HEART OF ENGLAND KITE FLIERS

Welcome to the blog for the
HEART OF ENGLAND KITE FLIERS.

We are NOT a club. There are plenty of good kite clubs to join. Most of us belong to MKF, the Midlands Kite Fliers.

We ARE a group of kite enthusiasts who meet in the West Midlands, Normally in Sutton Park. Anyone is free to come along and have fun.

Please read on..

Audrey. Photo by Pete Le Blond

Friday, 11 April 2008

13th April 2008 - MKF fly-in, Sutton Park - Boldmere Gate.

Don’t forget fly-in this Sunday 13th April 2008, starts 9.30am til 2.00pm
Arrive before 11.00am for free parking, after 11.00am til 6.00pm £1.50 per car
Forecast for Sunday:

Sunday
Partly Cloudy. High: 50° F. / 10° C. Wind WSW 7 mph. / 11.2 km/h.

Sunday, 23 March 2008

Admission charges for Sutton Park

Just a quick reminder for those not in the know, there is an entry charge for vehicles to Sutton Park on Sundays and Bank Holidays between 1st April and early September, between the hours of 11.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. If you arrive before or after these times, or on other days, it is still free. This year the charges have gone up to £1.50 per vehicle.

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

9th March 2008 - MKF Stan Lunn Memorial fly-in, Sutton Park - Boldmere Gate.

Taken from e-mail from Ian:

As you may have heard one of the main attendees of the Boldmere Gate fly-in Stan Lunn died recently.

The Funeral was held last Wednesday and was attended by Ian and Julie Wilson, Jim Cronin, David & Anne Buckland and Mike S-P as friends and representatives of MKF along with his close friends and family.

Ian has spoken to Stan’s family and with their agreement it has been decided to dedicate the March 9th Fly-in to Stan, and in memory of him it will be called the MKF Stan Lunn Memorial fly-in, Sutton Park - Boldmere Gate.

We will be holding a minutes silence at 12pm after which we will release three black helium balloons with a simple card attached.

If you would like to attend and say your goodbyes to one of our best and cherished friends and would like to add your name to the card then please come along.

The Fly-in’ starts at the usual time of 9.30am and finishes at 2pm at the usual place Sutton Park, Boldmere Gate, Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, West Midlands.

See details to the left.

Thanks to Ian for arranging this.

Monday, 25 February 2008

Winter League Cup Final -27th April 2007

If you are interested in the winter leagues, the final is on 27th April at Hatton Country World.

The figures are here

Sunday, 10 February 2008

STACK/MKF Sport Kite Winter League Results 10th February 2008

Results for Precision events:
Dual Line Individual...

  1. Keith Griffiths 100%
  2. Vee Griffiths 83.2%
  3. Keith Bleepy Barlow 82.7%
  4. Bryan Beasley 82.6%
  5. John Williams 82.0%
  6. Terry Walker 71.9%
  7. Jess 68.6%
Dual Line Pairs.....

  1. 2 Can (John Williams and Bryan Beasley) 100%
  2. K2 ( Keiths (Griffiths and Bleepy)) 96.7%
  3. Diolych yn Vowel (Vee Griffith and Dave Salmon) 93.9%
  4. Witch Ones (Vee and Jess) 82.1%
Dual Line Team International...

  1. England (The Franchise) 100%
  2. Wales 73.5%
Tricks Party Thingy results...
EXP / Master

  1. Bryan Imposed 31 - Ballet 19 - Total 50
  2. Neil E Scratch (poorly ankle don't you know)
Novice

  1. Keith Griffiths Imposed 21.5 - Ballet 9 - Total 30.5
  2. Vee Griffiths Imposed 19 - Ballet 10 - Total 29
  3. John Williams Imposed 19 - Ballet - 10 Total 29
  4. Keith Bleepy Barlow Imposed 15.5 - Ballet 12 - Total 27.5
Well done all.
Great day in beautiful weather. Thanks to all who came to the league and the fly in.