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Fame and Glory – The 2009 Results
August 12th, 2009
First overall and winner of FIRST METAL BATH
Tub Squadron
Graham Smallbones. Martin Harvey.
Second overall and winner of FIRST ACRYLIC BATH
BAM Nuttall Civil Engineers
Bamtastic.
Chris Headon. Mark Christensen.
Third overall and winner of FIRST MULTI CREW (more than 2 crew)
The 4 Cox
Oliver Tyrell. Peter Hannan. George Lumley. Austin Morey.
FIRST OVERSIZE (Larger than 6’ x 8’)
Pink Minty
Kevin Wedge. Michael Kendall. Nick Robinson, Mark Murrell. Kevin Hackett. Mat Dalton.
FIRST LADIES
BAM Nuttall
Nuttall Pink Ladies
Emily Short. Lauren Beacham.
BEST DRESSED TUB / CREW
We Ain’t Clowning Around!
Nicholas McDonald. Ben Chapman. Tommy Perting. Sarah Kent.
FIRST YOUTH TEAM (Under 18)
Littlehampton Sea Cadets
T.S. Sussex
Zoe Waldridge (15). Kerry O’Shea (15). Shaun O’Shea (17). Sonya Seggie (14).
BEST DESIGN
G-Nome Project.
Rachel Dennett. Sarah Bretton. Helen Cripps. Ella-Louise Neale.
WOODEN SPOON (Last home under own steam)
The Horney Tullett
Daniel Woods. Tom Darling. Jordan Millward. Darren Gibbs.
The Black Rabbit Trophy for MOST ENTERTAINING ENTRY
The Beresford Pub. (Middleton on Sea nr Bognor Regis).
Paul Taylor. Andy Scott. Andy Wiggins. Ben Mearns. Linda Loughlin.
A message from your Organiser
August 12th, 2009
What an awesome day!
We now know what 36 teams and 115 people on the River Arun in bathtubs look like!
I’ve just about got my breath back, and would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone, whether on the organisational side, or as competitors. The crazy craft and colourful costumes were really outstanding this year, and everyone contributed to a fantastic carnival atmosphere.
Special thanks must go to: my right hand man and great mate Graham Smallbones for constant support, and taking a day off work to build the slipway!; Mum, Dad, Debbie, Dawn and Carl for Admin, Scrutineering and general Event Management; Erik Jack for his D.J. and P.A. skills; and arguably most important of all, BAM Nuttall Civil Engineers and Littlehampton Sea Cadets for the Safety Boats.
Everyone thoroughly deserved their trophies, and I don’t think anyone could argue with The Black Rabbit Trophy for Most Entertaining Entry going to the lunatics from The Beresford! The sight of them dressed as cocktail waiters, and their bath featuring a bar with stools, pumps, drip trays, bar towels and optics was impressive. Hysterical though, was the site of it overturning several times, shedding crew, stools and 48 new cans of Fosters along the way. Fosters cans were retrieved from the river by many other grateful competitors! The bar (featuring the name of the pub on the front,) broke away and sunk, taking the actual letter ‘B’ from the front of the pub with it! The pub is now called The ‘eresford.
I normally spend the day at 100 miles an hour and miss most of it, but thanks to Jo and her Starboard Media team, there’s a huge gallery to enjoy and a DVD coming soon.
Wandering around The Black Rabbit on a sunny day bumping into Gnomes, Wolverine, Cave girls, Batman & Robin, Dalmations, Ghostbusters, a Tour de France team, Cows, Spiderman, Pink Ladies etc, etc, is a great way to spend a Saturday if you ask me, and I hope you’ll all join me again next year.
Cheers,
Martin.
Who you gonna call…?
August 10th, 2009
Well, it was my second year at the Arundel Bathtub Race, and what a year!
Last year I took part as a last minute thing as part of the team ‘French Fancies’ who won first ladiea team across the line. I enjoyed it so much I got involved with the event itself by providing the website, and managing the twitter and Facebook group to keep you all as up to date as possible!
