The Conqueroars - Atlantic Row

Three fairly typical women from Pembrokeshire plan on rowing over 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in January 2025. Our row will consist of a gruelling 40+ days of rowing in a shift pattern of 2 hours on the oars, 2 hours off the oars when we will sleep, eat, complete general maintenance and out ablutions, yep you guessed it, in a bucket! So, why have we decided to take on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we hope to raise awareness and money for The Robin Cancer Trust, The MS Society and Wales Air Ambulance, all of which have a personal significance to us.

To complete this endeavour, we need to raise enough money to cover the expedition's cost and would like to donate substantial amounts to our chosen charities. If you are going to complete such an extraordinary challenge, at least try and raise as much money as possible for those charities that are dear to us.

We have selected these charities as they are close to our hearts for personal reasons;

The Robin Cancer Trust

"We are the UK's germ cell cancer community. We save lives by:-

Raising awareness – we educate young people on the signs & symptoms of testicular and ovarian cancers through our award-winning digital campaigns and lifesaving educational programmes.

Offering support – we provide free materials to newly diagnosed young people going through treatment, helping to make the most difficult time of their life a little easier.

Connecting our community – we create meaningful connections with survivors through our Ambassador programme, giving a voice to those affected by these rare forms of cancer."

(therobincancertrust.org)

One of Emma's closest friends was sadly diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died at only 52 years old shortly after. Emma has spent the last couple of years fundraising for the Robin Cancer Trust and allows herself to remember the days when Batman (aka Emma) and Robin (aka Liz) were an infamous pair.

The MS Society

The MS Society help to fund ground-breaking research and provides award-winning care & support. MS is one of the most common causes of disability in young adults, it can affect people in many different ways at any time, and there is currently no cure. The work of the MS Society is invaluable to those suffering from MS and their families, helping them to live and cope with the condition on a day-to-day basis.

Row's father has been living with MS for over a decade, and she and her family understand the direct impact this has on all aspects of family life. This is a charity which has always been close to Row's heart and Vince (Row's father) is most certainly on-board with this chllenge!

The Welsh Air Ambulance

"Every day, 24/7, our medics provide emergency air and road cover across Wales to those who face life-threatening illness or injury, providing advanced critical care on scene. Having Consultants and Critical Care Practitioners working on our helicopters and rapid response vehicles means that patients can receive advanced treatments before reaching a hospital.

We also undertake time-critical transfers between hospitals when a patient needs urgent specialist care in a different healthcare facility. This is supported by our dedicated Helicopter Transfer Practitioners.

Thanks to your incredible support our charity attended 3,544 life and limb-threatening emergencies in 2021, taking our overall mission to count at over 41,000 missions since our launch in 2001.

To all our supporters and volunteers, thank you for enabling us to provide this service for the people of Wales.

It’s because of you that we’re able to serve Wales, and save lives."

(walesairambulance.com)