T3 Farm Challenge going virtual for 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic

The fundraising event has raised over £30,000 for charities in Kirklees since being established six years ago.

The challenge was founded by Danny Thomas, Katie Ellis, Sarah Brooks and James Ashton and is still driven forward by Thomas, Ashton and Thomas’s brother Michael Micklewaite.

The event normally requires people to complete a 5km obstacle course but with social distancing guidelines in place, this year’s race will not be able to go ahead.

Instead, people are being asked to do their own 5km run or walk or set up an obstacle course in their back garden.

“We like to get the businesses involved who sponsor the obstacles and get the local rugby teams to come and do it,” said Thomas, with Craft Union committed to sponsoring the next four events.

He continued: “We are going to ask people to walk or run 5km and then do an obstacle course in their back garden and donate £1.

“They can make their own route up and do whatever other exercises they want on the way round to keep it fun.

“It is for all abilities so anyone can get involved.

“We just want as many people to get on board and raise as much money as possible.”

Organisers previously donated the money raised to Kirkwood Hospice but have chosen the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice as this year’s charity.

T-shirts will also be on sale with all profits going to the charity.

Thomas added: “We thought instead of postponing it and doing nothing we still wanted to do something to get money in for the charity. It gets people active at the same time.

“We want people to get it done on the weekend starting June 13 and then people can post a video or a picture with the hashtag #T3FC.”

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