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the Twin Town Challenge 2014
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Raising money for SpecialEffect
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23 – 26 May 2014
A huge, huge thank you for your enthusiasm,
amazing support and goodwill towards
Brendon’s fund-raising event of a life-time.
I am so looking forward to sharing this unique
adventure with some of the most kind,
generous and entertaining people on the planet!
Dr Mick Donegan
Founder and CEO, SpecialEffect
I would like to wish all of you taking part in the Twin Town Challenge all the
very best. I am very proud to be Patron of the charity and your support will
help Mick and the SpecialEffect team to change the lives of people with
disabilities with their specialist technology and support. I also hope you get
the chance to enjoy a few bottles of Car-Beer-Etta in the evening!
Matt Hampson, Patron, SpecialEffect
SpecialEffect is a charity that helps some of the
most severely disabled young people in the country
and you should all be extremely proud of what
you’re doing. Have a great time, I hope the cars
hold out and I look forward to hearing all about the
Twin Town Challenge.
David Cameron, Prime Minister and MP for Witney
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, the most British of French
resorts, is pleased to welcome the 200 participants
and 50 cars in the Twin Town Challenge 2014.
The invisible twinning link is the cement in this
beautiful 30 year friendship between Le Touquet
and Witney. Our twinning committee is pleased
to be able to help with the organisation of this
challenge for such a worthy cause.
We are happy to welcome you to our resort which
I am sure will make you want to return, therefore I
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and lasting partnership.
Daniel Fasquelle
Member of French Parliament
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Welcome to the Twin Town Challenge
Bienvenue au rallye du TTC
We’re over the start line and the Twin
Town Challenge is underway!
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three iconic race tracks, twelve awesome
challenges, a thousand miles (well nearly!),
politicians, pop stars, celebrities and a street
party with an eleven piece band…but most
importantly, you!!!
But let’s not forget why we’re doing this. The
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contribution to this year’s SpecialEffect
fundraising to help them meet the increasing
demand for their services. In addition to your
entry donation, we will be raising money
through the fantastic ‘money can’t buy’
auction, the online auction of signed CarBeer-Etta bottles, bucket shakes as we go
and of course the donation of your cars at
the end of the weekend.
We also have some incredible sponsors and
the Twin Town Challenge simply wouldn’t
have happened without them. Sponsorship
is covering 100% of our costs, which means
that 100% of everything we raise goes
directly to SpecialEffect!
own expense. Never in the proud thirty
year history of the twinning between Witney
and Le Touquet will the UK have been
represented by so many people in the town
at the same time…you’re making history!
Please remember though that this is not a
race, but a series of points based challenges
to raise money for a unique charity whilst
having fun. Drive carefully and with respect,
both in the UK and in France… there will be
a lot of interest in the event and the cars as
we go.
So all that remains for me to say is thank you
once again for your incredible generosity,
please enjoy the weekend and be very
proud of what you are doing…you’re about
to go down as one of the inaugural Twin
Town Challengers….you are making a real
difference!
Drivers start your engines and, in the words
of the Prime Minister, ‘have a great time’.
Daniel Fasquelle, his team and the people
of Le Touquet have also shown fantastic
support and enthusiasm for ‘The Challenge’
from the outset and you can all be sure of an
extremely warm welcome everywhere you go
in the town.
We are also being accompanied by an
army of supporters, friends and families
without whom it wouldn’t be possible to
organise each of the stages safely, and all
of these volunteers are travelling at their
Brendon Cross
(a very proud) SpecialEffect Vice-President
May 2014
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The Rules/Les Règles
‹ Twin Town Challenge is a noncompetitive event. Appropriate attention
must be paid to personal safety and that
of other participants, spectators and the
general public
‹ Participants must comply with the
laws of the country they are driving in.
Naturally, this includes respecting speed
regulations, vehicle safety and the local
Highway Code
‹ When in hotels, please act appropriately.
