Sporting extravaganza puts professionals through paces

FOOTBALL referees, lawyers, bankers, and others have gone head to head in a sporting extravaganza ahead of Yorkshire’s biggest running event on Sunday.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jul 2012, 07:00 BST

Hundreds of professionals from forty two businesses across the county battled it out to put their stamp on the Leeds 10K Corporate Challenge.

As part of a pre-event evening, the teams of professionals took part in a series of sports games including a penalty shootout, sack race, hula hooping and an egg and spoon race.

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The Clarion 10K Corporate Challenge, is part of Jane Tomlinson’s Asda Foundation Run For All Leeds 10K, which this year is celebrating its sixth anniversary.

Teams taking part in this year’s running event include Premier League football referees, Howard Webb, Martin Atkinson and Phil Dowd.

Event director Sara Birkinshaw said: “We love putting on the Corporate Challenge evening and seeing the friendly rivalry heating up.”

The Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10K was set up by Jane Tomlinson in 2007 and her family to stand as her fundraising legacy.

For information about any of the Jane Tomlinson events visit www.forallevents.co.uk

The Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k takes place this weekend. The Yorkshire Post is a media partner for Sunday’s event.

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