10th Anniversary Abingdon Charity Air & Country Show

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Abingdon Air & Country Charity Show
Abingdon Airfield / Dalton Barracks, Oxon
Sunday 3rd May 2009
Public Open times: 10am –5.00pm


Supporting the
Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance

This 10th anniversary show includes Vintage Vehicles, Crafts, Static Aircraft, Steam Machinery, Trade Stalls, Arena Displays, Flying Displays to the popular Dr Who Daleks and Tardis, and Tank Rides!

Enquiries
Aviation / Enquiries: neilsevent@aol.com / 07756 258892
Trade / Craft Stalls / Enquiries: andyandsuep@aol.com /
T: 01235 529142
Vintage Vehicle bookings: Adrian.33@hotmail.co.uk /
07840 503047
abingdonshowclassics@hotmail.co.uk /
01865 340329
Sponsorship / Press: Malcolm.ashby@uk.bp.com /
07759 076307
smithoag@aol.com / 07749 219001

Public admission prices will be at the 2008 rate of £10 per adult,£5 per child(5-15yrs) and Senior Citizens
Advance tickets should again be available early in the New Year from the website: www.abingdonfayre.com
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From proceeds of our 2008 event we were able to donate £5000 to the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance...a figure we would like to at least equal if not better in 2009
A picture of the handover can be seen on the homepage of our website www.abingdonfayre.com

cheers
Colin

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Bookings for Steam (& Historic Vehicles) are now being taken.If you are interested please contact adrian.33@hotmail.co.uk who will be only too happy to forward the necessary paperwork

Something new for AACS 09 will be a Farmer's Market...anyone interested(or anyone who know's someone)please contact me direct,smithoag@aol.com, and I'll forward the necessary paperwork to you

cheers
Colin

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The Abingdon Air & Country Show in Oxfordshire is seeking companies interested in sponsoring their next event in May 2009.

To be staged at Abingdon Airfield (Dalton Barracks), the event will combine a spectacular flying display featuring aircraft old and new as well as numerous ground attractions including exhibitions, displays and family entertainment.

Conveniently located just off the A34, and within short travelling distance of the M4 and M40, the show’s catchment area includes the Thames Valley, Chilterns and the Cotswolds.

Visitors cut across a wide range of social groups and ages, ranging from affluent retired people to flourishing, settled and secure families and aircraft enthusiasts.

In 2008 the show attracted support from Air BP, UKAEA and Hewden Hire.

A number of sponsorship opportunities are available including support of show features such as flying displays, ground attractions and event facilities.

For further information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Malcolm Ashby. Telephone: 01932 768696 (Daytime), 01494 481524 (Evening) or email: ashbym@bp.com

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Our publicity stall will be out 'n' about at three local Xmas Street Fayres over the next couple of weeks or so;-

25th Nov Abingdon(High St,near HSBC bank)
27th Nov Didcot(Broadway,near Broadways PH)
4th Dec Wallingford(Regal Centre,off Goldsmiths Lane)

If you live within easy reach of any of these towns pop along and seek us out to say "Hi!!!" and make sure you buy your AACS Xmas Raffle Ticket

Colin

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So far so good with preparations for this year's event on May 3rd.

We now have 5 steam engines booked in to atten with more enquiries coming in all the time....anyone on here?????

Any businesses,events etc that want to get their name to the skies over Abingdon on May 3rd might be interested in the following;-

With an expeceted 9-10,000 people visiting our event we are offering businesses some Credit Crunch-busting ways of getting their name known to potential customers.Details below;-



1) TRADE STALL



Up to 4 metre frontage £25

Up to 6 metre frontage £30

Up to 8 metre frontage £35

These prices include a £10 non-refundable deposit.

These prices cover access to the show-site for 1x Vehicle,1x Driver and 1x Passenger per Trade Stall,

although if more people are intending to man the Stall then Concessionary Tickets are available at £5

per adult and £3 per child aged 5-15yrs.



For a Trade Stall booking form lease telephone Andy Porter on 01235 529142









2) PROGRAMME ADS

Appx 3000 programmes will be sold on the day to be read by 9-10000 visitors(plus others who may have

programmes passed on to them after the show)



1/4 A5 page £25

1/2 A5 page £45

Full A5 page £80



Ads can be e-Mailed to me and cheques should be made out to Abingdon Fayre Committee and posted

to;

Colin Smith

AbShow Ads

68 Orwell Drive

DIDCOT

OX11 7RY



3) BANNER AD ON FENCING AT SHOW



There is a LOT of fencing on and around the show-site and we are offering businesses the opportunity

to have an advertising banner attached to this fencing(to be seen by 9-10000 people throughout the

day)

Banner ad rate is just £2 per foot of banner(for example a 6ft long banner would cost £12)

Payment for this should be as 2) above and banners should be with me by 24th April(one week before

show)




Hope this helps,but please feel free to ask

regards



Colin Smith


Finally,we yhave an Event Poster...if anyone can display this for us it would be greatly appreciated...CHEERS

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LATEST NEWS

The 10th Abingdon Air & Country Show on May 3rd(at Abingdon airfield,Dalton Barracks,Abingon) is now shaping up quite nicely and the latest news is as detailed below:_

Update:

RAF Tutor F/S
RAF Hawk F/S
RAF Chinook F/S
T28 Fennec F/S
Vampire F (Static tbc)
Dukes of Cassutt team F/S
Yak52 F/S
P51 Mustang F/S (replaces Hurribomber after its incident)
RAF Tucano (F/S - not 100% at the moment due to the display practice incident last week - could end up being a Static only).
Army Tigers Parachute Team
DC3 Dakota F/S
Pembroke F/S
+ 1 other tbc


Static / Fly In visitors include:

RAF Merlin tbc
US Army Blackhawk (SHAPE)
Chipmunks
Bulldogs
Alpi Pioneer
Saro Skeeter
C172s
Jet Provost T3
Robinson R44
Harvard
Broussard
RAF Grob Vigilant (based 612VGS)
Austers
Tiger Moth
& approx another 60 other types...!

