A NYEWOOD rower has returned home a record breaker, after he and a friend became the youngest men ever to row across the Atlantic

Tom Heal, 21, of The Firs, Nyewood, near Petersfield, and his friend Will Smith, also 21, took part in the Woodvale Atlantic Ocean Race race from the Canaries to the Caribbean, a distance of 2,931 miles.

The pair came 19th overall, in their vessell Heritage Explorer, having crossed the finish line after 80 days and 19 minutes at sea.

For full story, see this week's Petersfield Herald.