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PAST EVENTS 2006
This is a list of past kite events that were listed on KiteCalendar.co.uk during 2006
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JANUARY 2006
1 Annual fly, Chateau Tongariro (Mt Ruapehu), New Zealand
2 MKF New Year Mince Pie fly-in, Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, West Midlands
7 NKG Indoor fly-in, Clayton Green Sports Centre, Clayton Green Road, Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, near Preston, Lancs
8 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
12 - 15 16th International Makar Sankranti Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
15 Makar Sankranti kite festival and Workshop, Abbey Park, Leicester
21 - 22 15th Annual Nelson Summer Kite Festival, Neale Park, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
22 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
22 STACK UK Precision Skills Coaching day. Lansdowne Playing Fields, Bath
FEBRUARY 2006
4 & 5 Indoor Kiteflying demos and competitions, Complexe Sportif, Belleville-sur-mer, Dieppe, France
5 MKF fly-in, Evesham Country Park, Evesham
12 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
12 GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford
14 - 19 11th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, Malaysia
19 NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds
19 Midlands Winter Sport Kite League, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Park, nr Birmingham - DATE CHANGED
26 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs
MARCH 2006
3 - 5
23rd Annual Kitemakers Conference, Conference Centre, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
5
KCOS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
12 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
12 GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford
19 MKF fly-in, Hatton Country World, Hatton, near Warwick, Warwickshire
19 NKG fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside - VENUE CHANGED
19 KCOS fly-in, Carmiurs Park, opposite Falkirk Golf Club, Stirling Road, Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland
25 MKF School Co-ordinator's Open Day and Fly-in, Oakfield Park, Hospital Lane, Blaby, Leicestershire
26 STACK UK 'Better flying' coaching day, Midlands area - location to be confirmed
26 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs
31 - 2/4 BKSA Kitesurfing Championships, Round 1, Watergate Bay, Cornwall
APRIL 2006
2 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
2 Wellington Country Park Kite Day, Basingstoke, Hampshire
2 KCOS fly-in, the large field to the rear of the Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
8 & 9 23rd Rimini Kite Festival, Rimini, Italy
9 12th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire
9 9th Streatham Common Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16
8 - 17 20th International Berck sur mer Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Normandy, France
16 NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
16 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs
16 KCOS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
16 & 17 Easter Egg-stravagnaza including NEKF kiteflying, Castle Howard, York, North Yorkshire
19 - 23 Plein Vent Kite Festival 2006, Houlgate, near Caen, Normandy, France
22 - 1/5 Cervia International Kite Festival, Cervia, Italy
23 Campsall Park kite day, Campsall Park, near Doncaster - CANCELLED
23 St George's Kite Day, Belvoir Castle, nr Grantham, Lincolnshire
24 - 28 Qingdao International kite festival, Qingdao, China
29 - 4th Guiyang International Kite Festival, Guiyang, China
30 KCOS fly-in, Carmiurs Park, opposite Falkirk Golf Club, Stirling Road, Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland
30 (&1st) 9th Beverley Kite Festival, The Racecourse, Beverley, near York, East Yorkshire
30 (&1st) Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset
MAY 2006
1
9th Beverley Kite Festival, The Racecourse, Beverley, near York, East Yorkshire
1 Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset
6 & 7
Peter Lynn Power Kites & Friends Demo Day @ Dunstable Kites, Unit 1 Barleyfields, Sparrow Hall Farm, Edlesborough, Bedfordshire
6 & 7
Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire
6 & 7
Swindon International Kite Festival, Science Museum, Wroughton, near Swindon, Wiltshire
6 & 7 12ème Festival International Convivial de Cerf-Volant d'Hardelot-Plage, France
7 Stourport Kite Event and MKF fly-in, The Riverside Park, Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire
13 & 14 9th Cleethorpes International Kite Festival, Lower Promenade, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
13 & 14 20th Ostend International Kite Festival, Groot Stand, Ostend, Belgium
