Local sporting stars, including, Olympian, Heather Fell, Women's World Cup Winners, Sarah Hunter and Natasha Hunt, and rugby legends, Phil de Glanville, Danny Grewcock and Budge Pountney, came together at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre last Saturday, 24th January to compete in the third annual Bath Rugby Foundation Superstars Challenge.

This is an annual sporting event, which brings together local businesses and sports superstars, with the aim of raising funds for the Bath Rugby Foundation. The funds raised will go towards the delivery of an Inclusion Fun Day, taking place in the summer of 2015, run by Bath Rugby Foundation, specifically designed for children with disabilities from local special schools.

Sixteen teams in total took up the Superstars Challenge, which featured three returning company teams, as well as six new teams and competitors, with each line-up consisting of five participants from local businesses, including 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, Thrings, Rygor, Savills, Centurion Wealth Management, BMT, Dyson, Roger Lewis Furniture, Alide Hire Services and Silcox Son and Wicks. The proud winners of Superstars 2014/15 were 'Team Stand Firm' from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, which included sporting superstar, Charlie Ewels.

Each team included a local sports superstar, with other sporting legends taking part, including former England Rugby stars, Steve Ojomoh and Phil de Glanville, England Under-20's players, Charlie Ewels, Rory Jennings, Will Homer and Max Clarke, and Bath Rugby players, Will Spencer, Ben Williams, Nathan Catt and Luke Ascott. All teams undertook ten gruelling sporting challenges and one team event, including a 1,000m cycle sprint, 500m individual row, a tyre pull, 20m sprint, crucifix tyre hold and a bleep test.

Former Bath Rugby, England Rugby and British and Irish Lions star, Danny Grewcock MBE, Superstar with Team Rygor, said, "Taking part in Bath Rugby Foundation's Superstars event is always a pleasure, it gets better every year and this year, the competitiveness between the teams was really high. It was brilliant to see so many Bath Academy and Bath Rugby players supporting the event and taking part with such enthusiasm.

Knowing that we are raising money for the Foundation's Inclusion Day in the summer makes it worth every bit of effort, I can't wait for next year!" Visit: http://www.bathrugbyfoundation.com">www.bathrugbyfoundation.com for the charity's details.