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Hikers from Scotland were also
spurred on by the memory of
their friend and son of John, the
team driver, Craig Hodgkinson.
John said: “Craig died of a heart
attack while playing rugby for the
Royal Navy. It was the type that
can happen in young fit players
and if a defibrillator had been on
hand he might have survived. The
night before the challenge I
suggested to the lads that we
took one of Craig’s prized
possessions with us on the
challenge, his rugby ball. It was
with us every step of the way.
“We accomplished
the mission and
raised a lot of
money for Spoon. In
the future we’d like
to see enough
money raised to
have a defibrillator
in every rugby club
in West Scotland
and the
Premiership.”
2008 - join the regional challenge
Before the challengers’ muscles
had even stopped aching, the
Spoon challenge office registered
10 teams for 2008, including
Alan and Linda and Yorkshire-
based eight-time Peaker, Edward
Jennings. Three time Great
Lakeland challenger, Chris
Littlefair, who also completed the
2001 End-2-End John O’Groats to
Land’s End cycle, has also signed
up.
Chris said: “I’ve been supporting
Spoon for the last 10 years and Chairman, Tony Jenkin-Jones. going.
New Challenge
have always had great fun taking Tony is no stranger to the hard “I’d love to see a few more
website
part in the events, but I’ve never work needed for training and faces from the Spoon regions on
www.spoonchallenges.com is
done the Four Peaks. With two fundraising. He competed in 2006 the mountains and in the bar
the place to find out more
young sons I wasn’t planning on and raised £9,000 boosted by afterwards and hope that many if
about next year’s challenge,
taking part in anything next year, £3,000 from his employer, E.ON not all will join me to celebrate 25
which takes place 26-28 June
but when I realised it was the UK. years in the same way. If every
and to read about the 2007
25th anniversary I felt a bit mean, Tony said: “It’s Spoon’s 25th region could muster up a team
challenge and see the results
so I called the challenge office anniversary and the 20th year of for the Four Peaks or one of the
in full. The new site is already
and signed up.” the Four Peaks so there really was other Spoon challenges, just think
up and running, but is being
Chris will be joined by five no other option, I had to take how much we would raise for the
developed to allow online
teams from ALD Automotive, part again. It’s always a tough national fund.”
registration and teams space
who are using the challenge as a event and our fingers are crossed
for their own web pages in
team building event for for better weather than this year,
For further details on 2007 events
the future.
employees and other returnees but we’re fairly sure that the post
please contact the Challenge
including Wooden Spoon’s event party will be the best to
Office: Email:
www.spoonchallenges.com challenge@eventsunlimited.co.uk
Nottinghamshire Regional date, so that will help keep us or Tel: 01889 582 889
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