NewsgalleryChester Duck Race 2016Chester Duck Race 2016BookmarkShareNewsByDavid HolmesChief reporter20:49, 24 SEP 2016Updated11:10, 27 SEP 2016Corporate ducks getting ready to join the Chester Duck Race 2016.1 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill2 of 28Various corporate ducks making heavy weather of progress on the Dee thanks to windy conditions. Picture: Andy Scargill3 of 28Passengers aboard the Mark Twain observe the Chester Duck Race 2016 from on the water. Picture: Andy Scargill4 of 28The ducks before they were released from high above the Dee from the suspension bridge.5 of 28Ducks of all colours get dropped from the Queen's Park suspension bridge as the Chester Duck Race 2016 gets under way. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)6 of 28Crowds gathered at The Groves for the Chester Duck Race 2016.7 of 28Former Brookside star Steven Pinder with nine-year-old daughter Scarlett and her friend Jade Nicholls, also nine, at the Chester Duck Race 2016.8 of 28Sue Bennett, a volunteer for the Babygrow Appeal, before the Chester Duck Race 2016 got under way.9 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Sacrgill10 of 28Busy on the phone is Hanna Clarke, corporate events and fundraising manager, at the Countess of Chester Hospital, as Babygrow Appeal helpers fish ducks from the Dee at the finishing line.11 of 28The multicoloured ducks make their way towards the finishing line on the Dee. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)12 of 28Commentating on the event were Babygrow Appeal committee member Ian Gibbons, an anaesthetic practitioner at the Countess and presenter for Radio Deeside and Gavin Matthews, from Dee 106.3, pictured with Lord Mayor of Chester Cllr Angela Claydon. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)13 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill14 of 28The finishing line for the Chester Duck Race 2016.15 of 28Lord Mayor of Chester Cllr Angela Claydon with Lewis Dandy, 10, whose dad Adam's company Dandy's Topsoil won the corporate section of the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)16 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill17 of 28Ducks of all colours get dropped from the Queen's Park suspension bridge as the Chester Duck Race 2016 gets under way. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)18 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill19 of 28Adam Dandy, of Dandy's Topsoil, with his son Lewis, 10, after the company duck won the corporate section of the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill (Image: Andy Scargill)20 of 28Eric Henderson and Neil Badge, who both sit on the Babygrow Appeal's fundraising committee.21 of 28Corporate ducks getting ready to join the Chester Duck Race 2016.22 of 28Babygrow Appeal helper Grace Branham nets some ducks from the Dee at the end of the race. Picture: Andy Scargill23 of 28The ducks before they were released from high above the Dee from the suspension bridge.24 of 28Crowds gathered at The Groves for the Chester Duck Race 2016.25 of 28Ducks of all colours get dropped from the Queen's Park suspension bridge as the Chester Duck Race 2016 gets under way. Picture: Andy Scargill26 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill27 of 28The crowds enjoying themselves at the Chester Duck Race 2016. Picture: Andy Scargill28 of 28More OnChesterChester City CentreThe GrovesBabygrow AppealCountess of Chester Hospital