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Martin Gough | 1st January 2014

Can-do rowers: Starting a Para-rowing squad

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Martin Gough visits Guildford RC to find out how they started a Para-rowing group

This article was first published in Rowing & Regatta magazine in January 2014.

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Once a BBC sports journalist who rowed as a hobby, Martin Gough is now a school rowing coach who dabbles in journalism and rides a bike in his spare time.

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