This year’s Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, organised by Winchester Rotary in partnership with Winchester Cathedral, makes a welcome return on 1 March from 12:30 until 14:00. Last year the event moved online due to Covid-19 restrictions, with competitors posting online videos.
Up to 40 teams will race in Winchester Cathedral’s Outer Close, representing businesses, charities, churches and other organisations from the local community. Trophies will be awarded to the team which completes the distance in the fastest time and the team in the best fancy dress. The Dean of Winchester, the Very Reverend Catherine Ogle and the Mayor of Winchester, Cllr Vivian Achwal will open the event. Pancakes and refreshments will be on sale from 12:00.
The teams, consisting of 4 runners, will race two teams at a time in a relay between 1-2pm. The course for each being 38 metres long with designated places where the runners must stop and toss their pancake… accidents will happen, laughter guaranteed!
This year Winchester Rotary is supporting Friends of the Family, Winchester.
Winchester Rotary again wishes to thank IBM’s Hursley Laboratory for their generous technical support for this year’s Pancake Race.
More details and instructions on how to enter a team can be found by following the link from: www.winchester-rotary.org
