Water Festival + Cardboard Boat Regatta

2023 A Right Royal Celebration

A Royal Festival for Bideford Water Festival 2023


Following on from the fantastic, pirate-themed extravaganza in 2022 we are looking forward to a "Right Royal Celebration" this year! With the 450th anniversary of Bideford being granted a Charter by Queen Elizabeth 1st and the coronation of a new King we could not have chosen anything else! 

Start preparing those costumes and cardboard boats now!

Pirate theme for Bideford Rotary Water Festival this year.

After two years of Covid restrictions last year the Bideford Water Festival was back bigger and better than ever! .... Bideford Rotary were delighted that so many people braved the weather to enjoy the spectacle but then you perhaps should expect to get wet at a Water Festival!

If you enjoyed the day, please do make a donation to Bideford Rotary's charity account via the link below. All costs are covered by our wonderful sponsors, particularly Atlas Packaging, Brunswick Wharf, Blak Property, Harland & Wolff and Next Step Independence - HUGE thanks to them and all the advertisers in the programme! All donations will be distributed by Bideford Rotary to Torridge and North Devon charities, local schools and local good causes to support our local community.

 

The Bideford Water Festival is a fabulous community event that the Rotary Club of Bideford are proud to continue to organise. There are heaps of photos of the last few years' Water Festivals on Facebook. If you have been involved and want to look for picture of yourself or your friends, see: Bideford Water Festival Facebook Page

Battle of the Oars, Bideford Cardboard Boat Regatta

Bideford Cardboard Boat Regatta

Bideford Cardboard Boat Regatta








Bideford Cardboard Boat Regatta






PUT NEXT YEAR'S EVENT IN YOUR DIARY

(Sunday 11th June)

...and start building your 2023 boat today!

(cardboard is available from Atlas Packaging, Roundswell, Barnstaple. Phone 01271 344055 and ask for Phil Sweetland)

   Building model cardboard boats   Model boat building for Bideford Water Festival 

Challenge friends & family to build a cardboard boat then come along and see if they can survive the course! There are prizes for the most entertaining and the best capsize!                                                               Building Model Cordboard Boats for Bideford Water Festival

CARDBOARD BOAT REGATTA CONSTRUCTION RULES - click here

CARDBOARD BOAT APPLICATION FORM  - click here

CARDBOARD BOAT SPONSORSHIP FORM - click here         

FOR TIPS ON HOW TO BUILD A CARDBOARD BOAT - click here

REGAL PADDLEBOARD CHALLENGE - click here

This year there will be a Right Royal Fancy Dress Competition (open to all ages) and a wonderful Regal Paddleboard Challenge (for adults and youths over 10yrs old) and a Regal Gig Challenge. With steam boats, model boats, sailing dinghies and canoes all displaying their seamanship skills and the quayside lined with music, entertainment, games and stalls, food, drinks and icecreams it really will be another fun day out to remember.

TO BOOK A STALL ON THE QUAYSIDE: Use the APPLICATION FORM here

Follow the Bideford Water Festival Facebook page for updates

Wonderful Trophies produced by sponsors Atlas Packaging for the Model Cardboard Boat Race of 2020 and the Pirate Festival of 2022

Wonderful trophies for the winners of the 2020 Model Cardboard Boat Race2022 Trophies by Atlas Packaging

Huge thanks to Seth Conway for editing our videos; The North Devon Yacht Club, the Gig Clubs; Kenwith Model Boat Club; Dave Gabe; John Puddy; Pete Sawyer; The Mayor of Bideford; Sir John Rous; the safety rib; the RNLI; the Phoenix Morris Dancers; Ben Trevor- the Crows Nest Troubadour; the Applecorers; the Lynmouth Shanty Crew; Captain Wooley and Bodie; the canon team; the PA guys; everyone who has helped make the event so successful in 2022 and to Bideford Canoe Club for helping fish out all the debris from the river at the end of the races! 

For those of you who enjoyed the Pirate Treasure Trail in 2022, the answers are below

Bideford Water Festival Treasure Trail Answers

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