Charlie in the Press
1st March 2010 - Braintree and Witham Times
Felsted: Rower's Atlantic jaunt ends in victory
Posted By: David Lidstone, 9th March 2010 10:44:16
28th February 2010 - yachtpals.com
Posted By: David Lidstone, 8th March 2010 10:04:10
27th February 2010 - The Independent
"Atlantic rower sets UK record"
Posted By: David Lidstone, 1st March 2010 10:39:22
27th February 2010 - scotsman.com
Rower Charlie Pitcher claims solo Atlantic record
Posted By: David Lidstone, 3rd March 2010 14:36:06
27th February 2010 - Irish Times
Pitcher reaches Antigua to win Atlantic rowing race
Posted By: David Lidstone, 5th March 2010 12:43:50
27th February 2010 - shiptalk.com
Posted By: David Lidstone, 5th March 2010 12:48:05
27th February 2010 - Antigua Observer Online
First soloist finishes ocean-rowing race to make history
Posted By: David Lidstone, 8th March 2010 10:07:17
27th February 2010 - americanchronicle.com
Under the rowing section:
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/141823912
Posted By: David Lidstone, 8th March 2010 10:09:49
Edited By: David Lidstone, 8th March 2010 10:11:26
26th February 2010 - BBC Essex Web site
Rower Charlie Pitcher breaks Atlantic crossing record
Posted By: David Lidstone, 26th February 2010 17:53:14
26th February 2010 - Bill's Log
Three articles, including some pictures at Burnham Marina
http://bills-log.blogspot.com/2010/02/congratulations-charlie-pitcher.html
Posted By: David Lidstone, 2nd March 2010 10:46:56
26th February 2010 - britishrowing.org
Just announcing Charlie's victory
http://www.britishrowing.org/news/charlie-pitcher-wins-atlantic-rowing-race-2009
Posted By: David Lidstone, 2nd March 2010 10:48:18
26th February 2010 - Father's gruelling Atlantic challenge to raise money for Addenbrooke's Hospital
The Cambridge News:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=485531
Posted By: David Lidstone, 2nd March 2010 10:49:51
26th February 2010 - BBC Look East - VIDEO OF FINISH
A piece on Charlie finishing in Antigua, including video of him at the finish. Starts around 2mins 40sec into the video.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcgodn_bbc-look-east-the-general-election_news
Posted By: David Lidstone, 9th March 2010 10:39:18
26th February 2010 - examiner.com
Solo rower wins the race across the Atlantic Ocean
Posted By: David Lidstone, 3rd March 2010 14:33:20
25th February 2010 - Essex Chronicle
Posted By: David Lidstone, 26th February 2010 10:25:08
25th February 2010 - afloat.ie
afloat.ie mentions Charlie in an article about the RORC Caribbean 600
Posted By: David Lidstone, 27th February 2010 10:57:18
25th February 2010 - Team Nothern Atlantic 2011
Team Nothern Atlantic 2011 who are aiming to be only the third pairs to row the Northern Atlantic route (possibly in a boat using principals from InsureandGo) have mentioned Charlie in their blog: http://www.rowthepond.com/?p=833
Posted By: David Lidstone, 1st March 2010 11:22:53
25th February 2010 - yachtsandyachting.com
Charlie gets a mention in an article about the RORC 600:
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=150579
Posted By: David Lidstone, 1st March 2010 14:16:12
21st February 2010 - yachtpals.com
Charlie is mentioned in an article about the race. There is also a photo of him before the start.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 1st March 2010 11:08:46
17th February 2010 - Heral Express Torquay
Rowers passing half-way point in Atlantic
Posted By: David Lidstone, 27th February 2010 11:00:26
17th February 2010 - South Devon Herald Express
Charlie has been briefly mentioned in an article about the race.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 17th February 2010 10:38:18
17th February 2010 - Daily Dispatch Online
Charlie has been mentioned in an article written by Bill Godfrey - Peter Van Kets' rowing partner from the 2007 race, which they won.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 17th February 2010 10:35:23
8th February 2010 - worldrowing.com
A short article on the Woodvale race has appeared on worldrowing.com
Posted By: David Lidstone, 9th February 2010 10:20:11
8th February 2010 - South African Popular Mechanics
An article, mainly about Pete, in South African Popular Mechanics also mentions Charlie
Posted By: David Lidstone, 19th February 2010 09:24:10
28th January 2010 - Antigua Observer Online
Charlie has appeared on-line in the Antigua Observer
Posted By: David Lidstone, 29th January 2010 09:40:31
27th January 2010 - BBC News Essex web site
There is an article about Charlie and how well he is doing. Includes an audio excerpt from his interview via sat-phone.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 27th January 2010 16:20:17
24th January 2010 - yachtpals.com
yachtpals.com are publishing weekly updates on the race. A good resource, which summarises the best parts from many of the competitors blogs. Take a look here...
