DAIRY WORKERS BACK THREE PEAKS YACHT RACERS TO AID VETERANS
THE North Wales family of a Coldstream Guard killed in Afghanistan on his 27th birthday almost a decade ago have thanked Gwynedd dairy workers for their support to help raise more than £2,000 in his memory, by taking part in an epic endurance race.
Emily Falck from Pwllheli, a quality assurance technician at South Caernarfon Creameries, thanked her colleagues after they sponsored her team including her cousin and uncle from Wrexham, in the Three Peaks Yacht Race.
The event sees teams sail from Barmouth to Fort William, with two of each crew running and cycling from sea to mountain to scale Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis - the highest mountains of Wales, England and Scotland – en route.
Emily, 26, from Pwllheli who works in the laboratory at South Caernarfon Creameries, was among a crew including her cousin Robert Morris, 24, from Wrexham, uncle Christopher (Tiffer) Morris, 56, from Wrexham, and brother,
Toby Thomas, 22, who lives near Ludlow, Shropshire, supporting runners Daniel Ayers 23, from Fleet, Hampshire, and Ben Zeman 22, from Exeter, who are university friends of Toby’s.
The family sailed their Abersoch-based boat, Sandling, bringing their team to victory in the Monohull class and raising £2,387 in aid of the Lt. Dougie Dalzell MC Memorial Trust which supports injured soldiers and their families. Lt Dalzell, Emily’s cousin once removed, was killed by an IED in Helmand province, in February 2010.