AMP - Advanced Manufacturing Park

A historic South Yorkshire engineering company with expertise in all kinds of metals is now looking to get its hands on a unique piece of silverware.

Dormer Tools, based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham, has become one of the first companies to sign-up to the Bupa Great Yorkshire Run's Business Challenge.

Peter Ludlow, Andrew Reynolds, Ben Lodge, David Limb, Rob Smith and Chris Herring will all don their running shoes for the 10K race in Sheffield on September 5 to see if they can claim the top business prize.

The Business Challenge is available to small (fewer than 50 employees), medium (50-249 employees) and large businesses (more than 250 employees).

Male, female or mixed teams can enter four to eight runners. The times of the first four team mates over the finish line are accumulated to decide the top three teams from each category, with the winning company receiving an engraved trophy.

Dormer's business challenge team will also be competing in the Great Yorkshire Run to help raise money for the Bluebell Wood Hospice charity.

Chris Herring, business development manager at Dormer Tools, said: 'We've never done anything like this before and we thought by running as a team it would spur each other on to get fit. It is also an opportunity for Dormer to help support such a worthy local charity as Bluebell Wood.'

The Bupa Great Yorkshire Run will start on Arundel Gate, before heading along Penistone Road to Sheffield Wednesday?s Hillsborough stadium, before returning to the city centre.

Entry for the Business Challenge costs ?31 per team member.

The Bupa Junior and Mini Great Yorkshire Run will for the first time take place on the same day as the main race (Sept 5) and involve a city centre route. Youngsters aged 3-8 can take part in 1.5k Mini Run, while the 3k Junior Run is for ages 9-14.

Anyone interested in running either as an individual or as part of the Business Challenge can enter online now at www.greatrun.org.