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PAST EVENTS 2003

This is a list of past kite events that were listed on www.kitecalendar.co.uk during 2003.
The links for further information did work at the time of the event but may not continue to work.


THE CURRENT 2009 KITE CALENDAR IS HERE

KITE CALENDARS FROM 2004 ARE HERE

JANUARY 2003
5	MKF 'Welcome to the New Year' fly-in, Coombe Abbey Country Park, Brinklow Road, Binley, near Coventry, Warwickshire
8 - 17	6th Desert Kite Festival, Jodhpur - Jaipur - Agra, India
13-15	Gujarat Interneational Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
18 & 19	12th Annual Nelson Summer Kite Festival, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
26	Tewkesbury Winter Kite League, Tewkesbury School, off Junction 9 M5, Tewkesbury, Glos
30 & 31	Aqaba International Kite Festival, South Beach, Aqaba, Jordan

FEBRUARY 2003
2	MKF Fly-in Evesham Country Park, Evesham, Worcestershire
14-16	Airshows Downunder celebrating 100 years of flight, Australia

MARCH 2003
2	MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham

APRIL 2003
6	MKF fly-in, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
6	Wellington Country Park, (A33 Basingstoke to Reading Road), Riseley, Reading, Berkshire
13	Children's Kite making workshop, Visitors Centre, Carsington Reservoir, Derbyshire
20	6th Streatham Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16
26-27	Buckingham Kite Festival, Stowe Gardens. Buckingham
27	8th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire


MAY 2003
4 & 5	Weymouth International Kite Festival, The Beach, Weymouth
4 & 5	Beverley Garden and Kite Festival, Beverley Racecourse, Yorkshire
10 & 11	Swindon International Kite Festival, Lydiard Park, Swindon
11	Poole Kite Picnic, Baiter Park, Poole, Dorset
17 & 18	Suffolk Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, Bury St Edmunds
17 & 18	Cleethorpes Kite Festival, The Beach, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
17 & 18	Lotto Kite Festival, Oostende, Belgium
24-26	Tewkesbury Kite Fun Weekend, Tewkesbury School, off Junction 9 M5, Tewkesbury, Glos
24-26	Middle Wallop Kite Festival, Middle Wallop Airfield, Hampshire
25	Coombe Abbey kite day, Brinklow Road, Binley, near Coventry

JUNE 2003
1	Hardwick Hall Kite Day, Hardwick Hall, near Clay Cross, Derbyshire
7	Shifnal Kite Day, Idsall School Playing Fields, Shifnal, Shropshire
7 & 8	Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke
7 & 8	Margam Park Kite Festival, Margam Park, near Port Talbot, South Wales
7 & 8	Northwest Kite Festival, Beacon Country Park, Up Holland, near Skelmersdale, Lancashire
8	Ragley Hall Kite Day, Ragley Hall, near Alcester, Warwickshire
8	Peterborough Kite Day, Nene Valley Park, Peterborough
14 & 15	Teston Family Kite weekend, Teston Bridge Picnic Site, Teston, Kent
19 - 22	19th International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Fano, Denmark
20 - 22	BKSA Championshire Kitesurfing event, Goldcoast, Saunton Sands, Devon
21 & 22	Fylde International Kite Festival, Lytham st Anne,s, near Blackpool, Lancs
21 & 22	Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Sports Ground, Southampton
27-29	BKSA Windfest and Kitesurfing Event, Hunstanton, Norfolk
28	MKF training and free flight day, Market Bosworth Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
28 & 29	Shrewsbury Kite and Boomerang Festival, Sundorne Playing Fields, Shrewsbury
28 & 29	Bedford International Kite Festival, Russell Park, Bedford
29	Market Bosworth Kite, Craft and Environment Festival, Market Bosworth Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire

JULY 2003

5 & 6	Chale Kite Flyers Kite festival, Chale, Isle of Wight (provisional)
5 & 6	Sunderland International Kite Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, District 12, Washington, Tyne & Wear
6	MKF fly-in, Browns Westmead Park, Wolverley near Kidderminster, Worcestershire
6	Rockingham Fun Day, Rockingham Castle, Rockingham, Northants
12 & 13	Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton
12 & 13	Barmouth Kite Festival, Barmouth Beach, Wales
19 & 20	7th Kennet Valley Kite Festival, Henwick Worthy Sports Field, off the A4, Thatcham, Berks
19 & 20	Hereford Kite Festival, Kingstone High School, Kingstone, near Hereford
20	Children's Kite making workshop, Rainbows Children's Hospice Spectacular, Loughborough, Leics
26 & 27	Tewkesbury International Kite Festival, Tewkesbury School, off Junction 9 M5, Tewkesbury, Glos
27	Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Duntable, Bedfordshire
27	Petworth Kite Festival, Petworth Park, West Sussex



