Snapped: Superstars Challenge 2015

Saturday 24th January 2015 saw local sporting stars, like Olympian Heather Fell, Women?s World Cup winners Sarah Hunter, Natasha Hunt and rugby legends Phil de Glanville, Danny Grewcock and Budge Pountney come together at Bath Sports & Leisure Centre to compete in the 3rd annual Bath Rugby Foundation Superstars Challenge. TGtB was present to enjoy this sporting celebration...

Bath Rugby Foundation Superstars challenge is a yearly sporting event that brings together local businesses and sports superstars, with the aim of raising funds for Bath Rugby Foundation. Funds raised at this event will be going towards the delivery of an Inclusion Fun Day which takes place in the summer of 2015. The Inclusion Fun Day is a yearly event run by Bath Rugby Foundation, specifically designed for children with disabilities from special schools in the locality.

Sixteen teams took up the Superstars challenge which featured three returning company teams alongside six new teams and competitors, with each lineup consisting of five participants from local businesses, including 1^st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, Thrings, Rygor, Savills, Centurion Wealth Management, BMT, Dyson, Roger Lewis Furniture, Alide Hire Services and Silcox Wicks & Sons. The proud winners of Superstars 2014/15 were Team Stand Firm’ from 1^st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, which sporting superstar Charlie Ewels was a member of.

Each team had a local sports superstar bestowed upon it; with other local legends taking part including former England Rugby players Steve Ojomoh and Phil de Glanville, England Under 20s players Charlie Ewels, Rory Jennings, Will Homer and Max Clarke and current Bath Rugby players Will Spencer, Ben Williams, Nathan Catt and Luke Ascott. Each competing team undertook ten gruelling sporting challenges and one team event, including a 1000m cycle sprint, 500m individual row, a tyre pull, 20m sprint, crucifix tyre hold and a bleep test.