Scheduled event: The Worms Duck Race 2025
Worms Duck Race Returns to Backfish Festival: Here's How to Participate
The much-anticipated Worms Duck Race is set to return as part of the Backfish Festival, offering participants the chance to win prizes while supporting local charities. Here's a guide on how to participate in this year's Duck Race.
How to Participate
- Purchase a Race License: Participants can buy a race license, which serves as their entry ticket to the duck race. These licenses are typically available for purchase during the Backfish Festival at designated stands or online if offered. The price is usually affordable to encourage broad participation.
- Race Mechanics: After purchasing a license, you receive a numbered rubber duck that will be released into the river to race downstream. The ducks float through a predetermined course, and the first ducks to cross the finish line win the prizes.
Prize Information
Prizes are awarded to the owners of the winning ducks. These can vary but often include cash awards, gift vouchers, local products, and sometimes special sponsor gifts. Information about the exact prize categories and amounts is usually posted at the festival or on the official race announcement boards.
Supported Social Institutions
The Worms Duck Race is generally organized as a charity event. Proceeds from the sale of race licenses support various social institutions in the Worms area. Typical beneficiaries include children’s homes, social welfare organizations, and support groups for disadvantaged or at-risk groups. The exact institutions supported can vary yearly and are publicly announced by the organizers.
This year, the supported projects for the Horchheimer Icebach Duck Race include the Ecumenical Hospice Worms, the Poseidon Worms Swimming Hall, and the Worms Animal Shelter.
Event Details
The Duck Race involves releasing hundreds of yellow rubber ducks into the water at 2 PM. The race serves as the opening act for the traditional Fisherman's Spear Throwing contest during the Backfish Festival.
The Duck Race in Worms will take place on September 7, 2025, at the Float Harbor. The Horchheimer Icebach Duck Race, a separate event, will take place on August 10, 2023, during the Horchheimer Kerb.
A race license for the Duck Race costs 5 Euros. The winner of the Duck Race also receives the prize associated with the winning duck. The Horchheimer Icebach Duck Race starts at 3:30 PM, and all proceeds from this event go to social institutions in Worms.
For more information and the complete prize list for the Horchheimer Icebach Duck Race, visit the Wormser Duck Race website.
In your free time, you could engage in home-and-garden activities by purchasing a race license for the Horchheimer Icebach Duck Race, taking place on August 10, 2023, and supporting local social institutions like children’s homes, social welfare organizations, and support groups for disadvantaged or at-risk groups. The cost of participation is only 5 Euros, with prizes including cash awards, gift vouchers, and local products, depending on the status of your duck at the finish line.
