Staff at Cheltenham-based window hardware manufacturer Securistyle are putting their best feet forward in a Marathon challenge in aid of a local cancer charity.

The team of 10 are in training for the 18th Cobalt Relay Marathon Challenge on Sunday 7th May at Cirencester Park in which they will compete against other teams to beat the time of the London Marathon winner. Each team member will run 2.6 miles.

Technical project engineer and team leader John Lambert, who has run the BUPA Great North Run in the past, says: ‘We have developed a great team spirit and are looking forward to the challenge. We hope to raise at least £500 for this worthwhile cause and hope to complete the marathon in less than four hours'.

The firm, which is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of window hardware products such as locks, handles and hinges, employs 320 people at its factory at Kingsmead Industrial Estate and has a turnover of more than £25 million.

The team, which comprises two women and eight men from the sales and marketing and technical departments is sticking to a strict training schedule, usually in the evenings after work.

Cobalt Appeal Fund is a leading medical charity, which has played a major part with the NHS in establishing the Cheltenham Oncology Centre caring in particular for patients suffering from cancer throughout Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The charity aims to fund a £7 million state-of-the-art diagnostic centre at Linton House Clinic in Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, which will open its doors to its first patients later this year.

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Glass Age