Another busy week.

Posted April 26th, 2010 by Manley Hopkinson

They say that "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step", so it seems for us as each day we inch closer toward our goal of hitting the ice this season.
This last week saw a consolidation of our fund raising efforts with our full-time fund raiser, Mim Shaw, collating all our individual contacts and creating a "go to market" plan for immediate action. Rupert and Trevor have been assisting with the words and design of our promotional material and Trevor has completely re-vamped the website - it looks great. Steve is working on our training event scheduled for late May - a week of "beasting" in the Brecon Beacons - I am keen to put the team under pressure, to be both mentally and physically tired, uncomfortable and in a demanding environment to see how they react individually and how this impacts the dynamic of the team. Charlie, newly promoted to the "ice team", attended the Centre for Health and Sports Exercise Science at St Mary's College, Twickenham, to start his fitness assessment and training plan, and Rob Holden is still in the high Arctic supporting the latest race to the Magnetic North Pole. There are a number of sponsors already on board and we have mature conversations ongoing with others, but there will always be room for more support - the key element here is the work we are doing behind the scenes to ensure we are able to deliver true benefit for our backers.

Exciting times and, like polar travel, it is a case of head down and "On, on"!!

Hurrah