Santa Claus is coming to town – in force!

Last year the mud and frost left us all looking far worse than Santa ever looks even after dropping down endless chimneys! But we were rather pleased with ourselves after the three mile ‘run’ round Burghley Park which helped us raise well over £500 for the Peterborough branch of the NSPCC.

We entered a team in the Rotary Club of Stamford Burghley’s Santa Fun Run which saw 10 of us, dressed as Santas, taking part in the event.

And I must say – it was funny! Seeing around 300 Santas of all shapes and sizes running, walking and sliding, in some cases, around Burghley Park certainly helped drum up some Christmas spirit!

So, this year, we’re taking part again. And once again we’re sponsoring the refreshments, giving out mince pies, mulled wine and hot chocolate to the finishers.
Overall, the 26 teams in last year’s event raised a colossal £15,000 for charity – what a positive way to head into the season of goodwill.

If you feel able to give a donation please go to our justgiving page. And if you are up for a bit of a giggle do come and cheer us on at Burghley Park. We start at 11am on Sunday, December 13.

I’ll let you know how we get on.

Business Awards hailed success by ACR

I was delighted to be involved, once again, with the Stamford Mercury Business Awards which culminated in a rather smart awards ceremony on Thursday.
The awards recognise the best of local businesses, business people and business achievements.
For the second year running, we sponsored the Business of the Year award with Greetham Valley Hotel, Golf and Conference Centre.
I judged the category alongside Nick Quinn from Greetham Valley and I have to say I was incredibly impressed by the amount of dedication, hard work and creativity there is within the business community – the kind of attributes which are going to be vital over the next year.
The three finalists all displayed not only impressive results but fantastic future potential.
Nick and I chose Rutland Cycling as worthy winners of the award. The team at the Rutland Water based business has obviously worked incredibly hard to build up the business and is constantly exploring new avenues.
It was wonderful to see the representatives who received the award obviously so delighted.
A big well done to them – and the very worthy runners up Indigo Resourcing and RolePlay UK.
And a big thank you as well to the Stamford Mercury and Greetham Valley for a superbly put together and enjoyable evening.