Futures for Kids is delighted to announce that over 150 people from across the globe joined in its virtual sporting event between 24 April and 24 May as competitors and donors. ‘Athletes’ took part across the UK, Europe, Singapore, Australia and several locations in the US.
By bringing together the sponsorship for this event and the postponed ‘real’ FFK Fun Run, now planned for later this year, as well as the donations our ‘athletes’ made to participate, we have raised just over £37,000 to date. None of this would be possible without the support and backing of our sponsors: RJO’Brien, GHF, CME Group, OSTC, ICE, LME, Trading Technologies, INTL FC Stone, LSE, SGX, Stellar Trading Systems, East Lodge Capital with support from FIA, John Lothian News and Cult Wines. On behalf of the FFK trustees a huge thank you to everyone.
So to the results….
The full set of the results is available here are some highlights:
5k run winners: Men: Alex Pitkin (OSTC) Women: Lucy Eyers (Barclays)
10k run winners: Men: Ian Firla (OSTC) Women: Victoria Begley (Dulwich Hamlet Primary School)
5k walk winners.: Men: Stephen Smith (Kids in Kathmandu Nepal) Women: Sheena Griffiths (GHF)
10k walk winners: Men: Chris Bennett (Curve Global) Women: Fiona Jalil (CME Group)
10k cycle winner: Men: Patrick Thornton-Smith (Cult Wines) Women: No entrants
20k cycle winners: Men: Kazuaki Takabatake (Cult Wines) Women: Klaudia Stelmachowicz (OSTC)
All winners will be invited to a special award ceremony when we finally are allowed to hold the ‘real’ fun run later this year.
The full results are here
Other highlights:
The ‘team participation’ award (based on number of participants) goes to OSTC. OSTC also wins the number of winners with three narrowly beating the two cyclist/fine wine team of Cult Wines.
A ‘kilt’ race with three former participants in the IDX Gala Dinner Kilt Challenge donning the tartan in their own special ways: Jeremy Grant, John Lothian and Walt Lukken.
Best lockdown beard/headband combo went to Adam Solomon of RJO narrowly beating Mark Phelps of GHF.
We would also like to thank a number of the charities we support for getting involved, including Kids in Kathmandu, WeSeeHope and Leadership Through Sport and Business.
Thank you all again for your support in this event and hope you a) had fun and b) were able to keep maintaining your exercise routine in these strange times. The money raised from this event will go towards a number of our core charities, including: Kids in Kathmandu Nepal, WeSeeHope, EducAid, and Leadership Through Sport and Business.
