From a specially constructed stage at London’s O2, capable of holding the 3 ton Bentley Continental GT, Entrepreneur Andrew Reynolds held a prize draw as the culmination of his Entrepreneurs Bootcamp event.
All 7,500 attendees were each given a chance to win Andrews Bentley as part of their entry ticket for the Bootcamp.
“The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp was held to raise money for the Make A Wish children’s charity. I decided to offer the Bentley as a prize to ensure we raised the maximum amount of money form the 2 day Bootcamp.
Andrew Reynolds was joined on stage by TV star Bradley Walsh who acted as compére for the prize draw. Also on stage to oversee the draw and to verify the validity of the proceedings was a representative from specialist Prize Draw Verification Company Promo Veritas.
Under their watchful eye – four lucky attendees were invited to the O2 stage and asked to chose a coloured box at random.
Inside each of the boxes were prize envelopes. Three boxes contained tickets for Internet Training prizes worth over £2,000 each, provided by speakers at the Charity Bootcamp event. One box, of course, contained the winning ticket for the Bentley.
Reading based Joe Santos (originally from the Philippines) leapt with joy and excitement when the four were asked by Bradley Walsh to open their prize envelopes and he realised he had won a Bentley.
“Joe was so excited. After being shown over the car and its controls, Joe and his guests went backstage to the hospitality suite – where over a glass of champagne he called his wife to tell her the good news. You can imagine the reaction!”
“It was so nice to hand the car to Joe and his family – really nice people who really appreciated the difference that the prize could make to their family.” Said Andrew Reynolds.
You can see the prize giveaway of Andrew Reynolds Bentley in the video below
Andrew Reynolds Gives His Bentley Away as a prize,
The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp held at London’s O2 Arena, has been named as a prize winner for Business Event of the Year at the 2010 Visit London awards.
Beating major international conferences from major players such as IBM, Thomson Reuters and Ericsson, Andrew Reynolds Entrepreneurs Bootcamp won the Silver Award for Best UK and International Conference.
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Andrew Reynolds Bootcamp was the first major seminar event ever to be held at London's premier arena - the O2.
All 7,500 attendees were each given a chance to win Andrew's Bentley as part of their entry ticket for the Bootcamp.
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Comment by Delbert Kamerling on 10th September 2010 at 6:23 pmI won’t be offended at all. Thanks and glad you liked the article
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Comment by Andrew on 22nd September 2010 at 11:03 amWow Andrew, looking at his excitement, what a fantastic thing you did! wow, beautiful car, its great to have people like you on this planet, really made me smile today to see this..
Comment by Carmel Burke on 3rd October 2010 at 5:38 pmI have to confess that, having paid my £250 contibution, I was not able to attend. This was not because of lack of interest, far from it. It was because I could not get the necessary person to volunteer to drive me there and lift my wheelchair out of the boot of my car, and stick around for the day whilst I did the conference. Further, as the day approached, I was very much worse than I had expected to be as a result of the chemo- and other cytotoxic drugs I was having to take at the time. Indeed, it was initially because of the onset of this aweful thing we call Cancer that I was induced to consider this form of earning in the first place, having been quite a successful self-employed consultant until 2003. I did not object to paying my contribution for something I found I was unable to take advantage of because it was in a very good cause and I admire what you are doing. I am grateful that you even saw fit to send me the goodies on a CD after the event. You must have realised that I failed to make the day, and I am grateful that you have not abandoned me. I have not actually been well enough to take advantage of your CD yet, but I still intend to. Thankyou, Andrew, and keep up the good work.
Comment by Malcolm Smith on 5th October 2010 at 11:17 pmHi grat post i was so happy for him but not so happy i didnt get it as i was say right next to him but i will get my own one soon with your help boot camp was top and so is the covenant thanks andy chat soon
Comment by Darren on 11th October 2010 at 10:25 pmI was two seats away from the seat for that Prize, but the owner was not present before it went to this winner. I just said to myself I would be next but it did not happen. Congratulations, Andrew! You deserve a Nobel Prize for the good work you are demonstrating.
Comment by Richard on 25th January 2011 at 8:12 amI am really happy to see Andrew Reynolds doing such a great job in this country. I hope I can do something like that in future and i would love to meet Andrew someday, it would be a dream!
Comment by Kaz on 5th May 2011 at 12:43 am