NEWS

2 June 2024

Spiecapag wins Best Fundraising Team at the Brisbane Marathon Festival!

Thanks to our volunteers, the Spiecapag team collectively walked or ran 223.4km and raised $22,544 for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation (IMF) as part of the 2024 Brisbane Marathon Festival. A feat also made possible thanks to the enthusiastic support of our sponsors UEA Group, Pipeline Plant Hire, Austrack Equipment Pty Ltd , LandPartners, AHA Boring Pty Ltd, CNC Project Management, CST Hire and PSSS.

Recognised with the Highest Overall Fundraising Team prize, the team was handed its achievement certificate on stage by the Deek (aka Rob de Castella AO MBE). Former world champion marathon runner, and founder of the IMF, Rob de Castella shared some of the accomplishments of the organisation – from sending 5 participants to the New York Marathon in 2010 to 132 graduates finishing a major international marathon, including NY, Boston, Tokyo, London, Paris and Berlin, and completing a compulsory education in Health & Leadership. On the day, the IMF was the second biggest team with 95 participants coming from all over the country!

Rob also dropped in at the Spiecapag Tent and shared a few words of wisdom with the team, which can also translate to the workplace, i.e. “when you feel a little bit of discomfort, you know that you’re on track, because when things are coasting, when things are too easy, then you’re never going to get the best out of yourself”.

Special shout to our Managing Director, John Walsh, who was the only one running the Marathon and came first of his category with 3h08 minutes!