{"id":295490,"date":"2023-11-29T15:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295490"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:25:20","slug":"reynolds-and-mcelhenney-donate-1600-to-oldham-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/reynolds-and-mcelhenney-donate-1600-to-oldham-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Reynolds and McElhenney donate \u00a31,600 to Oldham owner"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have donated $2,000 (\u00a31,600) to Oldham chairman Frank Rothwell ahead of his latest Atlantic challenge.<\/p>\n
The 73-year-old will row 3,000 miles solo across the world’s second largest ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua next month – looking to break his own record as the oldest man to complete the feat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He previously did the ‘Worlds Toughest Row’ at the age of 70, and he is doing it again to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK.<\/p>\n
Reynolds and McElhenney have donated the money to Rothwell’s cause – which, at the time of writing – has now reached a total of \u00a362,303 raised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The donation on Just Giving, included a message which read: ‘Go get ’em Frank.’<\/p>\n
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Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have donated \u00a31,600 to Oldham chairman Frank Rothwell ahead of the 73-year-old’s 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic<\/p>\n
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Rothwell\u00a0will row 3,000 miles solo across the world’s second largest ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua next month – after previously doing so back in 2020 (pictured)<\/p>\n
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Rothwell aims to beat his own record as the oldest man to ever accomplish the feat\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Reynolds wished Rothwell a ‘safe journey’ on Twitter, while a message alongside the donation read ‘go get ’em Frank’<\/p>\n
While Deadpool star Reynolds also took to social media, in which he wished Rothwell a safe journey.<\/p>\n
Though the Hollywood duo have not met Rothwell before, their sides played each other three times in the league and FA Cup last season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahead of their FA Cup first round meeting at The Racecourse Ground in January, Rothwell claimed to have never heard of the famous duo.<\/p>\n
As per ITV he said: ‘I don’t know who the hell they are. I know they’re film stars and all the girls go ‘whoo’ but I’ve never seen anything they’ve been in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the eve of the match, the Wrexham owners responded with a video charting Rothwell’s life.<\/p>\n
In the video message on Twitter they said: ‘Born in England in 1950, he grew up to be a 72-year-old man with a hat and glasses. He founded Manchester Cabins in 1979, he’s also the oldest man to row across the Atlantic Ocean. He’s got a nice smile. Very nice. Gentle. And he likes to shake hands, looks firm.’<\/p>\n
They then confuse Rothwell with an Irish Olympic weightlifter of the same name before concluding, saying: ‘Either way, we know you Frank and you’ll know us tomorrow.’<\/p>\n
Rothwell had open heart surgery last year, and ahead of his row said he was ‘not frightened of anything except getting dementia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rothwell (pictured after completing the Atlantic challenge the first time) said he did not know who the Wrexham owners were before their sides met in a FA Cup tie back in January<\/p>\n
Explaining his decision to do the race he said: ”m not frightened of the challenge ahead, but I am frightened of Alzheimer’s. I’ve seen the heartbreak that it causes.<\/p>\n
‘Sadly, I’ve lost two people that I love to dementia, my brother-in-law, Roger, during my 2020 race, and my best friend only a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n
‘It’s devastating. I don’t want others to go through it, so I am determined to help Alzheimer’s Research UK change lives.<\/p>\n
‘I’ve renamed by boat ‘For A Cure’ because that’s what I’m racing for.’<\/p>\n
Click here for Frank Rothwell’s Just Giving page\u00a0ahead of his Atlantic Challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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