AND FINALLY IG sparkles at 60th birthday celebrations
Lintel manufacturer IG Lintels has celebrated its 60th birthday with a gala dinner in Cardiff.
The evening started with a champagne reception followed by a dinner hosted by David Meade.
One highlight of the evening was a special video, made in the style of the Back to the Future films, featuring IG managing director Derrick McFarland and Sean Coyle, chairman of the Keystone Group, IG’s parent company. The video looked at the history of the company and how it has developed along with the industry.
The after dinner speaker was the rugby union referee Nigel Owens.
The total amount of money raised by a raffle on the night for IG’s chosen charity, Alzheimer’s Society, was £2,000.
Dangerous encounters for the Kent Blaxill
broke.bike.mountain team
Setting off on a journey of over 8,000 km with just your bike to carry everything was an ambitious endeavour but that’s what a team from builders merchant Kent Blaxill began in July this year.
The
Broke.Bike.Mountain team then consisted of Louis Blaxill, George Jones and Calum Craig, all aged 23 and wanted to raise money for Mind.
Everything started so well, and the team covered over 1,500 miles through France Belgium and the Netherlands with Kent Blaxill sponsoring their journey before they ran into difficulties. Louis Blaxill said, “Very sadly, Cal was forced to retire from the trip in late August as the daily mileage aggravated an old knee injury which put him out of action. Then, shortly after completing 5,000kms of our tour, two became one after George was involved in an accident with a car near Verona. He was lucky to escape with just a cracked helmet and a deep wound on his elbow.”
NBG raises £2,500 at charity cricket match
National Buying Group has raised £2,500 for Leamington Cricket Club’s junior team, at an annual charity event that took place last month. This year the partners dominated the cricket pitch, stealing the trophy from the team of suppliers, who had won it for the past three years.
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The event raised money for new nets and additional equipment for the club, after doubling its number of players in the last two years. John Dibble, managing director at Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd, headed up the partners team: “There was a great turn out for the event and it was a
Covers Aldershot sponsors Knights Youth U13
The Aldershot branch of Covers Timber and Builders Merchants will be sponsoring Farnham Town Knights Youth U13s football team for the next two seasons.
The team, which is part of the Farnham Town Football Club, will have the builders merchants’ logo included on its kit during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons.
Leigh Rogers from Farnham Town Knights Youth U13s, said: “We are very grateful for Covers’ support and would like to thank them for backing Farnham Town Knights Youth U13s. “After such an exciting summer of football we are really looking forward to the upcoming season. The whole team can’t wait to wear their new kit and start playing some really competitive matches.”
Caroline Taylor, depot manager at Covers Aldershot, added: “We pride ourselves on working with local community groups and supporting initiatives that encourage children to keep active. We are delighted to be sponsoring Farnham Town Knights Youth U13s and wish them the best of luck for a successful season.”
very close competition between the partners and suppliers. This year, the partners found their competitive streak, meaning the game was finely balanced until the last over. Luckily for the partners, we secured victory and were presented with the cup for 2018.” The victorious NBG team was made up of partners from BPS, Browns, County Building Supplies, Huws Forest and Interline. The suppliers’ side was captained by Knauf Insulation’s John Gaunt.
Joining him were players from Quinn Building Products, Celotex, Worcester Bosch, Pura Bathrooms, Bostik Limited, Merlyn and Arbor Forest Products.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net November 2018
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Photo: Kent Blaxill/Louis Blaxill
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