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Barge Pull. Liverpool to Leeds. 3 Records.
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Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Barge Pull
Record 1. Liverpool to Leeds, UK. 127 Miles. Time: 6 days,6 mins.
Record 2. 100 miles was achieved on route. Time: 5 day's 8 hour's, 28 mins.
Record 3. Up Wigan Flight on Route, 21 locks. Time: 3 hour's 45 mins.
The barge was a wide beam in style of Leeds, Liverpool short boat and was made by Doug Moore.
It weighed 25,000kg with additional weight of 1,909kg, this included weight of all persons of the 14 team with equipment.
There were 5 pullers at one given time. Below are the members of the Barge Pull Team with Support Team.
Stephen Atkinson
Jason Burdon
Dan Chapman
Aaron Dempsey
Emma Fisher
Gavin Fisher
Alex Flecknell
Jessica Grunewald
Dave Jafrate
Steven Little
Sue Lumsdon
Daniel McCormack
Paula McCormack
Mark Parkinson
Ady Thorne
Paul Tilley
Mark Watson
Dee Wray
Richard Wray
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