Underriver Village

Underriver Christmas Balloon Race

With all our activities curtailed this year the UVA have come up with a Christmas activity that Covid can’t cancel & will hopefully provide some festive fun. More importantly, it will hopefully raise monies for some of the charities that have missed out on our fundraising this year.

The Underriver Christmas Balloon Race will take place “virtually”, managed through the website: https://www.balloonrace.com/underriver. The race will start on Tuesday 15^th December & finish on Sunday 20^th December. You will be able to follow your balloons journey by logging into the website through the link above.

How to Enter

There will be two types of balloon available to buy:

Children’s Balloons – £5 for 2 balloons
There are 4 types to choose from all with a Christmas theme: Snowman, Reindeer, Candy Cane, Santa Hat

Household Balloon - £10 each
All these balloons are plain colours & will be allocated on the area you live: Carters Hill – Purple, Bank Lane – Blue, Mill Lane - Orange, Vines Lane - Ivory, Underriver House Rd - Pink, Rooks Hill/Old Coach Rd – Green, Top of the Hill – Yellow, St Julian’s - Turquoise. Everybody else will get a Gold balloon.

If you would like to buy balloons for the race all you need do is email me with the balloons / colour you want to purchase & names to be linked to them. I will then confirm this & advise monies due.
Payment will be by bank transfer to the “Underriver Village Association” bank account no: 00309049, sort code: 309749. Alternatively, you can pay by cheque made payable to “Underriver Village Association” & sent to Robert Talbot, Weald Heights, Fawke Common, Underriver, TN15 0SP.

The closing date for entries will be the 12^th December

Prizes

The first three Children’s Balloons travelling the furthest will receive Amazon vouchers to the value of:
1^st - £20, 2^nd - £15, 3^rd - £10

The Household Balloon travelling the furthest will receive Amazon vouchers to the value of £30

Winners will be notified on Monday 21^st December

The surplus from this event will be donated to the children’s charity Demelza & The RBL Poppy Appeal.

 

Please note: This event is licensed under the Gambling Act 2005 as a “Free Draw”. As such you have the option of entering the balloon race without having to pay. If you decide to choose this option please state this clearly in your email.

Hope you are able to support this & wishing you a fair wind!!

Robert Talbot

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