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Cardboard Boat Race 2008

Teams and Results
Shaded yellow rows indicate prize winners

A. SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED COURSE (PICKED UP OLYMPIC PING PONG BALL AND RETURNED TO FINISH)
Team Name	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	Address	Previous entry?	Time completed course	Position/Prize
The Embarrassing Dads	The Coxless Three	Neil Polwart	Alisdair Chisholm Duncan Turner	32 St Magdalenes Linlithgow 01506 844636	First time	1 min 2 sec	1^st – silver trophy
Shinty Club	The Jolly Smurf	Gregor Campbell	Kyle McLachlan Isobel Barton Anna Giannelli	1 Kettil’stoun Mains Linlithgow 01506 848592	Second time	1 min 24 sec	2^nd prize
Linlithgow Air Cadets	439	Stuart Greig	Ewan McCurrach Jack Gardener-Smyth	c/o Air Cadets 61 Priory Road Linlithgow 07920 080 579	First time	1 min 36 sec	3^rd prize
Dynamic Duo	Unsinkable II	Cameron Matheson-Dear	Finlay McCartney	63 Pilgrims Hill Linlithgow 07809 452012	Fifth time (sunk several times before)	1 min 48 sec	4th
Deacon’s Court	DCIII	Dougie Ure	Martin Brown Cameron Easton	35 Braehead Terrace Linlithgow 01506 844690	Third time (won Yellow Duck Trophy last year)	1 min 55 sec	5th
Go For Gold	Team GB	Aiesha Denver	Katie Shaw	39 Stewart Terrace South Queensferry 07886556409	First time	1 min 57 sec	6th
Cruise (Army Cadets)	Cruise	Crysta McGowan	Rachel [surname not given on form]	40 Bomains Rd Bo’ness 01506 828516	About fifth time (capsized last year)	2 min 38 sec	7th

B. SANK / OVERTURNED / ABANDONED
Team Name	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	Address	Previous entry?	Time sank	Position/Prize
Sharpeedos	Sharpeedo	Daniel Bell	Aaron Fraser Ian Smith	23 Burgess Hill Linlithgow 01506 671326	First time	1.7 sec	Wooden Spoon for Quickest Capsize
Bill’s Brood [Grandchildren of Bill Watt, who first thought up idea of Cardboard Boat Race in 1980s]	The Caribbean Queen	Jen Hutton	Sam Hutton	31 Mill Road Linlithgow 01506 843746	Second time	1.8 sec	Yellow Duck Trophy for Most Entertaining Team [colourful fancy dress and a spectacular capsize]
Ramco	Rock Steady	Simon Ramsay	Siobhan Coleman Lisa Stupart	100 Bailielands Linlithgow 01506 848000	First time	2 sec
The Fluffy Bunnies	Giraffe the Rabbit	Eilidh Mills	Natalie Ward	10 Longcroft Gardens 01506 844204	Skipper’s second time	3 sec
Drown’d Table [The Round Table]	Das Boot	Kevin McPhillips	Tom Stewart	15 Springfield Road 01506 846652	First time	4 sec
J&J (Army Cadets)	The J&J Courage of Wales and Scotland	Jo [surname not given on form]	John [surname not given on form]	7 Mingle Place Bo’ness 07858822952	About fifth time	4 sec
St John’s Church	Banana Split	Martin Rumsey	Steve Begarnie	21 Pilgrims Hill Linlithgow 847877	First time	5 sec
Bobalihnio	Bobalihnio	Holly Lockhart	Emel Barbirou Roisin O’Dwyer	27/4 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh 07812 103976	First time	8 sec
The Vixen Vikings	ÁBEE	Áine Bailey	Beth Melling Eilidh Anderson Erin Taylor	4 Haining Valley Steading Linlithgow 01324 717928	First time	9 sec	Bill Watt Trophy for Most Ingenious Boat Design [Viking Dragon boat with curved narrow keel and dragon’s head]
Team GD	The Coffin	Douglas Briton	Glen Cormack	107 Sheriff’s Park Linlithgow 842449	First time [Glen is Minister at St John’s Church]	14 sec
The Happy Rafters	The Floater	Jamie Clark James Anderson [joint skippers]		13 Burgess Hill Linlithgow 671526	Second time	17 sec [very small raft, paddled it round with hands]
Whatever Floats Your Boat (Army Cadets)	Rock Bottom	Nicole [surname not given]	Sandie [surname not given on form]	3 Birkhill Street Bo’ness 01506 204245	Second time - capsized last year	1 min 27 sec
The Vikings	The Viking Not-So-Long-Boat	Louis Fraser	Jock Lockhart	27/4 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh 07812 103976	First time	1 min 55 sec

Notes:

Twenty entries – the most ever. Eleven first time entries.

Several in fancy dress: eg. The Caribbean Queen team in Rasta hats, The Fluffy Bunnies with rabbit ears, the Vixen Vikings with Viking helmets, tabards, swords, and furry boots. Two Viking-themed boats, a rabbit, a shark, a banana,

The Deacon’s Court boat had a tall mast (very wobbly) and sail, plus its own lifeboat.

Two boats were glorified surfboards/rafts, with no sides.

The J&J was possibly the smallest boat ever (apart from the year someone entered a solitary cardboard box).

Some of the first time entries included:

The Round Table, under the name of the Drown’d Table

St John’s Church, which put in two boats. One was a large surfboard shape, worryingly called The Coffin, crewed by the Minister Glen Cormack. The other was a barrel-shaped little yellow beauty, The Banana Split, which rolled over instantly as predicted by the judges.

The Embarrassing Dads (the winners), who dreamed up the idea late one night, possibly in the pub.

The Lockhart family and friends from Edinburgh, who entered two boats, one of which sank in 8 seconds (Bobalihnio), and one which lasted nearly two minutes before surrendering to the waves (The Viking Not-So-Long-Boat).