Foundation Rides - 9th June

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Up and Under will be organising two bike rides to raise funds for the Up and Under Foundation on Sunday 9th June.  The money raised will be used to support more activities for disadvantaged young people.

There are two distances so you can pick the challenge that fits your ability.  The Foundation Ride is a pleasant 50 km circuit taking in a popular cyclist cafe in Audlem and the historic town of Nantwich.  The Good Stuff Ride is a tougher prospect including some of the lumpier parts of Cheshire, not forgetting an opportunity to stop at the Ice Cream Farm Cafe for a well earned breather.

We have limited the number of entries for these two events to 250 and places are filling up fast.  So to enter go to www.foundationrides.co.uk. Entry fees are far lower than most of the sportive rides and the profit from this event go to benefit young people in need.

And it gets better - we have support from two, local, leading names in good food.  Mornflake will be providing the porridge for breakfast at the start of the ride and Chatwins will be supplying the buns for after the ride.

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Foundation Rides

Here's a date for your diaries.  On June 9th we will be organising a couple of challenge rides to raise money for the Up and Under Foundation.

As we all have good intentions in January it is a good time to set yourself a goal that might need a little preparation (training) to acomplish.

So enter now at:

www.foundationrides.co.uk

More importantly Andy's mum will be supplying cake.

Please note - numbers are limited

Mountain Biking Mayhem

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01270 5899615

places available to all staff members, customers & friends



Pic from the last time we did it



Over trhe weekend of 22nd - 24th June The Up and Under Group will be participating in the 24 hour Mountain Mayhem Mountain Biking event.  We have three teams entered and you can be part of this great adventure.

We have 15 places available in total.  Sporting prowess and fitness is not neccessary, but enthusiasm is essential.  Come on girls we need at least three of you!

Places in our teams will be awarded on a ballot basis so get your name in before the 8th May, email Simon or Andy.


Each team will be mixed and contain 5 riders who share the riding duties in a relay throughout the 24 hours.  There is camping at the event and we have a number of ideas to make your weekend as much fun as possible.

Event details http://www.wigglemountainmayhem.com/

Up and Under Downhill Race Team Latest

Supporting sporting teams has long been a part of what we do at Up and Under and in 2012 we will be supporting our very own downhill bike race team, the following is a report from their first outing:

Pearce Cycles Downhill Series 2012 – Round 1

The Up and Under downhill race team (Rob - Hughes, Director Up and Under Limited - , Tom and John) had an encouraging first race of the season – Pearce Cycles Downhill Series Round 1 at Bringewood near Ludlow.


After a fairly relaxed day of practice on Saturday with dry dusty conditions the mood was a bit tense come Sunday morning, as the ground was damp the sky was grey and the open section was a bit slick. However, at the end of practice the track was dry.

First Runs:
John sets off 5th in category and sets a solid time of 2:41.227

Tom roles down the hill 23rd off the line to provisionally take 1st in category with a 2:34.610, after pulling an ‘ET’ over the finish jump. Crowd loving it!

Rob follows him down as his 30second man to take 1st by just over half a second (Up and Under in positions 1 and 2).

A further 29 riders come down in category pushing the team to 12th, 13th and 31st but second runs remain!


Second Runs:

John makes it down knocking almost 2 seconds off his first run, maintaining 31st position.  Tom feeling the pressure collects two trees in the last section (no real harm done) but still crosses the line taking 0.23 seconds off his first run time, finishes 18th.  Rob has an impressive incident free run taking just over 3 seconds off his first run time, finishing in 9th (target of a top ten result achieved).

Full results at:
http://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/results_pcss12_round_1
and for the extra stats:
http://www.rootsandrain.com/race1217/2012-mar-18-pearce-cycles-1-bringewood/

Bring on round 2! (At Hopton Woods, Nr. Craven Arms on the 21st & 22nd April)
Free camping for anyone that wants to

Shrove Tuesday at Up and Under

Andy had to put up with a bit of ribbing at lunch time today when he was company tosser. 

What?!? I here you ask, he was in charge of making pancakes!  Tradition was upheld with a Shrove Tuesday lunch consisting of pancakes garnished with either sugar and lemon or swiss chocolate.  Grant managed to mix the two with a combination that Heston would have had something to say about, chocolate AND Lemon.

Flipping heck!

Donations from the Up and Under team raised £20 for the Up and Under Foundation which is about the same amount of weight that we put on between us! 

London Marathon 2011

Fancy a challenge? Well, the Up and Under Foundation has one place available for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon. If you are interested and can pledge to raise a minimum of £1200 please contact our office on 01270 589615

http://www.upandundergroup.com/community.html

Up and Under Group Sponsor awards

The Up and Under Group will be an associate sponsor of the ICE NW Awards which will take place on 4th February in Chester.

MD Andy Fewtrell will be bringing along a the rally car that has carried him to success in a number of desert rallies.  The company which helps youngster have adventurous experiences they would otherwise be denied due to lack of funds will be selling snowballs to put on their car which will be competing in the Arctic 4x4 Rally starting  12th Feb in Stockholm, Sweden.  If you want to support the charity efforts you can at Just giving

Directors Cribb

Ok we got you with the title, but you are not expecting country house splendour here are you? You are right.

Taking full advantage of the recent chilly weather Andy and Simon set out to dig themselves a mountain top retreat.

So the weather started off fine, but soon deteriorated.

But with a bit of shovel work (about 4 tonne) a home was excavated and the kettle put to good use.
For those with a head for the figures the snowhole had two entrances, three rooms, two wardrobes. was 7m from front to back and had a maximum span of 2.5m. The snow was over a metre thick over the highest part of the cave. The temperature inside was a consistent zero degrees whilst outside it was horrible!

Are you a worker or a shirker?

To celebrate the efforts of the Up and Under team through the freeze we have had a limited edition bumper sticker printed. You too can get one by sending £2 via paypal, Contact Andy for details; andy@upandundergroup.com or 01270 5897615. All profits will go to the Up and Under Foundation.

Go on tell the world, a little bit of snow can't stop you!

£2010- Oh! in 2010

The Up and Under Group set out to raise £20,100 in 2010 for the children’s charity The Up and Under Foundation

It is normally this time of year that we make personal resolutions that will make us better people in the year ahead. As a company the Up and Under Group is no different.

Over the past few years we have raised money to help local youngsters do things that might otherwise be denied them due to lack of funds. This money is administered by the Up and Under Foundation. Last year company MD Andy Fewtrell and his wife Lorna raised more than £2k in sponsorship by completing two simultaneous marathons. This money helped to establish the Eric Swan Bursary.

This year we are setting a far greater challenge for the whole company. Initially we thought we could try to raise £2010 in 2010, but that seemed a bit of a small challenge for Up and Under so the goal is to raise £20100.00 in 2010. To make this a true Company effort every one of our 30 strong team has pledged to raise a sum of money during the year. In keeping with the theme the pledges are either £2.01, £20.10, £201.00 or £2010. We will be looking to have a number of events during the year that people can get involved in, more details will be announced and published on our Blog. Meanwhile if you are considering doing a challenge during the year and would like to support the Foundation we would be happy to hear from you.

More details of the charity can be found at: www.upandundergroup.com/community.html

Marathon Success

Andy and Lorna successfully completed their respective marathon challenges with Andy finishing in 3 hrs 12 mins whilst Lorna battled hills and rain to complete the Windemere marathon in 4 hrs 53mins. Thanks to all who helped us to raise £3500 for the Eric Swan bursary.

Details www.upandundergroup.com/community.html