14 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
14 GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford
14 KCOS fly-in, the large field to the rear of the Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland
20 & 21 9th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
20 & 21 eXtremeKiteshop demo weekend, Hydro Extreme Worcester Road, Holt, Worcester
21 NKG fly-in, Otterspool, near Liverpool, Lancs
23 - 25 Rokkaku flying and fighting, Festival of Japan, Swinton Park, Masham, near Ripon, Yorkshire
27 - 29 Tewkesbury Kite Fun Weekend, Tewkesbury School, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - CANCELLED
27 - 2/6 Hebridean Sky Jam II, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
27 - 29 FlexiWallopTwo 2006, Middle Wallop Airfield, nr Andover, Hampshire
28 KCOS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
28 Poole Kite Picnic at Baiter Harbourside Park, Poole, Dorset
28 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambs
JUNE 2006
2 - 5
Cerf Volant Mania 2006, Stella-Plage, Department 62, France
3 & 4 Beacon Park Kite Festival, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire
3 & 4 Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire
3 & 4 Skegness Kite and X-fest including BKSA boardercross and slider tour, North Beach, Skegness, Lincolnshire
10 & 11 Margam Park Kite Festival, Margam Park, near Bridgend, South Wales
10 & 11 Fylde Kite Festival, The Beach, Lytham st Anne's, near Blackpool, Lancs - CANCELLED
10 & 11 Teston Bridge family kite weekend, Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent
11 Festival of Flight, Queen Elizabeth Park Country Park, near Portmsouth, Hampshire
15 - 18
22nd International Fano Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Fano, Denmark
17 & 18 23rd Shrewsbury Kite & Boomerang Festival, College of Art & Technology, London Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
17 & 18 11th Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Recreation Ground, Redbridge Lane, Lordshill, Southampton, Hampshire
24 Family Day, including children's kite making, Ingleborough Nature Reserve, Chapel le Dale, near Settle, North Yorkshire
24 & 25 "A Lark In The Park 2006", Market Bosworth Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
24 & 25 3rd Wirral Kite Festival, the "Dips", next to New Brighton promenade, The Wirral, Cheshire
25 GOKF Kite Festival, Nene Park, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
JULY 2006
1 Braunstone Carnival, Braunstone Park, Gooding Avenue, Braunstone, Leicester
1 & 2 Sunderland International Festival of Kites, Music and Dance, Northern Area Playing Fields, Stephenson, Washington, Tyne & Wear
1 & 2 eXtremeKiteshop demo weekend, Hydro Extreme Worcester Road, Holt, Worcester
3 - 10 7th Beirut International Kite Festival, Beirut
8 & 9 Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex
8 & 9 Barmouth Beach Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new RNLI boathouse, Barmouth, Mid Wales
15 & 16 Hereford Kite Festival, Kingstone High School, Hereford
16
GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
16 Catch The Wind, Morecambe's 3rd Annual Kite Festival, The Promenade, Morecambe, Lancashire
22 & 23 Extreme Eastbourne, the Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex
22 & 23 NKG week-end fly in, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire
22 & 23 Tewkesbury Kite Festival, Tewkesbury School, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
22 & 23 Richmond Kite Festival, Old Race Course, Richmond, Yorkshire
23 1st Berriewood kite fly-in, Berriewood Farm, Condover, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
29 & 30
Silloth Kite Festival, The Green, Silloth, on the Solway, Cumbria
29 & 30 1st MKF family fun weekend, Mill Hill School, Ripley, Derbyshire
30 Dunstable Downs Annual Kite Festival, Dunstable Downs, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire
30 GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
AUGUST 2006
5 Kites over Kintyre 2, Kinloch Green, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
6 15th Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath, Royston, Hertfordshire
12 Pembrokeshire Sky Festival, Carew Airfield, nr Tenby, Wales
12 & 13 13th Coventry Kite Festival, Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
12 & 13
Teston Bridge family kite weekend at Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent
12 & 13 Whitley Bay Kite Festival, The Links, Whitley Bay, Northumberland
13 Barnoldswick Community Arts Group Kite Festival, Letcliffe Park in Barnoldswick, Lancashire
13 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
18 - 20 16th Annual Northampton Balloon Festival, The Racecourse, Northampton
19 & 20
High Force Kite Festival, High Force Waterfall, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co Durham
