Friends of Barrow Hill Junior School

This cause was part of Halloween Race
This unique race URL is https://ecoracing.co/cause/friends-of-barrow-hill-junior-school-2335/

Welcome to the Friends of Barrow Hill Junior School Virtual Balloon Race – we’d love you to take part in our Halloween fundraiser! This is virtual, so totally environmentally friendly and there is no risk to wildlife!!!

National Star Prizes (for the balloons that fly the furthest, from all charities joining this race):
* 1st: £100 cash prize
* 2nd: Amazon Alexa/Echo Dot 4th Generation

In addition to the national prizes Barrow Hill is offering its own Grand Year Group Prize! The Year group that sells most balloons will win a day trip to London Zoo! To be included in this prize, please ensure you include your class and year group on your balloon!

Each balloon costs just £3 and you can buy as many balloons as you want to increase your chances of winning. Every balloon really will make a difference.

Setting off from Dracula's castle, it's a seven-day computer simulation race where everything is real except the balloon. The direction and distance the balloons fly is based completely on the way you customise your balloon, and the weather during the week. Other hazards can also affect your balloons flight such as low flying geese if your balloon doesn't have enough helium! The winner of the race is the balloon that’s flown the furthest in ANY direction.

You can buy a virtual balloon for just £3 and give it a name, colour, shape and pattern. Please make sure that you add your class and year group to your balloon to ensure it's counted towards the year group prize! The software designed to run the race uses live weather data to determine the progress of each balloon and each entry can be tracked on Google Maps and Satellites once launched. You can alter your balloon’s parameters at any time to increase your chance of winning.

While we fully appreciate that this is a very difficult time for many, we are hoping that some of you may enjoy taking part in this fun event from the comfort of your own home while helping to support your child's educational experience at Barrow Hill Junior School. It is now more important than ever for us to pull together as a community to help our beloved school minimise the immense impact of soaring costs and funding gaps.

Please do share our virtual balloon race with as many friends and family members that you can (you can even gift balloons! Remember to add your class & year group to each balloon!) and we thank you all for your ongoing support for our school fundraising as we all continue to navigate through this tough period.

Our fundraising target is: £1000

Gross monies raised so far: £585

Supporters so far: 42

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Top 20 balloons within cause

  • #1 Adam 3H: travelled 138.15km FINISHED
    Race position: 11
    Cause position: 1

  • #2 3H Daniel R : travelled 137.25km FINISHED
    Race position: 13
    Cause position: 2

  • #3 Lucas 3H Hello Dracula: travelled 135.73km FINISHED
    Race position: 16
    Cause position: 3

  • #4 ZARA 3H: travelled 131.15km FINISHED
    Race position: 31
    Cause position: 4

  • #5 Larissa 3H: travelled 129.08km FINISHED
    Race position: 36
    Cause position: 5

  • #6 Daniel R 3H : travelled 127.70km FINISHED
    Race position: 41
    Cause position: 6

  • #7 LUCAS 3H FROM MIMINA: travelled 122.93km FINISHED
    Race position: 59
    Cause position: 7

  • #8 LUCAS 3H FROM TIA VIC: travelled 121.30km FINISHED
    Race position: 62
    Cause position: 8

  • #9 ZARA 3H: travelled 119.17km FINISHED
    Race position: 66
    Cause position: 9

  • #10 Oscar 3G: travelled 115.96km FINISHED
    Race position: 69
    Cause position: 10

  • #11 Lucas 3H Victory is ours: travelled 113.44km FINISHED
    Race position: 80
    Cause position: 11

  • #12 Ayaan 6S: travelled 110.50km FINISHED
    Race position: 99
    Cause position: 12

  • #13 Oscar 6A: travelled 110.04km FINISHED
    Race position: 104
    Cause position: 13

  • #14 Nigeria 3H: travelled 108.95km FINISHED
    Race position: 116
    Cause position: 14

  • #15 Oscar 6A: travelled 108.20km FINISHED
    Race position: 121
    Cause position: 15

  • #16 Audrey Year 3: travelled 107.51km FINISHED
    Race position: 134
    Cause position: 16

  • #17 Annabel 3H: travelled 107.33km FINISHED
    Race position: 138
    Cause position: 17

  • #18 Ayaan 6S: travelled 106.93km FINISHED
    Race position: 144
    Cause position: 18

  • #19 Darcey S 5R: travelled 106.91km FINISHED
    Race position: 145
    Cause position: 19

  • #20 3H Daniel R 3H Go 3H: travelled 106.52km FINISHED
    Race position: 152
    Cause position: 20



Supporter Balloons (195)

  • Oscar 6A joined the race on October 21, 2022, 7:01 AM
    Cause position: 71
    Race position: 431

  • Ayaan 6S joined the race on October 30, 2022, 6:12 PM
    Cause position: 72
    Race position: 433

  • Ayaan 6S joined the race on October 30, 2022, 6:12 PM
    Cause position: 73
    Race position: 447

  • Oscar 6S joined the race on October 20, 2022, 10:09 PM
    Cause position: 74
    Race position: 454

  • Nagisa 5R joined the race on October 28, 2022, 3:32 PM
    Cause position: 75
    Race position: 455

  • Ayaan 6S joined the race on October 30, 2022, 6:12 PM
    Cause position: 76
    Race position: 457

  • Alex 3G joined the race on October 14, 2022, 4:43 PM
    Cause position: 77
    Race position: 462

  • Ayaan 6S joined the race on October 30, 2022, 6:12 PM
    Cause position: 78
    Race position: 467

  • 3H to the Zoo Daniel R joined the race on October 31, 2022, 10:53 AM
    Cause position: 79
    Race position: 480

  • 3H Daniel R 3H cousin joined the race on October 30, 2022, 9:11 PM
    Cause position: 80
    Race position: 485