Great Yorkshire Duck Race, 9th August 2009, Bolton Abbey

Victor Watson, Huddersfield Town Crier. The Town Crier officially started the races.

Midway through race, view upstream towards abbey.

Winning Duck 10217. Taken moments after it won.

Winning Duck 10217, just collected out of the river.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance, flying next to abbey. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance is one of the beneficiaries of the day.

View upstream with abbey.

Start of the race. Thousands of people line the river bank. 120,000 ducks released.

Just after race starts.

Preparing the ducks. Public invited to throw ducks behind the release net.

Phoning through the winning duck, number 10217.

Ducks get racing at startline.

Further downstream, crowds watch from the banks.

Ducks in river, crowds watching.

River full of ducks.

Crowds watching the duck race.pg

Downstream, more people watch the race.

Corporate sponsor duck gets swamped by white racing ducks.

Crowds watching the race, abbey in background.

After the race, volunteers collecting the ducks into big bags.

ADSA duck. Corporate sponsor winning duck.

Photos from the Great Yorkshire Duck Race, Bolton Abbey, 9th August 2009. Freely available to media under Creative Commons Attribution license. Please email to express an interest, or notify use of image: http://www.mattcornock.co.uk/contact . Full (hi-resolution) versions for media available: http://www.mattcornock.co.uk/great-yorkshire-duck-race .

Details on the duck race available from: http://www.thegreatyorkshireduckrace.co.uk/

Submitted by Matt Cornock on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 18:12

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