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PAST EVENTS 2005 |
| JANUARY 2005 | |
| 1 | Brighton Kite Flyers Fly-in, Devils Dyke, Brighton, East Sussex |
| 2 | MKF fly-in, Coombe Abbey Country Park, Brinklow, near Coventry, Warwickshire |
| 8 | Irish PKA Winter Series, Benone Strand, north of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 9 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 11 - 14 | Makrasanti Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| 16 | Makar Sankranti community Kite Flying and making, Abbey Park, Leicester |
| 21 - 22 | Nelson Kite Festival, Neale Park, Nelson, New Zealand |
| 29 - 30 | Hawkes Bay Kite Festival, Tareha Park, Napier, New Zealand |
| FEBRUARY 2005 | |
| 5 & 6 | Rotorua Art in the Sky Kite Festival 2005, Arawa Park Racecourse, Rotorua, New Zealand
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| 5 | Irish PKA Winter Series, Benone Strand, north of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 6 | MKF fly-in, Evesham Country Park, Evesham, Worcestershire |
| 6 | Apedale Kite Fliers fly In, Apedale country Park, Blackbank Rd, Silverdale, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs |
| 12 & 13 | Winter Kite Festival, Festi-vent sur glace, Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada |
| 13 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 20 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| MARCH 2005 | |
| 4, 5 & 6 | Kite Frenzy 2005, Col de Puymorens, Pyrenees, France |
| 6 | Apedale Kite Fliers fly In, Apedale country Park, Blackbank Rd, Silverdale, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs |
| 13 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 19 - 28 | Second Spring Exhibition of Kites, Banners and Textile Art by Helen Howes, The Raveningham Centre, Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk |
| 19 & 20 | AOSPKC Power Kite March Mayhem, Criccieth/Porthmadog area, North Wales |
| 20 | MKF Fighter & Rokkaku kite fly-in, Hatton Country World & Craft Centre, Hatton, near Warwick, Warwickshire |
| 20 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Wildwood Drive, Worcester, Worcestershire |
| 20 | NKG Fly-in, Haslingden Sports Centre, Helmshore Road, Haslingden, East Lancashire |
| 20 | BKFA discussion meeting, The Clock Inn, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, Warwickshire |
| 26 & 27 | Irish Supercup Buggy Racing, Benone Strand, north of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 28 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers Grand Easter fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| APRIL 2005 | |
| 2 & 3 | Valencia Kite Festival, The Beach, Valencia, Spain |
| 3 | Apedale Kite Fliers fly In, Apedale country Park, Blackbank Rd, Silverdale, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs |
| 9 & 10 | Rufford Abbey Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire |
| 10 | 8th Streatham Common Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16 |
| 10 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 8 - 17 | 19th International Berck sur mer Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, France |
| 17 | 11th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire |
| 17 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 17 | NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire - CHANGED VENUE |
| 20 - 25 | 22nd International Kite Festival, Weifang, China |
| 22 - 24 | Woolacombe Windfest and Kite Boarding Tour, Woolacome Bay, North Devon |
| 23 & 24 | North Coast IPKA Challenge, Benone Strand, north of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 23 - 1/5 | Cervia International Kite Festival, The Beach, Cervia, Italy |
| 24 | Belvoir Castle Kite Day, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire |
| MAY 2005 | |
| 1 & 2 | 8th Beverley Kite Festival, The Racecourse, Beverley, near York, East Yorkshire |
| 1 & 2 | Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset |
| 2 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 4 & 5 | Showa Giant Kite Festival & National Kite Fly, Edo River Dry Riverbed, Showa, Japan |
| 5 - 8 | Nordic Kite Meeting 2005, Blokhus, Denmark |
| 7 & 8 | Swindon International Kite Festival, Science Museum, Wroughton, near Swindon, Wiltshire |
| 8 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 14 & 15 | 8th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 14 & 15 | 8th Cleethorpes International Kite Festival, Lower Promenade, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire |
| 14 & 15 | 20th Ostend International Kite Festival, Ostend, Belgium |
| 15 | Poole Kite Picnic, Baiter Park, Poole, Dorset |
| 15 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 15 | NKG fly-in, Otterspool promenade, Liverpool |
| 21 & 22 | Hardelot Plage Kite Festival, The Beach, Hardelot Plage, France |
| 28 - 30 | Tewkesbury Kite Fun Weekend, Tewkesbury School, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire |
| 28 - 30 | FlexiWallopOne 2005, Middle Wallop Airfield, nr Andover, Hampshire |
| 30 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| JUNE 2005 | |