Ground displays include Daleks, Dr Who Tardis, Farmers Market, Mobile Farm, Assorted amusements, Army Ground displays (from adjacent barracks), Arena Displays, Vintage Vehicles, Tank Rides,Fiona Harrison 1940s live music & a whole lot more...


AACS is an all-volunteer organised event and NOT to be confused with another event at the samne location which was weather-cancelled two years ago....we are NOT in any way what-so-ever connected to that event and we have NEVER(yet) had to cancel our event,which is held in support of the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance CHARITY

Advance tickets for our event are now available at the following rates;-
ADULT £8
CHILD(5-15yrs) £4
Senior Citizens £4
FAMILY(2x Adult,2x Child) £22

Advance tickets are available from the following outlets;-
Clothes 4 Work,Broadway,Didcot
Abingdon Info Point,Old Abbey Buildings,Abingdon
Warehouse store,Coxeter's yd,Stratton Way,Abingdon
Wallingford Info Centre,Market Place,Wallingford
...& of course on-line form our own web-site www.abingdonfayre.com

Tickets will be available on the gate,on the day at the following rates;-
ADULT £10
CHILD(5-15yrs) £5
Senior Citizen £5

SORRY...Family tickets will ONLY be available in advance

Under-5s have FREE admission and car-parking is also FREE(there will also be a dedicated disabled car-parking facility at no extra cost)

Gates open at 10 o'clock,so come along and enjoy a day with us at this Family Orientated,Community event and help us to keep the Air Ambulance flying

cheers
Colin

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Abingdon Air & Country Show takes off



Final preparations are being made for this year’s Abingdon Air & Country Show at Abingdon Airfield / Dalton Barracks on Sunday May 3rd.



This volunteer-run show, held in aid of the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance, is now in its 10th successive year and following on from previous events will be presenting a great family day out combining a 3-hour air display alongside a range of ground attractions.



The Show will be opened by the Mayor of Abingdon,Mr Patrick Lonergan promptly at 10am with the show ending around 5.00pm



The Air Display program will feature for the first time a display by “The Tigers” – the Princess of Wales’s Regiment Parachute Display Team, which will be dropping into the show performing a spectacular freefall parachute display.



Other air displays by past and present aircraft will include the RAF Tutor and Hawk, aswell as the distinctive Chinook helicopter which will be defying the laws of physics with an astounding performance of agility.

Nostalgia will be provided by a C-47 Dakota transport that served on D-Day, a P-51 Mustang, P-40 Kittyhawk, Pembroke,T28 Fennec, Vampire jet and air racing by the Dukes of the Cassutt display team. These aircraft can also be viewed on the ground.



Weather depending, it is hoped for around 70 light aviation, Classic and Vintage types to Fly In during the day for static viewing, aswell as a modern day RAF Merlin helicopter from nearby RAF Benson, and an overseas guest with the return of a United States Army UH60 Blackhawk helicopter which will be arriving earlier in the weekend.

But possibly dominating the show as one of the star attractions will undoubtedly be the RAF’s largest transport aircraft, the Boeing C17 Globemaster III, based at nearby RAF Brize Norton. At the time of going to the press, it is very much hoped for, subject to operational commitments and other nessecary ground support, but if it does materialize it will be another major coup for the organiser Neil Porter and his team and a fitting salute in its tenth year from the RAF, of course the previous occupiers of the airfield.



Further nostalgia will be created on the ground with displays of ex-military vehicles, memorabilia from WW2, 1940s kitchen and live period music performed by Fiona Harrison. Author Richard Holdsworth will be signing copies of his book “Six Spoons of Sugar”, his moving account of being an evacuee during the Second World War. Richard previously worked for the Murdoch series of national newspapers.





A range of other attractions will include pleasure flights, family amusements, historic vehicles, trade stands, a craft marquee, farmers’ market stalls, mobile farm, Doctor Who Tardis and the popular Daleks which will be roaming around the showsite, a Williams Formula 1 show car, tank rides, arena displays comprising an Oxfordshire Fire Service demonstration of a simulated road traffic accident extraction procedures and a Heart Radio interactive studio.



Tickets are on sale from the show’s website www.abingdonfayre.com and from the following outlets:



Abingdon Information Office, Abingdon Town Council offices;

Old Abbey House (opposite Guildhall);

The Warehouse, Coxeters’ Yard, Abingdon

Clothes 4 Work, 138 The Broadway, Didcot

Wallingford Information Office

Nationwide Building Society branches in Abingdon, Bicester, Didcot, Oxford, Wallingford and Wantage.



Ends



regards

Colin Smith


10th Abingdon Air & Country Show...3rd May 2009
(an all-volunteer organised event supporting Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance CHARITY)..www.abingdonfayre