friendly cleaning solutions and services, there was something for everyone who attended.
Despite the more intimate scale of the show in comparison to the ludicrously vast Interclean, The Cleaning Show is a more practical and productive event, where it doesn’t take advance planning to make the trek from one stand to another in a different hall.
Consequently, it’s easier for people to catch up with friends or colleagues or strike up a conversation with someone new, while the breadth of different exhibitors ensured different corners of the industry could catch the attention of attendees.
This is a big part of what helped make the show such a vital success, ourselves included. We had a stand in the heart of the show, and found ourselves inundated with enquiries while handing out copies of our yearly Products and Services Guide, and the flow of traffic hardly let up for the duration of all three days.
Window Cleaning World Cup
On the second day of the Cleaning Show (Wednesday 20 March), the first ever Window Cleaning World Cup took place, with window cleaners from across the globe flying in to do battle for the chance to take home the prize – and to try and defeat Terry ‘Turbo’ Burrows’ 20-year old Guinness World Record.
The competition saw competitors cleaning three consecutive office-style windows set in a frame with a 300mm squeegee and nine litres of water. Penalties were awarded for any smears and they also had to remember to wipe the window sill too.
While Terry ‘Turbo’ was the favourite to win the World Cup, the United States’ fastest window cleaner, Jeremiah Hickey, ended up the world champion with a time of 17.02 seconds, scooping the trophy and £1,000 cash prize.
Commenting on his win, Jeremiah said: “I was really surprised. To hear my name as the winner at the end, I was totally floored. It’s different windows to what I’m used to, a different technique, so I’m really surprised. It’s been a good event."
Swedish champion Jimmy Strom came in second, while Terry picked up the bronze – however, no one came close to toppling Terry’s world record of 9.14 seconds at the Guinness World Record Window Cleaning Challenge.
Both the Guinness World Record Window Cleaning Challenge and the Window Cleaning World Cup were adjudicated by the Federation of Window Cleaners, the UK window cleaning industry’s trade association, and were sponsored by Unger.
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