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Duck Race ~ Middle Rasen Cricket and Association Football Club
Description
There was a mad rush for ducks ate the road side, with Colin Pitman selling an additional 85 over the 1000 sold prior to the event, see picture top left.
With the weeks snow still melting off the Wolds, the Rase was too fast, deep, cold and traitorous to allow the safe recovery of the ducks named and taking part. However, the adjacent Brimmer Beck, being only a 100 yards further down Low Church Road, was quickly established as the race venue. The Beck Bridge in Low Church Road was the ideal meeting place and view point for a launch on the Rase's tributary.
The finish was then set twenty minutes down steam before Brimmer Beck reached the swollen Rase. The whole race was able to be followed on foot by the many locals and visitors who came to witness the event.
