Sixteen business teams took part in the eighth annual tournament and amassed a further £2,750 for the Groby Road Hospice. The money was raised through entry fees and a “Guess the LOROS lion cub weight” with a fabulous evening escape for two at Ragdale Hall as the prize.
The competition, held over four weeks each year, has now raised an accumulative total of £22,750 which could pay for the annual cost of us providing care on our ward for three patients. A truly amazing achievement.
The eagerly awaited tournament, organised by Graham Brown, Relationship Director at HSBC Bank PLC Corporate and aided by his new committee member, Richard Anderson, Agriculture Manager at HSBC Bank PLC HBEU, was keenly fought by teams from Grant Thornton, Magma, Weightmans, Spearing Waite, BHW, McIntyre Hudson, Gateley, Mazar's, HSBC, Howes Percival, Nelson's, Torr Waterfield, BDO, Newby Castleman, RSM and Edward Hands & Lewis.
Dave Welch, HSBC Area Director, East Midlands Business Banking, said: "It is great to see this tournament continues to remain so popular amongst the Leicestershire professional community, this year has seen some excellent competition with a chance to network while having some fun along the way.
"We are delighted to have been able to support Leicester’s LOROS Hospice once more and are already looking forward to next year’s competition.
"The two eight team leagues fought some hard battles to reach the final, which was won by Magma. Huge congratulations to them.”
Magdalena Korytkowska, Partnership Development Lead at LOROS, said: "This year’s HSBC Table Tennis tournament has been another fantastic fundraiser for the Hospice and judging by the atmosphere in the rooms and the informative weekly updates by Graham, has been competitive and great fun.
"Graham continues to organise an event which many businesses jostle to be a part of each year and his commitment to raising funds for LOROS, along with the teams involved, is greatly appreciated by everyone at the Hospice. A huge, huge thank you to everyone involved.”
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