Coracle and Boating
Events in 2004-2005
Coracle and Boating
Events in 2004-2005
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Wells-Next-The-Sea
Harbour Day 14 August 2005
Click Here to view 2 pages of photos of Wells Harbour Day
Click Here to view 2 pages of photos of Wells Harbour Day
Merlin
River Festival at Carmarthen (South Wales) - Summer 2005
Including Coracle Races
10th June 2005
Races start at 5.30 pm (Evening tide)
(And stop when the tide is too stong)
£100.00 Prize + Novices Cup
Meet up in the Jolly Tar for a few beers (before and after the races)
Organised by the Coracle Fishermen of the River Tywi - All welcome
Exhibitors & Demonstrators Sought
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Including Coracle Races
10th June 2005
Races start at 5.30 pm (Evening tide)
(And stop when the tide is too stong)
£100.00 Prize + Novices Cup
Meet up in the Jolly Tar for a few beers (before and after the races)
Organised by the Coracle Fishermen of the River Tywi - All welcome
Exhibitors & Demonstrators Sought
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Coracle
Society Annual Regatta 2005 at Leintwardine
18th June 2005
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At Leintwardine, Shropshire on the River Teme
Races & Coracle Water Polo - Free Entry
18th June 2005
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At Leintwardine, Shropshire on the River Teme
Races & Coracle Water Polo - Free Entry
Coracle
‘boat’ Weekend Workshop at Flag Fen (Peterbrough)
18th - 19th June 2005
18th - 19th June 2005
A coracle is a river going vessel that has been used since primitive times. They are made by hand with a wooden basket-like frame and are traditionally covered with animal hide, but more recently in canvas or synthetic materials coated with bitumen or tar to make them waterproof. Generally British coracles carry a single person and are light enough to be carried on a persons back for transportation. Most primitive cultures have their own version of the coracle; all are similar with their shallow basket frames made from locally produced materials. The ones made at Flag Fen on this weekend will be based on the circular Ironbridge style.
Cost: £190
Website : www.flagfen.com
Contact : office@flagfen.co.uk
Telephone : 01733 313414
Coracle
Races at the village of Islip in Oxfordshire will be celebrating 1,000
years since the birth of Edward the Confessor in the village in 1005
18th - 19th June 2005
We will be having a large number of events to recall the period and among those I would like to add coracle making demonstrations and a Coracle Regatta on June 18th 2005.
You will be assured of a bed for the night - if you need it - a meal and a warm welcome from many interested visitors
Contact:
Richard Brooks
White Cottage
Mill St
Islip
Oxon
Tel (01865) 376843
E-Mail : richardbrooks@btinternet.com
18th - 19th June 2005
We will be having a large number of events to recall the period and among those I would like to add coracle making demonstrations and a Coracle Regatta on June 18th 2005.
