168 years, going on 190
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2012-04-14 - 10:30The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta has always celebrated the number of actual Regattas that have been held, which this year will be the 168th.
Following recent correspondence with our Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of York, and the fact that our first recorded Regatta was in 1822, the Committee have unanimously decided that this year we will be Celebrating the 190th Anniversary of the Dartmouth Regatta.
New for 2012
Submitted by Chairman on Mon, 2012-04-09 - 19:04The return of an illuminated procession on the river is being planned for the evening of Friday, 31st Agust, 2012.
A Best Dressed House competition open to residents of Kingswear and Dartmouth with a prize of £100 to be judged on Thursday, 23rd August, 2012.
A competition to find the Best Dressed Yacht and the Best Dressed Dinghy with prizes of £50 for each class to be judged on the evening of Wednesday 29th August, 2012.
The Blades cut a dash for Dartmouth
Submitted by Chairman on Sun, 2012-04-01 - 22:02The Blades Aerobatic Team have agreed to display at the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta on Thursday, 30th August, 2012, at 6 p.m. And it will be a welcome home-coming for Dartmouth's former Red Arrows pilot Mark Cutmore.
The Regatta committee have committed to the Blades performance but still require a sponsor for the display.
2012 will be The Blades' seventh display season and they are gearing up for it to be a great one. The Blades are among the world’s best aerobatic pilots, flying the ultimate in high-performance piston aircraft. Over the past six years, The Blades have flown over 300 displays in front of more than 18 million people, carried over 1,000 corporate flying event passengers and reached hundreds of millions of people through the media.
