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News Release from: Oce Printing Systems
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Team on 12 March 2007
Digital Printer Firm Fit For Children's
Charity
A team of 15 fit, and not-so-fit, employees from Oce UK is training with double Olympic Gold medal winning decathlete Daley Thompson CBE to make a healthy amount for charity.
A team of 15 fit, and not-so-fit, employees from Oce UK is training with double Olympic Gold medal winning decathlete Daley Thompson CBE to make a healthy amount for charity 'Team Oce', as the runners have become known, will run the daunting 26.1-mile race on April 22 with thousands of other runners, with the aim of raising over GBP30,000 for children's charity, Barnardo's
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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To enter the race, the team is committed to raising a minimum of GBP22,500.
Team Oce received training tips from Barnardo's marathon training days, hosted by Thompson, who won Olympic Gold medals in 1980 and 1984.
The Team will then join a host other celebrities who are also running the Flora London Marathon in aid of Barnardo's.
They include actress, author and broadcaster Floella Benjamin OBE, actor and CBeebies television programme presenter, Sidney Sloane, TV and radio presenter, Julian Bennett, actress Jennifer James, and from the television show Big Brother, Glyn Wise, as well as Robbie 'Tramp' Knox from Sky Sports' Soccer AM.
In preparation for the race, Thompson will also be putting Team Oce through its paces in a series of coaching sessions.
Wilbert Verheyen, director of wide format printing systems at Oce UK, and who is part of Team Oce, said: "We have set ourselves a tough target for the fundraising but it is definitely achievable.
Barnardo's is a very worthwhile cause and we are proud to support the excellent work it does, even if it does mean a few blisters along the way." Simon Wheeler, director of digital document systems, who will also run in the race in April, said: "The whole team is putting a lot of effort in to training and preparation for the race, as well as raising donations." Joanne Burgin, Barnardo's challenge events co-ordinator, said: "The support and commitment of Team Oce is greatly appreciated, and helps us continue offering a wide range of support services for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in more than 380 of Barnardo's specialised projects nation-wide.
We wish them all the best of luck." Oce said that anyone could support Barnardo's by sponsoring Team Oce's charity run by visiting the Oce website to make a donation.
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