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May 2020

Knaresborough
Knaresborough

Knaresborough Bed Race 2020 makes virtual comeback

Published: 1 May 2020, 13:13 BST

by Connor Creaghan

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The Great Knaresborough Bed Race will go ahead this year in a virtual format after coronavirus forced organisers to cancel the spectacle.

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The Knaresborough Bed Race draws in lots of visitors. Photo: Andrew Hawkes/Knaresborough Bed Race

The Great Knaresborough Bed Race will go ahead this year in a virtual format after coronavirus forced organisers to cancel the spectacle.

Details are sparse at the moment but the 'Bed Race 2020 Unplugged' will take place on Saturday, June 13, 2020.

Over the coming weeks, the Knaresborough Lions Club will try to keep spirits high by getting the community involved in the bed race at a safe distance.

First up, the organisers have asked people to draw, paint, and make collages of beds to put up in their windows and send them into their Facebook page.

Amanda George, for the Knaresborough Lions, said today:

"We must not gather on the streets, so there will be nothing to go and see outside on the day – but people will be able to enjoy a virtual Bed Race experience from their homes. As ever, it will combine community spirit, joyful pageantry, gritty athleticism and downright quirkiness."