Events

Events

Niagara Windriders Meeting and Flying Dates for 2009

Our annual Spring kite building workshop will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Port Colborne Lions Club Hall, 49 Chippawa Road, Port Colborne, ON.

Our very brief Annual General Meeting will precede the workshop. Our focus is on kites and kite flying, so the business portion of the event is very short.

Our regular monthly Fly Dates are from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month - April through October.

  • Sunday, April 26, 2009 - First Fly of the season.
  • Sunday, May 31, 2009
  • Sunday, June 28, 2009
  • Sunday, July 26, 2009
  • 17th Annual Canal Days Kite Festival - Sunday, Aug. 1, 2009
  • Sunday, August 30, 2009
  • Sunday, September 27, 2009
  • Sunday, October 25, 2009 - Annual Hallowe'en Fall Festival Finale Fly. This event is held rain or shine. We have an alternate indoor location in case of inclement weather.

The club flying field is located at Lakeview Park at the south end of Elm Street, Port Colborne, ON. The park is located just east of the Port Colborne General Hospital and next to Sugarloaf Marina and Boat Harbour.


Special Regional Kiting Events for 2009

Events from a kite clubs across Southern Ontario and Western New York State are shown in the event schedule below. Contacts are provided in case you need additional information. There are a wide variety of types of kiting events included in this schedule and we encourage you to take part in as many of them as your time permits.

 

Kite Festival Calendar
for 2009

 
DATE EVENT Contact
Sat & Sun
Feb 14-15, 2009
Lake Simcoe Winter Winter
Sports Festival
6th Annual

Gleenwoods Ave, Lake Simcoe
Keswick, ON
Contact:
Grant Fitz
Saturday
April 8, 2009
Wind Climber & Royal City Fun Fliers
Inflatable Chicken Kite Workshop
Central Church
Cambridge, Ontario
Contact:
Carlos Simoes
Sunday
March 29, 2009
10am-4pm

Niagara Windriders Spring Workshop
"Jimmy Pentagon Kite"
Port Colborne Lions Club Hall
49 Chippawa Road
Port Colborne, Ontario

Contact:
Bob White
Saturday
April 4, 2009
GLKS
Buffalo Kite Auction
Polish Falcon's Hall
Depew, New York
Doors open at 4pm
Auction starts at 6pm
Contact
Ted Shaw
Sat & Sun
May 2 & 3
2009
Four Winds Kite Festival
19th Annual
Kortright Conservation Area
Klienberg Ontario
(Near Canada's Wonderland)
Contact:
Gary Mark
Sunday
May 31, 2009
Strawberry Fields Kite Festival
17th Annual

St Thomas Ontario
Contact:
Eric Curtis
Sunday
May 31, 2009
Thunder Bay
Kite Festival
Thunder Bay ON
Contact:
Wind Climbers Kite Club

Sunday
June 7, 2009
Noon-4
Dumfries Kitefest
13th annual

Dumfries Park
Cambridge ON
Contact:
Wind Climbers Kite Club
Sat & Sun
June 20 & 21
2009
Wasaga Beach
Father's Day KITEFEST

8th Annual
Beach #1
Organized by the Wasaga Beach
Chamber of Commerce.
Contact:
Trudie McCrea
Sept. 12-13
2009
The Kite Museum - Pelee Island
Official grand opening of the museum
Contact:
Kite Museum Info
Tuesday
July 1, 2009
Canada Day Bash
Waterloo Ontario
Contact:
Wind Climbers Kite Club
Sat - Sun
July 19
2009
14th annual
AJAX TKF Fun Fly
Ajax Waterfront Park
Ajax, Ontario
map
Contact:
Gary Mark

Saturday
July 31, 2009
Starts at Dusk


Canal Days Night Fly, Port Colborne

Fun fly ealy evening.
Night Flyto lights at dusk.
H.H Knoll Park/Lakeview Park
Port Colborne Ontario
Contact:
Bob White
Sunday
August 1, 2009
10:00am-4:30pm
17th Annual
Canal Days Kite Festival

H.H Knoll Park/Lakeview Park
Port Colborne Ontario
Barbeque for kiters follows event.
Contact:
Bob White

Postponed this year.

Niagara International Kite Festival
Reservoir State Park,
NY USA
Contact:
Meg Albers
Sunday
Oct 4
2009

Toronto Kite Fliers DOWNSVIEW FLYATHON

Downsview Park,
Toronto, Ontario

Contact:
Gary Mark
Saturday
Nov 07, 2009
11am-9pm
TKF Chile Blast Potluck,
Funfly & Workshop

Funfly AT
Simonson's Park,
Don Mills Rd.
north of Steeles Ave.
Workshop, Auction & Potluck Dinner :
Zion Church Community Hall,
Finch Ave.,
east of Don Mills Rd.

Contact:
Gary Mark
MAP:

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