Going quackers for duck race day

Published: 15:00, 23 August 2016

David Sheen, of Sporting Barbers; Samantha Wheeler, owner of Rohan; Joe Baconnet, director of Stratforward; Stratoula Chatzisarou, of El Greco; and Kate Hampton from Langman’s Dental Health Centre with their corporate ducks. (Submitted photo)

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON will go quackers this Saturday when the town’s Rotary Club hosts its first Shakespeare Duck Race.

Among the racing ducks that will take to the River Avon at Lucy’s Mill Wier at 2pm will be a number of special corporate entries — hairdresser ducks, explorer ducks, business ducks and builder ducks.

Tickets for the duck race are proving really popular, with townsfolk and companies supporting the Rotary’s efforts to raise money for Shakespeare Hospice’s new Children and Young People’s Services.

Corporate ducks are £30, but individual ones are just £2.

They can be bought at http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/stratford-rotary/shakespeareduckrace or from the hospice shops in Stratford.

Stratford-upon-Avon Chris Smith