Tuesday 3 January 2017

Shine's Benny Bear New Year Balloon Race has now started!

And we have lift-off!! Shine's Benny Bear New Year Balloon Race has now started and what a way to see in 2017!

The virtual races, organised by Peterborough-based charity Shine, have proved extremely popular and at long last the balloons are now all heading to the (virtual) finish line!



Larkfleet Homes and sister company Allison Homes are sponsoring Shine’s Benny Bear New Year Balloon Race . Benny Bear is the Shine ‘mascot’, a character who has hydrocephalus and works with children to raise awareness of the condition and its impact.

The Shine computer takes account of real-world weather conditions and factors such as the amount of gas in each balloon as it continuously calculates the position of each race entrant following the online ‘launch’. The winning balloon is the one that travels furthest on the virtual map.

Helen Jones, director of marketing at Larkfleet, said: “We are delighted to sponsor The Benny Bear New Year Race as part of our programme of support for local communities and charities."

You can keep up to date with all the race info here on the Larfkleet blog or on our Facebook page and of course, Shine has a full analysis of the race too!

Good luck and thanks to everyone who has joined in!

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