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INTERVIEW | THE WARWICK ROWERS

You know (and love) them for getting their kit off, but there’s more to those Warwick Rowing lads than meets the eye. In 2012 they joined the fight against homophobia through their charity Sport Allies, a program designed to help to young people challenged by bullying and low self-esteem. Their 2016 calendar has just launched and we can’t get enough! WORDS | Kieran Clarke IMAGE | Angus Malcolm

Whose idea was it to start the calendar, and

What was it like shooting the calendar?

When the calendar started out, the boys at

what prompted the idea?

I knew from the last shoot that any initial

the time could never have imagined that

The calendar started six years ago and it was

awkwardness would quickly be avoided

it would grow into what it has become, so

the idea of Angus, our photographer, and

by the unbelievable amount of fun we had

to be honest there was no intention for the

Chris, who was President of the Rowing

on set. Without wanting to give away too

calendar to do anything other than perhaps

club at the time.

many of our 2016 surprises, there was one

raise a couple of hundred quid towards the

shot where I got to sit in the sun and drink

clubs running costs.

The pair are friends, and Chris had been talking about how the club was struggling

Champagne, it’s a hard life but someone has

to support itself financially and things were

to do it!

starting to like dire for the future of rowing at Warwick.

However the project started to grow and after three years, sales started to become more than just a few hundred to family

Was it always your intention to fight

and friends. It was at this point the boys

homophobia using the proceeds of the

- with the help of Angus - became aware

born to shoot a calendar to raise funds for

calendar or did that happen after it became

this support was coming from the gay

the club. We’ve never looked back!

popular with your gay followers?

community. The gay community, by buying

With this situation in mind, the idea was

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