Hello. I hope you all enjoyed today’s annual Beckworth MayDay Fish Race, it will be my last in the unlikely event that I don’t get re-elected as mayor (hint, hint). The race was one of the greatest in living memory, with 226 fish competing and probably over a thousand spectators lining the river course. It was a nail biting wait to see who crossed the finish line first with many fish battling it out but in the end it was a very young local novice goldfish named Chips that took the chequered flag in a record time of 1 hour 22 minutes and 3 seconds… This was the 10 month old fish’s first ever race but he comes from good stock (his now-dead mum Rose won in 2014, coincidentally also wearing the lucky no 23) and was trained hard from birth by owner and trainer Robson Green. So congratulations to to Rod and Chips, and well done to all who took part and didn’t try to cheat. G.Grimsby. Mayor

(Above) Proud trainer Rodson Greek holds aloft his winning pet goldfish Chips