More than 130 competitors take to Castle Street to flip their pancakes
More than 130 intrepid pancake racers of all ages and abilities braved the cold wind and took to Castle Street at midday on Shrove Tuesday (March 1) to try to win one of the coveted Hinckley BID Pancake Race Trophies.
Following in the footsteps of when the first pancake race started 577 years ago in Olney, Bucks, our racers ran up the hill in small groups and stopped every 10 metres to flip their pancake, before running to the next of three flipping points. Several had dressed especially for the occasion, including Wonder Woman and Matty the Mattress Man.
Mayor of Hinckley and Bosworth, Councillor Ted Hollick, presented the trophies to the worthy winners and every entrant was awarded a specially-crafted commemorative medal.
The two “Best Dressed Pancake Flipper” trophies went to Sefton Winslade, the pastoral support officer at Westfield Junior School, who dressed up as Wonder Woman and Matty the Mattress, from Vogue Beds Group.
The Excellent Effort awards went to Mark Richards from Hinckley Adult Learners and “Princess Elsa”. The Junior Race Runner-up was Zane, aged 10, from Westfield Junior School and the overall Junior Race Winner was Jack, 11, who ran from St Mary’s Primary School.
The Senior Race Runner-up was Tom Bright from Fosse 107, while the overall Senior Race Winner was Michael Cornish, from Armstrongs Lester and Co - who fought off fierce competition from runner-up Tom.
The proceedings were described by several of the big crowd (including a number of visitors to Leicestershire from Hong Kong), who had gathered to watch as a “very enjoyable free community event”.
The next free to watch large events organised by Hinckley BID are the Soap Box Derby, to be held on Castle Street on Sunday, June 26 and the Classic Motor Show, to be held in Hinckley town centre on Sunday, September 18. Details of all the Hinckley BID events are shown on www.hinckleybid.co.uk.
To join in, please look at www.hinckleybid. co.uk or call 01455 698494.