| 4 | Kiteflying at Village Fair, Hollybush Inn, Salt, between Rugeley and Stone, Staffordshire |
| 4 & 5 | Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 4 & 5 | Northwest Kite & Outdoor Sports Festival, in association with NKG, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancs |
| 5 | River Meadows Kite & Fun Day, River Meadows, Stourport upon Severn, Worcestershire |
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| 5 & 6 | Sanjo Giant Kite Fighting Festival, Igarashi river bank, Sanjo, Japan |
| 10 - 12 | Skegness Windfest, The Beach, Skegness, Lincolnshire |
| 11 & 12 | 3rd Wirral Kite Festival, the "Dips", next to New Brighton promenade, The Wirral, Cheshire |
| 11 & 12 | Margam Park Kite Festival, Margam Park, near Bridgend, South Wales |
| 11 & 12 | Teston Bridge family kite weekend at Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent |
| 12 | Peterborough Kite Festival, Nene Park, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs |
| 16 - 19 | 21st International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Fano, Denmark |
| 18 & 19 | 22nd Shrewsbury Kite & Boomerang Festival, Shrewsbury College of Art and Technology, London Road, Shrewsbury |
| 18 & 19 | Fylde Kite Festival, The Beach, Lytham st Anne's, near Blackpool, Lancs |
| 18 & 19 | 10th Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Recreation Grounds, Redbridge Lane, Lordshill, Southampton |
| 18 & 19 | Kite Demo weekend, Extreme Kite Shop, Hydro Extreme, Worcester Road, Holt, Worcestershire |
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| 20 - 22 | Longest Day Fly In, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides |
| 25 & 26 | "A Lark in the Park 2005", Market Bosworth Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire |
| 25 & 26 | 3rd Bedford International Kite Festival, Russell Park, Bedford |
| JULY 2005 | |
| 2 & 3 | Sunderland International Kite Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, Stephenson, Washington, Tyne & Wear |
| 4 - 11 | 6th International Kite Festival, Lebanon |
| 9 & 10 | Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
| 9 & 10 | Barmouth Beach Kite weekend, near new RNLI Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Wales |
| 16 & 17 | 4th Hereford Kite Festival, Kingstone High School, Kingstone, Herefordshire |
| 16 & 17 | |
| 17 | Catch the Wind Kite Festival, Morecambe, Lancashire |
| 17 | Petworth Kite Festival, Petworth Park, Petworth, West Sussex |
| 17 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 23 & 24 | Tewkesbury Kite Festival, Tewkesbury School, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire |
| 24 | Druridge Bay Kite Festival, Druridge Bay Country Park, Hadston, Morpeth, Northumberland |
| 26 | 'Just do it!' - National Park Open Day, Losehill Hall, Castleton, Derbyshire |
| 30 & 31 | The Blackpool Monster Kite Show, The Beach, Blackpool, Lancs |
| 30 & 31 | NKG fly-in, Bolton le Sands, near Morecambe, Lancashire |
| 31 | Dunstable Downs Annual Kite Festival, Dunstable Downs, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
| 31 | Skegness Flexifoil Power Kite Demo Day, North Beach, Skegness |
| AUGUST 2005 | |
| 6 & 7 | Kites in Argyll, The Memorial Park overlooking Campbeltown's Harbour, Argyll, Scotland |
| 7 | Whitley Bay Kite Festival. The Links, Whitley Bay, Northumberland |
| 7 | 14th Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath, Royston, Hertfordshire |
| 11 - 15 | L'International du cerf-volant à Dieppe, Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada |
| 13 & 14 | 12th Coventry Kite Festival, Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| 13 & 14 | Teston Bridge family kite weekend at Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent |
| 13 & 14 | High Force Kite Festival. Raby Castle, near Middleton in Teesdale, Co Durham |
| 13 & 14 | 5th Pembroke Sky Festival, Carew Airfield nr Tenby, Pembrokeshire |
| 18 - 21 | Northampton Balloon Festival, The Racecourse, Northampton |
| 20 & 21 | 17th International Kite Festival, Emmen, The Netherlands |
| 20 & 21 | |
| 20 & 21 | Kites over Capstone, Capstone farm country park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent |
| 21 | Hunstanton Kite Festival, Smithdon High School Fields, Hunstanton, Norfolk |
| 21 | Bournemouth Kite Festival, Littledown Centre, Chaseside, Bournemouth |
| 21 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 18 - 25 | End-to-End Motorcycle run for Myton Hospice, Warwick (not a kite event, just kitefliers on bikes for charity!) |
| 27 - 29 | Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Southsea, Hampshire |
| 29 | 1st Charlecote Country Park Kite Day, Charlecote Park, near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire |
| 29 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| SEPTEMBER 2005 | |
| 3 & 4 | SkyFest, Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, Scotland |
| 3 & 4 | Bristol International Kite Festival, Ashton Court, Bristol, Somerset |
| 10 | Harrogate Kite Festival, Killinghall Moor Country Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire |
