LAST minute technical issues have led to a delay in announcing the results for Bridgwater Carnival 2024, with Bridgwater Carnival Committee issuing an apology. 

Crowds gathered in front of Bridgwater Town Hall in the late hours of Saturday, November 2, expecting all the provisional results to be announced. The official results are now expected on Sunday, 3 November.

Addressing the gatherers, Chris Hocking, Project Officer for Bridgwater Carnival Committee, said: “I’m not going to be able to announce the results of the local features or the open features. We want to get the results right, we don’t want a repeat of last year, so we’re going to check all the results again.”

In response to a booing crowd, Chris said: “Do you want the results right, or do you want them incorrect?”

In a statement published today (November 3), Bridgwater Carnival Committee said: “Bridgwater Carnival Committee would like to apologise for the issues surrounding the results of our 2024 procession.”

“We experienced some technical issues with the laptops we were using last night, which sadly we were unable to resolve.”

“We understand many entrants are upset and disappointed and so are we with the uncertainty it has caused.”

They added: “The results team are reconvening this morning to rectify the issue and we will announce the results on our Facebook Page as soon as we can.”

“You can be assured we will be carrying out a thorough review into what happened with the results over the coming weeks, although as we are sure you will appreciate, this will not happen until after the 2024 carnival season is over.”

“We are all volunteers in carnival, and we would appreciate your patience at this time. We are doing everything we can to remedy the situation.”