Teams from businesses across Gloucestershire got together yesterday (May 1) for Hazlewoods Accountants and Business Advisors' annual quiz.

The event, held at Cheltenham Chase Hotel in Brockworth, was to raise funds for Emily's Gift - Hazlewoods' charity of the year.

Guests were welcomed by multi-talented charity founder and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Julie Kent MBE, playing the saxophone.

Teams battled it out with some fun and challenging rounds. And Punchline-Gloucester.com's team, The Pun-tastic Four, put in a mediocre performance.

With 10 rounds and two picture rounds, delivered with humour by quizmasters Nick Stafford, director, and Martin Howard, partner, there was something for everyone. But mainly if 'everyone' was really clever...

A highlight (or maybe lowlight) was the 'sevens' round, when teams just had to remember groups of seven things. The Pun-tastic Four smashed the horcruxes in Harry Potter and all the original members of SClub7, but failed on the Seven Wonders of the World, the seven most recent different FA Cup winners (we remembered Leicester City, but totally forgot Wigan!) and the seven most recent Chancellors.

At the mid-point, Julie Kent MBE reminded teams of why they were all there. She founded Emily's Gift in memory of her daughter in 2023 - the year Emily, would have turned 30. She planned to raise £500,000 in a year to fund a psychologist for children with cancer in the county for 10 years.

Julie smashed that target and is now fundraising for a blood sampling machine for the Emily Kent Unit for children with cancer in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, enabling their blood to be tested in 45 seconds, rather than waiting for hours on the unit. She also hopes to be able to buy a blood sampling machine for the district nurse who visits children with cancer at home.

A raffle helped to boost the fundraising, with some very generous prizes, including a signed Gloucester Rugby shirt, tickets to a Cheltenham Town games, tickets to a music event at Dunkerton's, darts for 12 people at Flight Club, afternoon tea at Ellenborough Park, tickets to Cheltenham races and a £150 Rosa's Thai voucher.

Congratulations to winning team, Blood, Sweat and Beers, who scored an impressive 206 out of a possible 250, beating second-placed team, Strictly Come Banking, by nine points.

Thanks to the Hazlewoods team pulling together all the scores - Megan Lewis-Bourke, Krista Woodman, Stephanie Hayman, Adam Shearing, Nicholas Smail and Hannah Webster.