REGATTA
The event is big, fun and has something for everyone. Here we provide, for your delectation, a guide to the ‘Best in the West’ and what it has to offer:
opening Saturday. A fun event full of the anticipation of the coming festivities – there are performances, music and stalls with food and gifts. There’s even the Regatta Dog show! Held in the Royal Avenue Gardens, this is a light hearted and fun way to start your Regatta experience. It starts at 11.30am on Saturday August 24th.
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Opening Ceremony – Wednesday night is the official beginning
of the Regatta and the opening ceremony is suitably formal and full of pomp. A proces- sion of the Regatta committee and many VIPs makes its way down Victoria Road to the Royal Avenue Gardens. As the proces- sion enters the Gardens, a maroon (a rocket traditionally used to call lifeboatmen to a shout) is fired. Then it’s down to the serious business of opening the festivities with the proc- lamation. This is a statement announcing that there will be a ‘fair’ within the confines of the town and a regatta on the water. It contains the very welcome instruction to all to “eat, drink and be merry”. Well, don’t mind if I do!
town, this is a remarkable event in which rowers try to row as far as they can whilst being tethered by a bungee rope. Despite sounding like a frustrating exercise, it creates compelling watching as teams of top local rowers push themselves to the limit to win. A real treat!
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The Regatta Proms – this is a fantastic, tub thumping,
patriotic singalong for everyone. Held in the Royal Avenue Gardens on the opening Saturday evening, this has pomp, a big band and all your favourite proms classics, including the extravaganza that is ‘Land of hope and
Bungee Rowing – held in the boatfloat at the heart of the
We start with the first event – the Regatta fete on the
morning is filled with madcap and fun events everyone can enjoy. There is the Waiters and Waitresses Race, in which competitors run up and down the Embankment carrying pints
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of ale, the International Trolley Grandprix, where contestants have to fill a wire trolley with ‘fuel’ (water) in tanks that have holes in them. Teams of two compete, with one poor soul charged with running back and forward with cans full of water. There’s also the barrel rolling competition and the Crabbing Competition (competitive parents beware: catch crabs for your children and they will be disqualified!).
in the Mayors Avenue car park, it provides excitement, colour and music for the duration of the festivities. A perfect place to take the kids for an hour or two of harmless fun – just make sure they don’t have too much candyfloss and then get on the dodgems...
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famous air display team return for another stunning performance. If you have never seen them perform along the Dart you are missing out, as the valley location gives the display a special something. The sound echoes between the hills and seeing the planes turning and twisting incredibly just a few feet above the masts of moored yachts is something else. On the day, get here early - if the weather is good, the town will be buzzing! Throughout the week, there are other jaw-dropping displays, from ‘the Blades’ Aeronautic team,
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the Black Cats helicopters, the Sea Fury, the Sea King and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
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Red Arrows and Air displays - the world’s most
The funfair is a huge part of Regatta – placed
Things to do at
Dartmouth Regatta D
artmouth Regatta is more than just an event: it is the culmination of a year’s hard work by a small group that reflects and is enjoyed by a whole community.
Glory’ and of course ‘Rule Britannia’. Get your Union Jacks out and you’re ready to join in!
Family Day - Friday has always been family day at Regatta and the
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