Posted By: David Lidstone, 25th January 2010 15:54:11
23rd January 2010 - The Weekend Post Online
South African news web site The Weekend Post has an article on Peter Van Kets which also mentions Charlie,
Posted By: David Lidstone, 23rd January 2010 09:33:43
20th January 2010 - Ocean News ExplorersWeb
Charlie is briefly mentioned here http://explorersweb.com/oceans/news.php?id=19061 There is also a picture of him with his fellow solo rowers.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 29th January 2010 09:46:16
17th January 2010 - yachtpals.com
Charlie has been mentioned in an article about the race.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 20th January 2010 11:26:01
15th January 2010 - irishtimes.com
An Irish Times article mainly on fellow competitor Seán McGowan also mentions Charlie leading the field.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 20th January 2010 11:32:45
13th January 2010 - Maldon & Burnham Standard
An article on Charlie was published in the Maldon & Burnham Standard. The text can be viewed online,
Posted By: David Lidstone, 26th January 2010 09:37:22
13th January 2010 - Maldon and Burnham Standard
Charlie has an article written about him on the Maldon and Burnham Standard website, click here to view this article.
Posted By: Shane Exley, 13th January 2010 10:24:09
Edited By: Shane Exley, 13th January 2010 10:24:15
11th January 2010 - Men's Health
Charlie is the Men's Health Everyman of the month. Be sure to click the 'Next' button to read the whole article.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 11th January 2010 12:40:59
15th December 2009 - Dispatch Online
The South African site has an article about Peter Van Kets who is also racing solo. Charlie is mentioned in the article.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 15th December 2009 09:47:10
11th December 2009 - Dunmow Broadcaster
An article about the delay has appeared in the Dunmow Broadcaster.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 14th December 2009 09:36:21
5th December 2009 - Daily Telegraph
Charlie was mentioned on page 37 of today's Daily Telegraph
Posted By: David Lidstone, 7th December 2009 09:44:19
4th December 2009 - Telegraph web site
An article on title sponsors InsureandGo insuring Charlie was on the Telegraph web site
Posted By: David Lidstone, 7th December 2009 09:43:15
4th December 2009 - Daily Star
Charlie was mentioned on page 47 of today's Daily Star
Posted By: David Lidstone, 7th December 2009 09:36:53
4th December 2009 - Daily Express
Charlie was briefly mentioned on page 67 of today's Daily Express
Posted By: David Lidstone, 7th December 2009 09:32:05
Edited By: David Lidstone, 7th December 2009 09:37:46
2nd December 2009 - Limerick Post
Charlie has been mentioned briefly in an article on fellow solo competitor Sean McGowan.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 2nd December 2009 14:58:33
17th November 2009 - East Anglian Daily Times
"Shipping firm helps Atlantic rowers" - Charlie has been mentioned in an article about InsureandGo being shipped to the race start.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 17th November 2009 09:39:04
Edited By: David Lidstone, 17th November 2009 09:53:33
5th November 2009 - Maldon and Burnham Standard
A large article with pictures appeared in the Maldon and Burnham Standard on the 5th November.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 10th November 2009 09:26:52
29th September 2009 - Yorkshire Post
Charlie has been mentioned in the Yorkshire Post
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 14:14:14
29th September 2009 - Charlie on Metro web site
Charlie has been pictured in front of Tower Bridge by the Metro. Please note that this link is unlikely to be live for long.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:16:32
29th September 2009 - "AMATEUR SUPERMAN UNVEILS UNIQUE BOAT FOR TRANSATLANTIC ROW"
Community Newswire has published an article, following his press launch.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 16:24:35
28th September 2009 - sport.co.uk article
Charlie has been featured in a long article on sport.co.uk, following his press launch today.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 14:08:22
28th September 2009 - Charlie on main BBC web site
The BBC have published an article on Charlie and his challenge.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:13:27
28th September 2009 - Charlie on Virgin Media's Latest News site
A picture and short article on Virgin Media.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:29:38
28th September 2009 - Stock images of Charlie at press launch
profimedia.hu/ has some stock images of Charlie during his press launch on the 29th of September in London.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 16:11:31
Edited By: Shane Exley, 14th December 2009 16:55:48
19th August 2009 - Charlie on BBC Essex web site
An article with pictures has appeared on the BBC Essex web site. This is a low-bandwidth page.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:26:02
29th July 2009 - BBC Radio Essex - Dave Monk Show
Charlie was interviewed on the Dave Monk show, at just after 9:10am
Posted By: David Lidstone, 4th August 2009 08:53:40
Edited By: David Lidstone, 4th August 2009 12:51:14
12th July 2009 - BBC Radio Essex - Interview with John Hayes
Charlie was interviewed at Drivetime on BBC Radio Essex by John Hayes. Charlie's interview is around 1hr 10mins into the show.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 21st July 2009 09:19:50
Edited By: David Lidstone, 4th August 2009 08:52:08
30th June 2009 - Main sponsor Insure and Go feature
Insure and Go, the main title sponsor, have published an article on him in their summer travel magazine.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:35:35
17th June 2009 - Charlie named GO Outdoors Essex Adventurer 2009
Charlie is in the Harlow Herald, pictured accepting his award.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:53:59
Edited By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 16:43:29
6th May 2009 - thisistotalessex article on Charlie
thisistotalessex have published an article on Charlie, following his successful completion of the MdS.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:44:53
7th April 2009 - BBC Radio Cambridge - Jeremy Sallis show
Charlie was interviewed at approximately 08:50 on the Jeremy Sallis show.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 27th April 2009 10:43:11
1st April 2009 - "Charlie starts his quest: 100k African marathon goal"
An article in the Dunmow Broadcast Recorder.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:57:13
Edited By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 15:58:18
27th March 2009 - "Superman: The Continental Conqueror"
An interview with Charlie, posted 27th March entitled 'Superman: The Continental Conqueror'.