Any damage is the personal liability of the
participant
‹ Personal expenditures are not included in
the entrance fee
‹ Tiredness kills and driving when
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constitute criminal negligence
‹ Participants must be holders of a current,
valid and unrestricted driver’s licence and
a current and valid passport
‹ Proof of appropriate insurance cover is
required. This includes, without limitation,
third party liability, liability for personal
cover, including medical, damage to
property and life insurance
‹ Challenge and sponsorship stickers must
be displayed and kept clean throughout
the event
‹ Violation of the terms can result in
prohibition from the current and any
further Twin Town events
‹ The organisers reserve the right to refuse
participation or to cancel the event at any
time for any reason whatsoever. In case
of cancellation or refusal to participate no
refund of entry fees will be made
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‹ The entry fee into the event does NOT
include personal acquisitions, fuel,
telephone bills or other expenses and
disbursements incurred while staying in
any of the hotels (including courier/postal
charges relating to sending left luggage
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caused at any venue visited, which
you will be responsible for paying. All
participants are responsible for their own
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have accepted the amended terms and
conditions by participating in the event
‹ Factory built convertibles are welcome to
participate but “crop tops” involving the
removal of a roof on a solid-top car are
strictly forbidden
‹ If you are returning without your car we
do not condone illegal dumping at the
roadside or abandoning vehicles in car
parks
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please drive carefully and with respect, both in
the UK and in France.
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insured before you leave the UK and don’t forget
that you also need insurance for driving round the
circuits – contact TTC sponsors Bridle Insurance
who can advise you (0845 034 9648 quoting TTC).
Many insurance policies that are comprehensive
policies in the UK only provide third party cover
when the vehicle is taken abroad.
Many UK motorists like to take out extra holiday
insurance to cover the costs of emergency repairs
and/or repatriation of the vehicle and passengers
in the event of a major mishap.
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triangle that can be placed at a suitable distance
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who need to get out of an immobilised vehicle,
notably on a motorway or main road.
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Team Opus
Opus Energy
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Sylva Group
Sylva Arrows
50
SpecialEffect
Are we nearly there yet?
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Four Door Lemon
Crash Test Dummies
51
Maundrell & Co
Maundrell into Europe
03
Oak Telecom
Oakey Coakey
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Shawcity
ScienceCity
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Prolabs
Team Prolabs
54
STL
Communications
STL’s Belles
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Privateers
It’ll Be Alright
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Achilles
Whitford House of Sin
06
PP Payroll Solutions
Universilly Challenged
59
WideBoy Media
Pist n Broke
07
Gamma Telecom
Super Mario Tarts
60
Ridgeway
Ridge Racers
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Zeta
Zeta Petro-LEDs
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Urban Element
Urban Agility
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Sliced Bread
Bread Bull
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Bangers & Mash
French Connection
Le Touquet
69
Bridle Insurance
Bridle Boyz
11
Sliced Bread
Declon’s Devils
70
M12 Solutions
Penelope Pitstop’s
Toy Boys
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Link Connect
Link-Connect
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Gamajun Games/
Simul Software
Gamajun Games/Simul
Gallivanters
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Audiomotion2
Taxi Driver
76
Plumridge
Accountancy
Not a Cluedo
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Wychwood Brewery
Top Beer (Hobgoblin 2)
83
Sliced Bread
Baking Bad
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Amber Wealth &
Oasis Healthcare
Our Aim is “Toulouse”
85
James Cowper
J’aime Coupe’
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Audiomotion
Turbo Tortoise Mortal
Wombat
86
Wychwood Brewery
Nice Road Truckers
(Hobgoblin 1)
19
Exient/Angry Karters
Angry Exient Go
87
Privateers
Tour de Farce
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SEGA Europe
Sonic All Star Racing
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RMK Media
Le Rozzers
23
Slightly Mad Studios
Slightly Mad Studios
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Privateers
Pisstwits
33
Sonnox
Live and Let Diesel
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Reverse Gear
35
Sliced Bread
Cheshire-Alfa’s
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Portman Healthcare
Dangerous Natters
42
Prion Cutting Edge
The Prion Mob
97
Sliced Bread
Bunce’s Burners
44
Prospect Accounting Bumper Crunchers
99
Witney Round Table
Witney Round Table
49
Atomhawk
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Roadhawks
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Breakfast butties, teas and coffees will
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interest from TV, radio & the written press.
