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| Hot Air Ballooning Events and Meets |
This is where you can find information on our club balloon meets, and these are not just restricted to our members, everyone is welcome, as always.
Please let us know if you would like to come along so we can greet you, and if you are joining us for the whole weekend meet all we ask is that you register your interest via the relevant meet entry form below, or if you prefer a paper entry form please get in touch with Elaine (email/telephone details below).
Prior registration is simply to enable us to send you further details and keep you up to date with what is going on.
We do not make a charge to attend our meets without a balloon, and it is only £10 registration if bringing a balloon. The majority of our events have onsite camping/caravan/motorhome pitches, and nominal charges are made for overnight stays. These must be pre-booked via the registration form please.
The closing date for entries is usually the Saturday prior to the meet to allow us to order sufficient gas for everyone and also to finalise the details with the site. However, if you have left it too late and the deadline has passed by, don't worry, just get in touch and we will try to fit you in.
For more information about our meets or for a paper registration form, please contact the club's meet organisers; Alex and Elaine Smith, via the email address; meets@prba.org.uk or telephone 07974 316123
If you are interested in events further afield please see also www.balloonevents.org for a worldwide listing.
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| PRBA Balloon Meets |
| Naburn Lock 'Splash and Dash' Meet |
15/09/2017
- 17/09/2017 |
| Naburn Lock, York |
Once again, we head back to Naburn Lock Caravan Park for the weekend, and being so close to the river what better pilot challenge than a Splash & Dash?
For the pilot who achieves the (best) S&D (or attempt), the Diver's Helmet trophy will be theirs to cherish (and polish) for the year!
John Russon won it two years on the trot, with Malc Skilbeck stealing it from under his nose in 2016, so as the trophy is back in God's Own County, those Lancashire folk are planning a raid to get it back over the border again! ......the challenge is on!
All on-site overnight stays must be pre-booked and paid for.
Please contact the campsite directly to reserve your camping place in addition to completing the PRBA entry form. |
| Click for Entry form and Meet Info |
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| Cornucopia Music & Comedy Festival |
22/09/2017
- 24/09/2017 |
| Burton Constable Hall, Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire |
Unfortunately this years event has had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales. They promise to be back in 2018.
Family (and doggie) friendly music and comedy festival with free entry to the whole event and free camping (tents/caravans/motorhomes etc.) for teams of four.
No registration fee for balloons either. |
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| Autumn Gold Balloon Meet |
06/10/2017
- 08/10/2016 |
| Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire |
Returning for the 5th year to this friendly site for another relaxed ballooning weekend, let's hope we have as good a weekend as 2015 and 2016, and perhaps even better.
We are just down the road from Thornton-le-Dale, which is the quintessential 'chocolate box' village and well worth a visit.
Bring your choice of tent, caravan or motorhome; book an onsite camping pod or even one of the lovely cottages.
There is plenty of local accommodation too - check out welcometopickering.co.uk for a host of hotels, guest houses, B&B's etc. in Pickering and the surrounding area.
Why not come to the meet and make a week of it by staying on for Pickering's 1940s Wartime Weekend?
The pilots will be chasing the Autumn Gold trophy again, and the task will be set by last years winners. |
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| Humber Bridge Meet & Dinner |
17/11/2017
- 19/11/2017 |
| Linley Hill Aerodrome, Leven, near Beverley, East Yorkshire |
PRBA's year-end meet, and being in November our flying hours are very sociable, so do come along for good company and a spot of flying; take your choice: balloon, microlight, light aircraft, paramotor and more. Some of the Aero Club members will flight-swap too.
Free camping on the airfield for those who dare to brave camping/caravanning in November, or for those who want electric hook-up there are a few sites in the village and surrounding area.
Also at this meet we hold our annual Humber Bridge dinner - always a good night. 2013 saw out the evening with an impromptu paper plane fight; so in 2014 we held the PRBA paper plane challenge; 2015 we decorated and hovered helium balloons, 2016 we went a-raiding in fancy dress, arrrhh we were pirates. Lots of fun and big laughs with pirate jokes and limericks and some fantastic costumes!
So, 2017, what will we do? Send in your completed registration form and you will find out.
We'd love you to join us for our Humber Bridge dinner, but we must insist on payment with your order, please. |
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| Other U.K. Balloon Meets |
| Grass Roots |
07/09/2017
- 10/09/2017 |
| Sackville Lodge Airfield, Bedfordshire |
| More information |
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| York Balloon Fiesta |
29/09/2017
- 01/10/2017 |
| York Knavesmire (racecourse) |
| For more information, contact: yorkballoonfiesta@gmail.com |
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| Overseas Balloon Meets |
| Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
07/10/2017
- 15/10/2017 |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| More information |
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