Super Duck Cheque Lands at Lorne Resource Centre
A race within a race, the Super Duck Competition, took place on a glorious Saturday in August as part of the Oban Rotary Club’s annual Charity Duck Race.
The Super Ducks are sponsored by local businesses and the first duck to the bay earns the winning business the opportunity to present a donation of £250 from the Rotary Club to a charity of their choice.
This year’s lucky duck was sponsored by Roddy’s Garage who selected the Lorne Resource Centre to be the recipient of the donation. Roddy’s decided to donate an additional £250 to the organisation and on October 4th Mark Cain, Office Manager at Roddy’s Garage and Ciorsti Baxter, President of Rotary Club of Oban went along to the Lorne Resource Centre to meet with the team and some of the people they support and to present a cheque for £500.
Ciorsti said, “We are so thankful that the Duck Race is so well supported by local businesses and the community. It’s one of our biggest fund raisers and all the money goes back into the Community. The Super Duck Race was a recent innovation that give us another opportunity to engage with local businesses. It really is win – win – win for the business, the charity, and the Club."
Pictured with Lorne Resource Centre staff and some the people they support are (3rd from left) Mark Cain, Roddy’s Garage and (6th from left) Ciorsti Baxter, President of the Rotary Club of Oban.
The Rotary Club meets at the Royal Hotel, Argyll Square at 12.45pm for 1.00pm lunch most Tuesdays. If you are passionate about our community and would like to learn more about how you can make a positive contribution and get involved Rotary Club of Oban please visit our website (www.obanrotary.org.uk), our FaceBook page(@TheRotaryClubofOban) or email us at secretary@obanrotary.org.uk.
Please note that the wearing of duck suits in August is not mandatory, yet.
The winning Super Duck, and first duck overall by quite a margin, was number 48 sponsored by McCallum Roofing. They will be able to award £250 to their chosen local charity. The winner of the multi-coloured open duck race was Blue 57 earning Jacobi White, Julie McFarlane Barrow, Fiona McInnes and Ian McCraken first prize of £60 in Love Oban Vouchers. Second was Blue 89 securing £25 in Love Oban Vouchers for Logan Blennie, Bill Moore, Robert Thomson and Francis Devlin. Breaking up a Blue clean sweep was Yellow 44 coming in third and handing £15 in Love Oban Vouchers to John Barbour, Sarah McGill, Dawn Aveard and Christine Hill. Big thank you to BID4Oban who co-sponsored the prize fund and helped promoted this years event.
The Rotary Club of Oban would like to thank Super Duck sponsors; Jacksons Butcher, PDK Shellfish, Sea Kayak Oban, Bid4Oban, Ee-Usk, Walton Electrical, MacIntyres of Oban, The Sports Shop Oban, The Manor House Hotel, The Jetty Gallery, Oban Whisky & Fine Wines, Go Naked Veg, T Barbour Ltd, Morham & Brotchie, McCallum Roofing, Caley Fisheries, Argyll Aesthetics, MacQueen Brothers, Caroline Whalley, E Thornton & Co Solicitors, Trinity Hairdressers, Etonella Christlieb, The Oban Times, Oban Port Users, Cuan Mor, Highland Clarity, Cluckie & Paterson Insurance Brokers, The Oban Inn, Iona Shop, MKM Building Supplies, Andy Newiss & Co Ltd, Mathesons Furnishings, Drummore Road Building Services, Rutherfords Hairdressers, Perle Hotel Oban, Chalmers of Oban, The Kilchrenan Inn & The Oban Fish & Chip Shop.