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You will enjoy two challenges at Brands
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The check-in area will be marshalled by
a Twin Town Challenge support team
and please make sure that you have
checked in no later than 15:40 for a 16:20
departure. You have been included as
part of a Twin Town Challenge group
booking under the registration number
you provided us with…don’t forget your
passports!
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If you are staying at Pierre & Vacances
the address is:Residence Les Jardins de la Cote d’Opale,
Boulevard de la Canche, 62520, Le
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Dress code for the Civic Reception is
casual, the people of Le Touquet know
that you’ve had a day ‘in the saddle’
and that the schedule is tight! Please
be prompt and there will be Twin Town
Challenge Marshalls to assist you with
parking when you arrive at the Salle
d’Honneur.
There will be a few words of welcome
before we tuck into a buffet of local
specialities.
Day 2: Saturday 24th May
There will be a chance to look behind the
scenes in Race Control, have a tour of
the museum and even a picture on the
winners podium courtesy of Chef De Piste,
Christopher Curtis.
06.15 Rendezvous at the Parking Prive,
Boulevard de la Canche
We recommend that you pick up some
croissants at Le Boulangerie and some
coffees en-route to the rendezvous at
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The Globe Trotter, a ‘British Pub’ on Rue
De Metz, is our HQ and Olivier has kindly
allowed us to locate our TTC Information
Point here together with a Car-BeerEtta bar and an Aunt Sally Throw. ‘The
Globe’ is a great place to enjoy a drink
before sampling one of the many fantastic
restaurants in the town – a wonderful end
to a long day!
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Day 3: Sunday 25th May
09:30 Rendezvous at the Parking Prive,
Boulevard de la Canche
Once again we recommend that you pick
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some coffees en-route to the rendezvous at
Parking Prive.
10:00 Depart for the beautiful circuit of
Croix-en-Ternois, 62130
When you reach the village of Croix-enTernois, Twin Town Challenge Marshalls will
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entrance straight into a paddock area
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and our laps of the track all teams will
be provided with lunch on the terrace
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Turn right on Range Road and head to
West Oxfordshire Motor Auctions where
you can donate your car to SpecialEffect.
The cars will be auctioned next week
with 100% of the proceeds going to
SpecialEffect. Once again look out for
the Twin Town Marshalls who will tell
you exactly where to deposit your car
and provide you with assistance getting
to Witney Lakes Resort. 1000 points for
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Challenge 1: Clarkson’s Coolwall
(max 500 points) Pre-event
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Challenge 3: Car-Beer-Etta Signing
(max 500 points) Pre-event
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will provide you with a list of unusual items
to collect.
Get a celebrity to sign your bottle of limited
edition beer and earn up to 250 points for
the signature and a further 250 for your
photo of the signing.
Challenge 9: Tyred & Emotional
Challenge 4: Safe & Sound
Challenge 10: Casino Royale
(max 500 points) Pre-event
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10th and earn 400 points plus an additional
100 points for handing in a signed bottle of
beer.
Challenge 5: Brands Hatch
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Fun on the Grand Prix circuit at this iconic
Kent venue, the UK’s best loved race track!
Challenge 6: No Hands!
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How quickly can you complete a lap of a
tough rally circuit using only your eyes to
steer your car? A very special video game
challenge!
Challenge 7: Le Mans
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Frolics on the Bugatti circuit at the home
of the most iconic endurance race in the
world.
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A unique challenge just before you set off
around Croix en Ternois circuit!
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Royale was based on the town’s casino.
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themed photograph taken somewhere in the
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Challenge 11: European Aunt Sally
Championship (max 600 points)
Has your team got what it takes to become
European Champions at this traditional
Oxfordshire game? What do you mean
you’ve never heard of Aunt Sally?
See page 11 for the Rules.
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Get to the end of Range Road in Witney and
turn left to go straight to the homecoming
party and no points OR turn right and drop
your car off at West Oxfordshire Motor
Auctions for a whopping 1000 points!
Twin Town Challenge Information Point
Bureau d’informations du TTC
The Twin Town Challenge Information Point will be located
at The Globe Trotter ‘English Pub’ and will be staffed during
opening hours. The team will be able to provide information
about the daily itineraries, restaurant recommendations and just
about anything else you need to know about the TTC!
