Bramhall & Woodford Rotary Club Duck Race and Family Fun Day

YES! IT IS DUCK RACE TIME AGAIN!

Bramhall And Woodford Rotary Club is once again holding the Duck Race and Family Fun Day and, as usual, it will be held at Bramhall Park on Sunday May 21st. The Club is very pleased to announce that Leighton Snow Estate Agents have once again agreed to sponsor this event along with the Vernon Building Society, Lynx Taxis and Eco Charge Points UK. Thanks are also due to Stockport MBC and Strawberry Radio for giving us their support.

Last year we had hundreds of families turn up on the day many of whom use the popular DUCK BUS Park & Ride service. Again we will have THREE (yes, three!) free buses running throughout the day between Woodford Garden Village (via Bramhall) and the Park, Hazel Grove High School and from Church Road, Cheadle Hulme with parking available at the two local schools. Look out for the yellow DUCK BUS. Please use them if you can but, if you have to come in a vehicle, please park carefully and respectfully.

Starting at 11.00am, there will be a variety of duck races to watch and there will be speciality races with local celebrities and businesses getting involved by decorating giant racing ducks that will then go beak to beak in the river. As well as Duck Racing, with some fabulous prizes for the winners, there will be many sideshows – fairground rides, bouncy castle, games and craft stalls. Singers and dance groups from the area will entertain you.

This year the Poynton Brass Band will play in the Courtyard of Bramall Hall, SOKIL, the dancers and singers from Ukraine, will be performing on the Croquet Lawn and the Speed Cage, courtesy of Stockport County Football Club Community Trust, will be in the Walled Garden. The Rock Choir will be with us too.

We have decided that the main beneficiary will be Signpost Stockport for Carers, a charity that believes that caring for a friend or relative should not be a barrier to a fulfilling life. They support anyone in the borough with an unpaid caring role, starting with young carers who are just 6 years old. They work with carers to reduce the physical, emotional, social and financial pressures of caring – and hope to create some brilliant memories and connections along the way. Some of the money raised will go to other charities supported by the Rotary Club. Entry to the event is still free but please buy a ticket for a duck in one of the Thousand Duck races for just a pound. They are available on the day, online at www.bwrotary.org or from the Vernon BS office in Bramhall You could be a winner of £100! But you have to be in it to win it!!