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Another Whitsun bank holiday means another IWA trailboat festival, this time as a part of the Welsh Waterways Festival at Kimberly Park, Malpas just off jcn 26 of the M4 at Newport, South Wales.
By nightfall on Friday 28th May there were 19 boats at the festival site. These had all launched using the new slipway [...]

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Welsh Waterways Festival 2010
incorporating the 2010 IWA National Trailboat Festival
The Welsh Waterways Festival 2010 will be hosted by the Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canals Trust (MBACT) and will take place on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Kimberley Park, Newport over the Spring Holiday weekend 29th to 31st May 2010. The event is financially supported [...]

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Summary of IWA Trailboat Festival Awards

TITLE OF AWARD Oxford & South Bucks IWA Branch Rose Bowl.
DESCRIPTION A Rose Bowl retained for Twelve Months – Framed certificate to keep.
REQUIREMENT The Best Illuminated Boat using a generator.
CRITERIA To the owner of the best illuminated boat using a generator taking part in a procession of boats late one evening during the [...]

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What a GRAND WESTERN IWA trailboat festival!!

The Spring Bank holiday weekend saw another annual IWA trailboat festival take place and what a Grand Western affair it was. The event took place on the Mid Devon showground near Tiverton, which has the Grand Western canal as one of its boundaries. The event was organised by a committee, which boasted representatives from Devon County, Mid Devon [...]

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