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On Sunday 30th June, staff at Rix Petroleum teamed up with memebers of Bridlington Young Farmers Club (BYFC) to battle it out at this years Dove House Hospice, It's a Knock out.

When was the last time you went to church? A wedding? Funeral? Christening? OK, so we might not turn out every Sunday like our forefathers did, but churches can lend a welcome air of gravitas to life’s more important events.

A young person’s support group set up to help those who care for family members has won prizes to the value of £500 in a community competition. Speada, which stands for Sports, People socialising, Education, Activities, Disabilities, All Welcome, won the money after entering the ‘We Care’ competition run by Spalding fuel company Rix Petroleum.

Rix Petroleum Ltd and the Gazette and Herald got together to run a competition for the newspapers readers to win 500 litres of home heating oil, worth about £500.

A new mum has landed a winter-warming windfall after winning a competition she didn’t even enter.

Norwich resident Mark Drysdale brings more than 12 years experience in fuel supply and distribution to his new post at the West Carr Road-based business.

Ten lucky customers of Rix Petroleum and Rix Maritime Bunkering were treated to a day out at the Lotus F1 factory in Enstone on Friday 14th September in partnership with Total. Amongst the guests were Mr & Mrs Reed who won two tickets to the day at the Driffield Show 2012.

On a calm, sunny July summers morning Duncan Lambert of Rix took the opportunity to fly the Rix petroleum balloon over the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside. The Rix balloon looks fantastic caputred in the image below flying over Bedale.

At this years Driffield show Rix's stand managed to raise £281 for Dove House Hospice which is our charity of the year.