Record breaking rower returns to school
2009 Exeter School leaver Tom Rainey visited Exeter School this week to give a talk on his epic row of 3,800 miles unsupported across the North Atlantic Ocean to honour the memory of his father Luke, who died from a brain tumour and raise £250,000 for the Brain Tumour Charity.
Tom Rainey and his rowing partner Lawrence Walters also managed to break a world record by rowing 112.5 nautical miles (129 miles) in 24 hours at the end of May, breaking the existing Guinness World Record by nearly 10 nautical miles (11.5 miles).
The Andrews Hall was packed with pupils and staff who enjoyed Tom’s entertaining talk and were keen to ask questions afterwards.
