Helping people and businesses with their IT is our 9-5 job. But at the end of the day, we like to think we actually enjoy helping people – full stop. So when the basketball team, The Guildford Heat came to us asking for support, we were glad to say ‘Yes’.
To say they’re good is an understatement. In fact they are one of a minority of sports clubs in Surrey currently playing at the top of their professional sport’s division. And as a club their aim is to have a player in the UK basketball team for the 2012 London Olympics.
However, what really excited us about The Guildford Heat was their commitment to the community. They are focused on getting more and more Surrey school children involved in this exciting family sport through their programmes. So through them we have been able to put something back into the community.
Going from strength to strength
Formed only in 2005, The Guildford Heat qualified for the BBL Championship - an unrivalled feat for any team in their first year. But in the second year they won the BBL Championship and BBL Cup double, and qualified for European competition. And so the success continued with them winning the BBL Trophy and BBL Playoffs double in their third season.
And this is just the start for a local side who have the right attitude and the right team and who just needed a little help from their friendly, local ramsac team.