Duck Race 2008

The 2008 Calne Lions Duck Race has been another great success. Three races commenced from the bridge at Somerfield carpark at 10am on Saturday 17th May. Company ducks, school ducks and 3,000 coloured ducks were launched into the River Marden and raced around to the finish at Marden House. Many thanks to everyone who contributed Commercial Ducks About my area website Absolutely Cleaning Aladdins Cave Atwell Martin British Legion Bevirs Solicitors Britannia Movers Builders Centre Devizes CMA Builders CAIAC Calne Taxis Coral Crime Prevention Calne Town Council Calne Vetinary Centre Change Management Deceunnick [2 ducks] Dokic Joinery Ltd Fleurt Full Bellys Pet Food Goldman Frost GS Jewellers Halifax In other Words [2 ducks] Jenny Wren Pub Jewson Kwik Skip Lansdowne Hotel Mike & Synth Origin Design RAF Lynham [ 9 ducks] Regt Sect 30 Squadron TMW Med Centre 24 Squadron Accounts PSF 70 Squadron RAF Police Raynor Rec Club Rem/Stor [2 ducks] Robin Butler Engineering S & N Scaffolding Sainsburys Simply Flowers Skills Direct Sophisticatz Stowells Wharf Sungard Public Sector [4 ducks] TK Tackle Tesco [4 ducks] The Wheatsheaf Thornbury Surfacing Webcox Westcode (UK) Ltd Wilkins Schools/Childrens Organisations Appletree Nursery Cherhill Pre School [3ducks] Fynamore Primary Heddington Primary Heddington Primary Heddington under 5's Holy Trinity Primary Humpty Dumpty Nursery Jack & Jill Pre School John Bentley School Key Day Nursery [5 ducks] Lynham Pre Schoolers St Dunstan Junior St Margarets Prep School [5 ducks] Twinkles [2 ducks] Special Thanks to the Wharf These are some of the organisations and individuals the Club has helped over the past 5 years: Calne Brownies Calne Guides Calne Scouts Calne Cricket Club Calne Community Transport Calne Cheer Leaders Calne Neighbourhood First Responders Calne Taekwon-Do Exceptionally Talented 2012 Athlete Camera for the Mill Race Centre Converted Toilets for Girl Guides Fire Equipment for Community Association Premises Games for a Drop-in Centre Help with the installation of a chair-lift Helping a disabled resident on holiday Lawn mower for a Football Club Medic Alert Nebuliser for a disabled child INR Machine for Northlands Surgery Pool Table for a Drop-in Centre Special Chair for Mill Race Centre Summer Fun Play Scheme Tuition fees for a Dyslexic child Transport for Youth Football Team Tricycle for a child with special needs Wiltshire Air Ambulance Youth Cricket Team