MIKE AND IKE® is further developing its links with the fast-growing sport of climbing by offering free samples to people visiting Boulder UK in Blackburn.

The two bouldering rooms at the venue cater for all climbers from beginners to experts and the centre also offers group coaching for schools, colleges, youth groups, scouts and guides.

MIKE AND IKE® is aiming high with its latest sampling promotion. The top-selling candies have teamed up with The Leeds Wall to offer lots of free samples to climbing fans visiting the fun-packed centre.

The Leeds Wall provides a great range of climbing walls with more than 200 routes suitable for people of all abilities.

AROUND 100 children at Winton School in Andover have been given the chance to test their marketing and presentation skills by developing an advertising campaign for MIKE AND IKE®.

MIKE AND IKE® and their sales and distribution agents, Petty, Wood & Co, teamed up with teachers at the school to devise a special project for year eight pupils aged 12-13.

The task was to develop a new advertising campaign for MIKE AND IKE® Fabulous Fruits, Tropical Typhoon and Berry Blast candies. The pupils were faced with the challenge of presenting their advertising ideas, including posters, jingles and video clips to a judging panel which included Mike Hogg, Chief Executive of Petty, Wood & Co.

The winning teams received certificates and prizes from MIKE AND IKE® and were able to celebrate in style the following day when the Techzone ultimate mobile gaming truck visited the school. Techzone features Formula 1 racing with professional-sized racing seats, steering wheels and foot controls plus a range of computer games linked to large screens.

Steve Foster, Regional Manager (Europe) for MIKE AND IKE®, commented: “We were delighted to be associated with this very exciting and successful project. The pupils put a tremendous amount of effort and enthusiasm into this project and the standard of entries was absolutely fantastic.”

Pupils from Winton School enjoy trying out the great games on Techzone, the ultimate mobile gaming truck.

MIKE AND IKE competition winners Lilia and Julie Metcalf are pictured at Wembley Arena where they had a fantastic evening watching the X Factor finalists performing during their sell-out national tour.

Julie was one of three lucky winners who won a pair of tickets to see stars of the top-rated TV talent show. The other winners were Laura Cope from Willenhall in the West Midlands and Simon Collinge from Blackpool.

Watch out for more chances to win fab prizes with our Mike and Ike website competitions!

LISTEN UP friends because here’s a chance to win some fantastic wireless headphones for you and your best mate with Mike and Ike. Three lucky winners will each win a set of Panasonic wireless headphones for themselves – plus a second set to give to their best friend!

The wireless headphones have a built-in recharger and the signal travels through walls and floors up to 100 metres. They come with an AC adapter, two rechargeable batteries, RF transmitter, adaptor cord and plug adapter.

To stand a chance of winning this great prize, simply send your answer to the following question to mikeandike@mikeandike.co.uk

The closing date is November 30th and the winners will be selected at random from all correct entries received. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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