Some would say that you have to be mad to enter a Commando Challenge, wading up to your waist in freezing mud and water, or crawling through clostrophobic tunnels.

They would probably be right.  However, the troops from Reddaways were not only crazy enough to enter (for the second time) they were fit enough and fast enough to be better at it than anyone else.  The company entered its team - Move a Bit Quicker - into the 2012 Commando Challenge on 6 October and came first out of 111 teams.

The Reddaways team had to negotiate a series of obstacles round the 4km course, including peters pool, the notorious sheep dip (an underwater tunnel) and various pitch black crawl-through tunnels.  The course was very slippery due to all the recent rain, and the tunnels which were dry last year were waterlogged and very muddy.



Mike Clinch, the team captain said "I couldn't believe it when we found out the result of the commando challenge.  I knew we had worked well together to get round quickly and raise lots of sponsorship but none of us ever imagined we would be first!  This year our team raised over £800 to hand in on the day with another £100 coming in after the event."

Photo top: Pictured at the end of the challenge: Back row: Stuart Bennie, Phil Evans, Daniel Clinch, Aron Ditchburn, Team Captain Mike Clinch; Front Row: Helena Williams, Ben Woodhouse, Joe Rice, Ellodie Stott.  Photo centre: The two team first place trophies.