Top Fundraising team Extec

The COINS 3 Peaks Challenge proved to be another enormous success for the construction industry, with 49 construction teams pledging more than £430,000.00, smashing the 2007 fundraising record and bringing the event total to £1.63million.

Having made fundraising pledges and attended the safety briefings, at 14:00 the first teams strode out towards the summit of Ben Nevis, on the first leg of the challenge.  The weather was kind to the challengers, remaining fair on three mountains, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.

During the event reception in Llanberis, at the foot of Snowdon, the highest fundraisers and fastest teams were presented with their awards by COINS Chairman, Larry Sullivan. 

Highest fundraising companies, all with two teams, were: 1st place Extec who raised a staggering £27,000.00; 2nd Place Castleoak with £26,000.00; 3rd Place Geoffrey Osborne with £25,000.00; 4th place Skanska with £18,625.00 and in 5th Place Weston Homes with £18,000.00. Extec will receive two places and the other companies one place on the COINS sponsored trip next spring to visit Habitat for Humanity, CURE International and CARE International projects in Zambia or Uganda.

Stephenson Group pledging £16,000.00 were delighted to receive the new prize for the highest fundraising individual team and will also receive a place on the project visit.

2008 final pledges.

Every year the teams seem to invest in more training so they are better prepared to complete the challenge, and this year proved to be no exception with 31 of the 49 teams completing the challenge within 24hrs.  As well as excelling in the fundraising challenge, Extec also romped home first in a winning time of 20hrs 32mins, just a whisker behind the event record of 20hrs by Multiplex in 2004.  In 2nd place was Shepherd Construction, 3rd place Raymond Brown, 4th place Rose Builders.  The full challenge results are listed below.

If you would like to part in the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge 2009, the ultimate challenge for the Construction Industry, the event is now open for registration.  More than 10 teams signed up on the night, the event is generally oversubscribed so if you would like to take part Register Now.

Our special thanks to;
Global Challenge team, all our volunteers along with our 2008 event media sponsors, Construction Manager and Show House.

 COINS 3 Peaks Challenge 2008 Results 

Place	Company	Call Sign	Ben Nevis	Scafell	Snowdon	TOTAL
1	Extec	Nepal	4h 02m	3h 22m	3h 08m	20h 32m
2	Shepherd Construction	Food	4h 08m	3h 30m	3h 02m	20h 40m
3	Raymond Brown	Finance	4h 11m	3h 22m	3h 28m	21h 01m
4	Rose Builders	Urban	4h 04m	3h 57m	3h 27m	21h 28m
5	Lanzet	Support	4h 10m	3h 44m	3h 35m	21h 29m
6	COINS UK	Conflict	4h 09m	3h 44m	3h 37m	21h 30m
7	Costain	Orphan	4h 23m	3h 40m	3h 38m	21h 41m
8	COINS Russia	Business	4h 37m	3h 46m	3h 27m	21h 50m
9	Mackley Construction	Africa	4h 14m	3h 47m	3h 54m	21h 55m
10	Weston Homes	Cuba	4h 29m	4h 09m	3h 42m	22h 20m
11	Millgate	Water	4h 44m	3h 55m	3h 43m	22h 22m
12	JLT	Shelter	4h 11m	4h 15m	4h 01m	22h 27m
13	Extec Screen	India	4h 41m	4h 12m	3h 37m	22h 30m
13	Leasemaster	Kenya	4h 35m	3h 59m	3h 56m	22h 30m
15	Harlow & Milner	Building	4h 55m	4h 25m	3h 26m	22h 46m
16	Geoffrey Osborne	Health	4h 47m	4h 10m	3h 50m	22h 47m
17	Skanska	Zambia	4h 53m	4h 28m	3h 36m	22h 57m
18	Taylor Woodrow	Project	4h 57m	4h 31m	3h 42m	23h 10m
19	Bovis Lend Lease	Legal	4h 53m	4h 21m	4h 00m	23h 14m
20	Raymond Brown	Russia	5h 18m	4h 18m	3h 39m	23h 15m
21	Mackley Construction	Chaity	5h 17m	4h 00m	4h 03m	23h 20m
22	Lovell	Congo	4h 42m	4h 26m	4h 15m	23h 23m
23	Millgate Homes	Farming	4h 55m	4h 22m	4h 07m	23h 24m
24	May Gurney	Justice	5h 08m	4h 22m	3h 59m