Raft Race Mayhem !

The junior section of the club certainly came out in force for the annual Lions Raft Race last Saturday. In fact the club entry picked up no less than 8 awards - well done all !

From the younger paddle groups we had Pam's crew 'The Wey Wannabees'  a mixed crew who ran into trouble from the start - Pam nearly sunk the raft, she's only just turned 50 but we think there could be some middle age spread going on !

Then there was the all boy crew of 'The Wey Olympic Hope' who started off well but then ran into trouble when hijacked by another rowdy crew & Miki & Tom were thrown over board, Tom scrabbled back on quickly but Miki had a long swim on his hands in order to get  back to the raft - but they forged on !

The 'Wey-Ward Angels'  (looking anything but angelic) started well but by the end of the race looked like they were running out of steam - probably due to being weighed down by flour bombs which by the finish of the race had turned into dough !

All seemed to have a great time & seem to be keen to do it again -  but next time we need more 'amo' & less baggage (that counts you out Pam).

Results
The long standing speed time of 23 mins 30 sec, was broken by the Boys Team "Wey To Go" wining the Champion Raft Trophy with a time of 20mins 30secs. They also won 1st place in the Super Raft category. First place for the girls raft "Wey Girls" in the Ladies category and also won the Ladies speed Trophy with a time of 31mins 45secs. The Ladies were also the first raft to cross the finish line, after overtaking numerous rafts. Best Presented Youth Raft and Crew Trophywere won by "Wey Olympic Hope". The U16s rafts won 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Youth Category, a mammoth task, well done.

Following blog written by Oliver aka O.B.S

We had a really fun day rafting down the Wey for team Olympic Hope... OBS, Felix, Jack, Henry, Miki, Tom, Alex and Jordon with Eric as our captain. We had great fun throwing flour bombs at the girls and splashing all the other competitors that dared to come in our way. We were hijacked half way down the river by a raft of pirates that pulled Miki and Tom off our raft and made them swim back to the safety of team Hope.

Captain Birds Eye Eric also throw buckets of cold water on to our raft from A3 bridge, we think there might be a bit of a pay back due next time we see him!!

A huge thank you to all of the coaches, Pam and parents that helped us build the raft so we share our trophy with you all. Thank you Captain Birds Eye Eric arrghhh!!