{"id":369047,"date":"2025-12-24T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369047\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:05:11","slug":"warwickshire-towns-boxing-day-tradition-thats-a-bit-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369047\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwickshire town&#8217;s Boxing Day tradition that&#8217;s &#8216;a bit of fun&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Upton,BBC CWRand<\/p>\n<p>Oprah Flash,West Midlands<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20251210-151139-37baf2dfdd-web-2.36.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a98ec930-e0cd-11f0-90c5-5bb131951a3f.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Kenilworth Lions Club Two men are in orange inflatable vests are sat under a bridge with nearly 2,000 plastic yellow ducks at their feet. Above them there is a crowd of people in Christmas hats and four people are holding black upturned bins\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Kenilworth Lions Club<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,500 plastic yellow ducks are thrown into a brook for a race. The winner&#8217;s corresponding ticket carries a cash prize <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">One town&#8217;s popular Boxing Day tradition which sees crowds gather around a small brook will be taking place again this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The annual charity duck race at Abbey Fields in Kenilworth, Warwickshire sees more than 1,500 plastic ducks being released into Finham Brook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Organised by the Kenilworth Lions Club, the tradition has carried on for more than 25 years and all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to a local charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We want to give people a bit of fun, it&#8217;s a fairly gloomy world we live in at the moment and a bit of fun on Boxing Day will lift the spirit,&#8221; co-organiser Sim Connor told BBC CWR.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20251210-151139-37baf2dfdd-web-2.36.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7f729770-e0c9-11f0-865d-e31ee148330a.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kenilworth Lions Club A man in a black hat and high-vis jacket is standing behind a white table filled with two rows of decorated plastic ducks\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Kenilworth Lions Club<\/p>\n<p>This year, 71 businesses have decorated a duck for the annual charity event<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">This year, 71 businesses from across the town will be taking part in a corporate race which sees decorated ducks also being released before the main race at 12:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Co-organiser Helen Keast added: &#8220;People are up for the fun, the community, the challenge of decorating a duck that supports their business and just the whole community spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Last year, \u00a38,145 was raised and handed to the Special Care Baby Unit at Warwick Hospital to help buy equipment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20251210-151139-37baf2dfdd-web-2.36.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/445739d0-e0cd-11f0-90c5-5bb131951a3f.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kenilworth Lions Club A silver plastic duck decorated with pink beads, glitter and a silver crown\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Kenilworth Lions Club<\/p>\n<p>The corporate races kicks off at 12:00 GMT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20251210-151139-37baf2dfdd-web-2.36.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/103aa910-e0ce-11f0-aae2-2191c0e48a3b.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kenilworth Lions Club A person in an orange high-vis jacket is walking through Finham Brook and a stream of yellow plastic ducks are in front of them\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Kenilworth Lions Club<\/p>\n<p>Ducks in Finham Brook, Kenilworth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Upton,BBC CWRand Oprah Flash,West Midlands Kenilworth Lions Club More than 1,500 plastic yellow ducks are thrown 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