ESTELLE Christmas from Farnham and her team ‘Bobs Buddies’ successfully beat the Eggheads in a tense nail biting showdown on the BBC 2 quiz show screened last week (Friday), which resulted in an impressive £16,000 cash prize for charity ‘Best Buddies UK’.

The £16,000 win will go towards making a real difference to the work carried out by Best Buddies UK, an organisation chosen by team members, which supports those living with learning disabilities and autism/aspergers across the UK.

Estelle, director of services for a charity called ‘Kingwood’ based in Lower Earley (Reading), said: “I was really nervous when I heard that the prize money had gone up to £16,000 as I knew that winning this would make such a tremendous difference to Best Buddies UK.

“It is an organisation that myself and my team members are all voluntary members of and which impacts positively on the lives of people with learning disabilities, autism and aspergers.

“My family really enjoyed watching me on the TV and the fact that my colleagues and I won the overall prize for Best Buddies was an added bonus.”

For more information about the charity and it does see the website www.bestbuddiesuk.org.