WCF – Coast to Coast completed
Members of the Executive Board at WCF challenged themselves to walk, swim or run 171 miles each – the equivalent of the coast to coast – over the course of 6 weeks, to raise money for rural communities in Cumbria.
The WCF Warriors lead the fundraising leaderboard to date with almost £2,200 raised. Phil Murray, Deputy Managing Director at WCF, finished the challenge in first place, and Jo Ritzema, Managing Director, was in third place!
Jo reflected: “We have all thoroughly enjoyed undertaking the challenge and benefitted from both the physical and mental effort. We are all surprised how we have managed to engineer the additional hours of walking into what we thought were busy schedules already.
“By doing it as a team we have been spurred on by the efforts of the others, particularly on those dull and rainy days, and there is no doubt there has been a healthy level of competition.
“It has allowed us to explore the surrounding areas of many of the WCF depots, appreciating the beautiful landscapes that are around us – if we only know where to look. Our colleagues at WCF have encouraged us with their kind words and their donations and we are very grateful for the generosity of everyone who sponsored us.”
Congratulations to the WCF Warriors!
Barton Petroleum Ltd – football’s coming home
Barton Petroleum Ltd, the Northamptonshire-based fuel distributor, recently took part in a charity football tournament. The event was to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Whitworth FC and Barton Petroleum Ltd, and to raise much- needed funds for two fantastic local charities.
Morgan Webb, Depot Assistant at Barton, said: “We entered a team of our most impressive Barton footballers into a charity football tournament. We had a brilliant day; it was full of laughs (and some pain!) and I was pleased to score 2 goals for our team! It was also great to see the Wellingborough Depot Manager, Charles Wootton, on the score sheet too!
“We have a long association with Whitworth Football Club because of Richard Croxen, our previous Depot Manager, who loves supporting them and is part of the Whitworth committee. We are also proud kit sponsors of the team!
“I would like to say a massive thank you to Wellingborough Whitworth FC for such a well organised and enjoyable event; it was great to raise money for both charities. The overall champions for the day were Kelly’s Heroes, so a big congratulations to them too!”
Over £10,000 was raised for Kelly’s Heroes, a Northamptonshire-based mental health charity that provides unwavering support to individuals navigating mental health challenges, and The Maxwell Mallows Brighter Future Fund that supports Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Congratulations to Barton FC!
IFC Inflow – fun times at team social
IFC Inflow appreciates the value of team bonding events and recently got together to enjoy a team bowling night out.
Kiran Shaw, Operations Director at IFC, said: “We like to make some time to go out as a team and get away from the office for a couple of hours as often as we can.
“This time our Technical Director Greg invited us to his local bowling alley where he plays in a league.
It was great fun and a fabulous evening, even if the rest of us didn’t stand a chance against Greg with the home advantage!”
Congratulations are to be given to Team 1 who came out on top, with a total score of 835, and a special mention both for Greg, the highest-scoring bowler of the evening and for the lowest scorer, Mark. Better luck next time Mark!
If you’ve recently enjoyed some team social events then please do let us know: claudia@ andpublishing.co.uk
Mission complete for Ben at MechTronic
Ben Firth, Sales Engineer at MechTronic Ltd continues to raise money for local charities in 2024. At the end of May, Ben successfully completed the 3 Peaks Challenge!
He set off on May 31st, aiming to climb all 3 National Peaks whilst raising valuable funds for The Matthew22 Fund.
The fund was set up in October 2023 to raise vital support for selected charities in memory of Matthew Hollingworth, who sadly passed away from bone cancer on the 16th February 2022.
Ben said: “The challenge was harder than I thought, but I am glad I’ve done it! Thank you to everyone who has supported me and for everyone’s kind words. I’m very proud of myself and grateful for all the donations I have received.
“I would recommend the challenge to anyone; the views and memories are worth it and it’s something I will never forget. My JustGiving page is still live if anyone would like to donate to my fundraiser at www.justgiving.com/page/benfirth-3peaks.”
Cnogratulations Ben!
Prince Energy Ltd – celebrating the new Mr and Mrs Prince
Prince Energy Ltd is celebrating the wedding of Prince Energy Director, Johnny Prince, to his partner of 10 years, Isabelle Sansone.
Johnny reflected on the day: “It was a wonderful day that we were lucky enough to be able to share with all our friends and family and, despite the rather unpleasant weather the UK has been having, we were fortunate enough to see some sun on our wedding day!
“We are now enjoying a fabulous honeymoon touring Provence and the Cote D’Azur drinking an unhealthy amount of wine and eating an even more unhealthy amount of bread, pastries and croissants (because, why not?!).
“I am excited to get back to the office and catch up with the team and, dare I say it, catch up on the incredible amount of work that I am sure is piled up on my desk!”
A huge congratulations to Johnny and Isabelle from all at Fuel Oil News.
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