{"id":3666,"date":"2012-11-28T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alderton\/jemmac_software\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2020-08-12T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:12:08","slug":"team-building-karting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/team-building\/team-building-karting\/","title":{"rendered":"Karting 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/get_ready-min-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/get_ready-min-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/get_ready-min-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/get_ready-min-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year Jemmac have a team building day to give all the staff the opportunity to spend some time with their colleges outside the work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the success of this year&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.co.uk\/tb2012\">Team Building Day<\/a>&nbsp;in May and subsequent additions to the Jemmac team this year it was felt that a &#8220;Mini Team Building Day&#8221; was in order. So it was down to the local Karting track at Daytona Raceway in Milton Keynes for a morning of adrenaline pumping racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather on the days preceding the Karting had been rather wet and there was slight concern amongst the team that we may be racing in Spa Francorchamps &#8217;98 conditions, but as it turned out we were gifted with a cool but dry morning with only a few patches of damp remaining on the leeward side of the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day started out with a leisurely morning for all with an arrival time at the circuit of 10 A.M. After signing our lives away at reception everyone was donned with a full racing suit and a drink of their choice for those that can&#8217;t function without a tea\/coffee in the morning. Cue shocking revelation of the day &#8211; Lauren drinks coffee, who would have known!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pause for refreshements gave the keener drivers (i.e. Greg and James S) a chance to study the track map and the rest to take bets on &#8220;Who&#8217;s going to do best&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Relaxing prior to the off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-2-min-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3668\" class=\"wp-image-3668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-2-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-2-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-2-min-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-3-min-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3669\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/?attachment_id=3669\" class=\"wp-image-3669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-3-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-3-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/photo-3-min-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once we were all ready it was into the briefing room to watch a video on the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts before being issued with Helmet and Gloves and heading out to the pits and jump into the 200cc 6.5hp Karts waiting for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without delay we were given permission to head out onto the 1150m long &#8216;International Circuit&#8217;. The first two or three laps were a little hairy with cold tyres but this didn&#8217;t stop Greg and James S from getting right to it and attempting to settle the bet&#8230; but the slightly greasy track was going to teach those pair a lesson and put them together in turn twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Insurance-Endurance-Action-347x231-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3670\" width=\"361\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Insurance-Endurance-Action-347x231-min.jpg 347w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Insurance-Endurance-Action-347x231-min-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption><strong>The 1150m &#8216;International Circuit&#8217;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>No more than 5 minutes after the start Greg and James S were being shown the &#8216;Calm Down&#8217; warning board on the start\/finish straight. Top effort lads!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was plenty of action elsewhere on the track with the enthusiastic drivers passing the more cautious only to spin out and have to catch them up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as the tyres warmed and the track dried and everyone built confidence we started getting quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say time flies when you&#8217;re having fun, this must be true as the end of the session very quickly came around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all the excitement the Jemmac team, in a steady convoy, went into Milton Keynes for a bite to eat at a local Italian restaurant. With plenty of bread, pasta and pizza to go around came the end of another excellent team building morning which was enjoyed by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>James S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quotes from the day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lauren<\/strong>&nbsp;: &#8220;A brilliant day out despite losing control at practically every other corner&#8230; backwards is definitely the way forward!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Al<\/strong>&nbsp;: &#8220;I was happily negotiating the bottom chicane, and got the fright of my life when a Virgin trains Pendolo hove into view far too close for comfort! That aside, a very enjoyable morning was had and it was possibly a bonus that identifying the people you were racing against was almost impossible due to the helmets and overalls!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sally<\/strong>&nbsp;: &#8220;I drove onto the track with some trepidation, but soon forgot my nerves after a few circuits. I even managed to lap a couple of drivers which must be a first on any driving event I\u81f4e attended!. One driver in particular, mentioning no names Chris, seemed to think he was in a bumper car. Had a great time and looking forward to the next visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matt<\/strong>&nbsp;: &#8220;Despite the warnings about cold tyres, cold brakes and a damp track I still managed to spin out on the first corner &#8211; still this gave me the goal of catching up with my fellow Jemmacers as they disappeared into the distance&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1500-min-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1500-min-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1500-min-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1500-min-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Post race &#8216;debrief&#8217; at the Hub in CMK<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the success of this year\u2019s Team Building Day in May and subsequent additions to the Jemmac team this year it was felt that a \u201cMini Team Building Day\u201d was in order&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3666"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5900,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3666\/revisions\/5900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jemmac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}