Blitz Games to battle it out in Raft Race

The company is entering two very different rafts in the race this year, Milk Float and Carol Oarderman.

Milk Float’s basic concept is to get buoyancy from lots of empty plastic milk containers, and blueprints have already been drawn up. Carol Oarderman takes a more mathematical approach to trying to stay afloat. Chris Theophilus-Bevis, who works in Blitz’s PR department, said: “Carol Oarderman will be a well calculated craft”.

Although there will be a bitter rivalry on the river, the two teams are combining their sponsorship in aid of Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust.

The Trust provides care and support for children and young people who have life limiting or life threatening conditions and support for all the family.

To sponsor the Blitz Games teams visit www.justgiving.com/BlitzRaftRace.

Last year, the event raised £6,000 with teams raising an average of £217 sponsorship each.

This year’s race will take place June 23 and starts from Jephson Gardens Leamington at 12.45pm and finishes at Myton Fields Warwick. Spectators will be able to watch the race from the banks and bridges all along the river.

Anyone else wishing to enter a team into the raft race can do so at www.sparotary.org.uk , or by contacting Mike Wilkinson, the Rotary Club’s fundraising chairman, on 07831 516875.

Teams are expected to raise a minimum of £50 sponsorship per raft.