Sandown Bay Regatta returned with a bang on Sunday with a busy street market, family entertainment, beach games and an evening fireworks display.
Sandown’s holiday crowds were treated to a full day of fun on the Esplanade for the first time in 3 years.
Now run by Sandown Carnival, the Regatta partnered with Island community organisation Market Days to put on the street market and brought in the Horse Box Theatre Company, magician David Randini and David Major’s Punch and Judy show to provide entertainment through the day. Flags along the seafront were provided by Shademakers UK.
The organisers now hopes to build the event so it becomes an annual celebration of Sandown and The Bay.
Paul Coueslant, Chair of Sandown Carnival, has said:
“It’s both a challenge and a massive opportunity to take on Sandown Bay Regatta, an event with heritage going back to 1857. We feel our first stab at it turned out to be a big success, with a busier beach and seafront than many can remember for a long time. The task now is to build on the good things for next year so the Regatta becomes a fixture in the Island’s summer calendar once more.
“As a non-profit community group, we really do depend on the generosity of the public to stage our events and make them bigger and better each year. As always, we remind everyone how easy it is to make even a small donation to us online at www.sandowncarnival.com/donate or by dropping in to our shop at 77a High Street, Sandown PO36 8AD”.
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Great day! Sandown carnival are the right group to keep the event running, unlike some groups, they keep it balanced and fun, rather than shoving climate politics and other agendas down peoples throats, mardi gras springs to mind..
It was a great day also great weather for the regatta. I was wondering if there was anything on Shanklin regatta because my family and I went down there and there was a load of people taking part in the event’s which were hosted and it was also broadcasted on local radio because we heard it driving towards shanklin. Just wondering