The UPprentice 2009 is officially over!

The UPprentice Challenge 2009 culminated with a party and awards ceremony at the AECC on Thursday 26th November for 300 guests, including all the UPprentice teams.

The UPprentice’s enjoyed a drinks reception with smooth sounds from local swing band, Three Guys Swinging and close-up magic from Fifth Dimension, they then enjoyed a fantastic meal, prize giving for nine top award categories and danced the night away to top local covers band Indikoda.

The UPprenticeTeam and the staff at CLAN would like to say a huge thank you to all the teams, supporters and dinner guests that have helped make The UPprentince such a special and successful event.

The biggest thank you is of course to the UPprentice teams, who should all be very pround of their acheivements. Their fundraising activities during the 6 week challenge, and the fundraising done on the night of the dinner itself has well and truly smashed our original £12,500.00 target.

We are absolutely delighted and overwhelmed to announce that The UPprentice Challenge fundraising total to date is £135,420.00

Award Winners

The CLAN Sugar Award for Most Money Raised –

1st – Wood Group - Published a 'Cooking With Oil & Gas' cook book and raised an amazing £37,500 with more still to come in!

Runner’s Up – Stronachs UPstarts, AMEC

Most Money Raised by an SME –

1st - Stronachs UPstarts - The UPstarts raised an amazing £10,500 with the Stronachs Switch team raising £6,500. This makes a combined Stronachs fundraising total of £17,000. The UPprentice team would like to take this opportuntiy to apologise to The Upstarts as we announced Stronachs Switch as the winners of this category when it should in fact have been the UPstarts. A huge well done to all at Stronachs for acheiving such an amazing fundraising total!

Runner’s Up – Red Spider, Acumen

Most Dinner Tickets Sold –

1st – Wood Group who sold a fantastic 66 tickets!

Runner’s Up – RBS, The Urquhart Partnership

Most Innovative Fundraising Idea –

1st – Grampian Fasteners for The Clannon-ball Run

Runner’s Up - Red Spider, Amec

Best Individual Contribution –

1st – Dan Campion, Amec

Runner’s Up and special mentions to – Niko Camproux, Atlas. Donna Pyper, Ferryhill. Alex Williamson, Grampian Fasteners. Jane Harvey, Wood Group.

Best Media Coverage –

1st – Grampian Fasteners

Runner’s Up – Wood Group, Atlas, Stronachs Upstarts

Best Photo –

1st – Ferryhill House Hotel

Runners Up – Red Spider, Grampian Fasteners, Atlas Interactive

Best Photo Diary –

1st – Atlas Interactive

Runners Up – Subsea 7 – Midas Touch, Grampian Fasteners, Ferryhill House Hotel

Best Report and Planning –

1st – Stronachs Upstarts

Runners Up – Ferryhill House Hotel, Leddingham Chalmers, Redspider

The final amounts raised by teams were as follows.