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6:00 pm, Fri 15 Mar 2013 £1m for rowing club after fire

Major milestone for rowing club

Five times Olympic champion - Sir Steve Redgrave - was along the River Thames in Marlow today. He was there to celebrate a major milestone in the restoration of the rowing club. Kate Bunkall reports.

11:06 am, Fri 15 Mar 2013 £1m for rowing club after fire

Burned rowing club in line for £1m grant

The Marlow Rowing Club which was damaged by a fire in 2011 is to be rebuilt thanks to a one million pound grant from the National Lottery. Former member - Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave, will be there later to help celebrate the plans for a new state-of-the-art site for water sports.

Sir Steve Redgrave rowing with club rowers

Redgrave's proudest moment

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave carries the torch into the Olympic stadium Credit: Owen Humphreys/POOL/PA Wire

Redgrave passes the flame to the next generation of Olympians Credit: Owen Humphreys/POOL/PA Wire

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who also carried the flame in Henley in Oxfordshire two weeks ago, passed the torch to seven young athletes. They then simultaneously lit 200 kettles that rose together to form a breathtaking cauldron in the centre of London's Olympic Stadium.