Regatta yobs are winning, says fireworks boss (From Bucks Free Press)

• "Its not so much that the yobs are winning is more a case that we have become apathetic towards the actions of a few.
  the police want an easy life - preferring to shut the thing down rather than do some proper policing and arrest the criminal elements that attend.
  
  As far as fights go - every year there are rumors of gangs coming to Marlow regatta - this isn't new its been an annual rumor with no substance that gets dragged up every year and has done since the 50's at least - they never happen - the odd drunken scuffle yes but not much more.
  
  Where the mistake came was letting kids use the putting green to slum out and drink - restrict that and the problem gets manageable.
  
  In the past the fair went on to Midnight. This actually helped because this left the children to use the fair in afternoon, the teenagers the early evening, old teenagers the dark and when the fireworks were finished people drifted back through the fair on their way home. over all a gradual wind down and a dissipation of those who used the pubs which turned out at 11pm.
  
  I hope the town is at ease with itself now - its killed the regatta and with it an event that had no equal - it had all the class and competition that Henley takes a week over crammed in to one day and it gave the people of Marlow a sense of identity that they could be proud of - now what do we have.
  
  Those with power now say "Don't have a big event - someone might just get up set. lets wrap ourselves up and give in". What we should have is little bit a back bone and stand up to what some say is a problem and make the Marlow regatta again into an event that we all look forward to."
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