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The Newbury Crafty Craft Race began in 1974 A Carnival run by Newbury
Round Table in the late 1950s featured a Raft Race, but when Laurie Birch
ran the first event as we know it today, it was thought that the word
'raft' sounded a bit unsafe, so he christened it 'The Crafty Craft Race'.
Each year has a different fancy dress theme. The themes in recent years
have been:
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2010
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Battle of the Bands
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2009
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History
of Newbury
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2008
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Animal Antics
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2007
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The Silver Screen
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2006
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Teams of the World Cup
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2005
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Superheroes
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2004
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Going for
Gold! - The 2004 Kennet Games
This was both the year of the Olympics in Athens and the 50th Anniversary of the
formation of Newbury and District Round Table
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2003
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Movie Madness
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2002
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Cartoon Capers
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2001
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A
Kennet Odyssey
It turned out not to be much of an odyssey down the canal because this
year we confined the race to a circular course between the usual finish
line and the American Bridge. The reason for confining the race to the
Newbury environs was that the Foot and Mouth outbreak meant that there
was a risk of the disease being spread by people using the canal towpath.
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2000
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Surf the Kennet
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1999
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Carry on up the Kennet
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