Campaign to save Moat Race

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save Wells’ Moat Boat Race from cancellation.

- PHILIP WELCH [e-mail]

‘The city’s Lions have organised this iconic August Bank Holiday event for many years but are now reduced to only two active members.

“It would be a tragedy for Wells if the tradition of raft racing on the Bishop's Palace moat on that Bank Holiday was to end,” said Ian Williams of Wells Lions.

“This unique annual event, which started in 1963, has provided many generations of Wellsenians with a day of community fun and helped put the city ‘on the map’ as a place to visit.