fundraising Ride for your lives Our second Ride for Your Lives event at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire in June looks set to have raised around £5,000 for the Charity thanks to the efforts of dozens of cyclists.
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Nearly 70 people took part including families and individuals and a number of corporate teams too.
Organiser and Area Fundraising Manager Chris Donaldson said: “We wanted to achieve a collective 1,000 miles and in fact 1,271 miles were cycled in total during the seven hours of the event. The last riders finished just as the first raindrops of the day fell.” Barclays Peterborough won the corporate prize, their team amassing 500 of the total miles by themselves. They were closely followed by DHL Debenhams, GA Aviation and Royal Sun Alliance. Chris added: “I’d like to thank all who took part, especially those returning for a second year, for helping us to raise a fantastic sum.”
Dragon boat fun Eight teams took part in the first EAAA Dragon Boat Race event held in July at Whitlingham Country Park in Norwich. The teams each raced three times, dropping their slowest time. The four fastest teams then went into the semi-finals before Southwood Hall Sweethearts and Making Waves battled it out in the final – the team from Southwood Hall taking the prize. Our thanks to the companies that took part: Aquaterra, Foster Property Maintenance, Foster Renewable Energies, Kettle Foods, Bertrams (who took the prize for the best dressed team), Snelling Business Systems, Duffields and Southwood Hall. We’re grateful to Andrew Smith for the photo below and all who supported the event. Look out for details of next year’s event in a future issue of ‘Anglia Lift Off’ and also on our website.
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Runway Run Walkers, joggers and competitive runners still have time to enter our annual Runway Run at Tibenham Airfield in south Norfolk on Sunday 29th September. There is a 10k course and a 5k course with registration on the day opening at 2pm. Entertainment on the day will be provided by local band Dixiemix and there will be refreshments including a barbecue. We’d like to thank our sponsors Big Sky Additions and Hugh J Boswell for their support of this event. Full details and online registration can be found on our website in the Fundraising section.
Three peaks challenge A 25-strong team from the Norwich area, including a group of colleagues from Aviva, took part in a gruelling expedition up the highest mountains of Great Britain. In early May they braved freezing temperatures, rain and snow to scale the peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in aid of EAAA – with some completing the challenge within 24 hours. Between them they raised almost £18,000 with some of them describing it as ‘the hardest thing they have ever done’ and ‘an experience like no other.’ Our thanks to all who took part and helped the team raise such an incredible sum.
Three Peaks C hallenge Team