How to Enter
Registration is easy!
Enter a Team
To take part in the raft race you must be a member of a registered team. A maximum of 25 teams can take part in this year’s Raft Race, so it is important that teams register as early as possible to ensure their place in the event.
The Team is created and registered by your Team Captain*, who must complete the following steps:
1.Use the Enter Team Now button and wait for the online race team management system to open (it can be slow). You should complete all your own details and put the name of your team in the form. At this stage the captain should opt not to provide details of each of the other seven team members, as it is much easier to do this later, with their help.
2.Once payment has been made the named Team will have a confirmed place in the Raft Race.
3. The Team Captain will receive a Team Entry Confirmation email, giving access to our online system to manage their Team’s details. The Captain may create an account if they wish. If not, they must retain access to the Team Entry Confirmation email and its “Manage Team” button – or save the link somewhere safe!
The Captain is responsible for filling all the 8 places in their team with willing and eligible rafters, inserting their names and email addresses in the team management system, and inviting each of them to join the team. When a team member will be under 18 on the day of the race, the Team Captain must use the mail address of a parent or guardian of that rafter, so they will be invited to complete the registration process on behalf of the young rafter.
Team members do not have to be invited all in one go. The process can be completed just as the names and email addresses of suitable members become available. Please see the Register as a Rafter panel below or on the right.
However, it is important that the Team Captain is confident that they can raise, a team of 8 eligible rafters before paying the team entry fee of £240, as once paid this cannot be refunded.
*The role of Team Captain may be transferred to another rafter in your team at any time before the event, as long as they are over 18 years of age. This option may be used, for example, by corporate administrators to book an entry before any of their team members has been nominated.
Register as a Rafter
To take part in the race, rafters must be a member of a registered team, and must complete and submit the online Registration form.
Once their Team Captain has entered the name and email address of a team member, that member will be invited to sign up via a Complete Your Entry email. This will include a link which lets them fill in their registration form online. It is therefore important that your Captain has a valid and accurate email address for you.
If the rafter will be aged under 18 on the day of the event (28th June 2026), the online registration form must be completed by their parent or guardian,
Rafters are required to make and sign a number of important declarations which are set out on the online Registration form. These include:
(1) Age Eligibility – The rafter must be over 14 years old at the time of the event (28th June 2026).
(2) Parent/guardian consent – rafters under 18 years old at the time of the event must obtain the permission of at least one parent/guardian to take part in the raft race.
(3) Health and Fitness declaration
(4 ) Consent for photography (optional) for rafters under 18 years of age
(5) A commitment to abide by the rules and instructions set out on this website.
Registration forms must be fully completed before the rafter’s registration is confirmed by an Entry Confirmation email.
The Team Captain may require team members to pay to them part of the entry fee (a total of £240 per team of eight rafters is equivalent to £30 per member). The raft race organisers will not enter into any financial discussion, negotiation or dispute between team members!