THE
seventh
Milton
Keynes
Dra
gon
Boa
t
Fe
stival
drew
bumper
cro
wds
on
Sunda
y.
An
estima
ted
14,000
people
enjo
yed
the
spec-
tac
le
at
Willen
Lake
with
a
record
60
crews
enter-
ing.
The
winners
were
Lifestyle
Express
repre-
senting
landmark
Whole
sale.
Merkl
yn
Hauck
of
organ
isers
,G
able
Events,
said:
8220This
year8217
s
Milton
Keynes
Dra
gon
Boa
t
Fe
stival
was
the
most
successful
ever
with
a
record
number
of
partici-
pants
and
specta
tors.
8220Even
racing
ten
dra
gon
boa
ts
ra
ther
than
the
usual
eight
we
had
to
turn
a
number
of
compa-
nies
aw
ay
because
of
the
event8217
s
popularity
.
8220Electricity4business
played
a
major
part
in
the
event8217
s
success
in
their
second
year
as
title
sponsor
and
we
are
ver
y
gra
teful
to
them.8221
The
nomina
ted
charity
for
the
event
was
Keech
Cotta
ge
Children8217
s
Hospi
ce.Dra
gon
boa
ts
dra
w
huge
cro
wd
A
pir
at
e
fr
om
Blet
chle
y
Buc
caneers
gets
some
ins
truction,
abo
ve
A
tight
finish
in
one
of
the
he
ats,
belo
w
Ac
tion
fr
om
Dr
agon
boat
he
ats,
le
ft
and
to
p,
helped
ke
ep
the
cr
ow
d,
abo
ve
,
ent
er
tained
8
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2,
2008
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