HISTORY
The Newbury Crafty Craft Race began in 1974 A Carnival run by Newbury Round Table in the late 1950s featured a Raft Race, but when Laurie Birch ran the first event as we know it today, it was thought that the word 'raft' sounded a bit unsafe, so he christened it 'The Crafty Craft Race'.
The crafty craft is a boat race from Hungerford (or Kintbury for younger racers) to Newbury in home-made boats. As well as building and rowing the boats, the teams must lift the boats out of the water and carry them around locks. Newbury Round Table also takes over Victoria Park, adjacent to the finish line, for the day. As well as providing a great day out for Newbury, it also raises funds which we donate to local charities.
As well as being perhaps the biggest free event in Newbury's calendar and a great day out for the whole family, Crafty Craft is a charity fundraising event. Money comes in from Event Sponsors, Race Entrants and the Victoria Park Fete and Fairground participants.
All of the money raised by Newbury Round Table through the Crafty Craft event goes to help local charities and to provide direct assistance to those in need. In 2010 we raised £6,500 split equally between Time Spanners and West Berkshire Alzheimer's Society Singing for the Brain project.
2011 Results |
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Trophy |
Category |
Winner |
| Lawrence the Jewellers Cup | Fastest Junior in pre fabricated craft | Bart St Kids |
| Tesco Stores Trophy | Junior Best Craft | Inkpen and Kintbury Scouts |
| Ladies Circle Cup | Junior Fancy Dress | The Royal Chambermaids |
| Donnington Land and Property | Fastest company team in paddled self built craft | Briars Dental Centre |
| A.W. Neate & Sons Cup | 2nd fastest company team in paddled self built craft | National Instruments |
| Charles, Lucas and Marshall Trophy | Fastest Adult or Charity team in paddled self built boat | Hungerford Hounds |
| Rousselot Cup | Fastest team in pedalled prefabricated craft | Scooby Doo |
| The tlc-ltd.com Lapworth Consultancy IT Support Cup | Fastest team in prefabricated craft | Du Pre plc |
| Newbury Weekly News Trophy | Adult Fancy Dress | HMS Ark Royal (Decommissioned) |
| Quantel Cup | Adult Best Craft | Pedal powered pilots |
| Newbury Round Table Cup | Slowest adult team (completed by 3.30pm) | HMS Titanic |
| Newbury Building Society Trophy | The Spirit of Crafty Craft | Inflatable Guard |
| All Female Team | Hungerford Mongrols | |
