Tickets are now on sale for the Steam Powered Duck Racing Event

Tickets are now on sale for the Steam Powered Duck Racing Event

13th August 2010

Friends of the Waterways Museum present the Steam Powered Duck Racing Event in aid of the preservation of the Museums Steam Powered Dredger SND No 4.

You can either head down to the Waterways Museum, buy a rubber duck for a £1 or purchase tickets in advance. Hit the target on the water with the aid of the museum's trusty dredger to win the race. Come along, have lots of fun and help raise funds for the museum.

There will be 5 races on the day with the 1st beginning at 11am. Prizes for each race are:
1st Place £30
2nd Place £20
3rd Place £10.

Single tickets or books of 5 can be purchased. For more information please contact Richard Trelfa on 01452 304116.

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