USA-FILE-WARWICK NUDE CALENDAR The Warwick Rowers promote their 2015 nude calendar

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  • Title: USA-FILE-WARWICK NUDE CALENDAR The Warwick Rowers promote their 2015 nude calendar
  • Date: 9th December 2014
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 09, 2014) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATT DABELL, THIRD CALENDAR APPEARANCE, SAYING: "We do have some very excited fans who come to our events. Because what we do means a lot to a lot of people." (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAURENCE HULSE, SECOND CALENDAR APPEARANCE, SAYING: "We've actually got - kind of accumulated some sort of high profile supporters as well which is pretty crazy. I mean, Sir Ian McKellen came and launched our 2015 calendar in London at a kind of launch party. Kylie Minogue has one of our prints on her dressing room wall. Stephen Fry is a very vocal supporter amongst others. So, that's what's pretty crazy as well to be honest, to catch their attention."
  • Embargoed: 24th December 2014 12:00
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  • Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS NUDITY
    For the sixth year in a row the members of the University of Warwick rowing team are stripping down for a 12-month calendar.
    The idea was birthed in 2009 as a simple way to raise money for new equipment and has earned the Warwick Rowers global and celebrity recognition.
    "We've actually got - kind of accumulated some sort of high profile supporters as well which is pretty crazy. I mean, Sir Ian McKellen came and launched our 2015 calendar in London at a kind of launch party. Kylie Minogue has one of our prints on her dressing room wall. Stephen Fry is a very vocal supporter amongst others. So, that's what's pretty crazy as well to be honest, to catch their attention," said Laurence Hulse who is making his second appearance in the calendar.
    The models in the calendar are full-time students at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England and are all members of the rowing team.
    "We've got more guys then ever in the calendar this year. We've got 17 boys in it this year which is the most we've ever had. And this calendar we've changed the format a bit. So it's double the size now so the pictures are larger. It comes with postcards included and a full kind of fold out poster which is something new as well that we've done this year," said first-timer Oliver Greede.
    As a veteran Matt Dabell said he has learned how to prefect his pout.
    "I remember in the very first calendar I did I didn't really know what to do with my face so I kind of liked - stared at the camera a bit. So you do, you do sort of pick up, you do sort of critique yourself and work out, how to do it," Dabell revealed.
    Newbie Thomas Robinson joined in on the shoot on the second day.
    "I wasn't sure about being in it because, quite big guys and I felt like I needed to make - put on a few before I did it. But then on the second day I was actually there to just see what it was all about and I was just going to feel it out, but then the photographer asked me to join in so, I thought, why not."
    The calendar is shot over the course of six days in various locations with some set ups creating tricky situations.
    "In a row boat you slide, basically the seat slides back and forth. And obviously there is potential for damage there. I'm sure you can image. You can infer what I'm trying to say," said Greede about rowing in the boat while nude.
    Footage from the making of the calendar has been turned into a documentary film, "Some Like it Hotter," which will be screened for fans during their media tour.
    Proceeds from the calendar will also benefit the team's charity Sports Allies which fights homophobia in sports.
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