The Great Ilkley Business Duck Race

The Great Ilkley Business Duck Race

Saturday April 20th 2024

Raising funds for our many charitable causes.

If you are a Business Owner in the area – can you help us ?  We want to fund improvements to our local environment and facilities, and fund social support in Ilkley and the surrounding area. A list of charities and activities we supported in 2023 is at the foot of this page - and this year we intend to support 

LS29 (Special Needs Support Group), Ilkley Youth Club (Summer of Fun), Great Ilkley Get Together (Food Parcels), Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley Community Transport, Ilkley Good Neighbours

     ........and other causes if we can raise the funds

We are once again running a major Duck Race featuring 6,000 Yellow Ducks on Race Day but to precede the Yellow Ducks we will launch Business Red Ducks  - sponsored by businesses and competing for 3 special prizes.

• 1^st Prize – A drinks reception for 25 at the elegant Ticket Office on Station Plaza - on a date of your choosing (sponsored by the Ticket Office)
• 2^nd Prize - Ilkley Gift Card worth £250 (sponsored by Ilkley BID)
• 3^rd Prize - 2 Magnums of Champagne    (sponsored by Ilkley Business Forum)

The Race

Each Red Duck is numbered – and the first 3 red ducks to the finish line win a prize. If you don't know how a Duck Race works - click here

Each Duck costs £50.

Rotarians will be visiting businesses around the town - but if you wish to secure your Duck (we sold out last year) please email Chris Jones on cbjemails@gmail.com 

The Red Duck race will start from the New Brook St Bridge at 2.15pm and will finish approx. 350 metres downstream. The race winners will be announced at approximately 3pm – if you are not on the field you will be contacted asap. The full Terms and Conditions of the race are available HERE.

Our Duck Sponsors so far :

The 2023 Race - Our Local Causes

Our 2023 Race was a great success - and these are the charities we were able to support with the funds raised :-

LS29 Special Needs Support Group, Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks, The Ilkley Bandstand Trust, Leeds & District Parkinsons Support, Riding for the Disabled, Manorlands  Hospice, Martin House Childrens Hospice, Ilkley Food Bank, Ilkley Good Neighbours, Ilkley Youth Community Association, Ilkley Carnival, Principle Trust Children’s Charity, Skipton FAST Aid,  Wharfedale Air Cadets

...........and we want to do so much more in 2024  !!!