The Globe Trotter, 66 Rue de Metz,
62520 Le Touquet Paris Plage
Local restaurants and bars
(quote TTC for special offers on 25th May)
Restaurants et bars locaux
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Les numéros des principaux contacts
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Brendon Cross: 00 44 7973 115452
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Information Point: 00 44 7973 415342
Marshalling Team: 00 44 7974 076398
Competition Team: 00 44 7767 377820
Mechanics: 00 44 7974 075940
Media & PR: 00 44 7772 085578
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The term ‘twin town’ or
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between different cultures
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as an act of peace and
reconciliation. In recent
times, town twinning has
increasingly been used to
form strategic international
business links and
encourage tourism.
Witney has been twinned
with the fashionable seaside
of town of Le Touquet for
almost 30 years. With a
population of just 6,500 in
the winter that swells to over
100,000 in the summer, our
presence here this weekend
is welcomed by the town, its
restaurants, hotels and bars!
Merci beaucoup to our
team in le Touquet – Sylvie
Duhamel, Anne-Marguerite
Fauquert, Bernard Baudoux.
We couldn’t have done it
without you!
Remerciements particuliers
à toute l’équipe du Touquet
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Auction/enchères
Bring along your euros and pounds to buy some amazing ‘money can’t buy’ items!
Car-Beer-Etta Auction
Online Auction
Buy a signed bottle of our very own limited
edition beer kindly produced for the Twin
Town Challenge by Wychwood Brewery.
Only 100 bottles exist and most have
been signed by celebrities from TV,
sport, politics, showbiz and more
including David Cameron, Jeremy
Clarkson, Mary Berry, Ant & Dec…
see the full list and start bidding
online at www.specialeffect.org.uk/
twin-town-challenge-2014
A collection of fantastic prizes that incudes
a day at a BTTC round with Touring Car
legend Tim Harvey, bits of signed F1 cars,
afternoon tea at a number of top hotels
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worst, a distraction, you might want to talk to Ella
and Chloe. Both girls have motor control problems
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specialists and occupational therapists helped the girls with their positioning
for the Xbox Kinect, which doesn’t require a handheld controller. We introduced
the girls to a selection of games that would be easy enough for them to use by
themselves, as well as providing motivation and fun. Games like Fruit Ninja and
Once Upon A Monster were instant hits.
We’ve been able to support
both girls and their
families by setting up
games and equipment
in their own homes via
our Loan Library.
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Xbox, including larger joysticks that he
could grip more easily, and larger buttons
that he could press more accurately. After
several loans and adjustments, we hit
upon a setup that was perfect for him.
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their lives, something they never thought
they’d ever be able to do.
And for Dad, learning to lose is a small
price that he’s more than happy to pay.
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With thanks to our fabulous sponsors…
When SpecialEffect approached the gang at
slicedbread about getting involved in the Twin
Town Challenge 2014, we said, “Why wouldn’t
we?” From the inception of slicedbread, it was
really important for us to give something back,
and SpecialEffect and their “Magic Moments”
stood out. Not to mention our co-founder, Ben,
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any excuse to rally a (hopefully working) motor,
especially for charity, was right up our street.
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with a lot of fun on the
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of those less fortunate. It is our privilege
to be able to support this worthwhile
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Gamma welcomed the chance to get behind the
Twin Town Challenge and support one of our
partners STL, in this epic event! The nominated
charity SpecialEffect has really touched the
hearts of the team at Gamma and reminds us
all how lucky we are to be able to take part in a
fun event like this. We look forward to meeting
all the participants and can’t wait for the
challenges to begin!
Blueprint Imaging is very proud to be part
of such an exciting and unique event. By
supplying the car graphics and event signage,
we are helping a fantastic cause. It’s local, it’s
fun, it’s everything that’s good about the West
Oxfordshire business community all pulling
together to help such a brilliant charity. Being
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pleasure. Sticker up and go, go, go!
