Brothers
You can joinThe Brotherhood, but you can’t leave. In this section we’ve disclosed the brav Brothers who will take on the The Great Amazon River Race. Below are past Brothers who have taken part in our “Mission”. Finally, our gratitude extends to the “Friends of The Brotherhood” who have helped us either financially or by lending support.
The Brothers taking on The Amazon are:
Brother Richard (Dicky) Pullan
Nationality: English
Age: 34
Nickname: Dicky
Paddle’s name: Papillon (French for Butterfly, named after his favourite film starring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen
Occupation: Founder and Managing Director of The Altitude Centre
Sports: Rowing, Cycling, Mountaineering.
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge. 2006 - Great River Race
Fav Quote: “Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything” Film: Deliverance (1972)
Best B’hood Memory: Capsizing (many) times.
Brother David Strang
Nationality: Australian
Age: 34
Nickname: Strangy
Paddle name: Straddle My Paddle
Occupation: Founder and Managing Director of Wicked Vision
Sports: Returning indoor and outdoor sports boomerangs and his new product - Funkix
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge. 2006 - Great River Race
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Brother Danny Williams
Nationality:Nationality: English
Age: Older than the others!
Nickname: Galactic Back
Paddle name: Dirty Li’l Oar
Occupation: It’s a paddle….it paddles for a living! Oh, me…Estate Agent
Sports: Rugby, Squash, Boxing…oh, and Paddling! And the older I get, the better I was at all of them.
Previous Missions: The Great River Race and The Weymouth Dragonboat Champs
Fav Quote: “Watch him, he’ll have someone’s eye out” - King Harold, 1066
Best B’hood Memory: Quite a few….going past the GB team as they sank in the GRR and pulling into Hvar Port on a yacht with Head doing Tai Chi on deck in his Speedos - most of which weren’t ‘hidden’.
Brother Will Johnson
Nationality: Australian
Age: 28
Nickname: Gibbo
Paddle name: Morning Glory
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Sports: Swimming, Rugby
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge. 2006 - Great River Race
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Brother Ruaraidh Smeaton
Nationality: British
Age: 25
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Paddle name: Lock ‘n’ Load
Occupation: Purchasing Consultant
Sports: Cycling, Rowing
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge.
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Brother Tim Page
Nationality: British
Age: 29
Nickname: Pagey
Paddle name: Moses
Occupation: Media Guru
Sports: Cycling, Paddling, Squash
Previous Missions: Great River Race (2006), Brotherhood Channel (2007), Operation A-L (2007)
Fav Quote: “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else”
Best B’hood Memory: Ali turning up to training and subsequently completing a whole training session in his Spiderman suit.
Brother James Wood
Nationality: British
Age: 28
Nickname: Pagey
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Occupation: Sales
Sports: Cycling, Rowing
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge. 2006 - Great River Race
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Brother Ali ‘ultimate’ Ayliffe
Nationality: British
Age: 25
Nickname: Ultimate
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Occupation: Financial Analyst
Sports: Cycling, Rowing
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge. 2006 - Great River Race
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Brother Brother Steve Kidd
Nationality: Scottish
Age: 26
Nickname: Skidds
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Occupation: Banker
Sports: Rugby
Previous Missions: 2007 - “Beauty Vs Brawn” Channel Challenge.
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Brother Alistair Groves (UK)
Nationality: English
Age: 27
Nickname: BGA
Paddle name: BGO
Occupation: Account Manager
Sports: City Breaking, Extreme Parkour and Base Jumping from donkeys.
Previous Missions: None
Fav Quote: “If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead”. -Johnny Carson
Best B’hood Memory: Everytimes Sex Pest has told the story of how he earned his name.
Christian Lehndorf
Nationality: New Zealand
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Previous Missions: 2006 - Great River Race
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Gary Corr
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Ginette Corr
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Pamela Bennington
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Kelly Freeman
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Kris Thykier
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Tom Freud
Nationality: English
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Previous Missions: None
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Best B’hood Memory: The’re to come
Hunter Tretheway
Name: Hunter Tretheway
Age: 32
Paddle Name: The Prodigy
Occupation: Service Manager
Sports: Rowing, Squash and anything that gives me the opportunity to beat Brooker
Previous Missions: The Great River Race
Favorite Quote: “Gibbo, you’ve been tango’d”
Best B’Hood Memory: Witnessing Sex Pest’s powers of seduction in Weymouth. 10 Women, 1 Sex Pest = they never had a chance.