AUGUST 2003
3	Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath, Royston, Hertfordshire
9 & 10	Teston Family Kite weekend, Teston Bridge Picnic Site, Teston, Kent
9 & 10	Middle Wallop Kite Festival, Middle Wallop Airfield, Hampshire
10	Stockton Kite Festival, Grangefield School, Stockton on Tees, Teeside
10	Nordic Cup Sport Kite Challenge Competition, Gothenburg, Sweden
15-17	Northampton Balloon Festival, Racecourse Park, Northampton
16 & 17	10th Coventry Kite Festival, Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
16 & 17	Englands Highest Kite Festival (alledgedly), next to England's longest waterfall, High Force, near Middleton in Teesdale, Co. Durham
17	Kites over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent
23 - 25	Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
24 - 29	Cape Town International Kite Festival, Cape Town, South Aftica
30 & 31	Bristol International Kite Festival, Ashton Court, Bristol, Somerset
31	Hunstanton Kite Festival, Hunstanton, Norfolk

SEPTEMBER 2003
5 - 7	13th International Kitefliers meeting, Romo, Denmark
7	7th Rushcliffe Kite Day, Rushcliffe Country Park, Ruddington, near Nottingham
7	Whitley Bay Kite Festival, The LInks, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear
12 - 15	6th International Kite Festival, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
13 & 14	Harlepool Kite Festival, The Headlands, Hartlepool, Teeside

OCTOBER 2003
5	Kite Day, Apedale Country Park, Apedale, Newcastle under Lyme, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
11 & 12	Windfest 2003, Paignton, Torbay, Devon
12	One Sky One World - kiteflying for Peace in the World. Events all over the World
	OSOW UK events website is here
	Midlands Kite Fliers	Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire
	Midlands Kite Fliers	The Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
	Northern Kite Group	Otterspool, Liverpool
	Shropshire Kite Fliers / Midlands Kite Fliers	Sundorne Playing Fields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
	Midlands Kite Fliers	Evesham Country Park, Evesham, Worcestershire
	White Horse Kite Fliers	Barbury Castle Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire
	Brighton Kite Fliers	Devils Dyke, near Hove, West Sussex
	Suffolk Kite Fliers & Thorpe Kite Flyers	Rougham Airport, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
	Chale Kite Fliers	Chale Recreation Ground, Isle of Wight
	Poole Kite Fliers	Baiter Park Poole, Dorset
	Essex Kite Group	Perrywoods Nurseries, Kelvedon Rd, Inworth, Tiptree, between Braintree & Colchester
	South Eastern Kite Society	Kent College Playing Fields, Canterbury
	Avon Kite Flyers	Ashton Court, Bristol, Somerset
12	Solent Kite Flyers fly-in, Lepe Country Park, near Lymington, Hampshire
19	Family Fun Day, Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses, Edgbaston, Birmingham
18 & 19	14th International Kite Festival, Lunen, Germany


NOVEMBER 2003
2	Celestial Festival Kite Day, Whitlingham Country Park, Norwich, Norfolk
8 & 9	Fuerteventura International Kite Festival, Correlejo, Fuerteventura
9	Solent Kite Flyers fly-in, Lordshill Sports ground, Southampton
9	Discussion meeting re New National Body for UK Kite Fliers, The Risley Park Public House, Derby Road, Risley Derbyshire
15	Light up the Sky for Children in Need, Idsall School Sports Fields, Shifnal, Telford, Shropshire
15	Light up the Sky for Children in Need, Otterspool Promenade, Liverpool
16	Fractured Axel Kite Club fly-in, Southsea Common, Portsmouth
16	Northern Kite Group fly-in, Beacon Country Park, near Wigan
21	Light up the Sky for Children in Need, Tewkesbury School Playing Fields, Tewkesbury, Glos
21	Light up the Sky for Children in Need, Rougham Airfield, east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
22	Light up the Sky for Children in Need, The Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
23	Solent Kite Flyers fly-in, Stoney Cross Common, near Ringwood, Hampshire

DECEMBER 2003
26	Solent Kite Flyers Boxing Day Special fly-in, Stoney Cross Common, near Ringwood, Hampshire

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