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Games and Forza Horizon
with this challenge was
a no brainer – although
the cars in Forza
are somewhat more
prestigious than half the
bangers being driven
between the Twin Towns! SpecialEffect is
a fantastic charity run by fantastic people
which changes people’s lives for the better.
Playground Games is honoured to support
such a great organisation.
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taking part in the Twin Town Challenge, we
simply thought, ‘that sounds like a good
craic, let’s do it!’ Shortly after, we met with
Brendon and Nick, who explained the
Challenge in more detail, and gave us a
real understanding of the work Dr Mick
and the team at SpecialEffect carry out.
They are quite simply inspirational. We are
delighted to be ‘along for the ride’!
Polythene UK is delighted and excited to
sponsor this unique event. The Twin Town
Challenge is a fantastic concept that’s
sure to guarantee an unforgettable time
for everyone involved. More importantly
it will raise a great deal of money for
SpecialEffect. We have taken part in various
events in support of this visionary charity
over the last few years – we were not going
to miss this one!
Fine Print is proud to be able to support
this unique event for an inspiring charity
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Special thanks to:
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of our MD Brendon Cross and most of the STL
Communications team has been involved in
the project with behind the scenes support to
marshalling at the event – and we even have
a team driving one of the 50 cars. We are very
proud to be able to help our favourite charity
SpecialEffect, who do such fab things to help
people with disabilities to play games, and to
have had so much fun doing it!
Prion Cutting Edge is committed to helping
UK businesses make the most of the latest
technology. When we saw the fantastic work
that SpecialEffect does and the truly awesome
impact that it has on those whose lives have
been shattered by misfortune, we just HAD to
get involved. We are totally committed to raising
awareness through our business connections
locally and nationwide.
As a web design, online marketing and
technology company there was natural
synergy in having SpecialEffect as our chosen
charity. The Twin Town web application and
social media campaign which we developed
have given the team a welcome distraction
from work projects. We can only thank the
SpecialEffect team for letting us be part of the
journey.
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Wychwood Brewery and the
Twin Town Car-Beer-Etta beer
Once you have witnessed the great work of Dr Mick and the
SpecialEffect team it is impossible not to want to get involved.
Having chosen SpecialEffect as the Wychwood Brewery Halloween event
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partner. Back in the Autumn Nick Streeter and Brendon Cross came to see
us with the enthusiastic idea of a Top Gear style challenge. Raising essential
funds for a brilliant charity during a ‘mini-break’ to France seemed too good
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came the commemorative beer, aka Car-Beer-Etta, closely followed by
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as the beer, the bar and
the Aunt Sally we now
have two awesome looking
Hobgoblin cars and a dray
lorry taking part.
The response to the
Car-Beer-Etta beer has
been fantastic. With so
many great celebrity
endorsements it’s
impossible to decide
which one to bid for at the
auction. The beer itself is a
crisp, fruity, blonde beer at
4.5% abv. Surely all good drivers need a
fruity blonde to accompany them on a long
journey don’t they?
Ali Butler, Wychwood Brewery
Good luck to everyone taking part in the challenge.
Drive carefully and let’s go and raise some cash!
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Brands Hatch
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The heritage of Brands is vast name any famous driver from the
last 50 years or so and they are
bound to have cut their teeth racing
here. Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Barry
Sheene, Jack Brabham, Ayrton Senna
and Jenson Button are among the
countless drivers to have raced and
won at Brands over the years.
Le Mans
The Circuit des 24 Heures, also
known as Circuit de la Sarthe, and is
a semi-permanent race course most
famous as the venue for the 24 Hours
Le Mans race. The Bugatti Circuit is a
permanent race track that uses a part
of the larger circuit and a separate,
purpose-built section. The sections of
track on the Bugatti Circuit that are on
the Circuit des 24 Heures include the
Ford Chicane, the pit complex and the
straight where the Dunlop Tyres bridge
is located.
Brands Hatch
Criox-en-Ternois
The Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois was
created in the early 1970’s and is a
venue for many motor sport events
including the European Formula 3
Championship. At 1.738 km (1.080
miles) long and with 10 turns the
Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois is perfectly
suited to testing and sporting events,
private events with spectators having
a perfect view of the whole site.
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