 This weekend more than 30 companies from within the energy industry took part in the three day long BG Energy Challenge 2007 – UK to raise over £205,000 for charity. The funds will be divided between CARE International and Sparks, the overseas development and children’s medical research charities.
The annual event hosted by global natural gas business BG Group, saw more than 200 team members, including global directors from teams including Accenture, BP, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, travel to Stirling, Scotland to take on the series of tough physical, mental and strategic challenges. With the added battle against adverse weather conditions, the teams faced a range of tasks as diverse as canoeing, night-time orienteering and mountain biking to mental puzzles and complex construction. After six tough stages the impressive winner was the team from Western Geco from Gatwick who had shown both mental and physical expertise and unbelievable team spirit throughout the three days of the event. They were followed by Team Structure Group in second place and Team Petro-Canada in third.
Steve Backley, Britain’s most successful javelin thrower and Leader of the Charity Team said:
“It was an unforgettable and incredibly rewarding weekend. The tasks were extremely demanding but through an outstanding show of teamwork and tenacity, all the teams put in a tremendous amount of effort, not least in their fundraising activities. The generous donations made by companies such as BG Group, make a real difference to the lives of so many people around the world and I feel very proud to have participated in an event that is incredibly important to the work of CARE International and Sparks.”
Each of the teams were committed to raising a minimum of £5,000 for charity and many were able to pledge more than double this amount. Fundraising activities included auctions, football tournaments and even baked bean baths! The £205,000 pledged at the UK event, takes the worldwide BG Energy Challenge series fundraising total to over £3 million.
Mark Carne, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, BG Group, said:
“The BG Energy Challenge Series creates a unique opportunity for people associated with the Energy sector, to come together outside our normal business, to have fun, to get to know each other and raise money for these deserving causes.
“This year’s event exceeded all our expectations not only in terms of organisation and participation but most significantly the funds raised for CARE International and Sparks. The bar has been set high for the BG Energy Challenge 2008 – UK but if the commitment and enthusiasm shown by the teams this year are anything to go by, I have no doubt that we will continue to build on our achievements to date.”
The BG Energy Challenge series has been running worldwide for the past twelve years. Events have been held in Brazil, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Trinidad & Tobago, Oman and the US, while a further event is planned in India.
For full results, images and more information about the BG Energy Challenge Series please visit www.bg-energychallenge.com
Notes to Editors
BG Group
BG Group plc is a global natural gas business. Active on five continents in 25 countries, it operates four business segments - Exploration and Production, LNG, Transmission and Distribution and Power. BG Group seeks to support social and economic development in the communities where it does business by providing structured funding for community initiatives that match its skills transfer theme. For more information, visit www.bg-group.com
BG Group’s sponsorship portfolio is called Energy for life. The BG Energy Challenge series is one of four sponsorships that make up the Energy for life portfolio. For further information visit www.bg-group.com/sponsorship
About CARE International
CARE International is one of the top three overseas development agencies in the world. We fight poverty and injustice in 70 countries, helping over 48 million people each year to find routes out of poverty. We are also recognised for our rapid response to emergencies. When disasters strike, we make sure that aid gets to where it is needed most. For more information, visit www.careinternational.org.uk.
About Sparks
Sparks is unique. It isn’t a single cause charity. Sparks is the only charity to fund cutting edge research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. Working with doctors and scientists at leading universities and teaching hospitals across the UK, Sparks research work encompasses childhood cancers, childhood arthritis, meningitis, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, the risks associated with premature birth and many other conditions affecting babies and children in the early years of life. Sparks has already committed over £13 million to fund more than 165 research projects with the aim of giving more children the best of all starts in life…a healthy one. For more information, visit www.sparks.org.uk
About Intelligent Sport
Intelligent Sport® is the fastest growing team development concept, in the world - specifically designed for business. Its primary aim is to give companies and their key people, first hand experience of the Power of teamwork drawing on strategy, intellect & physical ability to teach the skills required for effective teamwork and to give them the inspiration to make a difference to their performance. For more information, visit www.intelligentsport.com
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