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Hook a duck The Castle to Castle swim needed support boats
Newton Abbot Carnival fete in July contained a and safety vessels. Several Falmouth members
new event, Hook a Duck, thanks to the local used their boats to help as more than 200 brave
Rotary Club President, Martin Smith. participants who went in at the Pendennis side,
In the town’s Courtenay Park, all the youngsters aiming to raise about £15,000 for the RNLI. Other
received a prize from the game, which raised Rotarians and their friends fried up sausages and
£133 on the day, though Martin Smith said: “It bacon and served tea and coffee to hundreds of
wasn’t about raising money, more about being hungry helpers and swimmers in the shadow of St
involved in the Carnival and meeting the local Mawes Castle.
community.
Falmouth thanked Speedyhire for the loan of
Lily Ball and Jessica and Sebastian Keefe generators, Falmouth School for the loan of
with Rotarian David Griggs. electric urns and the King Harry Ferry, which gave
helpers free passage.
More from Martin Smith on
martrcna@outlook.com. More from Bob Bridges, Falmouth Bulletin editor,
In the swim on bridgesbob114@gmail.com.
Falmouth members have been helping out as
plucky swimmers have been covering a mile in A message from incoming RI
open water from Pendennis Point to St Mawes to President John Germ
raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat
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