Bracknell

On 20th February at the sixth annual Bracknell Pancake Race, organised by the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership (BRP), local businesses will be pitting themselves against each other to raise money for charity.

So if you’re skilled in running around a kitchen juggling food, or simply used to working under pressure, now is your chance to jump out of the fire and into the frying pan by rounding up three colleagues and entering the Pancake Race which is supported by the Bracknell News. Teams of four will compete against each other to win one of four trophies, running a short course in The Broadway in Bracknell Town Centre. The Grange Bracknell Hotel is donating regulation pancakes for participants to toss, so each team will just need to bring a medium sized frying pan to share.

Bracknell residents are also invited to come along and watch the flipping good fun; the Shrove Tuesday activity is always a hit with teams dressing up to improve their flipping aerodynamics or just to get their picture in the paper!

Speed, endurance, skill and determination will win the race which starts at 12.30pm in Broadway, earning victorious teams a trophy presented by the Mayor of Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Cllr Cliff Thompson.

The entry fee is £5 per person and all proceeds raised from the event will be split evenly between two local charities; the Mayor’s charity – Age Concern and the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance which provides a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service for the people of the Thames Valley, covering the whole of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The latter is the chosen charity of Bracknell Regeneration Partnership – the organisers of the event.

Deadline for registration is 19th February, although you can still register on the day. To register please call Vikki Mackrory at the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership on 01344 350080.

Bracknell Regeneration Partnership