Winning Teams 2015

First Place: Premdor

Second Place: Boultons Estate Agents

Third Place: The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust

Lucky Number Brochure Draw

1st prize: Brochure number 1511

2nd prize: Brochure number 1598

3rd prize: Brochure number 1634

A FANTASITC DAY ON PUGNEYS LAKE!!

The 2015 7^th Annual Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge on Pugneys Lake on Saturday July 11 proved to be a stunning success once again. 33 teams competed over the whole day paddling in 3 heats each culminating in a thrilling 6 boat final. At the end the first 3 teams in the final were covered by only 1second.

Team Premdor took the trophy with a winning time over the 230meter course of only 56.87 seconds, with Boultons Estate Agents team second in a time of 57.39 seconds and the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust team in 3^rd. Also in the final were HB Projects, Selectrical Services and WTJ Insurance Brokers.

Around 3000 people were in Pugneys for the event which was graced with great weather. Many of the teams came in fancy dress with the team from Wakefield Riding for the Disabled taking the Best Dressed Team Prize.

As always the teams and competitors were taking part to raise money for a large number of charities and although it will take a while to finalise the total it is expected that over £30,000 will have been raised. This will take the total monies raised for Charities over the 7 years the event has been running to around £180,000.

This year’s event was hailed a huge success by everyone who took part. The Mayor of Wakefield, Councillor June Cliffe and her Consort Jack Cliffe, came along to meet the teams. The Mayor commented during the day that this was just the sort of event that the Council should be supporting and that she was determined that a team from Wakefield Council would be taking part in next years’ race!