The Gresford Billy Cart Derby has zoomed by leaving Gresford delighted after another successful event.
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The derby's publicity officer Penny Evans said that everyone had a blast on the day.
"It was an outstanding success. We were so thrilled to see so many people come out and support us," she said.
"Everybody had smiles on their faces and all the feedback we've gotten is that it's just the kind of old-fashioned family fun that's really hard to find these days.
"Everybody that came really loved supporting Gresford but also supporting all our community events on the day."
The derby raised enough money to install digital road safety signs at the entrances of Gresford.
"They're just reminding motorists to help keep our kids safe," Ms Evans said.
"We've already purchased one that we had there on the day from some of the profits we managed to hold onto last year."
The derby took place on Saturday, March 30.
As well as the billy cart derby, the day featured a barbeque hosted by the local cricket club and a pony petting lotto and gumboot throwing competition raising money for the local primary school.
A variety of stalls also littered the side streets of Gresford.
"But the winner was all the thrills and spills on the track and everybody just delighting in all the homemade carts," Ms Evans said.
The biggest spill that happened on the day came from Phil Clements crashing at the finish line after coming in hot.
"He definitely had the biggest spill but we do know he was okay. He managed to do some repairs to his car and managed to get back out there for another race in the afternoon," Ms Evans said.
"His cart was fine, they managed to fix it up and he was all smiles."
Another highlight for Ms Evans was the appearance of Gresford's own Easter Bunny, sharing some pre-Easter joy by throwing Easter eggs to the crowd as he rode down.
"It was a very busy weekend for the Easter bunny but he managed to squeeze in a ride down the hill on a billy cart and share some early Easter eggs," Ms Evans said.
"All the kids just watched and everybody had smiles on their faces and were genuinely loving the event. We've had some extraordinary feedback on Facebook."'
One of the more interesting carts was built by Darryn Turner. The cart featured a coffin with huge exhausts.
"It's based on The Munsters, an old TV show," he said.
Mr Turner managed to win his heat of the derby, much to his own surprise.
"It's the first race I've ever won in it, I usually come last, dead last," he said.
Angus Michie
Angus Michie is a reporter with the Dungog Chronicle. He has an interest in community and council reporting.
Angus Michie is a reporter with the Dungog Chronicle. He has an interest in community and council reporting.
