Pictures show Chesterfield '˜pirates' raising Â£1,500 booty for Ashgate Hospice

Swashbuckling staff from Chesterfield firm Markerstudy Group donned pirate outfits and tackled a series of '˜It's a Knockout' challenges, raising an arr-mazing Â£1,500 booty for Ashgate Hospice.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th Sep 2018, 10:02 BST

Updated 25th Sep 2018, 11:02 BST

Firing balls at the contestants walking the plank

More than 120 staff from the firm, including Auto Windscreens’ employees, tried their hand at ‘walk the plank’, axe-throwing an an inflatable assault course.

Each team donated money to enter and the winning ‘crew’ was aptly named ‘Surrender your Booty’.

Lizzie Smith-Foreman, Director of Marketing and Communications for Markerstudy, said: “‘It was great to see our ‘shipmates’ in Chesterfield putting the ‘fun’ into fundraising, reaising an incredible amount for a charity at the heart of the community.”

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