Yesterday saw the launch of the Superkart Charity Challenge – a Le Mans style race, open to teams from the community as well as corporate, raising money for some important charities including Love Brum, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, Radio Lollipop, Cure Leukaemia, The National Autistic Society, Include Me Too and the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity working in partnership with Birmingham City Council and in association with Teamworks Karting.
At Teamworks Karting Birmingham, movers and shakers from across the region turned up for what was a great afternoon of food, drink and networking, supporting the launch of what is set to be a huge fundraising effort for the charities, with Peter Masters announcing that there would be a minimum of £20,000 for each charity raised as a result of this event.
The event aims to bring together people from all communities across Birmingham and the West Midlands, with 25 Business teams entering alongside 15 Community teams. “We feel this will bring a stronger bond and reinforce the cohesive spirit amongst the many different nationalities that have made Birmingham and the wider West Midlands their home as a place to develop in peace, harmony and prosperity for now and the future generations to come.”
“By bring together all these elements we feel that it can only enhance and strengthen the strength and diversity of our community and will create a long lasting bond of respect and friendship amongst competitors and the public as a whole.”
Host for the afternoon, Raaj Shamji showed what he can do on the microphone alongside his toastmaster duties, ably assisted by the Dead Sea Skulls backing him up, as well as interviewing a number of key people attending the launch including media partners from The Phoenix Newspaper, Desi Blitz and The Asian Today, as well as Cllr Waseem Zaffar and Beverley Nielsen amongst others.
Birmingham’s own Apache Indian turned up to rock the microphone, performing some of his hits and promoting the AIM Academy, as well as other prominent Birmingham-based organisations including The Phoenix Newspaper.
The Karting event is scheduled for 2017, with full details available on the website at http://www.superkartltd.co.uk/. Also watch out for more information in the coming months in The Phoenix Newspaper!
