After the huge success of the first show in Margam Park last
year, Aberavon MP, Dr Hywel Francis, was delighted that for the
first time ever in the running of any boat show in Wales the “South
Wales Boat Show” will be returning to Margam Park. They will be
building on the same formula as before, of bringing together all
aspects of water sports.
Dr Francis recently commented
that,
“It looks like a very exciting
initiative for the local and the whole of the Welsh marine industry
to benefit from and I wish them all the success they deserve”
The feed back from a large number of
exhibitors at last years show has given them over 40 firm bookings
for this years event. The South Wales Boat show has been supported
by the Assembly’s appointed Wales Water Sports
International who along with South West Wales Tourism
Partnership and Tourism Swansea Bay, and many private companies like
Swansea Sound and The Wave and national companies like Sailing
Today Magazine and our local news papers have all
helped in making Wales a serious place to do business
in.
The venue of Margam Park
was highly commended by both Exhibitors, Press and Public and
provides an amazing venue that we in the Neath and Port Talbot area
sometimes take for granted it provides the sustainability for the
show to grow into in further years. We are lucky, It is ideally
situated. Margam Park is only minutes away from Junction 38 of the
M4 and between Cardiff and Swansea and is only 90 minutes away from
Haverford west and
Fishguard.
There has
been an explosion of water born activities in South Wales since the
Cardiff bay re- development and with a vast cash injection being
spent in Haverford west, Swansea and Milford Haven marinas expanding
along with the new regeneration of Swansea Docks in SA1 which will
make it one of the biggest marinas in the UK!! We must help steer
the local economy towards this major development with foresight, we
are very lucky in Wales of having the chance to partake in such
variety of Watersports right on our door step
Their Web Site http://www.southwalesboatshow.co.uk/ will be
regularly updated. There is a press section for regular
updates. Ben Sutcliffe can be contacted on 07796 457307