Former Scarborough Management Centre students “manage” Three Peaks beating their target

Proving their management acumen, a group of former Scarborough Management Centre students successfully tackled the recent Three Peaks Challenge to raise £2163.
By: Hull University Business School
 
 
The intrepid Three Peakers
The intrepid Three Peakers
Sept. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- Sport and Leisure Management alumni Wayne Davies and his friends Lee Williams, Dave Preston, Dave Leece and Ash Evans braved atrocious weather conditions – as well as the three tallest and most imposing mountain climbs in the UK - in memory of one of their classmates, Michael Land, who passed away suddenly in February 2012.
The £2163 raised by the team is going to Cardiac Risk in the Young (C.R.Y.), which seeks to raise awareness of cardiac illnesses in the under 35s, where every week at least 12 ‘fit and healthy’ young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Michael himself was a very fit and healthy person, so his death was devastating and unexpected, leaving a big hole in the life of his family and friends.
Wayne Davies said of the experience: “The weather was pretty brutal, and we got weather-beaten for most of the way, with the only sunshine of the weekend typically coming out as we finished Snowdon, the third peak.

“Ash Evans and I were a little over-enthusiastic after reaching the first peak, Ben Nevis, and made somewhat of a schoolboy error by running all the way down from top to bottom. When we subsequently got off the bus at Scarfell Pike, we could barely bend our knees!

“However, we all soldiered on managing to complete the peaks within the allotted 24 hours, raising a total of £2163, somewhat ahead of our target of £2000, so that helped soothe all the aches and pains!”
Although the Challenge has now been very successfully completed, the team’s Just Giving page is still available for anyone who’d care to support this vital cause – please see  www.justgiving.com/michael-land-28 or text 'LAND83 £1' (or £5, £10, £20, etc...) to 70070.
The question now is will the team make it an annual event and if so, what will they do in 2013?
PHOTOGRAPH CAPTION (higher res. version available if required): (from left to right): Ashley Evans, Wayne Davies, Darren Tracey, David Leece, Lee Williams and Dave Preston braving the elements on the Three Peaks Challenge.

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Notes to Editors:
The gruelling timetable the team tackled was:
5pm    Start Ben Nevis
10pm Finish Ben Nevis and start drive to Scafell Pike.
4am    Arrive and start climbing Scafell Pike
8am    Finish Scafell Pike and start drive to Snowdon.
1pm     Arrive and start climbing Snowdon
5pm    Finish Snowdon, and complete challenge.

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