STAFF from Karro Foods have raised £4,000 for Ryedale Special Families.

The company, based on Norton Grove Industrial Estate in Norton, donated prize money for winning the gruelling endurance Samworth challenge to the charity.

Two teams of four members from Karro Foods where pitted against 100 teams to contest three disciplines - orienteering, mountain biking and canoeing in the bi-annual event non-stop over 10 hours in the Welsh countryside.

The event was supported and attended by the world tri-athlete Brownlee brothers.

A spokesman for Karro Foods said: "With the final event completed and the times tallied up it was one of the Karro teams who came out victorious for the third consecutive time to proudly lift the winner’s trophy for finishing first."