"Pangbourne Water Rats are in the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant!"
Pangbourne Water Rats were formed in 2001 to enter that year's Great River Race on the Thames, and they have taken part almost every year since. Their boat is "Messing About" - a Salters Skiff - belonging to Nick and Kat Syfret. Each year 4 people row in the race - drawn from the following pool of rowing talent: Nicholas and Kath
arine Syfret, John and Jennifer South, Matilda Oppenheimer, Neil King, Belinda Drew and Antonia des Forges. We heard about the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant in October 2011 through our contacts with the GRR and John made an online application. Our reason for being included was:
"To celebrate the pleasures found by families up and down the Thames who enjoy messing about on the river"
Our ideas for decoration were:
"In addition to the Pangbourne Water Rats flag, other flags and bunting, with a Wind in the Willows theme"
On December 31st 2011 they heard that they had been selected as one of the 1000 boats to take part in the Pageant. We've set up this page to record our progress in preparing for the big day on 3rd June 2012.
