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PAST EVENTS 2010 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| 24 & 25 | Silloth on Solway Kite Festival, The Green, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria |
| 24 & 25 | |
| 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 |
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