Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival, held at Willen Lake on Saturday, June 23, made a huge splash!
MacIntyre was the official charity for this year’s event, and despite the team coming in last (out of 41 teams!), an incredible day was had by all taking part.
Gable Events, the festival organisers have been working with MacIntyre over the past year to create another successful Dragon Boat Festival.
The festival raised more than £13,000 for MacIntyre thanks to the Gold and Silver sponsors of this year’s festival as well as sponsorship raised from the teams on the day.
Claire Kennedy, head of fundraising for MacIntyre said: "We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the Dragon Boat Festival and for raising such an incredible amount of money for MacIntyre.
"All funds raised from the event will benefit people MacIntyre supports in Milton Keynes. We are already looking forward to next year’s festival and hope that you will all join us again”.
Well done to the Brinklow Barbarians from Kuehne + Nagel, the winners of this year’s festival.
They also raised the most sponsorship for MacIntyre – making them the winners of a meal at Melis Restaurant for the whole crew, sponsored by Merinvest.
All winners were crowned with a presentation of trophies, medals and bouquets of flowers, courtesy of Ruth’s Floral Design Studio.
Also in the prizes were:
2nd place – The Dragondoliers – Little Star Media
3rd place – The Wild Hogs 2 - Cranswick PLC Milton Keynes
4th place – Titanic – Jarvis Group Ltd
5th place – Loh Mann Left Behind – Lohmann Technologies UK
Best Dressed Crew - Little Star Media
Best Placed Mixed Crew - Little Star Media
The full results can be found here
To register interest for the 2019 Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival please contact Gable Events carol@gableevents.co.uk or 01780 470718.
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