{"id":21071,"date":"2023-03-01T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=21071"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:03:20","slug":"all-aboard-me-hearties-the-raft-race-be-forty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2023\/03\/all-aboard-me-hearties-the-raft-race-be-forty\/","title":{"rendered":"All aboard me hearties – the Raft Race be forty!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original conception for Raft Race Weekend was for it to be a way of having fun on the beach whilst raising some money for the Lifeboat – and little has changed as that\u2019s exactly what the Raft Race committee are planning for this year on 27th and 28th May.\u00a0 As with that first Raft Race the main theme is to seek out the most unusual raft (which in 1982 was won by the Quinquireme of Nineveh which was crewed with \u201cgalley slaves, a skeleton, a shark and an albatross!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

(a Google search reveals, \u201cQuinquireme of Nineveh\u201d is a great opening to a poem \u2013\u00a0a galley with five banks of oars travelling between Nineveh, the ancient city on the Tigris, and Ophir, a mysterious place, possibly on the African shore of the Red Sea.\u201d\u00a0 Who knew!!)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Further details of this fun filled weekend will follow but we can reveal the event has two main sponsors this year.\u00a0 The wonderful Ramore Complex are \u201cback on board\u201d – no pun intended – and the committee are delighted to welcome to the team Exorna Kitchens and Bedrooms.\u00a0 Head Honcho of Exorna has expressed his delight and said, \u201cwe\u2019re already enthusiasts of the event and we\u2019re also encouraging our suppliers to become involved\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whilst the Raft Race proper takes place on the Saturday we can also reveal that two popular items from back in the day are being revisited with both the Waiters\u2019 Race and a Pantomime Horse Race scheduled for the Sunday.\u00a0 Make no mistake, there\u2019s a plethora of crazy and quirky events lined up for an action packed 40th weekend of celebrations and attempting to keep the whole thing together without the use of a safety net or a cattle prod is their irrepressible Compere Brian Moore.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve all had a few rough years so it\u2019s great to see this iconic event back and I\u2019m looking forward to a packed Portrush with all the unique fun the Raft Race Weekend brings.\u00a0 It\u2019s the ideal family event and raises so much needed funding for the RNLI\u201d.<\/p>\n

Raft Race Committee Chairperson Trevor Abernethy has been delighted with the early response to this year\u2019s event and says, \u201cwe\u2019ve been taken aback by the number of early entries and with the website now live we\u2019re confident that the 40th celebrations are going to see a record attendance\u201d<\/p>\n

To enter your raft go to<\/p>\n

www.portrushraftrace.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The original conception for Raft Race Weekend was for it to be a way of having fun on the beach whilst raising some money for the Lifeboat – and little has changed as that\u2019s exactly what the Raft Race committee are planning for this year on 27th and 28th May.\u00a0 As with that first Raft … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21073,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21071\/revisions\/21073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}