Brothers Resting
Brother Bobby Furbs
Bobby is the boats helm - our version of Kate Middleton - and also our coach.
He’s an illustrious man, with a long history on the water. Aged 6, he saved his Dad from drowning in his first kayak, freeing him from his upturned kayak which has become lodged under tree branches over hanging a river, and his life changing capabilities have continued to this day, where he’s now turned around the fortunes of a bunch of guys with too much time on their hands. He shares his passion of the ocean and rivers infectiously: he’s our hero, our helm, and Our Father.
Status: Cute
Paddle name: er.. ‘Rudder’
Occupation: Cycle courier
Nationality: New Zealander
Brother Brad Miln
Brad Miln is one of the founding members of the ‘Brotherhood’. Brad’s main sports are rugby, golf, swimming, triathlons, surfing, rowing, snowboarding, running, cycling and now dragon boating (just to name a few). He spends hours in the gym and some say, he has a physique resembles Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime…
An engineer Brad arrived in the UK 5 years ago from New Zealand, since then he has been number 70 on the Time Out movers and shakers list.
Name: Brad Miln
Age: 29
Paddle name: : Braddle
Occupation: Sales Trader
Sports: Rugby, Cricket, Tennis and Dragon Boating
Nationality: New Zealander
Previous Missions: Great River Race (2006); World Record - Channel Crossing (2007)
Favorite Quote: “No Pain, no gain!”
Best B’hood Memory: Bobby falling out of the training boat while the engine was still running.
Brother Nick McClelland
Brother Nick although an Northern Irish lad is no leprachaun and has represented Ireland at rugby in his younger years playing for Ireland Under 19’s and Ireland Under 21’s. Refraining from the rugby drinking games for a while Nick took a law degree and now works for corporate benefits consultancy Thomsons Online Benefits as a pension & benefits guru.
He is an avid skier who plans to do the Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route next year. Nick’s paddles name is connected to the fact that even though he is one of the youngest in the crew at barely 25 he looks the oldest… Handy though for securing beautiful older girlfriends.
Name: Nick McClelland
Age: 25
Nickname: Breaker
Status: Occupied
Paddle name: Zimmer
Occupation: Professional Relationship Guidance Counselor
Sports: Skiing, Rugby, Golf, Tennis
Nationality: Irish
Previous Missions: Great River Race (2006), Channel Challenge (2007), Marlow Regatta Winner (2007)
Favorite Quote: “Yes, you are right, I have a nickname for my penis…it’s called the Octagon! I also have nicknames for my testes…the left one is James Westfall and the right one is Dr. Kenneth Noisewater. You ladies play your cards right and you might get to meet the whole gang”
Best B’Hood Memory: Lining up on Shakespeare Beach in Dover, looking out on the horizon, about to paddle a boat to France.
Brother Ed Dowding
Ed has trained executives in better teamwork, produced films, been a model, lifeguard, ad agency creative, chef, and actor. He now creates systems for disaster management and emergency communications, so we’ve got our contingency plans covered.
He likes to get sweaty and dirty, and is a potent mountain sportsman, especially telemarking, mountain biking, mountaineering, cross-country skiing, and paragliding. He’s headed back to the Alps this winter - bless the internet - where he’s going to find more interesting treks than the Haute Route for Nick M.
Name: Ed Dowding
Age: 31
Nickname: Stuffy
Status: Seeks wealthy hieress
Paddlename: Hurricane
Occupation: Self-employeed
Sports: Are for girls. Real men take on the improbable.
Nationality: British
Previous Missions: Channel, Darien Gap by foot
Favorite Quote: “My God…it’s enormous!”
Best B’hood Memory: Otherhood Schadenfruede…! Nah….reaching France!
