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PAST EVENTS 2010
This is a list of past kite events that were listed on KiteCalendar.co.uk during 2010
THE CURRENT KITE CALENDAR IS HERE

 
JANUARY 2010
3 MKF New Year fly-in, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, nr. Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Leicestershire
10 - 15 20th Gujarat International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
17 KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
24 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
31 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
FEBRUARY 2010
13 & 14 North East Kite Fliers Rev Fun Fly and coaching weekend, Herrington Country Park (near to the UK Washington Kite Festival Site), Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
20 & 21 12th Festi-vent sur Glace, Saint-Placide, QC, Canada
21 NKG fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside - CANCELLED
21 NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire - CANCELLED
21 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
21 STACK winter league, Lordshill playing fields, Southampton
28 KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
MARCH 2010
6 SPKA Freestyle Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
6 & 7 Roy Broadley Kite Workshop (Moth Kite), Cliddesden Village Hall, near Basingstoke, Hants
7 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
14 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
19 - 21 The British Leisure Show and Kite Festival, Royal Windsor Race Course, Windsor, Berks
21 NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire
26 - 28 AIRVISA IV - 4th International Kite Festival of East Algarve, Cabanas de Tavira Kite Beach and Manta Rota's Beach, East Algarve, Portugal
28 16th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire
APRIL 2010
4 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
9 - 11 Curacao International Kite Festival, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean
10 - 18 24th International Berck sur mer Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France
11 Fun Fly-in with a bit of coaching and practising day, the flying site right in the middle of Salisbury plain, Salisbury, Wiltshire
11 12th Streatham Common Kite fly-in, Streatham Common, South London SW16
13 - 16 World Sport Kite Championship 2010, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France
17 Skybums' Church Stretton Kite Festival, Church Stretton, Shropshire
18 NKG fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside
24 & 25 North Hants Kiter's Jolly up 6, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants
25 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
MAY 2010
2 & 3 20th Weymouth International Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset
2 & 3 East Yorkshire Kite festival, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire
2 & 3 2nd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US
8 & 9 Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
8 & 9 20th Swindon International Kite Festival, Brinkworth House, Brinkworth, nr.Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5DF
15 & 16 13th Suffolk International Kite Festiva, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND
15 & 16 STACK national championships, round 1, Suffolk International kite festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
16 NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
22 & 23 4th Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, Harewood, near Leeds, West Yorkshire
29 - 31 Wallop 2010, Middle Wallop Traction Kiting Weekend, Army Air Museum, Middle Wallop, nr Andover, Hampshire
JUNE 2010
4 - 6 4th Exmouth Rotary Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon
5 & 6 Margam Park Kite Festival, Margam Park, near Bridgend, South Wales
5 & 6 18th Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire
5 & 6 Celtic Challenge Buggy Racing Scottish Round, Sands of Luce, Nr Stranraer, Scotland
5 & 6 Bedford International Kite Festival, Russell Park, Bedford
12 & 13 Kites over the Mersey, 7th Wirral International kite festival, "The Dips", New Brighton, Wirral, Cheshire
12 & 13 Teston Bridge Kite Weekend, Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX
12 & 13 Blackheath International Kite Festival, Blackheath, London
13 Butser Hill Festival of Flight, Butser Hill, not far from Queen Elizabeth Country Park, between Horndean and Petersfield, Hampshire
13 Peterborough Kite Festival, Nene Valley Park, Peterborough, Cambs - CANCELLED
17 - 20 26th Fano International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Denmark
19 & 20 15th Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Recreation Grounds, Five Acre Field, Redbridge Lane, Southampton, Hampshire
19 & 20 STACK national championships round 2, Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Recreation Grounds, Five Acre Field, Redbridge Lane, Southampton, Hampshire
19 & 20 Beacon Park Kite Festival, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire
20 Morecambe kite festival, Marine Road, Morecambe LA4 4BU
26 & 27 "A Lark In The Park", Market Bosworth Country Park, Park Road, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire CV13 0LP
26 & 27 Barmouth Beach Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales
27 SPKA Summer Fly, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
JULY 2010
3 & 4 Sunderland International Friendship and Kite Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, Usworth, Washington, Tyne and Wear
10 & 11 32nd Annual Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex
11 14th Rushcliffe Kite Festival, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG11 6JS
11 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
17 & 18 Herefordshire Kite Festival, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW
17 & 18 STACK national championships round 3, Herefordshire kite festival, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW
