Devizes Boat Club calendar of events 2014
2014 Events
October
18th
AGM with wine tasting at Bishops Cannings Village Hall 7.30pm
November
15th
Talk by George Fleming on 'Canals in Wartime' at Bishops Cannings Village Hall
Previous events
2014
January:
25th
Talk by Elaine Kirby
‘Changes on the K&A’
Caen Hill Marina at 7.30pm
February
22nd
Quiz Night at The Crown, Devizes 7.30pm
March
Saturday 29th
Skittles match against the Canal Taveners at Staverton Club
May
3rd, 4th and 5th
Boat Gathering at Devizes Wharf on Saturday with skittles in the evening at the Crown. On Sunday we move to the Black Horse for a day of events and live music in the evening.
June
7th
Skittles at The Black Horse, Devizes 7.30pm
July
26th and 27th
Newbury Waterways Festival
September
6th
SS Great Britain & Bristol Harbour trip by train and ferry
2013
February
Saturday 9th:
Talk by Tim Traverse-Healy OBE
‘Mail Stagecoaches in Georgian Wiltshire’
The Crown Inn, New Park Street, Devizes
March
Saturday 16th
Skittles match-v- Canal Taveners Boat Club
The Crown Inn, New Park Street, Devizes
May
Sat 4th & Sun 5th
May Bank Holiday boat gathering at Devizes Wharf
Saturday: BBQ, auction & supper at the Crown Inn, New Park Street, Devizes.
Sunday: Scrapheap Challenge Race on the Wharf. Supper & raffle at the Crown Inn, New Park Street, Devizes.
June
Sunday 23rd
The Newbury Waterways Festival
June
Saturday 9th: 7.30pm
Bishops Cannings Village Hall
Members free — others £2.50
Please bring a raffle prize
John Blunden will give a talk on the history of flying boats and the impact they had on long-distance travel.
John regularly gives talks on aviation subjects to the U3A, Probus and other organizations.
During his flying career John flew a wide range of aircraft from Spitfires to jet planes — and he flew helicopters for a while.
John joined the RAF and learned to fly during WW2 and towards the end of the war he transferred to the Fleet Air Arm and spent much of his time flying from aircraft carriers.
John founded the Aviation Group of the Devizes Branch of the U3A and he is still active in that group.
September
Last weekend in September
Crofton Steaming Weekend
October
Saturday 19th: 7:30pm
Devizes Boat Club AGM
The Crown Inn, New Park Street, Devizes.
Photographic competition & Raffle.
December
Saturday 15th
Christmas Dinner
The Old Crown, Devizes
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