Claus all of me ....loves all of you

9 GoodGymers made their way 1.9km to help the Slough Borough Council Neighbourhood Services in Slough.

: Saturday, 19th of December 2020
: Led by Manjit Birk

This was to be our last (but one!) community mission of 2020 so we thought we would combine a run, a quiz and a litter pick all in one whilst dressed as Santas'!

Who came to elf today then?

Ricky whose been absanta without leave for a while but it was great to have him back today.
Nisha taking Santa stage with her 100th good deed.
Sutyee with her magnifisanta effort on her Christmas tie!
Jen represanta-ing the Mrs Claus' around the world.
Ruth - great having her back with her pleasanta conversations.
Sandy- always likes to be Santa of attention.
Naomi looking really presantable in her bright coat and santa hat.
Harsha with her Goodgym song making us feel santa-mental.
And of course me (Manjit) making sure they were all presanta and correct.

Dashing through the rain deer

After a last minute change of venue, we had all gathered at Upton Court Park just in time for the heavens to open up. But we are no wimps and had plenty to celebrate today so after a quick wet warm up, we headed to the other side of the park.

With the dash to the 5k post done, we started on the quiz!

Let's get quizzicle

Two teams, three catergories, four questions - easy as pie! (And the glorious sun came out to shine down on us at this precise moment).

Questions focused on Goodgym, Christmas and Kids, with each team sending one member to the Quiz Master to obtain the question (which was only repeated once, so a chance of Chinese whispers was a big possibilty!). A dash back to the team to relay the question and then a dash back to the Quiz Master to offer their answers! First team back got the first opportunity to give their answer and if incorrect, the opposing team could relay their answer and take the steal!

Well done to Team Ricky (Ruth, Sandy and Naomi) for winning with a massive 4 points! Ho Ho Ho

Santa's litter helpers

Dashing back to the 4km post (but not before singing Harsha's version of the 12 days of Christmas) (you have to wait till Christmas Eve to see that video!). We all santa-ised our hand and then got ready for the litter pick task. In a whizz we spilt into pairs and dashed around collected as much litter as we could in 20 minutes.

A sackful later - it was all over.

Dressed to impress

It was impossible to pick a winner for the Best Dressed Award, so it went to 3 members - Ricky, Harsha and Sut Yee. Well done on making an impression!

100 in the bag

With 74 of these 100 Good Deeds done in 2020, I think all the Santa's around the world should be applauding Nisha right now! Well done Nisha, a huge achievement for what has been a tough year. So here is my little poem for you.