River Races 2008

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  Nathalie Crouch

Sunday is a day at the races! The Steve Faldo Memorial Barge Races re-enact the way watermen manoeuvred their barges in the dying art of barge driving. The Festival Races are traditional rowing events held in Wherries and Cutters, boats dating from the early fifteenth century.

Steve Faldo Memorial Barge Races

• 10.30 - 11am New-comers
  TowerBridge to WaterlooBridge
• 12.30 - 1pm Old-timers
  TowerBridge to WestminsterBridge

Festival Races

• 3.30 - 3.45pm Waterman's Company's Cutter Trophy
• 4.30 - 4.45pm ‘Plop and Pull' Fancy Dress Trophy
  River between VauxhallBridge and Millennium Bridge

Commentary on Millennium Bridge

Sunday 14 September - 10.30am - 4.45pm

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