23 Feb 2008 - Belvoir Challenge

Fantastic organisation, a band of magnificent helpers and an almost mud free day made for another hugely successful Belvoir Challenge.

The school is extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated and hard working group of helpers, who can turn their hand to anything. Their input plus superb support from local and national businesses created a great event for eight hundred and ninety seven

participants.

Here are the stats:

15 mile Men - winner Mark Bridges (Owls Club) 1 hr. 54 mins.

15 mile Women -winner Beth Eburne (Hinckley R C) 1 hr. 55 mins.

26 mile Men - winner Andrew Fisher ( RAF) 3 hrs. 26 mins.

26 mile Women - winner Julie Lamb (Owls) 3 hrs. 52 mins.

Oldest competitor Harold Messom 81 years!!!!!

Youngest competitor - several from school aged 8

Children who took part - Emily Towns, Jo Foxall, Edward Coy, Matt O’Donnell, Hannah

Fulton, Tom Holliday, Daniel Holliday and Matt Drinkwater

1010 entered

897 started

872 finishers

713 completed the 15 mile

159 completed the 26 mile

The calculators are still busy, but the expected funds raised from this year’s Belvoir Challenge look to be somewhere

between £9 500 and £10 000. The money will hopefully support the ICT suite, currently under construction, plus contributing to children’s swimming lessons and educational

visits.

  THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE!