It won’t be long now til Regatta week starts! We are super excited to kick things off with our Family Funday which includes the famous Regatta Dog Show and a Silent Disco!
But, a couple of important notices, firstly – we have a few spaces left for our Kon-Tiki Raft Race this Saturday and it’s not too late to enter! You can definitely build a raft that floats (ish) in a few days and you will most certainly have the best fun. Enter now on the Kon-Tiki Raft Race page. It starts at 11am, rafts can gather from 9am on Coronation Park. We’d love to hear from you.
Secondly, if you haven’t bought your tickets for the Coronation Park events, namely the Sundowner, the School Disco and our Big Band Night, then best head over to the Flavel Arts Centre pronto. Once they are gone, they are gone!
You can be sure the whole week is will be full of fun, sport, music and entertainment.
The sporting events start with Tennis (with the best view) this Friday, the sailing starts on Saturday, and the local rowing on Sunday. There is even a Bowls Drive! Our Regatta Souvenir programme will be available to buy (fingers and toes crossed) by Thursday from Dartmouth Visitor Centre for just £5, and we really hope you will support us by buying a copy. Did you know the entire event is run by volunteers and only survives because of our amazing sponsors and kind donations? Full whats on listings are in the programme to help you plan your week.
If you love shopping, then our Regatta Craft Market and Shopping Parade will be sure to please. If you have kids then our Fancy Dress Competition is on Thursday the 26th of August, the Crabbing on Friday 27th. Our Spot the Oddity competition runs all week, closing on Friday the 27th in order for us to mark all the entries.
This is a mere snapshot of whats on. For more details, keep following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and we very much look forward to seeing you on Saturday 21st August!
We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all of our sponsors, who have been as ever incredibly generous. Special mentions to Salcombe Gin and Baker Estates as our Platinum sponsors, Dartmouth Town Council as Gold sponsors and our Major sponsors Dart Marina Hotel & Spa, Premier Marinas Noss on Dart, Goulden & Sons, Carter Sullivan, Ribeye and Darby & Darby solicitors.