Trident Honda sponsor the Dragon Boat Races and Family Fun Day
On Sunday 14th May the Woking & Sam Beare Hospice Dragon Boat Races and Family Fun Day will be back at Goldsworth Park Lake. This colourful family event which started back in 2014 is now in its seventh year (with a forced two year break due to COVID) and has been kindly sponsored by Trident Honda in Ottershaw since 2016.
Richard Roberts, Managing Director of Trident Honda Ottershaw said, “We are once again delighted in 2023 to be the main sponsor of the WSBH Dragon Boat race. Such a fabulous day’s entertainment for all participants and spectators, combined with raising money for such a fabulous cause”.
“We choose to support the Hospice due to the benefit it brings to the community that we have been a part of over the years, when we first started supporting the hospice in 1992, we had dealerships in Woking, Ottershaw, Weybridge and Thames Ditton, a lot of that area was mirrored by the area the Hospice provide their care. We also have a personal connection to the hospice, my grandmother died in the Sam Beare Hospice in 1982 and my father died in the Hill View Road Hospice in 2017 and over the years members of our staff have had family members who have also been supported by WSBH so we understand first-hand how important the Hospice is to our community”.
The Dragon Boat Races consist of 20 teams racing against each other across Goldsworth Park Lake working their way through the rounds to the grand finale. The teams are a mixture of corporate supporters, local sports clubs and teams rowing in memory of a loved one plus the “Hospice Heroes” made up of staff and volunteers from the across the hospice and Trident Honda’s team the “Trident Otters.
“We would like to say a huge thank you to Richard Roberts and Trident Honda for once again sponsoring our Dragon Boat Races we are incredibly grateful”. Commented Phil Wormley Director of Fundraising, Woking & Sam Beare Hospice “Their commitment to the hospice is incredible and it allows us to hold these fantastic events in the community raising much needed funds”.
Alongside the Dragon Boat Races will be the Family Fun Day beside the lake with refreshments including a bar-b-q, noodle bar, crepes and a Pimm’s tent plus Facepainting, tombola, plant sale, hook a duck, lucky dip, raffle and more. The Family Fun Day is FREE to enter with lots to keep everyone entertained whilst cheering on the Dragon Boat Teams.
Kicking off the event will be the Chinese Association whose Lions will perform a traditional Dragon Awakening ceremony and who also visited Trident Honda in Ottershaw along with the Hospice Marketing and Events team for a fun photo shoot.
The Dragon Boat Races and Family Fun Day take place at Goldsworth Park Lake on Sunday 14th May, 10am – 4pm.