WEDNESDAY  8 August

 

Morning:

Great Alderney Week Fun Run - Braye Common   

The Great Wheelbarrow & Pram Beer Race : Victoria Street – another new formula racing event with a few wet surprises on the way.

 

Afternoon:

Pavement Artists Competition - Lower Victoria Street  Part 1 - ages 7 and under    

Target Bowls Competition

The Daft Raft Race – Braye Beach – Sponsored by the Braye Beach Hotel

Juggling Workshop - The Butes   

 

Evening:                                  

Bavaria Beer Tent open and Burgers available “A NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD OSCARS”

The Wednesday Night Gala Spectacular at the Butes Arena

 

 

 

And below is a report by ITV Channel Television’s Alderney reporter and cameraman Nigel Soane-Sands:

Daft Raft Races

 

Madcap nautical mayhem describes Alderney Week’s Daft Raft Races which were thoroughly enjoyed by around 1,000 enthusiastic onlookers at Braye Beach and Douglas Quay.

 

The aim of the rafters is to complete a 200-yard horseshoe-shaped course with absolutely no penalties – in sharp contrast to the Tour de France – for trying to scupper the opposition or resorting to any other kind of skulduggery.

 

The first race – for dastardly children – saw a magnificently eclectic flotilla of 20 craft, many reflecting the Hollywood theme of the week and, as an additional navigational hazard, having to cope with sideline sabotage by the RNLI.  “Snakes on a Raft” slithered home first just ahead of “Another Fine Mess” .

 

The adults race – involving some of the same vessels but with bigger crew members –attracted 23 wacky entries. “Snakes on a Raft” made it a double for the Patterson family finishing just ahead of the Bower family’s “The Black Pig”.

 

The third and final race – for survivors or races 1 and 2 – was won by Jonny Cash’s “Walk the Line” .

 

There were prizes for Most Original raft, Best Costumes and Best Construction etc. with the major prize for “Best Overall” going to the “Black Sack” created by the Clarke family.

 

And not least, the memorable Wooden Spoon was awarded to “Oceans 3” which might have finished higher up the placings if the crew members hadn’t attempted to take on the unscrupulous lifeboat.

 

 

The Gala Night “ A Night at  the Oscars” with numerous re-enacted scenes from famous Hollywood films, was described by members of the audience as “the  best and slickest yet” and was without doubt one of the biggest highlights of Alderney Week. (more details to follow)

 

   

These photos were taken by Ilona Soane-Sands, Joanna Parmentier, James Adair, Ian Laurence , John Horsburgh and Kyra Kentopp  and can be downloaded for your personal use. Any commercial use of these photographs requires the prior authorisation of Alderney Week. Please email info@alderneyweek.net  with your request. More photographs are published on the official Alderney website. Click here

 

 

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