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The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta The Regatta is shaping up to be a fantastic water and town based event this year.
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n land the Regatta Great Gatsby Ball will be in the Guildhall on Tuesday 28
August, organised by the Royal Castle Hotel, get ready to flap the night away with a sumptuous 3 course meal, cocktail bar and music from Drat Pak who are guaranteed to get you dancing. In the town we have a craft market within the Old Market Square as well as lots of other stalls within the Royal Avenue Gardens. The whole family will enjoy our Spot the Oddity competition: follow the trail around the town and see if you can spot what is odd in the shop
windows...don’t forget to pop in and buy a souvenir or two whilst at it! You may time it well so you can watch a pop up theatre show from Rattlebox theatre as you wander around. Dress up as a sea creature for Thursdays fancy dress competition, enjoy the live music in the Bandstand, or chill out sat on the riverfront watching the world drift by. This year sees the 50th anniversary
of the Regatta Tennis Tournament, on all week from the 25 August.
Watch this fantastic sport, with the beautiful backdrop of the River Dart, and enjoy everything that Coronation Park will be offering this year! On Thursday 30 August, come and enjoy our new for this year ‘Regatta Sun- downer’ with music from the superb Riviera Dogs plus special guests, with your favourite tipples from the Bays Brewery Bar and the Cocktail Kings. On Friday 30 Aug and Sat 1 Sep
the park will become the Sunsail Family Fun Zone, with inflatable fun for the kids, Breeze Radio playing some chill out tunes and Fat Face will be in attendance, all designed to help your family soak up the Regatta atmosphere. Your kids will be so busy, as there will be the hotly contested Junior Crab Fishing competition on Friday morning and our ever popular Pave- ment Artist competition is back and we are delighted to announce it will be judged by local artist James Stewart this year. Friday is always fun day, with Barrel racing, the Waiters & waitresses races and don’t miss the Trolley Grand Prix for juniors
and seniors all on the embankment by Platform 1 and the boatfloat. For the sporty water lovers among
you, there are many rowing and sailing races on all week to take part in or spectate as well as our Regatta Darts, Bowls and Golf competitions, not to mention our youth and adult road races! Following this we have a Steam Boat Rally, and our Saturday afternoon highlights will start with an RNLI search & rescue demo at 1.30pm, not one but two Flyboard- ing displays, a Newfoundland Dog display at 5pm, all finished off by the Regatta Fireworks at 9pm. There really is so much for every-
one to do, it is impossible to list it all! Check out our website for details on how to book tickets for the Ball and Sundowner, and for informa- tion on everything else happening during the week. Or buy a souvenir programme from from Pillars, Holliss Filling Station and Dartmouth Visitor Centre, Kingswear Stores and King- swear Post Office, English Riviera Visi- tor centre (Torquay) and Greenway Ferries.
www.dartmouthregatta.co.uk
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www.dartmouthsailingweek.com For Tennis Tournament info check out
www.dartmouthregattatennis.co.uk
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