News

Pram Race 2024 - The Results

An excellent Pram Race with great participation and crowds to watch lots going on all round the village. The Winners are:

 

Fastest: 28 - The PJ masks (pictured left)
 
Best engineered: 24 - Team Spanners
 
Best dressed: 27 - The OG’s

The OG's (best dressed)

Team Spanners (best engineered)

2024 Pram is now open join in now!

 

https://tinyurl.com/Pram-Race-2024

 

 

£7,300 RAISED FOR CHARITY!!

 

 

The Pram Race Committee are delighted to announce that the 2023 Pram race raised a total of £7,300 available to distribute to charity.

 

£800 of this total includes charities nominated by our marshals.

 

All the charities who will benefit are listed below:

 

 

 

Thanks to all the racers, spectators, marshals, pubs and others who helped to achieve this total

 

 

We will be presenting these charities with these amounts and will do a further update here with that.

The 2023 Winners are:

 

Best dressed (Pram Race trophy): The Red Sparrows

 

Best engineered (Gordon Murray trophy): Team Martini

 

Fastest (John Sanderson Trophy): a joint award between All the Beer and No Idea & Team Martini with an astonishing time of 19.5mins!!

 

These trophies are on display in the coffee shop at the Windlesham community hub.

 

Thanks to all of the teams which entered and took part, this year saw a more traditional pram race with good behaviour and cleanliness which was enjoyed by all. See you next year!

 

  • 100 years of Disney
  • All the Beer and No Idea
  • Astronaut & Aliens
  • Barbie’s and Ken’s
  • Christmas Leftovers
  • CRFC Wanderers
  • Disco Queens
  • Dodgeball
  • End Pokemon Captivity
  • Fucdu Rassie
  • Goth Girl Racing
  • GSA
  • Holly Berries
  • Honkey Donkey
  • Just Stop Oil
  • Kurupt Pram
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Road Crew
  • School Boys
  • Secret Squirrel
  • Shrimps on the Barbie
  • Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter
  • Team Barbie & Ken
  • Team Martini
  • The Eskimos
  • The Mandalorians
  • The Mario Brothers
  • The Oktoberfest Rot Brigade
  • The Red Sparrows
  • Thunderbeers are go
  • Virtucon Industries
  • Willy wonkys

 

 

 

with thanks to Windlesham & Camberley Camera club for these photos.

A word from our sponsors...

Further thanks in order to the following sponsors of the Pram Race:

 

Evolved Pilates

 

Our aim is to help our clients be more resilient, to feel longer & stronger and avoid injury so they are able to do the things they really love to do in life.
Our trainers complete thorough, rigorous accreditation programs. Many have specialisations, ranging from strength & conditioning training to working with clients with special challenges such as MS, osteoarthritis and recovering surgeries.
So if you’ve not joined the Evolved community yet there is no time like the present! Simply email tara@evolved-pilates.com or visit www.evolved-pilates.com to find out more.
We are delighted to be sponsoring the historic Windlesham Pram Race and wish all the competitors the best of luck.
 
Newton Rowe
 

Newton Rowe Estate Agents- Your local property agents, selling and renting property in Windlesham and surrounding villages. Proud sponsors to the Pram Race 2023.– 01276 986900

 

Macs Autos

 

Macs Autos Ltd is a family run business and has been established in Windlesham for over 50 years. We pride ourselves on having a trustworthy and honest relationship with our customers.

 

The business was started by Don MacDonald and is now owned by his son Jeff and managed by his son RJ. There are family members working throughout the business and we also employ several apprentices.

 

Have a look at our google Reviews page to find out more about us!

 
 

14/12/23 - The Half Moon and whats on offer at this historic pub added to "The Route"

Blue Mushroom - sponsoring the Pram Race

With thanks to our sponsor Blue Mushroom a progressive print, photocopy, display and graphic design company who are based in Chertsey. Established in 1990 and providing high quality lithographic and digital printing, photocopying, large format and exhibition displays.

 

Blue Mushroom have kindly helped us out with leaflets and race day material free of charge.

