What a fabulous time the Scouts had making and sailing their raft down the River Dearne today in the district scout raft race.
The construction started at just after 10am, onlookers commented on the similarities to a Formula 1 pit crew in action...
OK, slight exaggeration there. Next the crowds assembled at the launch site...
The Ardsley raft was ready for action: it's the well constructed one in the centre of the picture :-)
Crew A were briefed about the dangers ahead >>>>
and made an impressive start leaving a trail for Crew B to follow, but they had a couple of "rotation" problems and seemed to have power all to one side...
Crew C finished the final attempt for Ardsley in an impressive finish...
Although Crew C followed in Ardsley tradition by rotating the crew half way through the race! (them that were at the back of the raft are now at the front....)
and you get wet when you are at the back!
What a great day we all had, time passed so quickly we almost did not make it home to see England play Germany in the Football World Cup... (Hope was still in the air at that time +)
The 10 Ardsley Scouts that turned up built a great raft, enjoyed a proper days fun in the sun and unlike some of their competitors (and later the England Football Team) did not suffer that sinking feeling at the end of the day...
Man overboard! - or Fabio does not make it to his life raft...
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