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The 2006 Annual Mumbles Raft Race

11:30am Sunday 16th July 2006

Check the time - Yes the 2006 Raft Race has moved its time to 11:30am in the morning.

Don't worry about time and tide, be sure that both organising crew and tide will be at the start line at 11:30.

Application Forms are available from the Crew Secretary Garry Tanner. To contact Garry please call him on 01792 638516.

Points To Remember For Each Race

As always some important points for all potential rafters out there:

1 All crew must be safe at sea

2 Each raft must collect the minimum entry donation of £200

3 Each raft must register before the race

4 Each raft must be prepared to get wet!!!

And most importantly everybody must have a good time!!!

Previous Raft Race Information

The 2005 Annual Mumbles Raft Race

7:00pm 21st August 2005

£18,000 Raised - Thank You to Everyone Who Helped!

With the highest tide of the year, we were all anxiously waiting for the water to come in!! Just before the 7:00pm start time the race commenced and the start saw 52 rafts battle their way over the course to Knab Rock.

Yet again we thank all supporters of the raft race for your kind words and generosity, which was needed more than ever this year. We are already planning Raft Race 2006 - We will see you there.

And so to the results

2005 Most Sponsorship Raised

1^st Place

Dawnus Construction

The Dawnus II

2^nd Place

Pengula

Alberto Culver

3^rd Place

Silver Rocket

Smith Arms

4^th Place

Scotties

Andrew Scott

5^th Place

Morfa Marauding Medics

203 Field Hospital

Thanks go to all rafts who helped to raise £18,000 in total.

Many Many thanks to you all.

Thank You

Mumbles Lifeboat Crew

2005 Best Dressed

1^st Place

Pengula

Alberto Culver

2^nd Place

The Grand Slammers

Beaufort Arms

3^rd Place

Cops Are Robbers

Maggie Dicks

4^th Place

Little Britain (eh err)

Swansea City Parks

5^th Place

Delilah

Plough & Harrow

2005 Overall Results

Position	Raft and Company	Course Time
1	Rachael, Mansel Hearing Centres	12mins 33secs
2	Welsh Cake, Clarence Inn	14mins 03 secs
3	The Shark, BMW Trainer	14mins 40secs
4	Silver Rocket,Smith Arms	14mins 58secs
5	Morfa's Marauding Medics, 203 Field Hospital	16mins 37secs
6	Dawnus II, Dawnus Construction	17min 30secs
7	Brits Abroad, Rock & Fountain Inn	19mins 07secs
8	Arriba, The Straedy Arms	21mins 56secs
9	The Mason, The Masons Arms	22mins 20secs
10	Twig, CEM Days	23mins 49secs
11	The Night Sleepers, Ward 12 Singleton Hospital	25mins04 secs
12	The Vomit Comet, CNC Supplies	25mins 17 secs
13	Bean Counter, Clement Jones Acct	25mins 53secs
14	Will She Float, Sainsbury's Engineering	26mins 54secs
15	The Camp Crusaders, Bay Water Sports	27mins 56secs
16	Rotary's Rainbow, The Rotary Club	28mins 23secs
17	Gower Surf Development and Mumbles Lifeguard Club	28mins 45secs
18	Trotter Independent,Caersalum Auto Repairs	28mins 57secs
19	The Tinplate Toy, Trostre Steel Works - Corus	30mins 57secs
20	The Cliffords, Swansea Coastguards - Cliff Rescue Team	31mins 12secs
21	The Raftafarians, Andrew Scott	32mins 09secs
22	Llys Nini, RSPCA Swansea	32mins 17secs
23	Tiletanic, Taylor Tiles	33mins 15secs
24	Oz, Hancock & Brown	34mins 16secs
25	The Morriston Mutineers, Morriston A&E	35mins 05secs
26	Little Britain, Swansea City Parks	35mins 18secs
27	Pengula, Alberto Culver	35mins 50secs
28	The Adder, Kumon Maths Teachers	36mins 46secs
29	The Faaray Flyer, GRS Care Ltd	38mins 15secs
30	Environmental Stealth, NPT Env Health	38mins 40secs
31	Castaways	39mins 41secs
32	The 223,223 Squadron	41mins 26secs
33	Wave Riding Wasters, Swansea City Waste Disposal	41mins 44secs
34	Pirates	41mins 51secs
35	NYPD Blues, Rock & Fountain Girls	42mins 07secs
36	Grand Slammers, Beaufort Inn	42mins 49secs
37	Mumbles Community Council,William Hancock	43mins 10secs
38	Frenni Rafters, Frenni Transport	43mins 44secs
39	Spirit, The Woodman	46mins 11secs
40	The Jolly Todger, Borg Warner	47mins 48secs
41	Umpa Lumpa Loonies, Rose Cross House	50mins 49secs
42	Don't Know (Guy and Girl on there own) - No T-shirt!!	52mins 24secs
43	Sult of The Sea, Sue Marks Leather Company	54mins 36secs
44	The Kaymac Princess, Kaymac Marine	55mins 28secs
45	70's Grand Slammers Rob Dooley Associates	55mins 46secs
46	The Blue Rinse Riders,	56mins01 secs
47	Do Not Know - No T-Shirt	57mins 09secs
48	QH2, National Probation Service	58mins 24secs
49	Delilah, The Plough & Harrow	59mins 03secs
50	Bertha, Castellamare	1 Hour 23secs