 

We have established a reputation for quality, reliability and value-for-money, this means your important print and design jobs will be in safe hands with us. We pride ourselves on giving excellent customer service and we are considered to be one of best graphic design and print outlets in the area.

With highly skilled graphic designers and experienced print and finishing operatives we are able to give you a printing service above and beyond your expectations - from receipt of artwork right through to final delivery.

 

So please consider them for your design or printing needs...

 

 

Adding Team Members to an existing Team

Go to the registration website and pick the team name and then enter the team password that would have been set up by the team captain when they registered, they can then add themselves to the team.

 

The captain will then get an email to confirm changes to the team.

The Route - stop 1,2 and 3

As we get closer to the Race itself we are going to focus on the stops along the route.

 

These stops consists largely of the fantastic pubs we have in the village.

 

Navigate to "The Route" to see further details on what each pub will be offering on Boxing Day 2023, to help you plan your route whether you're spectating, racing or even helping out.

Our suppliers and donations received

A big thanks to our suppliers who are helping out on Boxing Day and some of which have given much needed donations to help pay for the day!

 

 

Pram Race Route and Information

 

 

Download the PDF below to see the 2023 route and rough timings

 

 

Download
Pram Race route and Info
Download the racer pack to see the route and some info on how the race will work
Racer Pack-1.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [886.5 KB]

Results are in for the Windlesham Pram Race Poll!

 

Results were taken from the Facebook poll as well as through email for those with no access to Facebook.

 

Following suggestions for local charities put forward by our marshals we then put the vote out to the community and decided to allocate funds in proportion to votes received:

Windlesham Field of Remembrace with 50% of the votes!

Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue with 25% of the votes!

Quest RDA with 25% of the votes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register for the pram race now

BREAKING NEWS

 

Pram Race registration is now Live!!!

 

Follow this link to sign up:

 

https://tinyurl.com/3eppb624

 

grab your friends, family, neighbours and join in.

 

We do still need marshals to help the event run smoothly so why not join in that way if you aren't running? Email chiefmarshal@pramrace.com to find out more.

 

For the latest updates consider following our channel on whatsapp (the updates feature), join here: Windlesham Pram Race Whatsapp Channel (or click the whatsapp image on the right and Join the Channel)

 

Finally The Pram Race relies on the generosity of our supporters and sponsors to keep going if you would like to donate please consider donating on our justgiving page. Again the link can be found on the right hand side of this page. 

 

If you're interested in becoming a sponsor please get in touch with us at info@pramrace.com.

Windlesham Pram Race 2023

This year’s Windlesham Pram Race will be on 26th December 2023, with the race itself starting from from 10:15am. Funds raised from the last event in 2022 have paid for the new defibrillator that was installed at the St John church in Windlesham.
 
The route will as usual start from Gordon Murray going down Chertsey Road passing The Brickmakers, The Surrey Cricketers and The Sun.
 
The route then goes up Updown Hill past the Rashoi and then looping through Pound Lane past the Half Moon and The Windlesham Club & Theatre before finishing at the Field of Remembrance by around 1pm.
 
We aim to have vendors on the Field of Remembrance itself as we did last year.
 
Yes the pubs (and other local businesses) will be open during the Race and serving Food and drink (and many before the race).
 
The website will be updated including details of registration once we have finalised a few more details.
 
We will provide more regular updates as we near December.
 
 
 
 
 

1/2/23 - the following is an excerpt taking from the Windlesham magazine, help support the magazine and buy a copy (available from the Post Office in Windlesham)

 

Restarting the Windlesham Pram Race

 

The Pram Race has been run on Boxing Day in varying formats for well over 50 years.

 

Our primary purpose in restarting the race after the Covid restrictions has been to raise money for charity and support deserving causes in the local community.

 

Many who took part in a survey prior to the event wanted the Pram Race format to continue but want it modified to address some of the behavioural issues that have been experienced in the past few years.

 

We have many lessons to learn and adjustments to make. That is especially the case with the format changes to produce a more family-oriented event.

