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2019 Fakenham Duck & Raft Race
The Great Fakenham Duck Race is a free event open to the public. The race and picnic will be held at Goggs Mill at 10.30. Ducks go on sale for £1.00 starting on the Easter Sunday Funday just before the race. Once you buy a duck, it is entered in the duck race (you do not get to keep the duck). See if your duck is the lucky winner; there are super prizes to win and lots of fun to be had.
Our raft race is a fun family event. We are looking for some exciting and colourful boats, so why not give it a go? You must pre-book for this event. This event is possible through partnership with Wensum Ospreys. You can learn more about this organization by clicking here.
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Timetable
| 10.30 | Rafts assembled on land for judging |
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| 11.00 | Raft Racing |
| 12.30 | Fakenham Corporate Super Duck Race |
| 1.00 | Great Fakenham Duck Race |
Through the day/morning
• Food and stalls
• Tea and home-made cakes and sandwiches, Norfolk Country markets
• Spanish Street food
• First Aid
• Osprey Canoe Club
• Inflatable (£3 for a wrist band for the day)
• Face painting
• Fakenham Rugby Club
• Others
• Music
• Buskers Corner
If your business decides to support this community project, we will aim to make the event as much fun as possible and encourage participation and attendance. We will also help promote your duck. We will aim to do this by:
• listing entries on our website
• posting on social media (we do Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)
• distributing press and media releases
• we have arranged a photo shoot at the Bridge in Goggs Mill Road on Thursday 23rd May at 5.00pm. You are invited to bring along your duck and join us.
Corporate Duck Race
This is being overseen by the Rotary Club of Fakenham and District. Ducks can be purchased from them. Details coming soon. For more information contact Gordon Turner gw_turner@icloud.com 07881525407
Thanks to these local businesses that have purchased a duck. There is still time for your business to join. Contact Gordon Turner at gw_turner@icloud.com if interested.
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Advanced Vehicle Wraps UK
Archant/Eastern Daily Press
Bill Cleyndert& Company Ltd
Dempsey Heating Ltd
Des Cooper Haircutters Ltd
Fakenham Garden Centre
The Gallow, Fakenham Sports Centre
Fakenham Eyewear
Gowards Funeral Services
Greg’s Tackle
Hayes + Storr
Kiddell Kitchens Ltd
Kinnerton Confectionery
M D Williamson Carpets Ltd
MHA Larking Gowen
Mike Caesari - Plumbing and Property Maintenance
PMC Harvesters
R H Duffield Waste Services Ltd
Rotary Club of Fakenham and District
Soil Fertility Services Ltd
SCENEGB Ltd
Stephenson Smart
Taylors (Coffee Shop), 5 Oak Street, Fakenham
The Grove Veterinary Hospital
W J Aldiss Ltd
If your business decides to support this community project, we will aim to make the event as much fun as possible and encourage participation and attendance. We will also help promote your duck. We will aim to do this by:
• listing entries on our website
• posting on social media (we do Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)
• distributing press and media releases
• we have arranged a photo shoot at the Bridge in Goggs Mill Road on Thursday 23rd May at 5.00pm. You are invited to bring along your duck and join us.
Premier and competition launch 25 March 4.30pm to 5.30pm Central Cinema Fakenham tickets £5 Limited number of VIP tickets also available - contact richard@activefakenham.org.uk
Our cardboard raft race is a fun family event. We are looking for some exciting and colourful boats, so why not give it a go? You must pre-book for this event. It is run in partnership with Wensum Ospreys canoe club., you can learn more about them by clicking here . Free to enter We have limited spaces so please book early. The course is about 100 metres in total. Entry form as PDF HERE or as WORD Doc HERE Rules and guidence HERE Prizes and categories 1. 1st, 2nd,3rd fastest to complete the course 2 . Most spectacular sinking 3. Best fancy dress –raft and crew ✿ ☀ ♫
Ride North Norfolk Sunday 24 August 2025 Photos of the the 2024 ride are here No price rises again this year ✿ ☀ ♫
Join us for the Giant Duck Race Active Fakenham, in partnership the Fakenham and District Rotary Club, is thrilled to be putting on this event. Join us to watch these ducks. Why your business should join in We hope your business decides to support this community project. We will aim to make the event as much fun as possible and encourage participation and attendance. We will also help promote your duck (and therefore your business). Any money raised will go towards community events in Fakenham and a contribution is also being made to Fakenham First Focus. We will aim to do this by: • listing entries on our website • posting on social media (we do Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) • distributing press and media releases • the event will be photographed and filmed (tbc) and these will be available to you as well as shared on social media and websites - we will arrange a photo shoot at the Bridge in Goggs Mill Road at Goggs Mill Bridge prior to the event. This will go in the local paper. Winners prizes include 1. First Prize TBC 2. A bottle of Champagne For more information and to download the entry form as a PDF HERE or as a WORD Doc HERE Active Fakenham would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring a duck in the 2022 Corporate Duck Race. Any funds raised will go to local events and local charities Aldiss Butcher Andrews Solicitors Carben Construction Dempsey Heating Des Cooper Hairdressers Eastern Daily Press Fakenham & District Rotary Club Fakenham and Wells Times Fakenham Garden Centre Fakenham Infant School Fakenham Junior School First Focus GJL animal feeds Grove Veterinary hospital and clinics H Banham Ltd Hayes and Storr Larking Gowan M D Williamson Carpets Ltd Nod Butcher and Son Original Factory Shop Ploegor UK Soil Fertility Services? Sports & Fitness Centre Stephenson Smart ✿ ☀ ♫