You will be assured of a bed for the night - if you need it - a meal and a warm welcome from many interested visitors
Contact:
Richard Brooks
White Cottage
Mill St
Islip
Oxon
Tel (01865) 376843
E-Mail : richardbrooks@btinternet.com
Scottish
Traditional Boat Festival 2005 at Portsoy
21st - 26th June 2005
For more information and Photos
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21st - 26th June 2005
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Banff
Sailing Races (Aberdeenshire)
27th - 28th June 2005
Coracle Demonstration in the Banff Harbour
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
27th - 28th June 2005
Coracle Demonstration in the Banff Harbour
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
Herring
Queen Festival - Eyemouth Berwickshire - Coracle Events
2nd - 9th July 2005 (Coracle Events on 3rd and 4th July 2005)
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
or Ridley Youngman (01890) 750001
2nd - 9th July 2005 (Coracle Events on 3rd and 4th July 2005)
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
or Ridley Youngman (01890) 750001
Coracle
Building in The Square at Shrewsbury
9th-10th July 2005
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Coracle Building Demonstration by Coracle Builders
John Davies and Richard Green
9th-10th July 2005
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Coracle Building Demonstration by Coracle Builders
John Davies and Richard Green
Coracle
Society Annual General Meeting and River Festival 2005
Sunday 10th July 2005
11:00 am
Willow House, Crescent Lane, Town Walls, Shrewsbury
By kind permission of Michael Connor
Free Parking
Self catering lunch after the meeting
River Festival in the Quarry - site is just up river from Willow House (AGM Venue)
Coracle Society Members will be giving a demonstration or Coracle Handling on the water at approximately 1:15 pm
Contact :
Michael Connor - Chairman of Shrewsbury Toursim Association
Tel (01743) 355047
Sunday 10th July 2005
11:00 am
Willow House, Crescent Lane, Town Walls, Shrewsbury
By kind permission of Michael Connor
Free Parking
Self catering lunch after the meeting
River Festival in the Quarry - site is just up river from Willow House (AGM Venue)
Coracle Society Members will be giving a demonstration or Coracle Handling on the water at approximately 1:15 pm
Contact :
Michael Connor - Chairman of Shrewsbury Toursim Association
Tel (01743) 355047
Three
Mills Boat Rally at Bromley-By-Bow (East London)
9th-10th July 2005
Coracles will be taking to the water again, at the Three Mills Boat Rally, on 9/10 July.
(This is the fifth year that coracles have taken part; I believe we're the only rally in the London area where coracling has regularly taken place. At present, a Severn coracle and a Teifi coracle are lined up.)
If any of your members would wish to take part, we would be very pleased to hear from them.
Should you wish to mention this in your diary of events, please feel free.
The exact location is at Three Mills, Bromley-by-Bow, East London.
The mills date from the 18th century, and are Britain's largest tide mills).
Best wishes, Roger Wilkinson
(Secretary : IWA N & E London Branch)
Website http://www.timlewis.org.uk/
E-Mail tim@timlewis.org.uk
9th-10th July 2005
Coracles will be taking to the water again, at the Three Mills Boat Rally, on 9/10 July.
(This is the fifth year that coracles have taken part; I believe we're the only rally in the London area where coracling has regularly taken place. At present, a Severn coracle and a Teifi coracle are lined up.)
If any of your members would wish to take part, we would be very pleased to hear from them.
Should you wish to mention this in your diary of events, please feel free.
The exact location is at Three Mills, Bromley-by-Bow, East London.
The mills date from the 18th century, and are Britain's largest tide mills).
Best wishes, Roger Wilkinson
(Secretary : IWA N & E London Branch)
Website http://www.timlewis.org.uk/
E-Mail tim@timlewis.org.uk
Tall
Ships at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
25th-28th July 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
25th-28th July 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Dave Purvis Tel (01765) 690318
Worcester
Boat Festival (River Severn) Rowing Club
29th-31st July 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Chris Carless (01905) 28547
29th-31st July 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Chris Carless (01905) 28547
Cilgerrran
Festival and Annual Coracle Regatta
20th August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Glen Jones (01239) 614600
20th August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Glen Jones (01239) 614600
Stonehaven
Harbour Day in Aberdeen
21st August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Renee McDonald (01569) 740584
21st August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Renee McDonald (01569) 740584
Ironbridge
Coracle Regatta
29th August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
Attracting coracle makers and paddlers from all over Britain to participate in races, madcap team games and fiercely contended competitions, along the picturesque stretch of the River Severn at Dale End Park, Ironbridge.
There will be a relay race for local businesses, in which the first team member has to cross the river, and change places with the next member of the team - guaranteed to be entertaining!
Also a session for first timers willing to take to the water and risk the possibility of getting very wet, courtesy of a limited number of traditional, handmade coracles, produced by The Green Wood Centre charity, available free of charge for use during the event (life jackets also supplied). Those who prefer to watch while others make a splash will also be able to enjoy an array of craft and food stalls, as well as a beer tent and barbecue.
For further information about the annual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, contact
The Green Wood Centre on Tel 01952 432769 or visit their website at:
www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
29th August 2005
Coraclers welcome to attend
Attracting coracle makers and paddlers from all over Britain to participate in races, madcap team games and fiercely contended competitions, along the picturesque stretch of the River Severn at Dale End Park, Ironbridge.
There will be a relay race for local businesses, in which the first team member has to cross the river, and change places with the next member of the team - guaranteed to be entertaining!
Also a session for first timers willing to take to the water and risk the possibility of getting very wet, courtesy of a limited number of traditional, handmade coracles, produced by The Green Wood Centre charity, available free of charge for use during the event (life jackets also supplied). Those who prefer to watch while others make a splash will also be able to enjoy an array of craft and food stalls, as well as a beer tent and barbecue.
For further information about the annual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, contact
The Green Wood Centre on Tel 01952 432769 or visit their website at:
www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
International
Celtic Festival at Cardiff Bay
(Adjacent to the Welsh Assembly)
2nd - 4th September 2005
Invitation to all Coracle Society Members and all other Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Terry Breverton
E-Mail: TBreverton@uwic.ac.uk
(Adjacent to the Welsh Assembly)
2nd - 4th September 2005
Invitation to all Coracle Society Members and all other Coraclers welcome to attend
For more information contact :
Terry Breverton
E-Mail: TBreverton@uwic.ac.uk
Somerset
Coracle Trip for Charity
Congratulations to Ted Pitman who raised £2,600 for the St Margaret's Hospice in Somerset
and Childrens Hospice South West
Well done!
Congratulations to Ted Pitman who raised £2,600 for the St Margaret's Hospice in Somerset
and Childrens Hospice South West
Well done!
Coracle and Boating
Events in 2004
Editorial article about
Conwy Richards and the Coracle Society
in the Financial Times Weekend Supplement
18 July 2004
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in the Financial Times Weekend Supplement
18 July 2004
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Coracle
Society Annual Regatta 2004
Saturday 19th June 2004
At Leintwardine, Shropshire on the River Teme
Races & Coracle Water Polo - Free Entry
To view Ironbridge Coracle Regatta Photos by Jon Farmer
Click Here
Saturday 19th June 2004
At Leintwardine, Shropshire on the River Teme
Races & Coracle Water Polo - Free Entry
To view Ironbridge Coracle Regatta Photos by Jon Farmer
Click Here
Scottish
Traditional Boat Festival 2004
Portsoy, Banff Scotland 2 - 4 July 2004
Portsoy, Banff Scotland 2 - 4 July 2004
Scottish Traditional
Boat Festival - Portsoy, Banff Scotland - 2 - 4 July 2004
Sea
Salts & Sail - Scotland
A Celebration of the Sea - Eyemouth - East Berwickshire
12th - 16th August 2004
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A Celebration of the Sea - Eyemouth - East Berwickshire
12th - 16th August 2004
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54th
Annual Coracle Regatta Races at Cilgerran 2004
Saturday 21st August 2004
On the River Teifi - South Wales - Free Entry
Saturday 21st August 2004
On the River Teifi - South Wales - Free Entry
Wells-Next-the-Sea
Annual Harbour Day 2004
Sunday 29th August 2004 - Coracle Demonstrations and harbour events - Free Entry
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Sunday 29th August 2004 - Coracle Demonstrations and harbour events - Free Entry
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Archived Events - Coracle
and Boating Events in 2003
The
Wells-Next-The-Sea Festival Week - Wells Coracle Net Fishing
10th August 2003 and 17th August 2003
3 pages of photos of Coracle Net Fishing at Wells on Sunday 10th August 2003 (last years event)
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Wells-Next-The-Sea Carnival Website 2004
Wells-Next-the-Sea Annual Harbour Day 2002
Sunday 18th August 2002 - Informal Coracle gathering
Click Here to see Conwy Richards at the Wells Harbour Day 2002
10th August 2003 and 17th August 2003
3 pages of photos of Coracle Net Fishing at Wells on Sunday 10th August 2003 (last years event)
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Wells-Next-The-Sea Carnival Website 2004
Wells-Next-the-Sea Annual Harbour Day 2002
Sunday 18th August 2002 - Informal Coracle gathering
Click Here to see Conwy Richards at the Wells Harbour Day 2002
The 10th Annual Coracle
Regatta at the village of Leintwardine on the River Teme in the County
of Shropshire
Saturday 21st June 2003 - Leintwardine
On Saturday the 21st of June 2003 at the village of Leintwardine in the county of Shropshire the annual coracle races were held. The host for the event was coracle maker and village resident Peter Faulkner the only maker to specialise in hide covered coracles. The sunshine attracted many visitors to the river that was also the lowest that anyone could remember since the races began ten years earlier although very recently when the river was in spate twenty eight salmon were counted jumping the wier adjacent the bridge on one day. Participents in the event were also down and had been since the event was relocated away from the village two years ago because of precautions relating to the outbreak of the foot and mouth cattle disease in other parts of the country at that time. Many bowl coracles (also known as the "Ironbridge") were seen this year and as every year they were the ones that tipped their occupents in the river. With well over a dozen types to choose from it is surprising that this type is so prevelant considering that the type is unstable and also worrying that many newcomers to coracles begin in this unsafe design of coracle. Various classes of race were held and also water polo. Conwy on the river bank explained to the visitors the use of a traditional coracle net and displayed a River Teifi net he had made from the traditional materials of horse hair, hemp twine and cowhorn.
To view 2 pages of photos of the Leintwardine Coracle Regatta
[Page 1] , [Page 2]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Coracle Society will be held at the city of Ripon in Yorkshire
Saturday 5th July 2003
Click Here for Photos taken at Coracle AGM in Ripon
9.30 - 11.30 am
Coracle display and build by Ripon city college.
2.00 pm
Procession of coracles accompanied by Ripon city band to the canal basin for paddle and demonstration.
Saturday 23rd of August - River Teifi
The annual coracle races on the River Teifi at Cilgerran near Cardigan, south Wales.
These races are organised for and participated by the coracle netsmen who also welcome alcomers with a coracle to participate in the racing.
There also displays on netting and coracle handling.
Saturday 21st June 2003 - Leintwardine
On Saturday the 21st of June 2003 at the village of Leintwardine in the county of Shropshire the annual coracle races were held. The host for the event was coracle maker and village resident Peter Faulkner the only maker to specialise in hide covered coracles. The sunshine attracted many visitors to the river that was also the lowest that anyone could remember since the races began ten years earlier although very recently when the river was in spate twenty eight salmon were counted jumping the wier adjacent the bridge on one day. Participents in the event were also down and had been since the event was relocated away from the village two years ago because of precautions relating to the outbreak of the foot and mouth cattle disease in other parts of the country at that time. Many bowl coracles (also known as the "Ironbridge") were seen this year and as every year they were the ones that tipped their occupents in the river. With well over a dozen types to choose from it is surprising that this type is so prevelant considering that the type is unstable and also worrying that many newcomers to coracles begin in this unsafe design of coracle. Various classes of race were held and also water polo. Conwy on the river bank explained to the visitors the use of a traditional coracle net and displayed a River Teifi net he had made from the traditional materials of horse hair, hemp twine and cowhorn.
To view 2 pages of photos of the Leintwardine Coracle Regatta
[Page 1] , [Page 2]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Coracle Society will be held at the city of Ripon in Yorkshire
Saturday 5th July 2003
Click Here for Photos taken at Coracle AGM in Ripon
9.30 - 11.30 am
Coracle display and build by Ripon city college.
2.00 pm
Procession of coracles accompanied by Ripon city band to the canal basin for paddle and demonstration.
Saturday 23rd of August - River Teifi
The annual coracle races on the River Teifi at Cilgerran near Cardigan, south Wales.
These races are organised for and participated by the coracle netsmen who also welcome alcomers with a coracle to participate in the racing.
There also displays on netting and coracle handling.
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