PAST EVENTS 2003
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This is a
list of past kite events that were listed on www.kitecalendar.co.uk
during 2003 |
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| 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 | |
| APRL 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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
If you are a kite event/fly-in organiser and wish to have your event listed on the kitecalender page please email me with all the details.