The 17th Annual Duck Race

The Annual Benefit for U-19 Girls Soccer Club
and K.C. Geiger Park
6:00 p.m. ~ SummerFest Sunday, August 16, 2009
On the River in Memorial Park, St. Marys, Ohio

First Prize

Sponsored By:
St. Marys U-19 Girls Soccer
Rables
The Hairline
Fowler's TV
Kuck Realty
Wilson Orthopaedic and Sports PT
St. Marys Chrysler
St. Marys Eagles Aerie 767

Buy Duck Race Tickets Early and Often!

Support K.C. Geiger Park:
attend the Riverside Bluesfest
Saturday on Labor Day weekend.

Buy Bluesfest Tickets at TicketWeb!

DUCK RACE Ticket Information:

FIVE BUCKS EACH.

or CLICK HERE to email the Duck Race Committee.

Aug. 14-16, tickets will be sold at the St. Marys SummerFest
in the bright yellow Duck Booth on Chestnut Street.

QUACK! (Good Luck!)

Buy a Duck?

Buy a Duck!

Duck Race Records Set in 2005:

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 2004:

2542 Tickets Sold ~ 140 Prizes ~ $12,710 for K.C. Geiger Park

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 2002:

120 Prizes.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 2000:

$10,962 in Ca$h & Prizes.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 1999:

2238 Tickets Sold. ~ 107 Prizes ~ $10,759 in Ca$h & Prizes. ~ $11,190 for K.C. Geiger Park.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

Duck Race Records Set in 1998:

2081 Tickets Sold. ~ 42 Prizes ~ $8383 in Ca$h & Prizes. ~ $10,405 for K.C. Geiger Park.

Our Annual Goal is to improve on last year's numbers.

What is a DUCK RACE?

(You could read the Rules, but I'm warning you...)

At 6:00 p.m. sharp the gate is raised... *and they're off!*
	Hundreds of thousands - well, hundreds, anyway (exactly 2,000 in 2006) - of numbered rubber ducks (one for each $5 ticket sold) are released on the St. Marys River as the nearby Memorial Park Clock Bell Tower strikes 6 o'clock. The unpredictable current carries the yellow rubber ducks 1/2 a furlong - about 120 yards - downstream at speeds measured in the tenths of a mile/hour.

The ducks float on the lazy current of the St. Marys River.

Hundreds of thousands - well, thousands, anyway (no kidding) - of race fans come to the riverbank to watch the spectacle. Throwing stuff at the ducks or at the DUCK RACE officials in the water is considered bad form, and will draw stern rebukes from the knowledgeable fans (and especially from the DUCK RACE officials).

The Official Duck Race Officials await the winners...

Duck Race Finish The ducks approach the finish line to qualify for prizes (more than $6,000 in cash and merchandise in 2007). DUCK RACE officials in the yellow shirts and hats place the winners into the chute immediately.

***Memorial Park Clock Tower, St. Marys, Ohio***
The annual DUCK RACE takes place on Sunday during the St. Marys SummerFest, the second weekend of August each year. The fifteen DUCK RACEs run to date have generated nearly $130,000 for the K.C. Geiger Park Improvement Committee, a private, non-profit organization. 2008 is the first year for the DUCK RACE to be sponsored jointly by the St. Marys Girls U-19 Soccer Club and the KC Geiger Park Committee. Learn more DR trivia in the Duck Race Archives.

The Annual St. Marys River SummerFest Duck Race
is a fund-raising activity of St. Marys Girls U-19 Club Soccer, a non-profit organization.

Race Entrant Owner chances of winning depends on how many tickets are sold.
EVENT Officials are not required by law to inform the public that buying twice as many tickets doubles the chances of winning.

Why a Duck?

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