Day 1 of our Virtual Balloon Race. The first of Mo's animal friends is a slithering, slippery serpent called Sid the Snake with a sharp tongue and long, scaly tail. The balloons are flying over Australia. It's dangerous territory and who knows what will happen…
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 22, 2023
#BalloonRace pic.twitter.com/Is9FX53h3m
Day 2 of our Virtual Balloon Race. We're meeting Mo's aquatic companion, Willy the Whale, with a powerful tail fin. 'Brookesy' balloon is up in front. Will the rest catch up and follow Willy through his magical world…#VirtualBalloonRace #Whale pic.twitter.com/3FWU3Ow9iu
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 23, 2023
Day 3 of our Virtual Balloon Race. We've travelled quite far to meet Mo's Antarctic buddy, Pippin the Penguin. Tara's balloon is leading here while thriving through the magical South Pole. Will the others catch up?#VirtualBalloonRace #Penguin pic.twitter.com/YcFXq1ic2O
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 24, 2023
Day 4 of our Virtual Balloon Race: The balloons have travelled far to meet Mo's friend Ellie the Elephant. Deep into the African savannah 'Goldie's' balloon takes the lead. Will the other balloons catch up?#VirtualBalloonRace #Elephant pic.twitter.com/NAhYwQZQPR
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 25, 2023
Day 5 of our Virtual Balloon Race: The balloons keep bumping into the neck of Mo’s best friend, Geoffrey the Giraffe. You can’t miss his towering neck and spots. 'Tiger's' balloon is ahead; will the rest of the balloons catch up? #VirtualBalloonRace #Giraffe pic.twitter.com/5UkRjKnyj7
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 26, 2023
Virtual Balloon Race Day 6: The balloons cross paths with Mo's buddy Clyde the Camel today, the desert guide, with a hump and long strides. 'Freya Spiderman's' balloon is in the lead. Can the other balloons keep up with the journey across the dunes?#VirtualBalloonRace #Camel pic.twitter.com/VO1JWXFQ25
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 27, 2023
Day 7 of our Virtual Balloon Race 🎈 : The balloons have drifted into the mysterious jungle to meet Mo's pal, Timmy the Tiger, with his majestic stripes and fierce demeanour. 'Ice cream's' balloon is in the lead. Will the other balloons catch up? #VirtualBalloonRace #Tiger pic.twitter.com/Mm1H5u6tdR
— Momentum Children's Charity (@MomentumCharity) September 28, 2023
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Balloon Race. Winners look out for an email!
— GreyhoundRescueWales (@WelshGreyhounds) February 26, 2024
A HUGE thankyou to everyone who bought a balloon, we raised a whopping £1240 pounds! pic.twitter.com/VuTQ7vQuQS
So therapeutic watching the virtual balloons line up for the race!
— Halton Haven Hospice (@haltonhaven) August 19, 2020
Head over to: https://t.co/VI21K3NjOL and click on the island on the right hand side of the page. Watch out for Balloono and low flying Ducks.
