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The Great Norwich Duck Race · 29 August 2011

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<table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="label"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></th> <td class="data"> <div class="description summary"> <div id="id_4dd139dd6c7e46c97955838" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em>The duck race was a great success, thank you to everyone to participated and cheered the ducks on during the race on Monday. </em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>All winners will be notified via email, post or telephone.</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em>Read more about the race <a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crowds_flock_for_the_grand_norwich_duck_race_1_1007843">here</a> </em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em>&nbsp;</em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Don't forget that we are auctioning the Corporate ducks on 8 September at the Maids Head Hotel in Norwich. For more details and if you would like to place a silent bid on your favourite duck visit us <a href="http://www.break-charity.org">here</a></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><em><strong>Please do not sponsor any ducks after 2.30pm, you will NOT be entered into the duck race, but you will still be charged.</strong></em></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Come and join us on 29 August 2011 for the Great Norwich Duck Race!<br /><br /></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">At 4pm 5000 ducks will be released at St Georges Bridge and flow downstream to Fye Bridge, passing the Ribs of Beef public house in Norwich.<br /><br /></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Each duck will take to the water for a minimum of &pound;2 sponsorship,&nbsp;once you have&nbsp;sponsored a duck you <span class="text_exposed_show">will be&nbsp;sent a race entrance&nbsp;ticket number by email and&nbsp;this ticket will be allocated to&nbsp;a duck number in the race.&nbsp;If you want more than one duck please specify the number of ducks and/or donations in the comments box.</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /></span><br />We have lots of top prizes on offer from a&nbsp;framed and signed Norwich City shirt from the promotion winning team, meals for two, weekend breaks, vouchers and lots more. <br /><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />We are also holding a corporate race -&nbsp;ducks are for sale at &pound;100 and you will be given a 32cm duck to paint. The &pound;100&nbsp;will also include a banner to display on the day, a link from our website and a notification on our Facebook page.<br /></span></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">There is&nbsp;a trophy for the winning corporate duck. (Crystal Duck donated by <a onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;b9a60&quot;, event, bagof({}));" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.caithness-crystal.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span>www.caithness-crystal.co.u</span>k</a>)<br /><br />All corporate ducks will be auctioned afterwards, a date is yet to be confirmed, but will be held at The Ribs of Beef public house.<br /><br /><span>If you would like to take part in either of these races please make a donation or get in touch with Martin Green on martin.g@break-charity.org</span> or 01603 670107</span></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>All proceeds will come to Break Charity</p>

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£14,116.92
+ £91.25 Gift Aid
Online
£578.00
Offline
£13,538.92

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