The 3 Peaks are conquered by the Stoke Mandeville Team

Three Leisure Connection team members conquered the highest peaks of Scotland, Wales and England in a bid to raise money for WheelPower’s, WheelAppeal. The Appeal  aims to raise £6-million, enough money to provide 2012 sports wheelchairs to disabled children and young adults by the time the Paralympics return ‘home’ in August 2012.
Gavin Ebelling, Harpers Manager at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Lee Fellows, Regional Fitness Manager, and Gemma Murdoch, Operations Manager at Stoke Mandeville Stadium completed the task in just two days.  This involved climbing Ben Nevis (Scotland) on the first day and then Skafell Pike (Lake District) and Snowdon (Wales) on the second.



It took a total of 12h climbing time to do all three, Ben Nevis was the highest and took the longest to climb, walking over snow fields as they neared the top. Skafell Pike was probably the most difficult as it was very steep and very rocky.  By the time they got to Snowdon we were exhausted and although it was the easiest of the 3, it felt much harder.

A big congratulation's goes to all three who are hoping to raise over £1000 for the WheelAppeal and people are still able to donate by going to www.justgiving.com/smsteam

The Stoke Mandeville Stadium is managed by Leisure Connection on behalf of the national charity for wheelchair Sport – WheelPower.