Forticrete Triathlon for Macmillan & Great Ormond St

General News

24 August 2011

FORTICRETE SWIM, BIKE & RUN TO RAISE £9,630 FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT & GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL

Staff at Leighton Buzzard based Forticrete, the UK's leading manufacturer of stone masonry products, have raised a phenomenal £9,630 for Macmillan Cancer Support and Great Ormond Street Hospital after they took part in the gruelling Virgin Active London Triathlon last week (Saturday 30th July).

As part of the 'Roofing Racers' contingent, which comprised teams from various  companies from within the roofing industry, 12 Forticrete staff completed the daunting  'Sprint' triathlon - which included a 750m swim, 20km bike ride and 5km run around London's Docklands.

Supported and sponsored by colleagues, family, friends and suppliers, the brave competitors completed the three part challenge either individually or as a team of three.

Jo Lightfoot, marketing manager at Forticrete commented: "Considering that only one of the team had completed a triathlon before, we are over the moon with the effort put in from each and every member of the team and are hugely grateful to everyone who sponsored us.

"To raise such a tremendous amount of money is an absolutely fantastic achievement, especially with it going to such a worthwhile cause."

Employees who took part included:

Individual Entrants:
John Lambert - Director and General Manager, Forticrete
Kevin Higby - Area Sales Manager, Forticrete
Michael Trott - Technical Assistant, Forticrete
Mathew Davies - Area Sales Manager, Forticrete
Paul Walker - Cast Stone Product Engineer, Forticrete
Lewis Turnbull - Customer Services Administrator, Forticrete

Team Entrants:
Gareth Emmonds - Group HR Manager, Ibstock Group
Claire Godleman - Personal Assistant, Forticrete
Jo Lightfoot - Marketing Manager, Ibstock Brick
Liz Biggin - Anstone Customer Services Office Manager, Forticrete
Sean Welch - Area Sales Manager, Forticrete

Next Year...

Several members of our Team have already committed to participate in next year's event on 22nd September 2012.

Have a look at the London Triathlon Website

Forticrete participants L to R:  Roger Hemming, Robyn Lambert, Stuart Hardy, David Bethell, John Elliott, Liz Biggin, Lesley Pygall, Tom Edmonds, Gareth Emmonds, John Lambert (seated), Claire Godleman, Sean Welch, Lewis Turnbull, Jo Lightfoot, Kevin Higby, Paul Walker, Mathew Davies, Michael Trott.
 

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