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THE In this edition Spring 2020 INSIDE: A decade of kiting memories by Peter and Sarah Bindon Also in this edition: ALSO IN THIS EDITION: Thailand and Malaysia Kite Tour Kite Competition – Mike Rourke wins again! KAP made easy with Alan Poxon Sarah Bindon takes the Questionnaire Challenge John’s new kite ...tails Alicja from Poland kite workshop Annual General Meeting NEW Chairman – Keith Proctor NEW Membership Secretary – Ian Duncalf A message from Keith; At the 2020 AGM I gave up the role of Membership Secretary that I Ian had held since 2011/12, and handed it over to Ian Duncalf who I believe is much better qualified to improve and update the system to allow online membership application and Keith with outgoing renewal. I took on the role of chairman but I’m still not sure how this Chairman Len Royles all came about! So this is my first official post in the NKG magazine. This year I think will be described as an “annus horribilis” for the Len stood down as disruption of everyday life as we know it. I fear that for a lot of people, Chairman after six life will never be the same again. We have never experienced this years but will continue before. But if we all follow the guidelines about staying at home, to play an active part washing hands, keeping your distance from others we can pick up in the Group by taking our kite-flying again, possibly later this year and if not then next year. the childrens’ rainbow Good luck and good health to you all and your loved ones in the delta kites to festivals. weeks and months ahead. Items for sale – update Our Treasurer Last year I sold a large number of kites and kite John Whymark related items gifted by Leslie Dodds. The proceeds has indicated were all donated to Cancer Research UK and I that he will be eventually received two certificates to record the standing down amounts donated. from the role at the 2021 AGM. I eventually wound up the sale to NKG members via If you have experience of book- the website as most folk seemed to have bought keeping and spreadsheets and what they wanted and started instead to sell on are interested in becoming our Ebay. Exactly the same prices but with the extra cost Treasurer please will you contact of postage. I only put a sub-set of items on Ebay and John who will explain more about sold quite a few items this way. The Ebay sales go what is involved. directly to Cancer Research UK and there is no [email protected] feedback for these items. I fully intended to continue with this during this year but the recent pandemic has curtailed this. However once this present emergency has finished I will once again start to sell through Ebay. At the appropriate time I will publish a list of what is available. May I take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed to this sale and hope that you enjoy your purchases. Len Royles In Memoriam Steve Palmer On Tuesday 10th March Steve Palmer, finally lost his three and a half year battle with lung cancer. Steve fought to the very end, but got weaker over past few months. He died peacefully, at home, with Lynne beside him, with their close friend Emma supporting them to the end. Steve was one of the first West Coast Kite Club members, initially flying a plastic Superman kite, moving on to a Flexifoil, then stunt kites and latterly he was a Rev flier. Together with ten other West Coast Kite members, Steve became part of Flying Circus, a kite and circus skills group, who travelled the North West, putting on displays, hosting St Annes Kite Festival and many other events through the 1990s. As years passed, Flying Circus became Kite Collective. Together with many NKG fliers they continued to host lots of events; at Wirral, Morecambe and at Last Drop village. Throughout this time Steve, a skilled electrician, was the group technician (lighting, music and quartermaster) and was often complimented for his wide range of "flying" music, liberally laced with his favourite Pink Floyd. ”Learning to fly “ by Floyd was a must, at every event. Over recent years, mainly due to Lynne’s arthritic problems, Steve flew kites less, but despite getting weaker, he flew briefly at last years’ Garstang Ice Cream Fair, when he enjoyed meeting up with his NKG friends. Steve was a funny, gentle man, always helpful and known amongst friends as “gadget man”. Aside from kiting he introduced many to the secret life of nesting blue tits, through his nest box camera site and had been a popular tour guide at Marsh Mill, Thornton, in recent years . Lynne wrote: “to say he will be missed, is inadequate. My heart is broken, but I give thanks that he struggles no more. He wasn’t ready to go, we still had lots of dreams to fulfil; he had many projects to fathom, places to go, people to see…. But his battle is over. Thanks Steve for being the special man you were.” Steve will be missed by many NKG members, especially the “old timers.” A memorial service date has been provisionally set for October 6th. NKG Events Liaison Volunteer After over 15 years as Events Liaison Volunteer Jim Potts has let us know that he will be standing down at the next AGM. Those who have seen behind the scenes will know what a pivotal role Jim has played in developing a successful kite-flying presence at a variety of kite festivals in our area. Thanks for all you have done, Jim! So, we are now looking at how best we can provide this key liaison service. It may be that one person would like to take over the whole role; or maybe several people might step forward and each offer to take on the liaison role for a single event. We are open to ideas from anyone who thinks they may be able to help. Jim has been the key person liaising with event organisers from the first suggestion of an event, carrying out site visits to assess site suitability, through to negotiating an appropriate budget, liaising with the committee to agree budget allocation, inviting named fliers and developing a programme. He has kept in touch with organisers throughout this process and supplied them with appropriate documentation and publicity material along the way. Communication with the organisers on the day/s of the event, together with reviewing the success of the event and suggesting improvements for future years, have also been a vital part of this role. If you are interested in finding out more about the role, then please speak to Jim Potts direct (email [email protected] or phone 07860 822211). Jim will keep the committee uptodate on any ideas as they develop. A decade of kiting memories Peter and Sarah Bindon One of our other main hobbies outside flying kites is landscape photography and at this time of year many photographer friends are posting a retrospective of some of their best work over the last twelve months. However, this year being the start of a new decade it made us think of sharing some of our best kiting memories from the last ten years. 2010 We visited Berck Sur Mer for the full week for the third time back in 2010 with our two boys, Thomas and George. We’ve got great memories of sitting in the corner of one of the kite arenas with the British contingent flying kites on each of the days. Whilst there we have made some lifetime friends from Europe and beyond. For those who haven’t been then the final Saturday is something to behold with literally hundreds of thousands of people visiting the beach resort to see the festival. 2011 We were spending the week after the Whitley Bay kite festival with Bryn and Lesley Baggaley in our caravans at Leyburn. We had gone out for a drive to Masham (well known for its two breweries) and found a poster in a shop window for a kite festival happening just outside Pateley Bridge that coming Saturday in aid of a charitable foundation. With two cars full of kites we offered our services and in return got a field to camp in free and an even bigger field to fly in high on the hills above Nidderdale. A fabulous weekend of flying with some superb views and even better memories. 2012 We’d been invited by Pauline Taylor to attend a display being put on in Skegness. Strong winds dominated but we still were able to fly. One kite not only could cope in such conditions but that seemed to prove a great hit at the time was one of Kelvin Woods’ butterflies. Originally designed by Didier Ferment, this was a kite Kelvin seemed to make his own and plenty of us flew them en masse at festivals. 2013 With Lesley unable to go, Bryn Baggaley invited me to join him on the trip to Ostend. Daisy, Bryn and Lesley’s beloved maxi teddy, coped well before the very windy conditions set in. So windy somebody was even flying a plastic chair! The evenings saw a visit to the famous Koekoek restaurant for chicken and some great company – most of the British fliers seemed to end up there. 2014 We returned to Bedford in 2014 for another challenging kite festival. The challenge is the ability to fly kites in an arena surrounded by trees.
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