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A GCHQ team has triumphed in this year's Microsoft UK Challenge, a charity endurance event seeing off competition from 123 businesses from across the UK. A seven-person GCHQ team - '007' - has won this year's Microsoft UK Challenge, an annual four-day event billed as 'the UK's greatest team building adventure'. The challenge tests physical and mental stamina to the ultimate, while raising lots of money for charity. Competing against 119 teams drawn from a wide range of top UK businesses and public sector organisations, 007 members proved that they were ahead of the field in day and night-time pursuits ranging from mountain biking and kayaking in rugged countryside around Aberystwyth through to logic puzzles and code cracking. GCHQ has been entering teams for ten years and has previously won the public sector crown but this is the first time that they have been overall champions. Team member Charlie said: "This has been the experience of a lifetime and the team skills we've developed will enhance the work we do at GCHQ, protecting the nation's security. We're all absolutely thrilled about winning." The icing on the cake is that 007 and two other GCHQ teams taking part in the event raised almost £6000 for the NSPCC. A spokesman for the competition, Andrew Finan, said: "GCHQ were outstanding in all areas and deserved to win." The next step for 007 is a trip to Florida in December to compete in the Microsoft World Challenge. For further details of the Microsoft Challenge, see www.challengerworld.com 13 June 2005 |
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