Chippenham River Festival-Raft Race 27/28 August

[bubblylittleme]

I have mentioned this before but they now have lots of entries for it so should be great fun.
Did we fancy entering a men's raft and a ladies raft? £10 per raft 4-6 people on each
Can enter as many rafts as we want but remember we need to build them (lots people needed) and race them (4-6)! So need some engineers to design them, construction workers to build them and some paddlers on the day.


Rafts should not be any higher than 6 feet tall and no longer than 10 feet. The teams must be
able to carry their raft themselves, a considerable distance without any further assistance. All
rafts should be sat on, not in.

They have also asked me if we would like to have a stall advertising our club. They have the White Helmets’ motor-cycle display team from the British Army arranged for public to watch on Sunday.
Also
Sailing dinghy exhibition – Sailing & Canoeing Club
Guided walks along the river - Riverscapes
Fun Water-walking
Bungee trampoline
Punch & Judy
Climbing Wall
Falconry display
Quad Bikes
Street artists
Picnic area
History and eco-zone centre
3-par, crazy golf, and putting competitions
Craft and local produce stalls
Hog-roast and other refreshments
Face painting, hair braiding


http://www.chippenhamriverfestival.co.uk/

Ladies Paddlers builder
1. bubblylittleme 1. Loops
2. jacde 2. Jacde
3. 3. Bubblylittleme
4.
5.
6.

Mens Paddlers builder

1. squashed-fly 1.
2. geo 2.
3. 3.
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5.
6.

[Jacde]

Me me me me ;D
Could someone add me as on phone at the mo, ta

[bubblylittleme]

Ladies Paddlers

1. bubblylittleme
2. Jacde
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5.
6.

Mens Paddlers

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5.
6.

[Jacde]

Thank you Sue :-*

[Squashed_Fly]

Ladies Paddlers

1. bubblylittleme
2. Jacde
3.
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5.
6.

Mens Paddlers

1. Squashed Fly (although I have not the first clue about building a raft so should be interesting!)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[Loops]

I'm in to help design and build but I'm afraid I have to bow out of paddling.

[Jacde]

Sue you can put my name down as a builder too.

[Rossio]

I can lay my hands on alot of 50 gallon plastic barrels get in touch if you want some, very light and very uh good at floating

[wiltshire builders]

I can lay my hands on alot of 50 gallon plastic barrels get in touch if you want some, very light and very uh good at floating

This is the only tip i'll give you lot as i'm planning on winning this year. Don't use 50 gallon drums. They're too heavy, not streamline and you'll sit too high out of the water to be able to paddle. Also if one springs a leak you'll never get it out of the water which will lead to disqualification.

[mick_benson]

not sure if i will be available on the day but happy to help with disign maybe with build too