Not long now – 6 more sleeps pic.twitter.com/oh50XnU9g6
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our virtual balloon race! A phenomenal 840 balloons took part, travelling 1,285,625 km and raising a fantastic £2104. Well done to the 2 winners who will be receiving @amazon vouchers & thank you to David from @balloon. 🎈🧡 pic.twitter.com/SIHO5e3Xo4
— Acorns Children's Hospice (@AcornsHospice) July 6, 2020
Countdown begins to Ribble Valley Crossroads Care virtual balloon race https://t.co/ik5XqnS2dq
— Burnley Express (@BurnleyExpress) August 18, 2020
Join our virtual balloon race 🎈For just £5 your customised balloon & its special birthday message will fly over our Retreat between the 1st-10th of September to celebrate Reuben’s 10th birthday https://t.co/fUY5zEuLFp pic.twitter.com/sqMUGsW41R
— Reuben's Retreat (@ReubensRetreat) August 17, 2020
Thanks for taking part in our #balloon 🎈race everyone ❤️🐾https://t.co/QMsKBDC7hx#fundraiser #fundraising pic.twitter.com/Hou27JlquM
— Spanish Stray Dogs (@spanishstray) August 17, 2020
Our Summer Fete: Week of Activities ended on a high at the weekend as we discovered who won our virtual balloon race. It was close but well done to Stuart who finished both 1st & 3rd! Thanks to everybody who took part; we hope to do another balloon race at Christmas! pic.twitter.com/hGHmnS3etJ
— Arthur Rank Hospice (@ArthurRankHouse) August 17, 2020
For just £2 you can buy a duck to be entered into our Virtual Duck Race, starting on the 30th August and ending on the1st September. Buy as many ducks as you want to increase your chances of winning. 🦆💛
— Pendleside Hospice (@PendlesideHosp) August 17, 2020
The winner will receive a hamper and a £50 Love2Shop Voucher. 🏆🌟 pic.twitter.com/KHCxFAtwzS
Take part in a Virtual Balloon Race for St Clare! 🎈It's just £2 for a balloon – with a prize for whoever's travels the furthest! Sign up today at https://t.co/ZGj8dZL9kc The race will begin on 21st Aug and end of 28th Aug! You can even personalise your balloon! pic.twitter.com/ALrQXvjxti
— St Clare Hospice (@hospicestclare) August 16, 2020
In a dramatic turn of events TAR has taken the lead overnight in our .@arthurrankhouse balloon race. Can Stuart steal it back or someone else creep up. Just 5 hours left to go!! pic.twitter.com/kZ3tCcTbSv
— alison_pinney (@alison_pinney) August 15, 2020
Monday kicks off our big #FiverFortnight and there’s four fun ways to support us a Virtual Balloon Race, Beacon's Pet of the Year competition, Text Donate or Virtual Collection Box, how will you donate your fiver? https://t.co/5h11oiMsPx for full details. pic.twitter.com/B7g2sY5VC3
— Beacon 4 blind 👨🦯👩🦯 (@BeaconCentre) August 14, 2020
Introducing Tŷ Hafan's BIG Balloon Race 🎈🎈
— Tŷ Hafan (@tyhafan) August 13, 2020
📆 Race launches on 30 Aug
🔍 Track your balloons online as they race
🏆 Prizes 1st, 2nd + 3rd
💚 Support our fantastic cause
🌏 Race is 100% virtual (no harm to the environment or animals)
£3 a balloon here — https://t.co/7LrlCwKZfT pic.twitter.com/79TdbgJzIv
What a view… https://t.co/lSvlFgGCr8 pic.twitter.com/V8rjxNYv6C
— David Saker (@balloon) August 14, 2020
Don't forget to enter our Virtual Balloon Race.
— The Rossendale Trust (@RossendaleTrust) August 13, 2020
Balloons take off on Monday and the first 3 finishers will all win cash prizes!
Simple follow the link to purchase your virtual balloon today and be in with a chance of winning. https://t.co/RWRVAYM9Nd#supportus #charity pic.twitter.com/s88ZZVjAmw
Over 900km covered now and here’s the current top 3 flyers with the most puff right now! 🎈🎈
— Spanish Stray Dogs (@spanishstray) August 13, 2020
🥇Mollie’s Flyer Alastair Forbes
🥈Blade Annette Heywood
🥉Pily Hayley Busbyhttps://t.co/QMsKBDC7hx pic.twitter.com/kCCtUKf8RU
Stuart is still leading the race with our very own Mark from fundraising catching up with him. Still two days left to go, who will go the furthest? '@ArthurRankHouse pic.twitter.com/54FHwSjnJL
— alison_pinney (@alison_pinney) August 13, 2020
🎈We're over halfway through the FoSRR Balloon Race as we head into week 4! In the lead are the 'Clarkes in the Sky' who have travelled 6257 km, which is around the distance it would be to drive from London to Lahore! They are being closely followed though….🎈👍
— The Friends of St Richard Reynolds (@FoSRR) August 12, 2020
Our balloons are still travelling and have possibly reached Qatar! How far has yours flown? pic.twitter.com/K7xAtJXcLB
— alison_pinney (@alison_pinney) August 12, 2020
Our virtual balloons are possibly flying over Bulgaria! To keep up to date with this and details of our other .@ArthurRankHouse fete events, visit https://t.co/Bnp3DLi45u pic.twitter.com/tzVBk63Ezy
— alison_pinney (@alison_pinney) August 11, 2020
Have you entered Virtual Balloon Race, raise money for Stockdales and be kind to the environment!
