Team Arnold Clark perform on the night
Team Arnold Clark perform on the night
A team of Arnold Clark employees were crowned dancing champions at the weekend after they won a charity’s Strictly Come Dancing-inspired event.
'Strictly Beatson' was held at the DoubleTree Hilton Glasgow Central on Saturday 7th October and was hosted by TV and radio presenter, Bryan Burnett.
Nearly 600 guests arrived on the night to support the five teams battling it out to win.
Alongside Arnold Clark, four other teams took part in the event organised by Beatson Cancer Charity.
The theme of the event was ‘Movie Night’, which coincided with Strictly Come Dancing’s Movie Night on Saturday.
A total of £73,408 was raised by guests at the event and by all the teams, who fundraised alongside their dance rehearsals.
Team Arnold Clark was made up of employees from Head Office, including Senior Recruitment Administrator Ciara Cannon, Software Engineer Ed Fallon, Head of Affiliate & Product Marketing Jennifer Fionda, Digital Employee Experience Project Lead Jon Cuthbertson, People Advisor Rebecca Bailey and Recruitment Operations Manager William Forrest. Their dance professionals were Donna Littlejohn and Marcus Littlejohn and they danced to songs from the movie Top Gun.
The judges picked Team Arnold Clark and Team Fuelfit as the final two teams to go head-to-head in the dance-off to become the champions. The judges then chose Team Arnold Clark as their winners.
Team Arnold Clark managed to raise over £21,000 for Beatson Cancer Charity during their time rehearsing for the event.
Following their win, Team Arnold Clark said: 'We're all absolutely delighted to win, we're still on cloud nine.
'Training with the team over the last 20 weeks has been brilliant and we've loved every minute of it. We really appreciate the support and donations we've received - we're extremely grateful.
'It's an honour to be crowned champions, but at the end of the day, the charity is the real winner and we're so happy to be able to support the amazing work Beatson Cancer Charity does.
'Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you to everyone who helped make it such a memorable evening!'
Beatson is an internationally renowned cancer centre that offers specialist care to those suffering from cancer, as well as providing funding for specialists and cancer research. With centres across the UK, Beatson helps thousands of patients every year.
Susan Brodie, Events Manager at Beatson Cancer Charity, added: 'We are so grateful to all five teams and their professional dancers for the immense amount of hard work and training they put into their performances in their own free time.
'They all worked so hard on their dance while also fundraising for our charity.
'The event was a huge success and raised an incredible amount of money which will go towards supporting so many patients and their families.'
