MINERALS firm Sibelco has become the latest company to sponsor Ashburton’s Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team’s 18-mile annual Templer Way Challenge.

The donation of £500 matches the one they made last year and will help the team greatly in reaching its £20,000 yearly running costs.

More than 100 people are expected to take part in the trek, which takes place on April 24, and is due to start at Haytor and finish in Shaldon.

Part of the 18-mile long route passed through land owned by Sibelco.

The firm’s quarry manager, Richard Giles, said: ‘None of us can predict when we or someone we know might need the lifesaving services offered by the Ashburton team.

‘We wish everyone the very best of luck for the walk and I’m pleased to say that some of my colleagues will be taking part, too, and no doubt raising a few more pounds for this brilliant cause in the process.’

Vist www.dsrtashburton.org. uk/templerway for more information.