Catsfield sets sail for crazy summer boat race

As in the last two years the Boats raced, or in some cases cruised, around the 1066 metre course triangle of The Green, Church Road and Church Lane in the centre of Catsfield Village.

After the four heats, in which the course record was beaten by Out of the Blue Vol 2 in a time of 4mins 20secs, the Grand Final consisted of: Hydrofoil; Speed Boat Silly; Out of the Blue; The Orca; Out of the Blue Volume 2; FE Philcox HMS Iron Duke; Mantel Farm and Royal Britannia

In a closely contested race the FE Philcox sponsored boat, HMS Iron Duke won, smashing the course record with a time of 3 mins 59 secs.

The team consisted of Jonty Lavocah, Louis Reddings, Aston Sweetman and Pat Kennedy.

In second place was Out of the Blue Vol 2 and in 3rd place was Hydrofoil. All three teams were awarded trophies sponsored by Freedom Leisure and presented by the Chairman of Catsfield Parish Council, Cllr John Overall.

The Best Boat was judged by staff from The White Hart, sponsors of the award and it was won by Team Tikki Bar, which consisted of Ceri Stokoe, James Stokoe, Liz Neevey and Lee Neevey. Special mention also to the superb Orca Boat, which was a truly amazing creation put together by Paul Willis, bringing back memories of the Jaws film.

In the Children’s races, sponsored by Bowie Lock & Security and organised by Catsfield Pre-school, the winners were: 2-4 years: Leo Newbold; 5-7 years: Poppy Novis and 8-11 years: Oscar Ellwood.