Sport In Profile UK Issue 12 | Page 4

Segway Events FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/SPORT_IP Segway Events S egway Events was established in 2010 and is the market leader in Segway experiences in the UK. Their Development Manager Lauren Greaves took the time to tell us more about what they are able to offer. Involvement She started by telling us about her involvement, saying, “I have been involved in the company for 9 months as the Business Development Manager. I was attracted to work for the market leader of Segway experiences in the UK. What we have to offer is very exciting, dynamic and adaptable to every event type so I was enthusiastic to take on building relationships with a number of nationwide and worldwide clients.” The Role “The most rewarding aspect of my role is tailoring the private event packages to our clients and exceeding their expectations on its success. It’s 4 Issue 12 always nice to come in to a number of positive feedback emails from organisers, participants and even their own clients after we have just ran an event. It is challenging sometimes finding a way to give the client exactly what they want or picture ensuring that our health and safety regulations are fully adhered to. Health and safety is key to us, all of our clients must feel safe and confident to ride. All of our venues and new venues we work with are risk assessed, all of our riders are fully insured and all participants receive 1 on 1 training; with over 150,000 customers safety processed.” Segway Events “We were established in 2010 and are the leaders of Segway experiences in the UK. We operate across the country offering gift experiences, Segway rally and private corporate events at 16 locations nationwide. Each of our corporate events are specifically tailored to each client and we offer a number of bespoke packages. We can run events for unlimited numbers of people as well as small groups for private parties, weddings etc. We also regularly offer our Segway’s for media events and have had our fair share of television appearances, including the London Paralympic Games and Sky One’s ‘A League of Their Own’.” Segway Polo “Segway Polo is one of the games that we have to offer within our Segway Events corporate packages. It is a 5 aside game which is similar to horse polo or 5-a-side football though you play on Segway’s. The aim of the game is to work within your team using mallets to get the ball into the opposing teams net. It can be a brutal game. It is fast paced and competitive but good fun and rewarding. It works brilliantly within our games set for team building events.” Taking Part “Our advice would be to practice on a Segway first as doing the game on a