Maldon Little Ship Club's sponsored row, an annual event, raised£1,681 for the Institution when it was held in January, 1985. Competitors braved sub-zero temperatures, ice floes and snow in order to complete the five-mile course on the Blackwater Estuary. The prize for the highest sum in sponsorship was won by Anne Tomlinson (r) and Joan Steele (I), who raised £1,062 between them. photograph by courtesy of Maldon and Burnham Standard.