This year’s Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, organised by Winchester Rotary in partnership with Winchester Cathedral, makes a welcome return on 13th February. The event starts at 12.30pm with entertainment and refreshments, including pancakes, available to purchase from the Cathedral mobile catering van, and the races start at 1.00pm.
Teams will race in Winchester Cathedral’s Outer Close, representing businesses, charities, churches and other organisations from the local community. The teams, consisting of four runners, will race two teams at a time in a relay (taking place between 1.00pm to 2.00pm). The course for each being 38 metres long with designated places where the runners must stop and toss their pancake… accidents will happen, laughter guaranteed!
There will be main prizes for the fastest team and the team wearing the best fancy dress costumes. The prizes will be presented at the end of the racing at around 2.00pm.
Click here for more details and instructions on how to enter a team.