Inishowen company sponsor World Record attempt

A Malin Head company are the main sponsor of a team who are rowing around the country.

The ocean rowing team is striving to be the first team to row continuously and fully unsupported around Ireland on the Emerald Expedition, with Forward Emphasis International in Malin the sponsors. The team is made up of Jack Norris, Aidan O’Reilly, Ciarán Breslin and Ryan Davin. This is an amazing story of endurance, athleticism, challenge, stamina, bravery and it is truly inspiring - with the team focused on raising money for their charities of choice Pieta and PIPs. 

Since expedition launch from Belfast on June 15, 28 days ago (with 12 of those on anchor just off the west coast) they have rowed over 600 miles, whilst enduring challenging weather conditions and have just taken off again this morning from Iniskea in Co Mayo, where they had been anchored for three days while they waited for a weather window to brace the Donegal coastline and commence the final 200 miles of their expedition and achieve a Guinness World Record. 

Forward Emphasis International, a Business Process Outsourcing Company with their head office in Malin Head have partnered with the expedition as main sponsor as it uniquely ties into their company values and culture – always striving for excellence, dreaming big and challenging yourself.

"We are very excited that the time has come, that the team are on the last stretch of their expedition, doing an absolutely amazing job and we are really enjoying following along on their journey as they undertake this immense task of rowing around Ireland," Forward Emphasis International CEO, Fiona Burns said.

"We are very proud of where we are from and there will be great excitement as they make their way up the coast of Donegal and on the day, they pass us here just off Malin Head, which will hopefully be soon, weather dependent. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work with lots of opportunity for social interactions outside of the day to day job and the events we have been running for our staff across the last couple of months have perfectly tied in with the expedition - all focusing on that sense of team and fun.”

The row is taking place right now just offshore, so do try to catch the team as they make their way around Ireland, follow this momentous journey by checking out @the.emerald.expedition and @forwardemphasisinternational on Instagram.