2016 - 56th Water Carnival Day

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MORNING ACTIVITIES
At 10am, Shaldon's newly crowned Carnival Queen, Maisie Gregory, opened the day's festivities on Shaldon's Ferry Beach. Maisie was joined this year by attendants Gracie Quartly, Freddy Harbert and Billy Elkins.

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From 10.15am, the beach played host to a variety of stalls, beach activities and novelty games. Under 14's were able to join in our competitions by creating a sand sculpture, collecting crabs off Clipper Quay or creating an art masterpiece in our colouring competition. The colouring competition and sand sculptures this year were based on mermaids and pirates.

​The fancy dress parade set off from Shaldon School, through the village to the beach and was headed up by a rousing samba band who then continued to keep the festival atmosphere alive by playing a set on the beach.

This was followed by afternoon treats including Alan Austin's magic and balloon shows and price giving for the children's competitions. 

​DECORATED BOAT PARADE
The Water Carnival is best known for it's decorated boat parade which creates a wonderful view on the water. The beach was alive with people along the waterside to watch the fleet of spectacular, diverse and colourful boats that cruised around the “Shaldon Pool” of the Teign Estuary. This year we had twelve boats enter the parade, some of these colourful entries can be seen in the photos below.

EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
6pm saw The Village Green come alive for the children's disco, which was followed at 8.30pm by live local band, The Usual Suspects, who played a great set to a packed, partying and dancing Village Green. 

Many thanks to all who contributed to make this year's Carnival Day a great one!

We look forward to seeing you next year!!

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Competition Winners (some info still to be updated)

Fancy Dress Competition
Class 1 - Toddlers under 5
  1. Grace Hunt - "Jelly fish"
  2. Stashu Rzezniczak - "Ahoyi"
  3. Lucian Miles - "Knight in shining armour"
Class 2 - Age 5-7 years
  1. Ana-Farley - "Visiting royalty - Queen Elizabeth 1st"
  2. Abifleur Breakspear and Katie Moffat - "Exotic birds"
  3. Alanah Harbert - "Squash-buckling Pirate"
Class 3 -Age 8 and over:
  1. Lauren Crew - "Queen of tarts"
  2. Poppy Brinicombe - "Clockwork doll"
  3. Edward Pittard - "Minecraft Steve"
Class 4 - Open pairs:
  1. Mollie and Ella Nelson - "Gone fishing caught a mermaid"
  2. Yasmin Barnes and Lily-Mae Pettifer - "Royal Cupcakes"
  3. Austin Ott and Delphine Creasey - "Sir Lances Ott"
Class 5 - Groups of all ages:
  1. Nylah Meech, Olivia O'Connell, Tor Jones, Harry Athanasion - "The Hulas"
  2. Harry Smith, Noah and Zach Kenny - "Shaldon Three Amigos"
  3. Molly, Lizzie, Debbi and Honey - "Pirates"
Crab Collecting Competition
Alexander Cutter with 16 crabs

Colouring competition
Age 3-4
  1. Lucas
  2. James McDonald
  3. Masie Bloomfield

Age 5-7
  1. May McDonald
  2. Harry Roulet
  3. Alanah Harbert

Age 8-10
  1. Ella Nelson
  2. Dannielle Harvey
  3. Aimee McCullagh

Age 11-14
  1. William Wharton
  2. Luke Rowbury
  3. Alexander Cutter
Decorated Boat Parade

Motorised - 
  1. Ninety glorious years - The Astbury Family and friends
  2. Room on the Broom - 
  3. Queen - M. Pile, the Edworthy clan and friends
  4. Steam Ship Rocket
  5. The Name's Bond - Dwyer, Desmond, Coles and Upton families
Non - motorised - 
  1. Shaldon Vikings - the Starkey family
  2. Absolutely Fabulous - 
  3. Oar-ready to Row to Rio - Sutton Family
  4. The Drunken Scotsman - Chris Clarence
Most amusing - Shaldon Retro's - C Savva, clan Burham, team Stoyle, and the Crawford gang

Special effort p[rize - Teign Valley Cadtes - "Royal Family"

This year's photos...

Photos courtesy of Sally Fransen                                                                                     Click on any image to enlarge

Beach Competitions and Entertainment

Fancy Dress Parade

Decorated Boat Parade