Phew ! The population of Portaferry is very much on the up if today’s event is anything to go by. Thanks to all who attended, and of course to everyone who took part. Some pictures of the afternoon are now online, click here to see them.
Remember the Piggy Race ?
Todays “Gala Flashback” takes us to Summer 2004 and the Pig Racing, enjoy !
10 Mile Run, Crazy Hair and Deal or No Deal.



Tuesday evening was another fun night in the Square, the ever popular and ever growing Up and Running 10 Mile Run filled the Square with more and more Portaferry Folk taking part this year too. Well done to the Winners – full details and placings will appear as soon as we get them through.
Pictures from Tuesday night are online here.
Float Night 2000
Get in the mood with a Float Night from the past !
Little Flower 2009

Congratulations to Emily Rose Peacock, the 2009 Little Flower of the County Down. Thank You to everyone who came along and took part and to all those who supported the event and cheered the Girls on in the Square. A special hello to all our online viewers who watched the event via our web-cam, we’ve had a record number of visitors to the site today, so hopefully the server will hold up for the rest of the week.
Thanks too, to Truth who played on stage “’till the sun went down” – pictures are now online, click here.
Rain, Rain, Go Away…..

Well, at least the trees kept the rain off ! There were Teddy Bears Galore in the Former Caravan Park beside Exploris this afternoon, everyone was having a great time, with the Wish Fairy, Face Painting, Jo Jangles and Monkeytastics, even when the rain came on, we all just headed for the trees….the Bears led the way !
Pictures are now on line, click here to see them.
Sport in Bloom
If you’re about the market house,
pop in and have a go at the Floral Art Quiz
can you name the sport ?
Sunday By the Shore
The Paper Boats really are back ! What a great turn out, it was like a scene from a Gala back in the 70’s and really fantastic to see.
People lined the walls around the Slip to cheer on (or boo!), the brave Paper Boaters (well, have YOU dipped in the tide recently ???).
Thanks to everyone who took part and to everyone who came along and joined in the fun day out . The Irish Dancers gave their usual fantastic display, Exploris brought along a Touch Tank, Jackie’s Paper Boats Floated out to sea, the BBQ sizzled, the Rescue Crew were on show in Lough and the Air. If you missed it, never fear lots more Gala Fun to come this week.
Pictures from the afternoon are now on line, click here for details
Weather
Well, a big thanks to everyone who came along yesterday – anyone who was out in the morning or early afternoon probably escaped the “Mad Rain” which appeared from nowhere at 3 O’Clock. Thankfully it didn’t dampen spirits on the Square, Saturday night, a great range of music and very enthusiastic bands – again, thanks to everyone who came along and apologies to anyone who tried to log on via the web-cam. Due to the heavy rain it wasn’t set up in time – should be up and running from Monday onwards. Pictures from Saturday are online now.

Bingo, Music, Tractors, BBQ, Bottle Stall, Car Boot Sale and much, much more.
Get along this afternoon and join in the fun….