THE Big Hereford Duck Race returned yesterday (August 25), with 6,000 rubber ducks racing down the river, and the results are in!

The bright yellow plastic ducks were launched from Hunderton Bridge and made their way down the river Wye as part of the annual event.

An £1,000 prize was up for grabs for the winning duck, with other prizes given to runners up.

The winners have been revealed and the winning duck goes to ticket number 3088- who will be the lucky recipient of the £1,000 prize.

The ten ducks and their lucky ticket owners who followed behind are:

2nd: 1190

3rd: 1960

4th: 5354 (Online ticket)

5th: 4938

6th: 1929

7th: 5453 (Online ticket)

8th: 3392

9th: 5239 (Online ticket)

10th: 4933

11th: 3367

Businesses also took part in the event by donating to the fundraiser, which was in aid of various local and international charities.

The race has been a consistent success, with thousands of tickets sold each year.

A spokesperson for Hereford City Rotary Club said last year: "Planning a duck race is no mean feat.

“The ducks are corralled into pens of 1,000 then decanted into boxes of 100. Each box of 100 ducks is then put into numbered bags, checked and double-checked to make sure each ticket we sell is allocated to a duck.

“During this process there is a lot of cleaning of ducks, laughing and counting. When all the ducks are sorted they are stored in bags ready for the big day.”