It's A Knockout!

Today I was part of a team from Blenheim House in Blackpool competing in an It's A Knockout tournament to raise money for MRI Scanner facilities for children at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. At the moment children who need an MRI scan have to go to Preston. Although the afternoon got off to a late start (we were there at half 12 and didn't get to do anything until half 3...) once we got going it was fabulous fun! There was a lot of water, lots of inflatables, some foam, some injuries... Our team was up against Radio Wave and The Gazette, which was helpful because they kept sabotaging each other and we kept winning! I admit to having been somewhat competitive and eager to win... The photo above is of the last race, we had to run up and down the hills on the inflatable which was covered in foam and water and into a pit of muddy water at the end, run to pick up a piece of luggage and then carry it back. It was really difficult because it was so slippy you couldn't stand up...but I made a significant lead ahead of the other two teams if I do say so myself! We went on to get second place, only one point separated us from first - gutted! But we did ourselves proud.