Fun and networking at the WNT/XYZ trackday

In addition to the riding on track, it was a great opportunity for some serious networking while at the same time raising funds for WNT’s chosen charities, Cancer Research UK and The British Heart Foundation.

When some participants arrived the evening before, the rain stopped for 30 minutes to allow the traditional track walk to take place. The weather played its part and the sun shone all day allowing almost seven hours of uninterrupted track time.

Tony Pennington, managing director, WNT (UK) said: “This event grew out of an idea by Sam Burman, who we sponsor in Moto3, a support race in the British Superbike championship. The response we got from customers to Sam’s racing showed that there was terrific interest in motorcycling among our customers. These days have gone from strength-to-strength ever since. The trackday is part a number of events that we hold throughout the year including fishing, clay shooting and cycling and are a fantastic way of giving something back to loyal customers and also raising money for charity.”

Mike Corbett, XYZ Machine Tools’ applications manager added: “Once more we had a fantastic day, with lots of common interest and mutual enthusiasm among the customers that allowed contacts to be made and, hopefully the networking opportunity also created some business opportunities.”

WNT (UK) www.wnt.com

XYZ Machine Tools www.xyzmachinetools.com