Portrush

25 May 2013 - 26 May 2013

Huge fun for the Bank Holiday weekend in Portrush. 80 home made rafts and lots of entertainment on the quay.

PROGRAMME

10.00am Raft Race Registration opens on Kerr Street Green

10.30am – 5.00pm Spring Fair Stalls

- opens beside the Boathouse

11.00am Junior Raft Race – Harbour Pontoon

- registration opens at 10.45am

12 noon – 2.30pm Tour of the ‘William Gordon Burr’ lifeboat

– Quayside

12.30pm – 2.30pm Music by Bourbon Swing Band,

– beside the Boathouse

1.00pm – 2.00pm SUP (Stand Up and Paddle) Showcase

courtesy of Causeway Coast Surf Club - Harbour

1.00pm – 5.00pm Children’s Entertainment and Street Theatre

(face-painters, balloon modellers, characters, Salty Sea-dogs stilt walkers)

2.15pm Display by the Portrush Lifeboats

Commentary by Mark Mitchell (crew member)

3.10pm Wild Geese Display Team (weather permitting)

– West Bay

3.30pm Start of Raft Race – West Strand

4.00pm Portrush lifeboat signals end of Raft Race and returns to the Harbour

4.00pm – 6.00pm Live music on the Quayside by ‘Groove Robbers’

4.30pm Prize giving at the Quayside

with Alan Simpson and Guido Morelli (Morelli’s Ices)

6.30pm – 7.30pm Coleraine & District Historic Vehicle Club Cavalcade

- display of cars and bikes at Kerr Street Green

Commentary and live chat throughout the day with Alan Simpson

Sunday, 26 May 2013

2.00pm Service of Thanksgiving on the Quayside (Non-denominational). Everyone is invited

Music provided by Ballywillan Flute Band

Retiring offering in aid of RNLI

3.00pm Waiter’s Race

The Waiters and Waitresses of the Bars and Restaurants around Portrush and Portstewart are encouraged to enter the infamous Waiter’s Race around the harbour

Sponsored by The Ramore Complex

Commentary for the event by Alan Simpson

3.00pm – 6.00pm Beach Volleyball

The West Strand will host an exhibition of some of the very best male and female beach volleyball players from the local area as they face-off against some of the top players from throughout N. Ireland.

This event is hosted by Ballymoney Blaze Volleyball Club

(www.ballymoneyblaze.com)

Telephone:+44 (0)28 7034 4723

Email: info@northcoastni.com

Website: www.northcoastni.com

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