— Stockdales (@StockdalesMcr) August 12, 2020
The race starts 12pm Mon 24th August and Finishes 12pm Fri 28th August.
Click on this link to find out more.https://t.co/dflA24kp27#charity #saletown #cheshire pic.twitter.com/U7F3mC2PXx
Introducing @haltonhaven 1st virtual balloon race taking off 12:00 24th Aug & flying high until 12:00 31st. Only £3 to join in.
— Halton Haven Hospice (@haltonhaven) August 12, 2020
Follow your balloon online. More info: https://t.co/xdgARkdYUp
For the balloon that travels furthest 1st prize £20 Amazon Voucher (Other prizes TBC) pic.twitter.com/j61pumOh6E
Spooky balloons added to all races pic.twitter.com/2vH37UyJ7a
— David Saker (@balloon) August 10, 2020
Candy pic.twitter.com/KfL6qBPidr
— David Saker (@balloon) August 8, 2020
Snow pic.twitter.com/HoRYmZhRwZ
— David Saker (@balloon) August 7, 2020
— Zest (@ZestLeeds) July 24, 2020
We need some wind before Saturday for our @LanercostSC Ladies balloon to win us a session at the bar! We need it after our energetic training …a great session working on fielding & throwing skills 😁 Check your progress at: https://t.co/v4H5j6eCSe pic.twitter.com/nGpNSltvqo
— Karen Reid (@kazza143) July 23, 2020
Virtual balloon race is a flyaway success for Kempshott Schools Association.https://t.co/ggOTOd8E0d #PTA #PTAs #parents
— Parentkind (@Parentkind) July 19, 2020
To celebrate that we have our Lanercost Ladies back training @LanercostSC we’ve entered our team balloon into our virtual race! If we win team meeting at the bar 😜 (following guidelines)https://t.co/62E1uQZzd2
— Karen Reid (@kazza143) July 18, 2020
Look out for our duck…Lanercost Ladies #ThisGirlCan @CumbriaCricket pic.twitter.com/MSP2QI29vI
It made me laugh https://t.co/73hU9LNvJJ
— David Saker (@balloon) July 17, 2020
Well @DeltaHatfieldW our @balloon has just over a day to go!! Mrs Bridgewood is in the lead!!! Keep watching folks 👀🎈 pic.twitter.com/F65MF6Bsmx
— Jo Walker (@jopurpledragon) July 16, 2020
Virtual balloon race 😃😃 @LanercostSC @pacrabtree @JudeMentoring pic.twitter.com/S81LXU4B1i
— Mentoring in Cumbria (@JudeMentoring) July 15, 2020
@TewinCowper Some very exciting news for you all! After a severe lack of fun events and fundraising for the school this year (thanks, Covid!) we have set up a virtual balloon race to celebrate the end of a very strange school year for everyone: https://t.co/CdwweZlPXa 🎈 pic.twitter.com/UJMyjnvvwv
— Kay Adam-Smith (@KayAdamSmith) July 11, 2020
Our first virtual #fundraiser for @MeadRoad. Everyone and anyone can take part! Sign up below to buy your balloons before race day on 13th July. Whose going to win?@VisitChis @ChisEcoC @ChislehurstSocy #charity #supportlocal #ptaraisingfunds pic.twitter.com/woNdMgxt46
— Friends of Mead Road School (@meadroadfriends) July 4, 2020
Our next event is a Virtual Balloon Race! It's free to enter (suggested small donation of £3 per balloon)
— Thorn Grove PTA (@thorngrove_pta) July 7, 2020
Register your balloon at https://t.co/C0DhrVF76b
Prizes for the first 3 winning balloons!
