Team up for pancake fun and raise money for Windsor and Maidenhead charity, businesses urged
Let's make it bigger and batter than ever – that's the challenge to local Windsor and Maidenhead businesses with less than a month to go before Maidenhead's popular Shrove Tuesday pancake race on February 5.
With mince pies and yule log a thing of Christmas just past, foodies can now look ahead to the next seasonal culinary delight – the annual Windsor and Maidenhead challenge of the hotly-contested pancake race through the town centre.
In time-honoured fashion the New Year gauntlet has been thrown down by Maidenhead Town Partnership and Maidenhead Shopmobility to find the town's champion "flippers" – with businesses being urged to add to last year's mix of competitors and encourage even more members of their staff to join the race to see who's batter!
King Street will once again be the site of the popular showdown – with the heat on for Sainsbury's to repeat their winning ways of last year when they beat off stiff competition from a field of 20 teams to clinch first and third places.
Windsor and Maidenhead Teams of two will cover the 50-yard course along the pedestrianised stretch of King Street between the Odeon cinema and the David Lloyd gym, tossing their pancakes at least twice along the route or facing the penalty of going back to the start line!
Organised jointly by the Town Partnership and Shopmobility, there is a minimum donation of £5 from every two-person team, with proceeds going towards the cost of a new Shopmobility scooter.
Cllr David Burbage, chairman of Maidenhead Town Partnership, said: "Maidenhead's pancake race has become a real fixture on the town's busy events calendar, and competition is always high among teams taking part.
"I would like to encourage even more teams to sign up for the race and get in training for this fun, social event – and help to raise money for a really worthwhile cause at the same time."
For application forms, or for further information about the race, contact Steph James, Maidenhead town manager, on 01628 796128.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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