KINGSBRIDGE'S annual fair week started in great style, with a fun-packed first weekend of activities for all.

Sunday morning saw the huge 'Rotaproj' event take place, where around 500 people with disabilities enjoyed all the fun of the fair and entertainment at the Quayside Leisure Centre.

Kicking things off at 10am on Saturday was the five-a-side football tournament, with junior teams up first, followed by ­intermediates and adults. The Smashing 6 took the junior ­contest, with Aprex Army and Lips and Swain storming to ­victory in the intermediate and adult age groups respectively.

The day also featured the farmers' market in the town square, a lantern workshop in preparation for Wednesday's parade, a hula-hoop demonstration and a dazzling display from Kingsbridge Gymnastic Club. David Rowland's Fun Fair was open from 2pm.

The afternoon culminated in the crowning of this year's fair week royalty at the bandstand. Last year's queen Katie Merrin crowned new monarch Sophie Green, who then crowned her attendants Chloe Wilkinson, Isla McColl and Beatrice Noyce.

Saturday evening saw a thrilling raft race in the estuary, with crews stopping at nothing to take victory. Toad Hall Cottages came out on top, with Four Degrees Plumbing, aka Super-fordio, second and Creeks third.

The day finished with live music on the bandstand and fireworks at 10pm.

Sunday offered further activities for all the family, including a multidenominational service at St Edmund's Church, a boules competition, Wishy Washy's magic show, music from Abbie Redburne and the Real Crazy Quiz.

Sunday morning's Rotaproj event, running for the 29th year, was once again a great success. Organised jointly by the Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Estuary Rotary Clubs under the chairmanship of John Litchfield, the morning saw hundreds of visitors from as far afield as Bodmin and the Otter valley.

After an exciting couple of hours of free rides courtesy of David Rowland – a fantastic long-term supporter of the ­project – the action moved up to the Quayside Leisure Centre for lunch, entertainment and a disco.

Some of the visitors who use wheelchairs were carried up the steps by teams of four Kingsbridge firemen.

Fair week president Keith Wingate said: 'I was speaking to David Rowlands and he said that Kingsbridge is fairly unique in that the fair is in a large, level area with wheelchair access and room to park as many buses as necessary, so it works really well.

'It was incredibly uplifting to see the people of Kingsbridge coming together to do so much for Rotaproj and other good causes in the town.

'We've got the carnival at the end of the week and some great bands on Saturday night, so everyone should come down and enjoy it.'