It starts at 12pm on Mon 13 July and ends at 12pm on Fri 17 July! pic.twitter.com/IMgZl1rMoh
We’ve added emoji to the balloon message 😊 pic.twitter.com/TkcD5fR7Gd
— David Saker (@balloon) July 2, 2020
The Grand End of Year TGS Virtual Balloon Race went live with a festival of balloons soaring skywards. You can now track your balloon’s progress via the link below. Good luck!https://t.co/RNwXO6HRCZ pic.twitter.com/VeiwcQvS8j
— The Tiffin Girls' School PSA (@TGS_PSA) June 30, 2020
2 of our 15 balloons are currently in the top 10 of the @AcornsHospice virtual balloon race 🎈 🟠⚫️ pic.twitter.com/VzDAJquhqO
— New Dales Vale FC (@NewDalesValeFC) June 29, 2020
Virtual balloon race as part of our virtual summer fayre. Purchase your balloon and race it against your friends for a chance to win prizes. Please get in contact to purchase. It’s going to be so much fun! #balloonrace #virtual #virtualballoonrace #pta #virtualfayre #haroldwood pic.twitter.com/zQ0USl6i4N
— Harold Wood PTA (@pta_wood) June 28, 2020
Amazing – 830 balloons on the move https://t.co/P5GQy59rNZ
— David Saker (@balloon) June 28, 2020
Thanks @balloon. Great fun and raised over £1,000 to help support bereaved families across the West Midlands. https://t.co/3lHMrEYTba
— Edward's Trust (@Edwardstrust) June 28, 2020
Great work from @Edwardstrust & congratulations Mary T https://t.co/03y3fh0fpe
— David Saker (@balloon) June 28, 2020
💚 Excited about our virtual balloon race!🎈 https://t.co/xniAXnrGoB
— NCT (@NCTcharity) June 22, 2020
Our balloon race starts today! Make sure to get your balloon before 11.30 in time for the race to start….
— Yorkshire Cat Rescue (@Yorkscatrescue) June 11, 2020
Good luck!! https://t.co/DLKeDEGjqr
🎈 Just over an hour left to enter the #Knaresborough Lions' virtual balloon race! 🎈 The race begins at midday today and ends at noon on 13 June. 🎈 The balloons move randomly, and you can visit the website to see how yours is doing. 🎈 It only takes a minute to enter! 🎈 https://t.co/U0zd27npYE
— Knaresborough Bed Race (@greatbedrace) June 5, 2020
BIG THANK YOU to everyone who took in the 24hr virtual balloon race! We hope you enjoyed the suspense! The winner of the race was Nien Nunb!! 🎉 By taking part you helped to raise £200 for @Bham_Childrens 🎈special thanks to @balloon 🎈 pic.twitter.com/5jqBSgVY4A
— Kerry Whitehouse (@Kezzabell1979) May 5, 2020
Opollo's day is in the lead in our virtual #balloonrace! It's already travelled 87km! There's plenty of time for that to change though, find out where your balloon is: https://t.co/YRJL4sM9hH pic.twitter.com/FIID9UQ29M
— Willow Wood (@willowwoodh) April 17, 2020
@balloon A virtual balloon race, what a fantastic idea, Chernobyl Children's Project raised £1113! Wonderful customer service, David was a great help. Our racers loved the distraction from CV19 with families and friends competing against each other. Thanks Lynne
— lynne murphy (@lynnecm1962) April 16, 2020
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in our Virtual Balloon Race over the Easter Weekend & helped to raise £470 in support of local families facing cancer or other life limiting conditions. 🎈
— CancerCare (@CancerCareLocal) April 14, 2020
Congratulations to Samantha Carr from Lancaster who was the winner of the race! pic.twitter.com/u13VZyFUIb