Princes Gate blog

How chuffed were we to have been sent the following message from a keen fan in Wales, who took our product to the base camp at Mount Everest. What a legend!

I’ll let her tell you in his own words his story….

‘Dear Princes Gate Team,

I thought that you may be interested in the journey that one of your bottles of water took earlier this month. I was part of a team of trekkers that had planned a trek to Everest base camp in Nepal, we arrived in Kathmandu on the 28th March and then started our trek on the 29th from Lukla, the route took us through Namche Bazaar, Deboche, Deingboche, Gorak Shep and then into Everest Base camp at 5364m on the 10th April we stayed there for 2 nights with the summit team. During the trip we were joined by a team of climbers who plan to summit Everest during May when the conditions are good. Anyway this mail is not so much about my trip but the bottle of Princes Gate water that I bought in the UK and used during the trek. I had drunk all of it by the time that I had left Lukla but I used the bottle to carry water each day, every night we were given boiling water by the Sherpas’ for use the following day. I have attached a photograph of the bottle and me taken on the 11th April at base camp, in the back ground you can see the Western Cym leading up the ice fall to camp 1, Everest is not visible from base camp but is behind the mountain on the left in the photograph. You may also be interested that Richard Parks, the former Welsh International, is part of the summit team that we joined on the trek.

I arrived back in the UK 18th April (with the bottle intact !!!! ) and spent about a week recovering in our house in Penally before returning to Belgium where we spend most of our time.

Yours, Mel Thomas’

Cheers Mel, thanks so much for taking us with us on your journey!

The latest winner of the Princes Gate Spring Water onpack promo – Melanie Stewart of Newport, was delighted to  receive tickets for Wales V Ireland at the Millennium Stadium, which ended in victory for our boys in red!

The Princes Gate onpack promotion runs off our exclusive rugby-related 6 pack, available in Asda throughout Wales, which promotes our support of our National sport.

Melanie is the 6th such winner as the competition goes from strength, attracting more and more entries with each passing month.

To enter, simply purchase a promotional pack in-store, and visit www.princesgates.com to enter.

Well done again Melanie!

Our thanks to all the children in Narberth CP School who supported us in participating in a taste trial for our new product, Princes Gate Juicy Water. The range, which is all-natural in content, sugar free and counts as one-of-your-five, will be launched in March and was met with great approval from the kids. Watch this space!! Children featured:

 - Catrin Rogers, Declan Punter, Hannah Povey, Lewis Gammage, Sam Kelly, Ben Stevens, Chloe Pearce, Ella Dean, James Old, Lily Baines.

We’re just delighted to be the preferred Water of Rugby teams and players throughout Wales – and couldn’t be more thrilled to add Ospreys to the list of teams we Officially support. They join the WRU and Scarlets as being those teams whose official water of choice is Princes Gate. Come on Boys!

If you weren’t already assured of the quality of Princes Gate Spring Water, then you’ll soon be convinced; we’ve recently been awarded a Grade A from the BRC (British Retail Consortium) food manufacturing audit. It’s pretty much the highest quality accolade within the food and beverage industry, and we sailed into the highest category of food hygiene and safety. Well done to Colin our QA manager and all the team for this much-deserved award.

Happy New Year to our friends to everyone at Princes Gate Spring Water! We’re looking forward to a fab 2011, especially as it marks our 20th birthday celebrations. So stay tuned to hear of all the exciting upcoming competitions and promotions! And remember; keep drinking plenty of the good stuff to offset the debauchery of the festive season!

Helloooo!

Fancy joining us in ringing in the New Year in style? The Plas has a fantastic Hollywood themed night planned  – where guests will feel like stars greeted by the Papparazzi and will be wined, dined and entertained during what promises to be a fantastic night. See flyer for more details on how to book your tickets.

It’s that time of year again, and we’re very excited about the imminent arrival of Santa Claus and at the prospect of our beloved little raindrops turning into beautiful snowflakes! Come on fellas, give us a White Christmas!

We’re having our Christmas party at Hotel Plas Hyfryd, Narberth, and are counting on Viv being in full form for the festivities – he never lets us down! Here he is at last year’s party… believe it or not, this is the ‘before’ photo… Canay wait for the 9th!

This year’s Big Bang Ball held in Hotel Plas Hyfryd was the best yet. Now in our 13th year, the ball serves to raise money for our friends at the Noah’s Ark Appeal. We just love them and their charity. They do fantastic things for the sick children in Wales – for parents, it would be lovely never to have to set foot in the hospital. But it’s great to know it’s there if we need it. The ball raised £8,500 in donations and via a silent auction. So on the night, we proudly presented a cheque for over £29,000 to the charity, comprising also the recent Daiathalon and monies from other fundraising efforts over the course of the year.

Thanks to Scarlets for as always supporting us – they generously donated a number of wonderful stadium packages. Thanks also to Pete Griffiths of Alexander Partnership, for donating 2 weeks in a villa in Lanzarote.

But the highlight of the evening was the entertainment we enjoyed, courtesy of Max Boyce, who gave of his time freely in aid of the charity. Thanks Max, our tummys are still sore from laughing!

Keep abreast of our fundraising on our website www.princesgate.com