€9,600 raised as 'Jailbreak' winners reach south Argentina
€9,600 raised as 'Jailbreak' winners reach south Argentina
Matthew Hainbach and Claire Cullen have been announced as the winners of Trinity's first ever 'jailbreak' competition after they managed to travel to Mirimar in Argentina, 7,020.4 miles from Trinity College Dublin, in the space of 36 hours without spending any money on transport. €9,600 has been raised by competitors in sponsorship.
Brian Cusack and Sonia Wu Murphy finished in second place, just 36 km behind the winners, having reached Bintan in Indonesia. Another team, Team 37, boarded a flight to Brunei this morning, reportedly courtesy of TCD graduate, former Aer Lingus CEO, and current Royal Brunei Airlines Vice-President Dermott Mannion, but failed to register a location before the strict 9:30pm GMT deadline.
The competition, the object of which was to travel as far away from Trinity as is possible within 36 hours with no money, began at 9:30am on Saturday in Front Square under the stewardship of Trinity VDP, Du Amnesty, and DU Law Soc. The 40 teams of two are forbidden from spending money on transport and have found success in convincing travel companies to offer a free journey by way of sponsorship. DU Law Society have offered to fund the return journey of one team who can tell the best story from their travels but the rest will be expect to pay for or 'reverse-jailbreak' their way home.
The competition was popularised by Cambridge University students in January, with the winners making it as far as Australia. Around €8,000 of sponsorship has been raised so far by the competition, which will go towards St. Vincent de Paul, Amnesty International, and a number of other charitable organisations. Cullen and Hainbach were the most successful individual fundraising team with €2,120.
Finn Murphy and Lulu Courtney reached Bratislava via Salzburg, Fiona Shiels and Eibhleann Ní Dhiarmada arrived in Paris before 9pm, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne and Sam Holt spent the evening in Vatican City having also taken in the sights of Geneva and Rome, while Jack Cantillon and his DCU team-mate Tommy Browne managed to board a flight to Sydney late this evening.
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