The Davistown Putt Putt Regatta and Wooden Boat Festival is set to return from October 11-13.
Local businesses are being encouraged to get on-board to sponsor the family fundraising event which has raised almost $60,000 to support children with cancer and their families over the years.
As the state’s biggest family-fun watercraft event, the Davistown Putt Putt Regatta and Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the Central Coast’s culture, heritage and local character.
It returns this year bigger and better than ever with three events, all designed to provide family fun, while fundraising for Kids with Cancer Foundation.
The regatta weekend will kick off on Friday, October 11, with a charity dinner at Davistown RSL Club.
For more information go davistownputtputt.com/charity-dinner/
On Saturday, October 12, the Heritage Fleet Challenge and judging will take place.
Local businesses or groups of families and friends are invited to sponsor the heritage ferries with packages starting from $2,000.
Contact puttputt.regatta@gmail.com or call 0407 336 447.
For more information go to davistownputtputt.com/heritage-fleet/
On Sunday, October 13 the Putt Putt Regatta event will include the festival and market stalls.
It will be held on the Davistown waterfront from 9am to 4pm and will include free centre-stage entertainment, fabulous views of the heritage boats in action on the water, children’s activities, market stalls, marine and motor vehicle displays and more.
The Putt Putt Regatta has been held on the Central Coast since 1996/97 and has been fundraising for Kids with Cancer Foundation since 2019.
Over the course of four events (including postponements and reconvened events due to COVID-19 and stormy weather), it has raised $59,476 to support children with cancer and their families from the local area and surrounds.
Last year’s event saw 17,000 people attend and almost $23,000 was raised.
The money is used by the Kids With Cancer Foundation to help the families of children being treated at John Hunter Children’s Hospital (the key paediatric oncology hospital for children from the Central Coast and Hunter region).
Family financial assistance is paid in the form of rent and mortgage payments, grocery and petrol vouchers and household bills.
As well as providing direct financial support to families, Kids with Cancer Foundation supports oncology wards in children’s hospitals.
For more details see davistownputtputt.com/ or www.facebook.com/davistownputtputtregatta/