THE inaugural running of the Charity Challenge Relay took place on Saturday, 1 December at Hillcrest High School and was a resounding success on all fronts with a lot of fun had by everyone involved.
The event was arranged by The Rotary Club of Hillcrest with the aim of raising funds for six nominated charities, while also encouraging some healthy competition between relay teams from different organisations as well as between the team members themselves.
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More than R40 000 was raised for the charities with the Highway Hospice coming out tops with an amount just short of R18 000 raised on their behalf.
Jenna Faulds from team Bros and Barbells was the Top Individual Fundraiser, raising R 6 100 for the Fulton School for the Deaf.
Team ICON from Icon Construction took the top Team Fundraising Prize, raising a total of R 15 200. Icon Construction also won the prize for Top Fundraising Organisation with a total of R 15 200 collected.
The running race was won by team GeoAfrika1 from MHP GeoSpace in a time of 1:45:30 to complete five laps of 5km each while the first walking team home was the Kingfishers who completed their three laps in a time of 2:08:18.
The Charity Challenge Relay promises to come back bigger and better in 2019 and hopes to increase the funds raised for charity by encouraging more corporate teams to enter and join us for another day of fun in the sun.
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