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Nov
Knaresborough bed race adopts swinging sixties theme for 60th year
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The Great Knaresborough Bed Race has adopted the theme of ‘the swinging sixties’ for its 2026 event.
The annual event, which will be held on June 13, is organised by Knaresborough Lions Club.
Each year it adopts a theme for teams to dress their beds in before the race, which involves pushing a bed for 2.4 miles around the town, takes place.
Jatinder Singh Kalsi, the Lions’ bed race chairman, said:
The Swinging Sixties theme will provide a wide canvas on which teams can express their famous creative talents to come up with imaginative displays.
At the same time, it is especially apt as this will be the 60th anniversary of the running of the Great Knaresborough Bed Race, first staged in 1966. The theme will commemorate a spectacular community event, the brightest star in Knaresborough’s calendar, and one that places the town firmly on the international map.
Entry forms will appear on the event’s website at the start of January and must be returned to the Lions by the end of February. A lottery to decide on the final places will be held in March.
Mr Kalsi added:
“We are delighted to report that the financial challenges of recent years have been overcome for 2026.
“Our thanks go to those local official bodies, commercial sponsors and participants who have stepped forward to ensure that the anniversary of the event’s sixth decade will be suitably recognised with a bumper bed race in 2026.
“We welcome the involvement of others, and any organisation and individual keen to support the bed race are invited to contact us, either on www.knaresboroughlions.org or www.bedrace.co.uk.”
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