| 10 & 11 | |
| 10 & 11 | MKF fly-in at Rufford Abbey and Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire |
| 11 | Telscombe Tye fun kite day, Telscombe Cliffs, (between Brighton and Newhaven on the A259) East Sussex |
| 11 | Boldmere Kitefliers Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate entrance, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham |
| 15 - 20 | Parakart European Championship 2005, Benone Beach, Limavady, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| 15 - 18 | Poole Windfest and Kite Boarding Tour, Sandbank, Poole, Dorset |
| 17 | When Sky was Sea kite making by Japanese artist Shimabuku, Eastside Green, corner of Bartholomew Street and Fazeley Street, Birmingham |
| 17 & 18 | 2nd Chester Kite Festival, in association with NKG, The Roodee Race Course, Chester |
| 17 & 18 | Historical Kites Get Together for VE Day, Great Barugh village, near Malton, North Yorkshire |
| 17 & 18 | 11th Cape Town International Kite Festival, Zandvlei, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 17 & 18 | Industrial Alliance KiteFest, Milliken District Park, McCowan & Steeles, Scarborough, Canada |
| 18 | 9th Rushcliffe Kite Festival, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, near Nottingham |
| 18 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 18 | Children's Kite making, Lyme Park, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire |
| 24 - 25 | Kingsfold Kite and Steam fair, Wattlehurst Farm, Kingsfold, on the A24 between Horsham and Dorking, Surrey |
| 25 | 2nd Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire |
| 25 | Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
| OCTOBER 2005 | |
| 1 - 3 | 16th Lunen International Family Kite Festival, Lunen, Germany |
| 2 | Apedale Kite Day, Apedale Community Country Park, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire |
| 7 - 9 | The Niagara International Kite Festival, various venues, USA and Canada: |
| 7 | Homan Walsh 1848 Kite Contest re-enactment - both sides of the Canadian and US Niagara Falls |
| 7 | Night Fly Show: Terrapin Point, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York, USA |
| 8 & 9 | Niagara International Kite Festival, Artpark, Lewiston, NY, USA |
| 8 & 9 | Bewl Water kite weekend, Bewl Water reservoir, nr Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 9 | One Sky One World - kiteflying for Peace in the World. |
| 9 | - MKF OSOW at Rufford Abbey and Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire |
| 9 | - MKF OSOW at Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands |
| 9 | - SKF & TKF OSOW, Rougham Airfield, nr Bury St Edmunds |
| 9 | - GOKF OSOW, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 9 | - NKG OSOW at Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 9 | - NKG OSOW at Otterspool promenade, Liverpool |
| 9 | - KKC OSOW at Bewl Water Reservoir, near Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 9 | - Shrewsbury OSOW at Roden Nurseries, Roden, B5062 Shrewsbury to Newport Rd, Shropshire |
| 16 | 15th Annual MKF display at Family Fun Day, Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| 16 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, The Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 16 | BKFA AGM, Selway Moore House, 169 Basingstoke Road, Reading, Berkshire |
| 23 | STACK UK 'Better flying' coaching day, Newbury Showground, Newbury, Berks |
| 28 - 30 | White Air Windfest and Kite Boarding Tour, Isle of Wight |
| 28 | Flexifoil Demo Day, North Beach, Skegness |
| 29 | X-kids Halloween Freaky Fly and Barbeque, North Beach, Skegness |
| NOVEMBER 2005 | |
| 4 | MKF Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands |
| 12 & 13 | Fuerteventura kite festival, La Playa del Burro beach, nr Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands |
| 12 & 13 | Party in the Sky, Opiki, near Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 13 | MKF Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands |
| 18 | SKF & TKF Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Rougham Airfield, nr Bury St Edmunds |
| 19 & 20 | No Big Kites weekend, Taupo, New Zealand |
| 19 | MKF Light up the Sky for BBC BBC Children In Need Appeal, Mill Hill School, Pease Hill, Ripley, Derbyshire |
| 19 | NKG Light Up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Otterspool promenade, Liverpool |
| 20 | GOKF Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire - ** CHANGE OF VENUE ** |
| 27 | STACK UK 'Better flying' coaching day, New Brighton, Wirral |
| DECEMBER 2005 | |
| 4 | MKF Fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands |
| 11 | STACK UK 'Better flying' coaching day, Stopsley Playing Field, Luton, Beds |
| 11 | GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford |
| 18 | NKG Xmas fly-in, Otterspool promenade, Liverpool |
| 18 | NKG Xmas fly-in, Stainland recreation centre, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire |
| 18 | Alcester & Worcester Kitefliers fly-in, Worcester Countryside Centre, Spetchley Road, Worcester |
| 31 | Annual fly, Chateau Tongariro (Mt Ruapehu), New Zealand |