Sussex Duo Win National World Cup Competition

When 20 year old Kayleigh Simmonds and friend Pierre Towers, a computer engineer of Bognor Regis, entered an online World Cup Competition in June, little did they realise how well they would do! Aimed at AVG Resellers, the completion required entrants to predict the winners of each of the stages of the World Cup.

At the end of the group stage, Kayleigh and Pierre were listed in the top 11 predicters in the competition having predicted over 70% of results correctly; at the end of the Quarter final stage, they had predicted all the results correctly and were in joint first place. The semi finals did not go entirely their way, however; they chose Germany to win over Spain. But, fortunately for them, this did not alter the results and Team Towers were still in joint 1^st place going into Sunday’s final.  Pierre and Kayleigh had chosen Spain to win the final and were on the edge of their seats until Spain finally scored in the second part of extra time. The woops of joy could be heard all round the close in Felpham where Pierre lives.

AVG released the results on Monday morning and Team Towers found that they were the winners of the competition, despite the team in joint 1^st place with having picked Spain as well. It all hinged on a “tie breaker” that AVG asked all entrants at the start of the competition. The tie breaker was “who will win the World Cup?” Team Towers had chosen Spain. This won them the competition. Team Towers are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of their prize of a bottle of champagne and the World Cup team shirt of their choice.

 

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Team Towers consists of friends Pierre Towers, proprietor of Bognor PC Doctor, and Kayleigh Simmonds, a Crew member at  McDonalds restaurant Chichester Gate.

 

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Sussex Friends Number 1 in Online World Cup Prediction Competition

When soon to be 20 year old Kayleigh Simmonds and friend Pierre Towers of Bognor Regis entered an online World Cup Competition in June, little did they realise how well they would do! Aimed at AVG Resellers, the completion required entrants to predict the winners of the group, quarter final, semi final and final stages of the World Cup.

At the end of the group stage, Kayleigh and Pierre were listed in the top 11 predicters in the competition having predicted over 70% of results correctly; at the end of the Quarter final stage, they had predicted all 8 results correctly and were in joint first place. The semi finals did not go entirely their way, however, they chose Germany to win over Spain. But, this did not alter the results and Team Towers are still in joint 1^st place with only the final on Sunday to go. At the beginning of the competition entrants were asked to answer a tie break question in the event of there being two winners. They were asked to choose who the top scorer of the entire World Cup would be. Kayleigh chose David Villa of Spain – who is currently listed as the official top scorer of the Cup so far.  Kayleigh will be spending her 20th birthday on Friday nervously awaiting the game on Sunday.

 

From Redundancy to Business Success

When father of three Steve Kerrigan was made redundant from his job ten years ago, during the last recession, he tried not to panic. Instead, he did an audit of the things he was accomplished in. Today, Steve runs a successful plumbing and electrical service, as well as providing good quality student accommodation in the Bognor area.

Steve’s wife had just given birth to their youngest child when he heard that he no longer had a job. It was not a good time to be out of work. He had a family to feed. Where was the money going to come from?  Steve could have let despair take over – instead he took positive action. He made a list of those things that he was skilled at and had been doing for many years, in and around his home. He attended training courses to update and hone his skills to industry standards – essential in today’s safety conscious world. Steve believes that investing in training is the first step to future success in any field and especially so when faced with a situation like redundancy. Training completed, SJK Electrical and Plumbing was born.

The business is built on the belief that “no job is too small”. In fact, Steve believes that dealing with a “small” drip or electrical fault while it is still “small” can save a lot of time, money and heartache in the long run. “Sometimes”, Steve says “people think that the job is too small and therefore not worth doing at the time, so they do not call a tradesman to do it. I have seen a small drip turn into a major leak leading to the householder having to have costly repairs and redecoration done. If only they had called me when the leak first appeared! The same goes for electrical faults. The smallest fault can easily lead to a major disaster.”

Steve has been particularly concerned that those who are elderly or housebound, who have minor household repair tasks that they can no longer do themselves, seem reluctant to “bother” tradesmen with seemingly small tasks. “Things gradually build up, “Steve says, “until the property is in a serious state of disrepair and dangerous to live in. ”

Steve looks back on those dark days, when he had no job, and realises that being made redundant was the catalyst that launched him into a future that he could not have even imagined whilst in the employ of another. “Being made redundant need not be the end” Steve says. “It is a challenge yes, but it definitely concentrates the mind on what matters and can lead to taking paths previously not thought of. I can only encourage those in the position that I was in, all those years ago, to not let it get them down and to take a stock of their skills as I did. You never know where it might lead to!”