From Football to Team Building

April 7th, 2008

Hi everybody. Well here I am blogging for the first time and I bet everyone who knows me won’t believe it is really me doing this! I’m the “brother” referred to as “enough” in our very first blog entry. Thanks bro…

I guess many people don’t end up doing what they thought they would and I am certainly one of those. When I left school all I wanted was to be a professional footballer. I didn’t quite make that, but football was always an important part of my life and I have been pleased to have been a part of a small number of (though I say so myself!) some pretty good local amateur clubs. Never one to hold back in the dressing room or on the pitch, I was soon made Captain wherever I played. As Captain I was always trying to get a team spirit going, with everyone working for each other and building on our collective strengths. Some people was great defenders, some had the vision to create opportunities, others scored the goals. All were necessary and all had to pull together if we were to win.

Now I am part of the Sandstone team, I have found not much has changed except I have swapped footballs for flair bottles (in Romanbar), Colt 45s (in Wild West), Yo-Yos (in Memory Lane) and so on. While I really enjoy looking after some of the more belly laughter generating elements of our activities, I also know that all of the other bits that help make our team building options so enjoyable for all participants are equally important. So we all look out for one another in setting up, during the sessions and in packing everything away. All of the staff that attend our various events work really well together and take pride in finding something in every event that makes us a little better still next time. This in turn, helps ensure that our team really delivers each time for our clients and everybody wins.

Catch you all again soon!

Steve