Antigua girls welcomed home after rowing across the Atlantic

Team Antigua Island Girls return home to a ‘sheroes’ welcome

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Debbie Ransome

NOT HEROES, but “sheroes” – that’s how they hailed the Caribbean women who have become the first all-black female team to row across the Atlantic.

There was a huge homecoming for the Team Antigua Island Girls as they completed one of the world’s toughest rowing challenges. The team rowed 3,000 miles from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in 47 days, raising money for charity.

Large parts of the island came to a halt as people flocked to the welcoming ceremony at English Harbour. Politicians even shortened the day’s budget debate to join in.

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