FOUR WATER sports enthusiasts are hoping to make a splash in the record books this week by boldly going where no waterskier has gone before: crossing the choppy Irish Sea in a single day.
The waterski team are raising money in memory of Bristol schoolboy Charlie Froud (14), who died along with three others when their light aircraft crashed in the Wicklow mountains in 2008.
Charlie’s father Dave Froud will be leading the record attempt which is due to leave Fishguard in Wales at 9am tomorrow. The team are scheduled to complete the 67-mile crossing in under six hours and hope to arrive into Rosslare at about 1.30pm that afternoon.
The team is hoping to raise up to £30,000 for the Glen of Imaal Rescue Services, the Mountain of Mourne Rescue Services and the Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Services.
Charlie Froud was one of four people who died in the light aircraft accident.
Sharif Booz, his wife Margaret O’Kennedy Booz, their son, Aymon (14), all from Lower Almondsbury, Bristol, England, died in the accident. Margaret was born in Co Kildare while Sharif was born in Egypt.
To make a donation to the Charlie Froud Foundation, visit: justgiving.com/ charliefroudfoundation
See also thecharliefroudfoundation.org
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