The Maldon Little Ship Club held a sponsored row in January and raised more than £4,000 for the Institution.

Some 43 boats and 150 people took part in the event, some of them in fancy dress.

Clear winners of the Panther trophy for the largest single sponsorship and the Fancy Dress prize were 'The Basin Oars', five lovely ladies from Heybridge Basin.

Trained and supervised by their husbands the girls were in fine form, rowing like the wind and raising £1,300 from their efforts.

Pictured from left to right are the members of the team, Jill Doubtfire, Eva Nutbeam, Viv Hannant- Smith, Jane Fox and Julia Franklin. (Photo Maldon & Burnham Standard).