Kent Ballooning

April - October

Kent

Spitfire has taken to the skies in style; a hot air balloon, courtesy of Kent Ballooning. The 16-passenger Spitfire hot air balloon can be seen across the South East between April and October. The balloon has a volume of 355,000 cubic metres – large enough to fit 16 million pints of Spitfire inside it! For booking information, visit www.kentballooning.com.

Wings and Wheels

29th and 30th August

Dunsfold

Spitfire sponsors Wings & Wheels, a spectacular family day out at Dunsfold Park, Surrey, showcasing some of the finest civil and military aircraft displays in the UK, as well as record-breaking, vintage and classic cars and spectacular arena displays. The show has become such a success, attracting more than 25,000 in 2009, that the 2010 event has been extended to two days over the Bank Holiday Weekend, Sunday 29 and Monday 30 August. In 2009, the event raised more than £80,000 for charity and beneficiaries have included Help for Heroes, Brooklands Museum, Surrey Air Ambulance Fund and Cranleigh Village Hospital Trust.

Cricket

The sky’s the limit for Kent’s cricketers this season as Spitfire continues to sponsor the Kent Spitfires one-day side in competitions such as the Twenty20 Cup and the ECB 40 League.

Other sports

Spitfire supports a range of sports from grassroots to county level across the South East. Last summer, 600 cricket teams from the Shepherd Neame sponsored Home Counties leagues battled it out in the Spitfire Twenty20 club knockout tournament while, each spring, rugby players from all over the UK travel to Canterbury to contest the Kent Spitfire Sevens. Spitfire also supports the RAF Sevens teams and rugby cup competitions in Sussex. Spitfire has also sponsored the European Open Golf and other high profile sporting tournaments.