Interview can be found in full at:
http://www.sport.co.uk/features/Athletics/406/Superman_The_Continental_Conqueror.aspx
Posted By: Shane Exley, 14th April 2009 11:56:03
Edited By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 14:10:55
25th March 2009 - Article in City AM
An article on Charlie, entitled 'Desert Storm', has been publised in City AM
Posted By: David Lidstone, 6th April 2009 11:38:03
Edited By: David Lidstone, 6th April 2009 11:41:06
25th March 2009 - Article on Community Newswire
Full article can be read at:
http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=5613257
Posted By: David Lidstone, 31st March 2009 08:52:44
Edited By: David Lidstone, 31st March 2009 08:52:55
20th March 2009 - The Southend Echo
Charlie has been featured in The Southend Echo, receiving a feet and toenail MOT from trainees from the South East Essex College, prior to his departure for the Marathon des Sables!
Posted By: David Lidstone, 6th April 2009 11:45:18
20th March 2009 - The Echo (Castle Point)
Charlie has been featured in The Echo, receiving a feet and toenail MOT from trainees from the South East Essex College, prior to his departure for the Marathon des Sables!
Posted By: David Lidstone, 6th April 2009 11:44:21
Edited By: David Lidstone, 6th April 2009 11:45:31
17th February 2009 - Charlie was in the Cambridge News
The Cambridge News published an article about Charlie.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 18th February 2009 14:46:59
7th January 2009 - Dunmow and Braintree Times
The Dunmow and Braintree Times published an article on Charlie with the headline:
"Endurance double for Charlie"
Posted By: David Lidstone, 12th January 2009 10:09:10
6th January 2009 - Braintree and Witham Times
"Charlie's ready for the endurance test"
A longer article appeared in the newspaper on the 7th with the title:
"Endurance double for Charlie"
Posted By: David Lidstone, 12th January 2009 09:52:12
Edited By: David Lidstone, 9th April 2009 14:44:01
1st December 2008 - Charlie is in Yachting Monthly
Charlie is in the December 2008 edition of Yachting Monthly with the headline:
"Burnham sailor to row Atlantic"
Posted By: David Lidstone, 12th January 2009 09:57:43
Edited By: David Lidstone, 12th January 2009 09:58:16
27th November 2008 - BBC Essex online (including audio)
The BBC web site for Essex has a piece on Charlie which includes some interview excerpts.
Posted By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 14:45:21
Edited By: David Lidstone, 30th September 2009 14:45:43
31st October 2008 - Charlie was live on BBC Radio Essex
Charlie was live on BBC Radio Essex in the first of what we hope will be a series of features on his challenges.
Read more, and listen online...
Posted By: David Lidstone, 12th January 2009 09:46:34
Edited By: David Lidstone, 9th February 2009 09:20:18
28th May 2008 - Essex Chronicle
ROWER SETS SIGHT ON ATLANTIC CHALLENGE
" A Massive test of body and mind awaits a novice rower as he prepares to cross nearly 3,000 miles of open ocean."
Posted By: Charlie Pitcher, 29th May 2008 10:21:31
Edited By: David Lidstone, 29th June 2008 09:34:58
26th May 2008 - RBYC Newsletter
Charlie was featured in the May edition of the Royal Burnham Yacht Club New Wave newsletter
Posted By: Charlie Pitcher, 29th May 2008 11:05:56
Edited By: David Lidstone, 29th June 2008 09:29:34
6th May 2008 - Dunmow Broadcaster
Father-of-four in toughest rowing race
"A FELSTED rower has entered one of the toughest events in the world hoping to break records and raise tens of thousands of pounds for a charity close to his own heart."
Posted By: David Lidstone, 20th May 2008 12:26:13
Edited By: Shane Exley, 10th March 2010 09:15:10