CROWDS flocked to Winchester Cathedral for the annual pancake day race.
February 21 marked Shrove Tuesday and the return of Winchester Rotary’s popular pancake race in the cathedral’s outer close.
Twenty six teams, including local businesses, charities, schools and former mayors, competed for the prizes of fastest time and best attire.
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Competitors, with their frying pans at the ready, had to run a stretch of 38m and flip their pancakes three times – at the beginning, middle and end of their leg before handing over to their team mate.
While the cathedral choristers from Pilgrims School grasped the fastest times it was business management consultant Lane Clark and Peacock LLP who won best dressed, with their four representatives dressing as an inflatable Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny, an elf and the Tooth Fairy.
Proceeds from the event will go towards the Hope Street Project and Trinity Winchester’s Women’s Services.
Winchester Rotary president Deborah Macartney said: “It’s a great event in Winchester which is becoming increasingly popular. It brings the community together and it’s all in aid of charities preventing domestic abuse.”
To watch the heats, see the outfits and hear from some of the runners watch the Chronicle’s Facebook Live video below.
Click through the gallery at the top of the page to see all the images from the event.
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