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PAST EVENTS 2009 |
| JANUARY 2009 | |
| 1 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Grafham Water Visitor Centre, Marlow Park, Grafham, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 0BH |
| 4 | Midlands Kite Fliers New Year fly-in, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, nr. Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Leicestershire |
| 11 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| 12 - 14 | 19th Gujarat International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| 25 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 31 | Chinese New Year Midlands Kite Fliers fly-in and children's kite making workshops, Shipley Country Park, Slack Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire |
| FEBRUARY 2009 | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 8 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| 14 & 15 | Singapore Kite Day, Punggol, Singapore |
| 15 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside |
| 15 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 16 - 22 | 14th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, Johor, Malaysia |
| 20 - 22 | 11th Festi-vent sur Glace, Saint-Placide, QC, Canada |
| 22 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 22 | Northern Kite Group Kite Day in support of the British Heart Foundation, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 22 | |
| MARCH 2009 | |
| 8 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| 15 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 22 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 26 - 29 | 27th Annual Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference, Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Port Townsend, Washington, USA |
| 28 & 29 | Kite Weekend, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Hyde Hall Road Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET |
| APRIL 2009 | |
| 5 | 15th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire |
| 12 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 18 & 19 | Blown Away Kite, Buggy and Blo-cart Festival, The Beach, Western super Mare, Somerset |
| 18 - 26 | 23th International Berck sur mer Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Normandy, France |
| 19 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 19 - 26 | 26th Weifang Kite Festival, Weifang, Shandong, China |
| 24 - 5/5 | 2009 World Wide Kite Aerial Photography Week |
| 25 & 26 | NEKF kite display, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland |
| 26 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| MAY 2009 | |
| 3 & 4 | Weymouth International Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset |
| 3 & 4 | East Yorkshire Kite festival, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire |
| 3 & 4 | 2nd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US |
| 9 | Streatham Common Kite fly-in, Streatham Common, South London SW16 |
| 9 & 10 | Swindon International Kite Festival, Brinkworth House, Brinkworth, nr.Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5DF |
| 9 & 10 | Oostende Annual Kitefestival, Ooestende, Belgium |
| 10 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 16 & 17 | 12th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 16 & 17 | Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 17 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 24 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 29 - 31 | 3rd Exmouth Rotary International Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon |
| 30 & 31 | 7th Bedford International Kite Festival, Russell Park, The Embankment, Bedford |
| 30 & 31 | 3rd Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, Harewood, near Leeds, North Yorkshire |
| JUNE 2009 | |
| 3 & 4 | Weymouth International Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset |
| 3 & 4 | East Yorkshire Kite festival, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire |
| 3 & 4 | 2nd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US |
| 9 | Streatham Common Kite fly-in, Streatham Common, South London SW16 |
| 9 & 10 | Swindon International Kite Festival, Brinkworth House, Brinkworth, nr.Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5DF |
| 9 & 10 | Oostende Annual Kitefestival, Ooestende, Belgium |
| 10 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 16 & 17 | 12th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 16 & 17 | Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 17 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 24 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 29 - 31 | 3rd Exmouth Rotary International Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon |
| 30 & 31 | 7th Bedford International Kite Festival, Russell Park, The Embankment, Bedford |
| 30 & 31 | 3rd Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, Harewood, near Leeds, North Yorkshire |
| JULY 2009 | |
| 4 & 5 | Sunderland International Friendship and Kite Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, Usworth, Washington, Tyne and Wear |
| 5 | 13th Rushcliffe Kite Festival, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire NG11 6JS |
| 11 & 12 | 31st Annual Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
| 11 & 12 | Barmouth Beach Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales |
| 12 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 12 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside |
| 18 & 19 | Leominster Kite Festival, Berrington Hall (National Trust), north of Leominster, Herefordshire |
| 18 & 19 | Eastbourne Land, Air and Water Extreme, Eastern Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| 19 | Morecambe 'Catch the Wind' Kite Festival, The Beach, Morecambe, Lancashire |
| 19 | Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Dunstable Downs, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