Brother Dave Wells
Universally acclaimed as having the most expensive arms in the watersports world, Brother Wellsie has always been a winner. At the age of 12 raising the Wiltshire Historic Churches under 15yrs shield was the start of a so far remarkable string of victories. Having spent 2 summers showing the French how to MTB in Chamonix he turned his talented fingers to rubbing the rich and famous. Brother Wellsie?s martyrdom extends beyond the Brotherhood and deep into one of the unwitting Sisters to ensure the Sisters don?t get on-top of the Brothers too often and certainly is hoping his speed ensures he arrives in France first!
Status: Taken (by a Sister)
Age: 30
Occupation: Sports massage therapist
Nationality: English
Brother Will May
Come from the shire of Cambridge, however lived all around the World from Holland to Venezuela. I’m currently living and working in the Wharf, therefore the only crew member to be representing the East - so proud! I’m a fan of all sports, in particular hockey, cricket and rowing where i have represented the county and participated at Henley. Dragon Boating has always been a passion of mine and when I heard about the challenge I just couldn’t let the opportunity pass!
Age: 24
Occupation Banker
Status: Single
Nationality: British
Paddle name: Maverick Renegade
Brother Doug Munro
Do not be fooled by a casual glance at high flying city boy Doug Munro as underneath this “too much of the good” life current exterior lies a former model and TV star!
Starting his career as the face of Iron-Brew, the main Scottish rival to Irn-Bru and headlining the famous chanelle jumper campaign for “What Everyone Wants” Doug quickly progressed to television where he starred as Kenny’s little brother in the award winning channel 4 drama series “The Book Group”.
Leaving this illustrious career behind Doug moved to London to make his fame and fortune in the city and can often be seen entertaining clients at London’s top restaurants with tales of his past glories.
Doug can still be found most weekends strutting his stuff on the rugby pitch with London Scottish.
Status: Taken
Paddle name: Dougornought
Age: 27
Occupation: Investment Banker
Nationality: Scottish (British)
Gun size: Huge
Brother Matt Pratt
Matthew first came to the worlds media attention as an 9 year old, when he became the youngest world champion of pea shooting. after this accomplishment he choose the path of rugby, and sure enough at the age of 17 he played his first and only international match (injury sustained) against Sweden. after a break from sport so he could find his true path, he choose three years ago to step through those hallowed ropes of a boxing ring. currently Matt ‘the manatee’ Pratt is undefeated and boasts a record of only K.O’s having never been taken the distance. A recent sparring session with legendry boxer Nigel Benn, the manatee was summed as being ‘inhumanly strong’.
The Manatee is now set to take the paddling world on, and with his jude law looks, his brad pitt like abdominals and a determination to match lance armstrong i see this steam roller of a man rolling right over the sisterhood.
Status: Taken
Paddle name: Handsome
Age: 25
Occupation: Television editor
Nationality: English
Brother Dickie Robinson
After a year at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Brother Dickie commissioned into 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards where he spent five years serving Queen and Country in Kosovo, Bosnia and Iraq.
Dickie left the Army to study for an MBA at London Business School and he currently trades Emerging Market debt at Deutsche Bank.
No strager to physically demanding events, Dickie’s challenge last year was the Marathon des Sables where he raised money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. He hopes he wont need to check that they put the money to good use…
Ben Francis
Brother Ben has spent much of his life in & around the home counties, but is a London boy at heart! You may find him in France snowboarding, or trekking across dunes in Namibia, but he is just as comfortable playing football in Raynes park.
Having worked in London for five years now, Ben has vowed to spend more time ploughing the waves rather than paperwork.
The time has come to replace the pint with the paddle, and in August Ben will be looking to set a new record with his fellow brothers thrashing their way across the English Channel on the 25th. BRING IT ON!!!
Paddle name: Spanktacular
Age: 27
Occupation: Estate agent
Nationality: English
Brother Will Kallaway
Media wonk Will?s predilection for corduroy and tweed cuts an interesting sight in the twinkling lights of PR and belie his farming routes. When he?s not making brands look great, Will, 32, is a regular in the UK?s largest pantomime which raises around £30k a year for charity.
Age: 32
Occupation: Communications
Nationality: British
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