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SPECIAL REPORT
This month teams from Chess Telecom & Cable
& Wireless will take part in the Cap Gemini
Chess resellers rally
UK Wild Challenge in aid of The Prince’s Trust.
Before they set off on the challenge Comms
Dealer found out what’s being happening
to the Prince’s cause
in both camps in the big build up...
SEPTEMBER has arrived
all too quickly for the Chess
Nut’s team taking part in
the UK Wild Challenge.
“When Chess Chief Executive
David Pollock gave everyone
at Chess the chance to take
part in the Challenge it seemed
like we had forever to raise the
£4,000 our team would need
to take part. How quickly the
time has passed,” said team
member Melissa Wakefield.
“Preparing for the chal-
lenge has certainly had its
C&W ready for
ups and down and I don’t
The Chess Nuts, left to right: Lucy Cartwright,
just mean the hills we’re been
Melissa Wakefield Michael Leighton,
climbing for our training.
Wild challenge
Emma Bertouche and Matt Beswick
“I can guarantee there will
not only be blood, sweat and
communication services and
tears, but also a momentous
products all under one roof.
SIX intrepid souls from Cable & Wireless – now known
I can
sense of achievement by the
Christine Thorpe, Digital
as the Cranky & Witless team – have been vigorously
end of it all. More importantly
Telecom Airtime
guarantee
training in a bid to get physically fit for the gruelling mix
we have helped to support a
Manchester based Digital
of running, kayaking, cycling and swimming they’ll be
there will not
great cause in the process.”
Telecom Airtime works
doing throughout the course of the UK Wild weekend.
Over the months The Chess
with passion, enthusiasm
only be blood,
The Cranky&Witless ‘super six ‘ namely Edward
Nuts have been busy wash-
and above all honesty in
Winfield, Juliane Rossberg, Darren Harvey, Stuart
ing cars, walking dogs, selling
the client’s best interest.
sweat and
Blackman, Nick Stroud and Dale Rose will tackle 27
confectionary to colleagues, bag
Darren Bright. Voice tears, but also
miles of running and navigational hiking on Day 1,
packing, gardening and taking
IP Comms Ltd
a 9 mile kayak race, 10 mile trek orienteering trek bets about how many packets of
Voice IP Comms is a
a momentous
and a 29 mile bike race on Day 2, then a 26 mile Hula Hoops Emma ‘The Cookie
nationwide telecoms &
sense of
bike race and sea swim to the finish line on Day 3. Monster’ Bertouche can fit in her
IT solutions specialist.
“It hasn’t been easy for all the team in the build mouth at once! All of which has
“We are very grateful to
achievement by
up to the challenge,” said C&W PR Manager Natalie helped the team towards reach-
these partners for supporting
Easson. “Ed Winfield unfortunately threw himself off his ing their fundraising target.
the end of it all
our efforts,” said marketing
bike on the side of a mountain in Verbier, injuring his Meanwhile resellers from
executive and Chess Nuts team
leg and ankle. One of the team (mentioning no names all over the UK have ral-
member Emma Bertouche.
Stuart Blackman) fell monumentally off the ‘wagon’ lied to the cause by pledging “Although the challenge is
and went to the racing at Ascot, only weeks before
their support to The Chess
upon us, there is still much work
the challenge, and Darren Harvey went off on a two
Nuts. They are as follows:
to be done in raising money. Our
week holiday which surely interfered with his training.
Manni Sehmi, Air Telecom
team members have one final
“Apart from these few minor mishaps, the team
Based in the heart of
fundraising event left which they
have approached their training with the same
Birmingham, Air Telecom
are hoping will be the push they
dedication and rigour they apply to their day jobs,
prides itself on its reputation for
need to smash the £4,000 target.
even using the TA’s navigational training regime to
providing quality unified tele-
“Saturday 12th September will
make sure they don’t get lost.Of course everyone at
communications products and
see the Festival Hall in Alderley
Cable&Wireless wishes them the very best of luck.”
services to businesses of all sizes.
Edge play host to top tribute act
To support the C& W UK Wild team please visit
Soraya Smith,
ABBA Revival. The night will
www.justgiving.com/CrankyandWitless-take-on-the-
Strawberryfields.com
also feature a two course meal,
UK-Wild-Challenge-for-The-Princes-Trust-Charity/
Chepstow based Strawberryfields
DJ and raffle including a signed
provides both local and national
Paul Scholes Manchester United
customers with the opportunity
shirt, all for the cost of £20.
to fulfil their telecom needs.
“So if you are in the area,
Sam Chahal, British
why not contact chessnuts@
Communications Group
chesstelecom.com for more
London based British
information and tickets.
Communications Group is a
To support the Chess UK
young, vibrant and dynamic
Wild team please visit
company supplying business
www.justgiving.com/go-team
Cranky & Witless get to grips with the art of navigation
Aastra 800 launch events - to register call your Account Manager
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