Belzona Raise Money for St Michaels Hospice with SuperBed

Sept. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- To celebrate the Olympics coming to London this year, competitors decorated their beds around the theme of ‘Olympic Nations’. For the third consecutive year, Belzona competed in the notorious event, representing Ireland and Tahiti. With two teams entered, the ‘Belzona Bed Boys’ and the ‘Belzona Bullets’ made up of employees from a variety of departments including Marketing, Engineering, Research and Development, Belzona hoped to beat their personal bests and raise valuable funds for the local St Michaels Hospice.

The day kicked off with a parade of the beds, a chance for a couple of the more extrovert teams to be voted best dressed bed and most entertaining team. The teams then competed in a two and a half mile bed race through the town of Knaresborough, ending with the infamous river crossing which saw competitors swim across the river Nidd with the bed in tow to complete the demanding course.

Belzona engineers constructed two beds consisting of a Belzona SuperWrap composite frame, a qualified composite repair solution which is manufactured in Harrogate and used to return strength to weakened or holed pipes and tanks. In addition, Belzona manufacture a vast array of materials for the repair and protection of buildings, structures, machinery and equipment. Notably, Belzona has recently been the supplier of choice for several repair applications in the local area including floor refurbishments at a local fire station, a roof repair at a local school and a safety grip system at an international conference and events centre.

Congratulations go to both teams; the ‘Belzona Bed Boys’ achieved a time of 27 minutes and 42 seconds which was excellent despite the delays at the river crossing. The ‘Belzona Bullets’ completed the course in 22 minutes and 15 seconds and came away with the Fastest Mixed Team award.

The all-volunteer run event was a tremendous day and brought 25,000 visitors to the town. Belzona would also like to extend their congratulations to all involved in the Great Knaresborough Bed Race. The day was a great success and Belzona is proud to sponsor one of the largest community events in the North of England.