Preperation
So this year, we used the same boat as before, which happens to be Martin Harvey’s ol’ faithful boat from way back in the day. Last year it was painted as a French Flag, this year, it’s the Ghostbuster car.
We painted it white and red, hand-painted on the Ghostbuster logo, then put a few modifications on like the fins and number plates which was a last minute addition on the day.
Here is Ecto-2 on the day we painted it.
Huge thanks to The Beresford crew for letting us store our boat at their pub and for not drilling holes in the bottom like they said they would!
B-day (Bathtub Day)
We were extremely fortunate that the actual day of the event blessed us with glorious weather and it stayed that way. Beautiful hot sunshine, which unfortunately the wasps seemed to enjoy as well!
The day started with modifying our boat and a few paint touch ups. I also had a film crew with me to organise who were capturing the event and interviewing people throughout the day.
Here they are interviewing Chris and Joe from the Atlantic Rowing Adventure
The Race
We managed to get into our boats around quarter past 2, where we witnessed a team right in front of us fall into the river twice before they even got in, and The Beresford Pub were already enjoying a pint from their bar.
The race started in chaos. We had a bag full of water balloons and water pistols, completely drenching the other teams, and they retaliated with eggs, flour and more water balloons.
We managed to overtake a large majority of boats on the way down. The Beresford Pub was no where to be seen, and we were thirsty!
Halfway point
Round the halfway buoy at the end, and then the current hit us, and we appeared to be going backwards. Finally managed to get some momentum to move forward, only to see the G-nome Project coming towards us, who appeared to have one of their Gnomes hanging off the side of the boat.
She decided to swim towards us to try and pull us into the water, but we managed to paddle away at approximately 1.5mph (what a speed!).
We then seemed to be paddling by ourselves in the river, no other Bathtubs in sight… then the film crew passed shouting ‘WHO YOU GONNA CALL?’ which prompted a little sing song. If anyone knows the rest of the lyrics to Ghostbusters… ? Cos we don’t.
After a while, we heard a speed boat approaching, and when we turned round, we saw the G-nome project girls being towed past. They had got stuck and had to be rescued.
In the distance, we could see what looked like 4-5 people standing on a bathtub boat, but no one was paddling. On closer inspection, it was The Beresford Pub – and their pub had collapsed. Some were sat on stalls, some holding on for dear life, but each with a can of beer, enjoying the sunshine.
We found one of their cans floating in the river which was a refreshing little lift halfway through the race!
We weren’t far from the finish line, when we were ambushed by some guys on the river bed with a bucket of water balloons!
The final stretch
There’s an amazing view as you come round the corner to see The Black Rabbit, hundreds of people, and Arundel Castle in the background. We arrived to the sounds of the Ghostbusters Theme tune and lots of cheers.
We watched the rest of the teams come in, which is always entertaining. A lot of them jumped off the boats into the river, and one team even had a smoke flare to bring them home.
All in all it was a fantastic day, one not to be forgotton, and I’m already looking forward to next year… bring on the Bathtubs!
Picture slideshow from Littlehampton Gazette
August 10th, 2009
Arundel Bathtub Race film
August 10th, 2009
Some of you may noticed a few video cameras around on Saturday, and the teams had the opportunity to be interviewed for the film that we are making.
The film is mainly for fun, as a little memento of the day for all those who took part and came along to the race.
It is also to raise awareness of what the Arundel Bathtub Race is doing, and what goes on throughout the day for those of you who were unable to make it or might be interested in getting involved next year.
We are hoping to have the film finished by end of August.
Any questions please contact Starboard Media UK for more information
contact@starboardmediauk.co.uk
The Annual Arundel Bath Race Sets Sail – The Argus article
August 10th, 2009
News article from The Argus
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4536861.The_annual_Arundel_Bath_Race_sets_sail/
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