WALTON - On Saturday, July 22, Delaware County 4-Hers met at Walton’s Third Brook for the 19th annual Delaware County 4-H Duck Race. The ducks were launched down the Third Brook and landed at the Delaware Street Bridge. Spectators and 4-Hers watched the 648 colorful ducks float down the brook.
This year’s winners were:
Duck race
• 1st place winner was Liam Homovich, Downsville, winning $500; was sold by Kerry Young from the Kountry Kids & Kritters 4-H Club from Walton.
• 2nd place winner was Leslie Mokay, Delhi, winning $250; duck was sold by Charlotte Kelly from the Super Clovers 4-H Club from Delhi.
• 3rd place winner was Ann LePinnet, Walton, winning $150; duck was sold by Nolan Evans from the Super Clovers 4-H Club from Delhi.
• 4th place winner was Libby Kelly, Delhi, winning $100; duck was sold by Josie Kelly from the Super Clovers 4-H Club from Delhi.
• 5th place winner was Luke Bishop, Delhi, winning $50; duck was sold by Lucinda Bishop from the Country Bumpkins 4-H Club from Delhi.
Club winners
• 1st place club winner was the Kountry Kids & Kritters from Walton, led by Lisa Nichols, winning $100, plus the ‘Quack Award.’ The club sold 233 duck tickets. The ‘Quack Award’ is a duck-shaped plaque which is presented to the 1st place club. The Kountry Kids & Kritters name will be engraved on a name plate and will be displayed at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Hamden. The club will receive a smaller version of the ‘Quack Award.’
• 2nd place club winner was the Super Clovers 4-H Club from Delhi, led by Libby Kelly, winning $50. The club sold 125 duck tickets.
Sellers
• 1st place winner was Brianna May from the Hollister Hill Hoppers 4-H Club, Delhi, selling 74 ducks and winning $100.
• 2nd place winner was Kenneth Young from the Kountry Kids & Kritters 4-H Club, Walton, selling 70 ducks and winning $75.
• 3rd place winner was Madelyn Eklund from The Future’s Finest 4-Hers Club, Davenport, selling 55 ducks and winning $50.
• 4th place winner was Lucinda Bishop from the Country Bumpkins 4-H Club, Delhi, selling 52 ducks and winning $25.
Random drawing
This year’s winner of the random drawing, selected from all the ducks sold, was Nancy Grotevant, Walton, winning $50.
All proceeds of the 4-H Duck Race will benefit the 4-H program in Delaware County to offset the cost of 4-H educational materials and programming for members and leaders.
For more information about the Delaware County 4-H program, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County at 607-865-6531 or email Emily Roach, 4-H Team Leader, at esc33@cornell.edu.
For more information about Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County and Delaware County 4-H visit www.ccedelaware.org
