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9 December 2002Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water - UK Champions
Cascal owned, BOURNEMOUTH AND WEST HAMPSHIRE WATER (BWHW) are the new champions of the Institution of Water Officers (IWO) UK Drilling and tapping competition for 2002. Another BWHW team finished third.
In total some 24 teams representing most of the UK water companies competed. The task is to drill and tap a new service connection into a live pressurised water main and to assemble a boundary meter box and connecting pipe in the shortest time - without joints and fittings leaking whilst following strict safety procedures. The winning time was 2 minutes 22.90 seconds.
The winning team was from Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water and A H Ball Partnering a joint venture between BWHW and A H Ball Ltd (a Mowlem Company) which work together to provide low cost and efficient mains network maintenance services on BWHW's 3000 KM system. The winning team consisted of Duncan Sharples (AHB) and Doug White (BWHW).
BWHW's second team consisted of Pete Haslock (BWHW) and Danny Hunt (AHB). The team was coached by BWHW's Barrie Light who competed in the competition himself for ten years until three years ago.
BWHW's Managing Director, Tony Cooke, who is also National Vice President of the IWO said "Our group have taken on the best in the industry and come first and third. At last after ten or more years of coming second or third we have made it. This is a great achievement for the team and a real honour for the Company."
The team will now compete in the World Championships in Anaheim, California next June. In this competition the UK, Netherlands and American champions compete. They each have to drill and tap a main to each of the three national standards with the team having the lowest aggregate time for the three runs being the winners. (Click here for more details)
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