The Event
Poker Run 2022!
The next Poker Run event will be held on Saturday 30th July 2022.
The event will take place in Cardigan Bay. The starting point will be from the mouth of Pwllheli Marina, there will be five different marker boats to make your way to and the course will be approximately 25-30 miles spread over the different points.
All boats will start at the same time and move in formation to each point, once a marker boat point is reached, each individual boat skipper will collect an envelope containing playing cards as part of their poker hand . When everyone has arrived and received their envelope, the fleet of boats we will then safely move on to the next marker point.
The marker boats on the course will be clearly identifiable between each other, our end point will be in Abersoch bay the route will be released prior to the event for all entrants to view. 074456 33446549
This year there will be up to 40 boats entering and will be monitored and run by a professional team of marshalls and safety boats to make sure the event is controlled and safe, we have several safety Ribs as part of the team.
Full details of the event including times, rules etc will be released to everyone entering, there will also be a compulsory safety brief for all drivers early Saturday morning on the event day at Network Marine which all entry boat drivers must attend, breakfast and drinks will be provided.
Poker Run UK is proud to raise money for the Pwllheli RNLI via our charity Auction and Donations. Our last event in 2019 raised £2470.00 which we hope to exceed when we run our next event. There is an entry of £80 per boat.
For storage and launching in Pwllheli please contact Ioan at Network Marine (07435 008810). Please book launching prior to the day of the event, unless you are meeting us on the water.
There will be a professional camera team capturing images and footage of the complete day using cameras, drones and go pros.
At the evening event there will be an awards ceremony to announce the winner of the day (boat with the best poker hand) live music and a charity Auction and all ages are welcome (it is a private event for the entry boats owners and their guests).
Any type of power boat can enter but does need to be a minimum size of 20ft and all skippers must be experienced and competent boaters over 25 in age, life jackets must be worn and a VHF used for route communication.
All charity money raised will go to the Pwllheli RNLI and their new boathouse to house a new Shannon class lifeboat.
The new boathouse will be located next to Plas Heli, on the opposite side to the river to the present boathouse.
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The next Poker Run event will be held on Saturday 30th July 2022.
The next Poker Run will take place in Cardigan Bay. The starting point will be from the mouth of Pwllheli Marina, there will be five different marker boats to make your way to and the course will be approximately 25-30 miles spread over the different points.
All boats will start at the same time and move in formation to each point, once a marker boat point is reached, each individual boat skipper will collect an envelope containing playing cards as part of their poker hand . When everyone has arrived and received their envelope, the fleet of boats we will then safely move on to the next marker point.
The marker boats on the course will be clearly identifiable between each other, our end point will be in Abersoch bay the route will be released prior to the event for all entrants to view.
This year there will be up to 40 boats entering and will be monitored and run by a professional team of marshalls and safety boats to make sure the event is controlled and safe, we have several safety Ribs as part of the team.
Full details of the event including times, rules etc will be released to everyone entering, there will also be a compulsory safety brief for all drivers early Saturday morning on the event day at Network Marine which all entry boat drivers must attend, breakfast and drinks will be provided.
Poker Run is proud to raising money for the Pwllheli RNLI via our charity Auction and Donations, our last event raised £2470.00.
There is an entry of £80 per boat.
For storage and launching in Pwllheli please contact Ioan at Network Marine (07435 008810). Please book launching prior to the day of the event, unless you are meeting us on the water.
There will be a professional camera team capturing images and footage of the complete day using cameras, drones and go pros.
At the evening event there will be an awards ceremony to announce the winner of the day (boat with the best poker hand) live music and a charity Auction the evening will be hosted by Strawberry Radio and all ages are welcome (it is a private event for the entry boats owners and their guests).
Any type of power boat can enter but does need to be a minimum size of 20ft and all skippers must be experienced and competent boaters over 25 in age, life jackets must be worn and a VHF used for route communication.