| 25 & 26 | 3rd Midlands Kite Fliers "Family Fun Weekend" and 30th Anniversary Party, Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, near. Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 2BE |
| 25 & 26 | Silloth on Solway Kite Festival, The Green, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria |
| 25 & 26 | 2nd GVKF Kite Kamp, Newlands Park, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucester |
| 26 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| AUGUST 2009 | |
| 1 | Sheffield Kite Festival, Parson Cross Park, Off Buchanan Road, Parson Cross, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5 8AL |
| 1 & 2 | Kite Displays at Woodvale Rally, RAF Woodvale, Formby, near Southport, Merseyside L37 7AD |
| 2 | KCoS mass fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 2 | 18th Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath, Royston, Hertfordshire |
| 8 | Sale Moor Kite Festival, Moor Nook Park, Sale Moor, Manchester |
| 8 & 9 | Whitley Bay Kite Festival, The Links, Whitley Bay, Northumberland |
| 8 & 9 | Kite Weekend, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Hyde Hall Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET |
| 8 & 9 | Teston Bridge family kite weekend, Teston Bridge picnic site, Teston Lane, Teston, Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX |
| 9 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 15 & 16 | 1st June Webster Kite Festival, Moorcock Pub, Eggleston, Teesdale, Co Durham |
| 15 & 16 | 26th Shrewsbury Kite Festival, Sundorne Sports Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
| 15 & 16 | |
| 15 & 16 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Bolton le-Sands, near Morecambe, Lancashire |
| 16 | KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland |
| 22 & 23 | Rufford Abbey Summer Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 23 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 29 - 31 | Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| SEPTEMBER 2009 | |
| 6 | Kites over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG |
| 12 & 13 | 23rd Bristol International Kite Festival, The Plateau, Ashton Court, Begger Bush Lane, Bristol, Somerset |
| 12 & 13 | Concern International KiteFest, Garda and Camogie Sports Grounds, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| 12 & 13 | 31st Annual MOTS Kite Festival, Veterans Park, Milwaukee Lakefront, WI, USA |
| 13 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 18 - 20 | EuroCup 09, STACK European sports kite championships, Weston super Mare, Somerset |
| 19 & 20 | Chester Kite Festival, in assoc. with Northern Kite Group, The Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire |
| 19 & 20 | Margate International Kite Festival, Main Sands, Margate, Kent |
| 20 | 6th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH |
| 20 | Kite Day, Wick Country Park, The Wick Off Tresco Way, Wickford. Essex |
| 26 & 27 | Scheveningen International Kite festival, The Beach, Scheveningen, The Netherlands |
| 26 & 27 | 15th Hardelot International Kite Festival, Hardelot Plage, Hardelot, France |
| 27 | Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| 27 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in and BBQ, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 27 | KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland |
| OCTOBER 2009 | |
| 3 & 4 | Bolton Abbey Kite Festival, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX |
| 4 | 'Flight in the Park,' Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW |
| 4 | ex-KITE-ment, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire |
| 10 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers Light up the sky evening, the buggy field, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 10 & 11 | 15th Cape Town International Kite Festival, Zandvlei Picnic Area, off The Row / Axminster Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 11 | OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - Kite flying for Peace all over the World: |
| 11 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers OSOW , the buggy field, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 11 | Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden Lane, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, Shropshire |
| 11 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers OSOW, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 11 | Northern Kite Group OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 11 | Northern Kite Group OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 11 | Midlands Kite Fliers OSOW, Rufford Abbey, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 17 | Northern Kite Group Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 18 | 19th Annual Midlands Kite Fliers kite display at Family Fun and Kite Day, Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR |
| 24 | Midlands Kite Fliers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Market Bosworth Country Park, Park Road, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire CV13 0LP |
| 25 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 25 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| NOVEMBER 2009 | |
| 8 | KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland |
| 8 | SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland |
| 15 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| 15 | Northern Kite Group fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 22 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 29 | St. Andrews Kite Festival 2009, West Sands St. Andrews, Scotland |
| DECEMBER 2009 | |
| 6 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 6 | SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland |
| 13 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| 13 | Northern Kite Group Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 13 | Northern Kite Group Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire |
| 27 | Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
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