We are proud to announce that the Scott Rennie Foundation has been formed and is in the process of achieving Trust status on the way to becoming a registered charity. The Foundation has two core aims; to gift modest sums of money to those aspiring to the highest levels in the sport of rowing and to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) through Scott Rennie Foundation supported screening programs around the country. Whilst we make plans for an official launch event in the near future we want to take this chance to get the fund-raising rolling by doing something daft...

On the 1st August rowers Henry Ellender and Ben Smith are taking on IRONMAN UK, a super-distance triathlon involving a 3800m (2.4mile) swim, a 180km (112mile) cycle and a 42km (26.2mile) marathon to finish. The day starts at 6am and we have until 11pm to finish all three whilst meeting cut-off times along the way. Only two months ago Ben was putting on his wetsuit backwards and Henry was well north of a 100kg but after some tough training we're both starting to taper ready for the big day (hoping we've done enough!).

As the Scott Rennie Foundation is yet to get a registered charity number we are raising money through CRY to fund the heart screening of rowers nationwide following in Scott's footsteps. The more money we can raise the more people we can get screened. The trustees of the Scott Rennie Foundation, all friends and family of Scott, are all hugely grateful to CRY for their support in the last 16 months.

Please dig deep and donate now to support the Scott Rennie Foundation and it's future work.

Thank you,

Henry & Ben