19 & 20 Bournemouth Outdoor pursuits and kite festival, Littledown centre Bournemouth
20 Kites over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent
20 NKG fly-in, Heath Common, Wakefield, South Yorkshire - NEW VENUE
20 Hunstanton Kite Festival, Smithdon High School Fields, Hunstanton, Norfolk
26 - 28 Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Southsea, Hampshire
27 GOKF fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
SEPTEMBER 2006
1 - 3 18th Romo International Kitefliers Meeting, Romo, Denmark
2 Braunstone Park It Festival, Braunstone Park, Gooding Avenue, Leicester
2 & 3 1st Summer Kite Festival, The Racecourse, Beverley, near York, East Yorkshire
2 & 3 Bristol International Kite Festival, Ashton Court, Bristol, Somerset
3 2nd Berriewood kite fly-in, Berriewood Farm, Condover, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
9 - 17 14th Festival International de Cerf-Volant de Dieppe, The Seafront, Dieppe, France
9 & 10 Seahouses Festival, Seahouses, Northumberland
9 & 10 Great Barugh village fete and kite-fly weekend, Great Barugh, near Malton, North Yorkshire
9 & 10 Rufford Abbey Autumn Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire
10
MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
10 Rockingham Castle Kite day, Rockingham Castle, near Corby, Northamptonshire
11 - 17 Kite Jam, various locations in Llandudno and Anglesey, North Wales
16 Drumlanrig Kiting Festival, held in the grounds of Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - POSTPHONED
16 & 17 Chester Kite Festival, in assoc. with NKG, The Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire
16 - 17 Cape Town International Kite Festival, Zandvlei, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
17 GOKF fly-in and BBQ, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
17 10th Rushcliffe Kite Festival, Rushcliffe Country Park, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
22 - 24
Cervia Volante 2006, Frre beach G. Deledda Cervia Italy
23 & 24 eXtremeKiteshop demo weekend, Hydro Extreme Worcester Road, Holt, Worcester
24 'Flight in The Park', Berrington Hall, near Leominster, Herefordshire
24 3rd Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire
24 Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire
30 & 1/10 Bewl Water kite weekend, Bewl Water reservoir, nr Lamberhurst, Kent
OCTOBER 2006
1 Bewl Water kite weekend, Bewl Water reservoir, nr Lamberhurst, Kent
6-9 Niagara International Kite Festival, Niagara Falls, Canada & USA
8 ONE SKY ONE WORLD - KITE FLYING ALL OVER THE WORLD
8 - GOKF OSOW, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
8 - MKF OSOW, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
8 - Poole Kite Fliers OSOW, Baiter Harbourside Park, Poole, Dorset
8 - NKG OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
8 - NKG OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
8 - Shrewsbury OSOW at Roden Garden Centre, Roden, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
8 - WHKF OSOW, Barbury Castle Country Park, near Swindon, Wiltshire
14 & 15
North West Kite Fest, various locations, Fleetwood, Lancashire
15 16th Annual MKF display at Family Fun Day, Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Edgbaston, Birmingham
22
Kiteflying display by Sky Artists, North of England Organic Festival, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Yorkshire
22 GOKF fly-in, Priory Country Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
NOVEMBER 2006
10 - 12 Fuerteventura Kite Festival, La Playa del Burro beach, Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
11 North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers evening fly-in for Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Basingstoke area, Hampshire
12 MKF fly-in for Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
18
MKF fly-in for Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Market Bosworth Country Park, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
18 NKG fly-in for Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Otterspool, Liverpool, Merseyside
19 NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, Yorkshire
20 GOKF fly-in for Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
DECEMBER 2006
10 MKF fly-in, Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands
10 GOKF fly-in, Priory Country Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
17 NKG Xmas Fly in and Lunch, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool , South Liverpool, Merseyside
17 NKG Xmas Fly in and Lunch, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax,Yorkshire
17 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
27 WHFK Christmas pudding kite-fly, Barbury Castle Country Park, near Swindon, Wiltshire