17 & 18 Eastbourne Extreme FreeSports Festival, Eastbourne’s Eastern seafront, BN22 7PR
18 Dunstable Kite Festival, the National Trust Gateway Centre, Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire
18 NKG fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside
24 & 25 4th MKF Family Fun Weekend, Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, near Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 2BE - CANCELLED
24 & 25 Silloth on Solway Kite Festival, The Green, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria
24 & 25 Dover Kite Festival, Astor Playing Fields, Tower Hamlets, Dover, Kent - CANCELLED
25 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
31 & 1 The Eilmer 1000 Malmesbury Kite Festival, The Worthies, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
31 & 1 North Hants Kiter's Jolly up 7, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden village, near Basingstoke, Hants
31 & 1 STACK Tricks Party Competition, North Hants Kiters Jolly-Up 7, The Buggy Field, Cliddensden, Basingstoke, Hants
AUGUST 2010
1 The Eilmer 1000 Malmesbury Kite Festival, The Worthies, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
1 North Hants Kiter's Jolly up 7, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants
1 STACK Tricks Party Competition, North Hants Kiters Jolly-Up 7, The Buggy Field, Cliddensden, Basingstoke, Hants
1 Monmouth Kite Festival and Balloon glow, Monmouth Showground, Redbrook Road, Monmouth, South Wales NP25 4LG - NEW VENUE
7 & 8 Big Kite Weekend, Teston Bridge picnic site, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX
8 The 1st Vintage Kite Meet, Shipley Country Park, Heanor, near Ilkeston, Derbyshire
8 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
14 & 15 27th Shrewsbury Kite Festival, SCAT (Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology), London Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6PR - NEW VENUE
14 & 15 STACK Novice / junior competition, Shrewsbury kite festival, SCAT (Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology), London Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6PR
14 & 15 Whitley Bay Kite Festival, The Links, Whitley Bay, Northumberland
15 NKG fly-in, on the beach, near the Leisure Centre, Fleetwood, Lancashire
20 - 22 Emmen Kite festival, Emmen, Netherlands
28 - 30 Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire
SEPTEMBER 2010
4 & 5 24th Bristol International Kite Festival, The Plateau, Ashton Court, Begger Bush Lane, Bristol, Somerset
4 & 5 Rufford Abbey Summer Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
11 - 19 Dieppe International Kite Festival, The Seafront, Dieppe, Normandy, France
12 15th Eggardon Kite Festival, Eggardon Hill, Kings Lane, near West Compton, near Bridport, Dorset
12 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
18 Balsall Common Kite Day, Lavendar Hall Park, Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common, near Coventry, West Midlands
18 & 19 Chester Kite Festival, in assoc. with NKG, The Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire
19 7th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH
25 Kites Over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG
26 Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire
26 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
OCTOBER 2010
1 - 3 STACK Eurocup, on the beach near the harbour, Calais, France
2 & 3 Bolton Abbey Kite Festival, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX
2 & 3 16th Festival International de Cerf-volant d'Hardelot Plage, Hardelot Plage, France
2 & 3 4th Margate International Kite Festival, Main Sands, Margate, Kent
3 ex-KITE-ment, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire - Provisional
9 Suffolk Kite Fliers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
9 Kite Weekenders Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Sumners Ponds Campsite and Fishery. Barnes Green, Horsham, Sussex RH13 0PR
9 & 10 Sparkassenkitefestival, Lünen, Germany
10 OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - An Annual Worldwide event, flying kites for peace:
10 Kent Kite Flyers OSOW, Radnor Park, Folkestone, Kent
10 NKG OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
10 NKG OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
10 GOKF OSOW, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
10 MKF OSOW, The War Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, Warwickshire
10 Fractured Axel OSOW, Epsom Downs Race Course, near Tattenham Corner, Epson, Surrey
10 Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, Shropshire
10 Suffolk Kite Fliers OSOW, Rougham Airfield, east of Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND
10 Kite Weekenders OSOW, Sumners Ponds Campsite and Fishery. Barnes Green, Horsham, Sussex RH13 0PR
10 Thorpe Kite Fliers OSOW, Great Yarmouth North Beach, near to Munchies Cafe, Norfolk NR30 4EX
10 WHKF OSOW, Barbury Castle, near Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire
23 & 24 16th Cape Town International Kite Festival, on the lawns surrounding Zandvlei, Muizenberg. South Africa
23 NKG Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
24 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
NOVEMBER 2010
5 - 7 XXIII Festival Internacional de Cometas, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
14 GOKF fly-in, Priory Country Park, Barkers Lane, Bedford MK41 9DJ
14 KCOS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
21 NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire
21 NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire
28 St. Andrews Kite Festival, West Sands beach, St. Andrews, Scotland
28 GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU
DECEMBER 2010
12 NKG Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
12 NKG Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire
12 GOKF fly-in, Priory Country Park, Barkers Lane, Bedford MK41 9DJ
19 GOKF Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU