<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>TEAM TORNADO</strong></span><br /><br />Thanks for visiting Team Tornado's fundraising page for the Hoylake 24 hour kite buggy challenge on the 25 - 26th June 2011.</p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;">RESULTS</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">I know some people were waiting to see how far we managed to go before deciding on an amount, well the event is over and I am happy to report that 'Team </span>Tornado' managed 726.1 km, which would have been good enough to take the British record if only 'The Unlikely Lads'&nbsp; and 'The Non-Racers' hadn't clocked up 739.7 and 761.3 km respectively. A really fantastic event , it's great what you can do if you have the right wind!</p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">This fun but gruelling event has 2 main purposes:</span><br />- To chase the world record* for the furthest distance covered in 24 hours by a team of 3 kite buggy pilots in relay.<br />- To raise some money for charity.<br /><br />*or the British record, or at least beat our own distances from last year<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">Our charity:</span><br />Team Tornado has decided to support the RNLI with our efforts - they are the extra emergency service supported entirely by donations and crewed by volunteers. <br />Those volunteers are trained to the highest level to save lives at sea and will launch the boat to do so in conditions that test the boats and crew to their limits.<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">The team:</span><br />The team name comes from the buggies we use, the Trikbitz Tornado race buggy. <br />For this year we have changed a team member, Mike Walters is the new guy and he has laid down some pretty good markers in the Scottish race series this year so we have plenty of potential.</p> <p>The team this year consists of:</p> <p>Jim Wallis, Chris Wilson and Mike Walters.</p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Target distance:</span><br />Our target distance will depend on the forecast, so to keep things interesting we will start to check the forecasts with about a week to go, and then try to publish some realistic targets here. As a baseline, so long as there is a little wind right through we would aim for 500km. The world record stands at 1050km.</p> <p>Fortunately the winds have been very light the last couple of years so the distances should be easily beatable with better conditions.<br />The <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Team-Tornado-2010" target="_blank">2010 results can be seen here</a>.</p> <p><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">Donating:</span><br />Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It&rsquo;s also the most efficient way to sponsor us: RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution gets your money faster and, if you&rsquo;re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">So please sponsor us now!</span><br />Or, if you would rather wait and see just how many kilometres we managed to rack up before deciding on an amount, this page will stay open for a while after the event.</p>