Points To Remember For Each Race

As always some important points for all potential rafters out there:

1 All crew must be safe at sea

2 Each raft must collect the minimum entry donation of £200

3 Each raft must register before the race

4 Each raft must be prepared to get wet!!!

And most importantly everybody must have a good time!!!

Application Forms are available from the Crew Secretary Garry Tanner. To contact Garry please call him on 01792 638516.

Have a look below at last years winners and losers and see if you can do better !

Look forward to seeing you at the start !!

Mumbles Lifeboat Crew

2004 RNLI Annual Raft Race

Sunday 29th August 2004 - 7:00pm

Well the rain tried to put people off in the morning, but by the time the Raft Race started we had 'some sunshine'. Rafters will no doubt tell you about the cold wind which did have a chilling tale. Nevertheless we were treated to some fantastic sites and fund raising efforts which have built on the success of 2003. This year 45 Rafts entered the race and between all of the managed to raise £15,000, congratulation to each and every one of you for your valuable support.

Looking at the race listed below are the winners and losers within each category. We have tried to be as accurate as possible with timings, if we have any information incorrect, please accept our apologies - let us know and we will amend the detail!

Best Dressed
1^st Place	Yabba Dabba Dinghy Alberto Culver
2^nd Place	Beaufort International Rescue Did Not Register
3^rd Place	H&B’s Haunted Hate Hancock & Brown
4^th Place	The Raftafarians Andrew Scotts
5^th Place	Maggie Dicks Maggies Limos

Most Sponsorship Raised
1^st Place	Autoraft RJ Autos	£2,100.00
2^nd Place	The Dawnus The Dawnus Group	£2,011.00
3^rd Place	Twig CEM Days	£1,792.85
4^th Place	The Railway The Railway Inn	£585.00
5^th Place	Super Hero’s Smith Arms	£500.10
Thanks go to all rafts who helped to raise £15,000 in total. Due to the exceptional fundraising efforts of the first 3 rafts the crews of each raft will be invited for a trip on Mumbles Lifeboat (bad weather booked!) Thank You Mumbles Lifeboat Crew

Fastest Time
1^st Place	Ariba Stradey Arms, Llanelli	14 mins 50 secs
2^nd Place	White Lightening Phillip Services (Wales) Ltd	15 mins 25 secs
3^rd Place	Twig Cem Days	17 mins 08 secs
4^th Place	Morfa’s Marauding Medics 203 Field Army Hospital	17 mins 40 secs
5^th Place	“The Dawnus” The Dawnus Group	20 mins 15 secs

Position	Raft and Company	Course Time
1	Ariba, Stradey Arms	14mins 50secs
2	White Lightening, Phillip Services Wales Ltd	15mins 25secs
3	Twig, CEM Days	17mins 08secs