Days out
Dragon racing
for charity
The Isle of Wight Festival 2017 and Stand Up To
Cancer, played host to The Dragon Boat Race once
again at Island Harbour on April 27th. Bringing
together local and national businesses and
enterprises to raise money to fund cancer research.
This is the third time a race of this kind has
taken place on the Island, with companies
competing on the water and enjoying a day
of entertainment at Island Harbour. Special
guests James Walsh of Starsailor, Keith
Duffy and Shane Lynch of Boyzone took
part rowing, and Midge Ure OBE also came
to show support.
Collectively s o far this year, the Isle Of
Wight Festival has raised over £90,000 for
Stand Up To Cancer. All the money raised
will go towards ground breaking cancer
research designed to speed up the process
of taking breakthroughs from labs to
patients and help improve survival rates.
Of the fourteen teams which took part in
this years Dragon Boat Race, Wightlink were
the overall champions who took home the
trophy and won tickets to this years Isle Of
Wight Festival.
Pictures by Graham Reading
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