrington Rowing Club FIVE members of Warrington Rowing Club became possibly the last crew to win an annual race between Jersey and France in August.
David Holmes, Graeme Maclean, Sian Henrys, Wally Bury and Mark Erlam rowed the 19 miles from Gorey to Carteret to clinch victory in a race that could be scrapped in future years.
The popular event is Carteret's biggest weekend of the rowing season and the crew were welcomed to the finishing line in the town's harbour by a flotilla of French boats and around 1,000 supporters on the shore.
The quintet completed the course despite tough conditions and three of the crew - Holmes, Burry and Erlam - had only started their rowing careers in January.
They raised more than £4,000 for charity in the process and could be the last to win the race after a ban on rowing boats entering French waters was brought in.
The ban, which is being challenged with help from the French ambassador to the UK, threatened to stop the crew's efforts this year but they were allowed to complete their crossing because of their fund-raising attempts.
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