Aug 25 – Gibraltar RAOB Smash All Records At This Year’s Charity Cardboard Boat Race

Written by YGTV Team on 25 August 2017.

The William Tilley Lodge of the RAOB has said that this year’s Charity Cardboard Boat Race has raised a fantastic total sum of £6,174  to be split between the Gibraltar Society for the Visually Impaired (GSVI) and the GBC Open Day Appeal.

Organisers David Gibbins and Darren Olivero of the RAOB Buffaloes said that they would like to express their huge gratitude to Ocean Village for hosting the event and preparing such a spectacular venue along with their donation of £1,000 towards the total funds raised and hope that they will continue to be able to hold the event in the Marina in the future.

David said that, in addition to the generosity of the sponsors, he would like to give sincere thanks to over 50 local businesses for donating all of the prizes on the day which made up the vast majority of the funds raised through the sale of raffle tickets, and added that all concerned owed a huge debt of gratitude to those small businesses and to the general public on the Rock for purchasing so many tickets.

“We are always amazed by the ingenuity of the boat designs and this year's vessels have proved to be as creative and outstanding as in previous years,”said Darren.

He added: “The event was more successful than ever with great fun being had by all.” 

The organisers, along with the beneficiaries gave profound thanks to all those who took the time and effort to build boats and enter the race, without whom there would be no race in the first place. 

David said that he would soon be starting preparations for next year's event and stated that he hoped for even more entrants with even bigger crowds. He went on to say that the 18 winning raffle ticket numbers would be printed in the Gibraltar Chronicle and the Panorama during the week, although they had already been published on the society's website  and reminded potential crews and the public alike to keep visiting the website at www.raobgibraltar.org/2017-cardboard-boat-race for news on the 2018 Boat Race!