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Progress Through Partnership
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The Welsh Waterways Festival 2010, incorporating the 2010 IWA National Trailboat Festival will held at Kimberley Park in Newport over the Spring Holiday weekend, Saturday 29th to Monday 31st May 2010.
The event will be hosted by the Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canals Trust (MBACT). The organisers are supported by Newport City Council and Newport Unlimited, through financial assistance for volunteers to restore the waterway, rebuild the slipway below Malpas Lock and remove obstructions to the passage of boats.
The Festival is supported by Newport and South East Wales Business Tourism and the
Inland Waterways Association.
In preparation for the Festival sections of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal are undergoing a transformation in order to offer over two miles of open water canal and five working locks. The programme of works, which commenced in January 2008 is almost complete. It will re-open the canal to navigation between Pentre Lane on the main line in Torfaen down to Barrack Hill in Newport and up to Waen Lock at Allt-yr-yn on the Crumlin arm.
The restoration work was undertaken by volunteers from the local community through employment provider A4e, members of MBACT and by the Waterway Recovery Group during their summer camps.
The 2004 festival, held at the same location, attracted 12000 visitors and over 40 trailboats. A full programme of events, competitions, exhibitions and live entertainment is planned and two trip boats will operate during the three days for visitors to enjoy the re-opened stretches of water. Entry to the Festival is free to members of the public.
For more information please contact Chris Morgan on 029 2088 8681 or e-mail chrisbmorgan@aol.com
To download boat or campsite entry forms please click on the links.
Entry forms are also available from the Entries Officer, Alan Birchall, 23 Earl’s Court Road, Cardiff CF23 9DE.
