Photos courtesy of Penrith Rotary and Luciano Vranich.

PENRITHRotary and Nepean Rotary once again joined forces to present this year’s annual ‘The Great Rotary Whitewater Duck Race’ at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium.

Joh Dickens, President Elect of Penrith Rotary said, “Wow, what a great event we had this year!
A beautiful day, with lots of people trying the water and watching our duck race.

“We had a corporate Panther duck race first ,and the ducks were all named for our Panthers. Jack Cole was the winner, with Vic Shipley from Power Smart Electric as the owner of that duck.

“We had a total of 30 ducks in that race and the buyers all got to keep their duck as a memento. Next year we have three prizes and will continue with this race as well.

“In the big race, we had just over 6,000 ducks and 1st place was won by a person from Mittagong, a lady from emu heights won 2nd place and a lady from Cranebrook won 3rd – winning numbers were 3311,1333 and
6707.

“We had quite a few local community ‘not for profit organisations’ involved, Penrith Waratahs, Penrith RSL Pipe Band, Luke Priddis Foundation, PCYC, Penrith Community Kitchen, Our Community Cares, Dragons Abreast, and Sunnyfield and together, we were able to raise approximately 35,000.00.

“We are looking forward to another great event next year around the same date.

“Also, Penrith Rotary will celebrate 80 years on the 8th November at Penrith RSL and we will be sending out invitations this week. We (Penrith Rotary) are the oldest Rotary club in this area and look forward to celebrating this great achievement.”