A bucking bronco, bake off and a riotous kids rave will take centre stage at this year’s Cliftonville Games.
The annual summer event which started off as a sports day in Dane Park has gone all out this year celebrating the community with a host of activities on offer.
Returning is the ever-popular dog show and in the spirit of the original sporty schedule, Your Leisure will be holding classic races at the Oval where the Games have been held since last year.
Families who want to compete in events with a twist can enter Wonky Races where kids may get the chance to dress their parents for competitions.
Organiser and Gordon Road Area Street Scheme (GRASS) member Stephen Darrer says there will be something for everyone on the day. “I am so excited for this year’s games. It is much bigger with music (all local bands) continuing until 8pm and there’s our Cliftonville Classrooms which are TED-talk style events and feature talks from people around Thanet.
“This year we also have the Cliftonville Bake Off which will be judged by Gillian from Batchelors baker. There are classic races such as your egg and spoon race and the kid’s rave Fluffy Little Clouds will be playing.”
More than 40 stalls will be selling crafts and food with a special performance from Cliftonville schools led by Creative Voices.
Cliftonville Classrooms also takes place with thirteen-minute talks that are short and engaging. The talks will cover topics that matter to the whole community, environment, wellbeing and Health and innovation and will also have a focus on the over 50s. Cliftonville Classroom will have a range of speakers chatting about things that matter in our community and dedicated seating area for the over 50s. You do not need a ticket for the talks however these will be on a first come first served basis!
Where and when
Cliftonville Games 2019 is on Saturday, July 27 from 12pm to 8pm at the Oval Bandstand Oval Lawns, Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville
The classrooms line-up:
Ageless Thanet 12pm
Making a Buzz 12.30pm
Hot meals now Annie Nichols 1pm
Encourage Wellbeing – 1.30pm
EverydayPlastic – 2pm
Margate Pilates- 2.30pm
Solasta Sound- 3pm
Kanndiss Riley – 3.30pm
Amy Redmond- 4pm
The dog show
Bring along your pampered pooch, join in the fun, and win some fantastic Hiro + Wolf prizes.
Categories include:
•Waggiest tail
•Best trick
•Best behaved
•Best dressed
•Dog most like it’s owner
•Fastest dog
•Best in Show
Entry is £2 per dog (plus Eventbrite fee). Start time is 1pm so please arrive early to register.
Register and pay for your dog for the show in advance on eventbrite or sign up on the day.