New Mills Duck Race 2024

The wonderful, the eccentric, the crazy New Mills Duck Race is back for 2024!

How to explain this and do it justice? 

It’s a Duck Race! You buy a ticket which allocates you a plastic duck. The Ducks are all released at the start line at the same time and the first one to the designated finish point wins.

Oh, and there’s the Corporate Duck Race. Local businesses sponsor their very own Duck, from just £25 a pop, and then watch on as their Duck races for the glory (get in touch if your business would like to sponsor a Duck).

And then…yes, there’s more…there’s the School Duck Race. Each school in New Mills is paired up with a local artist who turns a plastic yellow Duck into a masterpiece and they slug it out (the Ducks not the artists) in the River Goyt.

Things you need to know:

• BRING CASH (there isn’t always good reception for card payments down at the site of the race)
• The ticket money is shared between Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) from local primary schools and nurseries and the New Mills Festival
• There are three races in the event – one for businesses, one for schools and a public competition
• There are prizes! And trophies!
• The Bubbleologists will be there, and there will be a PTA cake stall, doing cakes as only a PTA can, as well as street food
• NO PARKING in the Co-op please
• It’s huge fun, 1500 ducks participated in the last event, and it’s not just for the kids!
• Bring CASH
• Did we mention that you should bring cash?

Tickets are available at Rock Mill Centre, Priscilla’s, Ryan’s, New Mills Post Office and Makers at the Mill. Plus you can buy them online here:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/new-mills/along-the-river-goyt/new-mills-duck-race/e-kbayzd

And, if you’d love to read some more, feel free to browse the T&Cs below…

T&Cs 

The New Mills Duck Race raising funds for New Mills Primary Schools PTAs, nurseries and
New Mills Festival.
Terms and Conditions
•The Race Controller is Gemma Sidebottom, whose sole responsibility is to start the race
and declare the three winning numbers.
•For the purpose of this community event the organiser is New Mills Festival, 45 Union
Road, New Mills, SK22 3EL
•The Duck Race will run along the River, and will start at 1pm.
•Tickets cost £2.00 (two pounds) each.
•The Promoter is: 45 Union Road, New Mills, SK22 3EL
•The event is authorised by Lottery Licence number HPKSL0186, issued by High Peak
Borough Council.
•Tickets can only be sold to persons over the age of 16 years.
•The lottery is open to all Residents of the United Kingdom over the age of 16 years, except
members of the organising committee or partners.
•Monies raised by this raffle after receipted costs, will be equally divided between the co-
promoters/organisers.
•Participation in this lottery (Duck Race) can only be made by purchase of a ticket.
•Duck Race (lottery) tickets will be entered into the race only when the whole payment is
received.
•The organisers & beneficiaries accept no responsibility for tickets which are lost, damaged,
and illegible or from which the prize-winner cannot be identified, or for any technical failure
or event which may cause the competition to be disrupted or corrupted.
•Any ticket entries received after the closing date may miss entry into the lottery and
therefore will be considered as a donation.
• Winning ticket numbers will be the numbers corresponding to the first three numbered
ducks crossing the finishing line of the Duck Race held on May 19th 2024, as retrieved by
event volunteers working at the finish line. If it is impractical to run the race because of river
conditions or any other reason three members of the public will be asked to select, by the
Race Controller at random and in a public place, to draw one numbered counterfoil stub
from a hat to determine the 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners.
Winning numbers will be announced after the race, distributed to the participating schools,
displayed on the organiser’s Facebook page and website. To request a list of winners and
numbers by post please send a stamped addressed envelope to:
Duck Race Results, New Mills Festival, 45 Union Road, New Mills, SK22 3EL
•Prizes are: 1st £50, 2nd £30, 3rd £20
•The result of the race as declared by the organisers is final. No correspondence will be
entered into.
•Ticket purchasers should keep the ticket or allocated number as proof of purchase.
•Prize money will be paid in cash.
•Where valid contact information is available, holders of winning tickets will be contacted
by the organiser to arrange payment. Prizes may be collected on the day of the race, by
contacting Race Control and supplying proof of purchase and identification, if required.
•Where the organiser is unable to contact a prize-winner so that a prize remains unclaimed
for forty-five days following the organiser's first attempt to notify the prize-winner, theorganiser may apply the prize to the as it sees fit, including re-offering the prize in future
events.
•All winners are required to co-operate with the organiser's right to publish their win, as
and when deemed appropriate, and to provide proof of age when requested.
•In the event of an error, howsoever caused, whether a printing error or otherwise and
whether obvious or otherwise, which affects the competition in any way, the organisers
reserve the right to administer the lottery as though the error had not occurred. Where the
organiser deems it appropriate and/or feasible the organiser will notify entrants of the
error.
•Failure to comply with any of these rules may result in the disqualification of an entry in
the lottery.
•The organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entry at their absolute discretion.

SEE YOU ON MAY 19th!