Thames Sailing Barge Match         

THE MARQUEE

The Match Committee are also arranging for a marquee to be set up in part of the riverside garden of the Royal Clarendon Hotel, Gravesend. This is kindly being provided by Gravesham Borough Council which, given its long historic links with sailing vessels in general, and with sailing barges in particular, is an active supporter of the Match each year, in a variety of ways. 

The riverside garden 2003

[Photo: M. Wignall]
To date the following organisations have been approached and invited to provide a presence: Please watch this space for updates! 

- Port of London Authority

- Society for Sailing Barge Research 

- Topsail Charters Ltd., Maldon

- Thames Sailing Barge Trust 

- Thames & Medway Canal Association 

- Match Committee * 

 

The marquee with its exhibitors is expected to be open to the public from approximately 1300 to 1800, and entrance will be free. It will have to be removed around 1800 to make space for the staff of the  Hotel to prepare the private supper for the competing barge crews, Match VIPs, the Match Committee, and passengers in the charter barges that followed the Match.  

* mail order forms for the Yearbook will be available, plus information on the Match and its remarkable history.    

NOTE: This page will be updated with the actual days events, shortly. 

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Page last updated: July 28, 2008