Today the distance is 2.8
kilometres and there are three
categories: Open, Masters
49+ and Junior 15–18. ‘Lots
of people who enter are
rowers but I try to get anyone
to enter,’ says Ben. ‘People
ask “is that safe?” They are
worried about pollution and
the cleanliness of the water
and there was a bit of a worry
in 2013 when river treatment
works upstream overflowed a
couple of months before our
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