 

We believe that supporting the village pubs and the Club is important; several of whom chose to open after the race was over.

 

Putting on an event of this type requires the support of a huge number of people and commercial organisations. We wish to thanks to our commercial sponsors and supporters:

 

  • Gordon Murray Group;
  • Newton Rowe;,
  • Frog Bikes;
  • The Wooldridge Group;
  • Shorts Group;
  • The Windlesham Club and
  • The Rashoi.

 

There can be no race without our excellent 28 volunteer marshals who also deserve special thanks.

 

We will be back next year. The Pram Race will continue to evolve and change.

 

If you share our commitment to raising money for charity and believe that you can work with us to improve the organisation of the Pram Race for 2023, please contact us.

 

Congratulations to all those who participated in this year's Pram Race.

 

Winners as follows:

 

Fastest - Sanderson Trophy – Crispy Boys (see picture to the left, bottom row)

Best Dressed - The Boys (see picture below)

Best Engineered – Team Martini

(see picture to the left, top row)

Also pictured are the recipients of the Frog Bikes prize for our younger participants

For more pictures from the event please have a look on our instagram page:

 

https://www.instagram.com/windleshampramrace/

Gordon Murray Challenge Trophy

Yet another spectacular trophy created by the Gordon Murray Group, to win this you will need to be judged as the Best Engineered Trophy - well worth going for looking at this!

 

A reminder that there is still time to enter the Race and potentially get your hands on this and the other trophies. In any case by entering you help raise money for charities, or just be spectating and donating on the day you will also do this and keep the Pram Race gonig strong!

 

Alternatively follow the Just Giving Link and donate to help.

The Windlesham Pram Race - JustGiving

 

 

Drinks & Donations

Suttons and The Sun will be providing coffees and teas in the morning whilst the race is running. From The Sun:

 

We’re open at The Sun from 12pm. We will also be serving tea and hot chocolate along with burgers and hotdogs from the garden for people who are watching to aid with the cold weather.

 

How you can help The Windlesham Prace Race (The Pram Race charity can only help local good causes if we receive significant public donations, both before the race and on the day)

  • take part and race (follow the registration link on the Home page)
  • come on the day and spectate + donate
  • Donate via the Just Giving page (see on the right)

Road Closures

 

Click on the "2022 Route incl Road Closures" to see details of which roads are closed and when.

 

Donations on the day

Can be by cash into the usual buckets or by card to the marshals at the following locations:

 

  1. Start - ChertseyRd/Higham lane jct
  2. Outside The Cricketers
  3. The Sun
  4. Half Moon
  5. Finish - Field of Remembrance

 

Please sign up ASAP

Whilst we had made a promising start to sign ups last week unfortunately this is no longer the case and we are starting to fall short of making the required minimum number for the event  to run at all.

 

We have a number of fixed costs to meet and if we are short on sign ups we may have to call the event off.

 

Please help to save the future of The Pram Race. Racers can compete for trophies like this - The John Sanderson trophy for the Fastest Racer kindly donated by Conrad previously of The Half Moon

Finished Pram Race Trophy (look out for posts with the other trophies coming soon)!

The new Pram Race trophy is looking rather magnificent after the work kindly done by Gordon Murray Group (see below). For reference here is what it used to look like! PLEASE SIGN UP ASAP!!

Frog Bikes, the lightweight kids bikes, have kindly agreed to sponsor the Children’s Race.

Frog Bikes have donated a goodie bag for each of the members of the winning team. Included in this goodie bag is a discount voucher off a bike.

Frog Bikes were founded in 2013 and have created quality, lightweight & affordable kids' bikes. Frog's child-centred approach has earned them global accolade; industry awards for innovation and design, a UK award-winning factory, around 1,800 retailers worldwide and thriving partnerships.

Frog Bikes

Pram Race Trophy

Thanks to the Gordon Murray Group for kindly helping to rennovate the Pram Race Trophy.

 

Some photos of ‘Si Fly’ working on the Pram Trophy - we look forward to the finished work

Check back here regularly to find out the latest on the Pram Race!