Sheefa Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Gents I am a very, very lucky man. I work for Zurich insurance and 8 people were selected across the UK, supposedly 'Top Talent' (so I had to stand in for someone!! No I was really chosen) to compete against 9 other companies for a worthy cause. We called our Team Eau Rouge after the famous Eau Rouge / Raidillon combination corner at Spa circuit. Long story short, we all had to raise £350,000 for a new RNLI Lifeboat on the Thames so an extremely worthwhile 10 months of fund-raising etc. Anyhow, the team that raised the most money over that period got to do something unbelievable. We raised a staggering £69,000 and £85,000 with Zurich matching and won the challenge. We did all sortes of events including Stocks challenge, 3 Peaks, London ERNLI stations Bike Ride, Skydives etc. I'll let you read for yourself what I won!!! See attached from Ross Brawn himself and Mercedes Petronas GP. Our Team and pic with Ross and linke about event. http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/press_centre/news_releases/news_release_detail?articleid=545760 http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=ZurichEauRouge&isTeam=true PS: This is my FIRST ever Grand Prix so it should be a good one!!!!!! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 So jealous... Well done for all the hard work fund raising though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 What an amazing prize But also congrats on the hard work for charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 As above. What a great prize! Congrats on the hard work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Cheers gents. It was a ballache at times raising money at 5am on May Day etc but obviously all worth it ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Well done Greg..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Well done, enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo2810 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 It sounds like you fully deserve that fella, enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 nice one greg enjoy, and well done for the hard work to win it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Cheers H and Gaz & co. I shall make the most...................of the pit girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurteen0 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Very well done mate truly a great cause you collected for You obviously really deserve it for your hard work Savour every minute of it and take loads of pics for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Very well done mate truly a great cause you collected for You obviously really deserve it for your hard work Savour every minute of it and take loads of pics for us. Will do and thanks mate. The Thames believe it or not is actually the busiest RNLI station in the UK so this new E-Class boat will save roughly 20-25 lives per annum which is a good result for all the work each team put in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurteen0 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I wouldn't have thought that you would expect it to be some remote random place wow 20/25 lives is some feat total respect to them guys and to you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I'm not really into Formula 1 so can't say I'm that jelous to be honest. pit girls. Ok, now I'm jelous:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Will do and thanks mate. The Thames believe it or not is actually the busiest RNLI station in the UK so this new E-Class boat will save roughly 20-25 lives per annum which is a good result for all the work each team put in. E-Class boat? Mercedes now making boats then Congrats, you should be very proud, that is a lot of life's saved. Infact saving just one life per annum is enough, this is something you couldn't put a price on. Oh & we want pictures of the pit girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Good on you dude, hope you have an amazing day..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Well done. A great prize for all your effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB B Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Well done, you deserve a reward for raising that sort of money for a good cause, as already stated and I say again, "lots of pics" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Congratulations! great work with the fund raising. Im sure you will have a fantastic time-Not jealous at alllllllll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Greg. You so deserve this mate. Absolutely fantastic effort from all involved. Go out and have a cracking time fella. Top job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Aww excellent! Well done on the hard work Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Bar Steward! Congrats, hard work pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyh_15 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Congratulations mate its good to see your hard work be rewarded as this very rarely happens especially in the current climate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Rest assured I'll get plenty of pics and some video footage of them testing/tuning ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 What a time I had in Valencia. Full F1 Paddock, Paddock Club and Pitlane hospitality. Exclusive access and evening meal with Ross Brawn and the Race Day morning with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg. See some pics. Going to update my thread with all the videos and pictures. A truly epic weekend. Amazing. [ATTACH=CONFIG]135193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]135194[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]135195[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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