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The VEGA Controls team just after
completing their 40 miles. From
left: Doug Anderson, Ray Tregale,
Agnieszka Sielaszuk, Tom Foreman,
Matt Westgate and Peter Lewis
VEGA team steps up to the
Plod Challenge!
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n the 16th July, staff from
EGA Controls took part in
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and day hike across The South Downs
of England, from Devils Dyke, North
West of Brighton to Beachy Head,
Eastbourne. It involved a team of 6
navigating and walking through the
night and finishing the following day
on Sunday 17th July, via a series of
check points along the way. The event
was to raise funds for Action Medical
Research, a children’s medical charity.
The Plod’ started at midnight on a
(thankfully) warm and dry summers
evening, the EGA team Challenge
6 ’ set off amongst a tide of head-
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torch lights with almost 300 walkers
involved. However, along with the 6
walkers from EGA participating in the
event, there was also an indispensable
EGA support crew who worked in
shifts through the night to rendezvous
at the check points all along the
route. They were the unsung heroes’,
providing sustenance, support and
plasters The hike went very well,
with team Challenge 6 ’ completing
the course in a very respectable14
¾ hours. There were a few blisters
and a bit of sunburn, especially from
the last stages across Seven Sisters
and Burling Gap “It was a great
achievement, experience and team
building event, not just for the team
doing the walk and their support crew,
the whole company got behind us”.
Said Ray Tregale, Managing Director of
EGA Controls.
The challenge was in aid of Action
Medical Research for children, you can
find out more about their fantastic
work on their website. Fundraising
donations came from all ar eas of the
company, staff, family and friends,
suppliers and customers, fundraising
events - including a cream tea day
where 200 cream teas were distributed
on behalf of EGA by AMR, enjoyed
across the country in offices and
homes on special EGA yellow picnic
cloths
You can still donate, www.action.
or .uk sponsor e acontrols t e
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Medical Research! Ray concluded,
“On behalf of the EGA team and
company, we would like to express
our deepest thanks to all those who
donated and supported us, and with a
total currently approaching £4000, all
the money raised has gone to a great
cause.”