St Georges Fayre

Our fundraising for charity of the year  2016 MAGPAS Air Ambulance is now well underway. Our Easter treasurer hunt was well supported by our mooring customers and netted £34.50 We are looking forward to again running boat trips at the March St George’s Fayre on Sunday 24^th April.  Boat trips leave from March Town Bridge on the hour and half hour from 10am until 4pm  costing £3.  Advanced booking is already open if you contact the office on 01354 652770.

Once again Gary will be your skipper as you view March from the waterway, may be spot the build plate under the town bridge and perhaps you will see an elusive kingfisher swoop in front of the boat in search for a meal.

Come and experience for yourself why Ratty said “There is nothing–absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows,

Private evening skippered trips will also be available later this year. The cost is £100 per boat and is for up to 10 guests. It involves a skippered boat trip for 1 ½ hours commencing at 7pm, a steward is on had to serve tea, coffee and biscuits.  The trip journeys through the town of March with its picturesque moorings and return. Trips can be booked by telephoning 01354 652770. These trips are idea for family celebrations and small interest group activities. The dates available are 23^rd, 24^th,25^th,  26^th May, and  20^th, 21^st, 23^rd June. Contact us for details.

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Finance Director Tracey Baxter said “I am delighted that we raised £529 and gave the people of March a taste of boating whether on a Day trip or a holiday the Waterways of Cambridgeshire are a great place to relax and play.  It is great to show a wider audience how much fun time on a narrowboat boat can be.”  The companies next fundraising Adventure for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices takes place on Saturday 30th May 2015 and will be their annual tea party cruise.  An hour and a half’s trip from the Marina including tea, coffee and freshly baked scones.  Tea Party trips can be booked by contacting the office on 01354 652770 and run from 10am.

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Our recent fundraiser was a tombola, there were some great prizes to be won, which were donated by the staff and customers. The tombola raised £222 for the charity.

We had a very successful day of boat trips on the 7^th June, where we ran trips from the marina to the west of March, through town past the March Festival and then to the Twenty Foot and back to the marina. We ran the trips from ten in the morning throughout the day, and raised £320. We are very grateful to all the wonderful people who turned up to support the event.

Then on the 31^st August, a team of our staff, Tracey & Gary Baxter, Pam Wright, Nicola Baxter, Emily Syred and Alan Stimpson did a sponsored cycle ride around Rutland Water, which was also a great success (and a lot of fun!) and £285 was raised during that event.

Other events this year have included book sales, trips at St George’s Fayre, and our staff giving talks about the marina to groups and organisations.

We will post our final total raised for the British Heart Foundation at the end of the year, and we are currently open to suggestions for which charity we should support next year. Please email your suggestions to reception@foxboats.co.uk

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