Portgordon Gala Day Sunday 25th July

Car Boot Sale (and a great day out)

If you haven't done a car boot sale before then this is your opportunity. Get rid of stuff that's been lying around for years (that doesn't include family members by the way) and make some serious cash. There should be a great atmosphere and a good crowd

click this link to see what's on

Charity Raft Race at Portgordon on Gala Day

Charity Raft Race on Gala Day 25th July 2010

Win £100 for your favourite Charity

This year, for the first time, the Harbour Group has decided to make the annual Raft Race beneficial to others perhaps less fortunate than those taking part. The organisers will donate £100 to a registered charity nominated by the Raft Race winning team. Also, with charities in mind, the Group is encouraging all entrants to obtain sponsorship for their chosen charity. So what are you waiting for, come along and have a great day and help others in the process. It is not a requirement that you obtain sponsorship for any charity - feel free to do as you wish.

Can you build a raft? Can you provide a crew?

The rules and entry form are on the main website - here are links

Raft Race Rules

Raft Race Entry Form

back to the main website

A Tiger Moth is coming to Gala Day

Tiger Moth

picture courtesy of Andy Walker

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After two years of trying we are very hopeful the Tiger Moth will be able to do a fly-past. Serviceability and poor weather have combined to prevent it happening previously but this year we are due a decent day - Let's hope so anyway for this aircraft is unique and in it's day was at the forefront of aviation technology - some would say it still is!

Click here to go to our website for more information on Gala Day

 

Please be advised the appearence of this aircraft is subject to servicability and weather conditions on the day

Portgordon Harbour is now on Facebook

Please take a look at the Facebook page featuring the harbour. It's in it's infancy and there is a lot more to build. It's a start though. There's a link at the side for you to use.

Stanley Steamer

picture courtesy of Peter Charlesworth

The fantastic Stanley Steamer will be making an appearence once again. This was very popular at last years Gala and attracted a lot of attention. It is quite simply "an engineering marvel"

Raft Race & Gala Day - Sunday 26th July 2010

2009 memories

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A memory of last years event. If you want to see more pictures please click the link below. It will take you to our main website

more pictures from 2009

Latest website statistics

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Thank you for visiting our website

Your visits really do make a difference. Please let us know via the comments box if you would like to see new features or changes

Where is this place?

Not giving any clues. All will be revealed in the next edition of the official 'Blog' which is due to be published on 1st June

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As peaceful a place as you can find anywhere in Scotland

Start Building those Rafts!

Sunday 25th July 2010 is the date for Portgordons Annual Raft Race & Gala Day

Fiona's wedding Party - worthy contenders last year

Not an entrant  - Burghead Sub-Aqua Club providing expert safety cover. Smashing group of people

Latest Website Viewing Figures

Thank you for visiting our website - every single visit helps Portgordon Community Harbour Group on it's journey to regeneation

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Aprils figure of 1376 is a record for that month. The site continues to grow in popularity - it's good that it does. It's also challenging because looking for new content is quite demanding

The Blog is considered to be one of the more welcome assets on the site because it's published monthly. I enjoy doing it and the freedom the group give me in it's production is good. I can say pretty much what I think without any censorship. I do ask you to ignore the spelling and grammar errors that I do my best to avoid, but do creep in from time to time

Any budding actors out there?

I hear that a Pantomime is on the cards for the end of the year - now that's good news for the village. I'll try to find out more - watch this space

Gala Day 2010

Portgordon Raft Race & Gala Day Sunday 25th July commencing 12noon till 5.00pm

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Above is the proposed layout 

Plans are afoot to include the following:

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  Raft Race
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  Children's Fancy Dress
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  Dog Agility Display
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  Music for all tastes
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  Classic cars & Motorcycles
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  Bikes from the past display
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  RAF Search & Rescue/Buckie Lifeboat combined exercise
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  Belly Dancers
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  and much more

In due course a page will be placed on the main website to give a better idea of what's on  during the day

The above list is intended as a guide only

Chairmans Report 2010

Ron Billing - Chairman

At last Wednesdays (21st April) Annual General Meeting our Chairman gave his report on the past year and also what the future holds for the Group

The report gave a real overview of the Groups activities and progress

click here for the full report

Annual General Meeting Today Wednesday 21st April 2010

The AGM is today at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, Portgordon
Please come along if you can. Doors open at 7.00pm