MNFC Presentation 2024 
The team at the MNFC would like to thank all who attended last night's Presentation we hope you all had a fantastic evening.
Well done to all the Race winners and a special well done to Jonathan Hamplett and Perkins & Seymour it's hard enough winning one national but both these fanciers have won two races in the same season that is truly a fantastic performance.
That closes the door on the 2024 season plans are now for 2025 and I myself is looking forward to once again working with the team at the MNFC to make it another successful season.
I will leave you with a few photos of last night's presentation.
Dean Mckee
Press Officer MNFC
Morning
Subs & Rings 2025
Subs
2025 subs can be paid from now on either Online, Post or at the Upcoming Shows these will be the same as this year £40.00.
New Membership is also now open for the 2025 Season.
Rings
2025 Rings are also available to order due to the increase from the RPRA the price of the 2025 rings are £9.00 per 20.
Presentation 2024
The 2024 Presentation is on the 9th November 2024 at The Quorn Grange Hotel.
Tickets are £35 Accomodation can also be booked but please book before the 16th October the order form is on page 65 of your handbook.
BREEDER BUYER RESULT
OPEN RESULT
1ST OPEN BREEDER J B RILEY £1,000 BUYER J .B RILEY £1,000 VEL 1098 24Z26803
2ND OPEN BREEDER D. LOWE £500, BUYER MR & MRS J. DODD £500 VEL 1097 24Z20478
3RD OPEN BREEDER J & R WORTLEY £300 BUYER J & R WORTLEY £300 VEL 1083 24Z15107
NORTH SECTION
1ST BREEDER ADAMS BROS £175 BUYER ADAMS BROS £175 VEL 1059 RING NUMBER 24Z25384
2ND BREEDER J WHEATCROFT £100 BUYER T.HIGGS £100 VEL 969 RING NUMBER 24Z10538
3RD BREEDER N.FOULKES £75 BUYER WILLIAMS & WILLETT £75 VEL 958 RING NUMBER 24Z00069
SOUTH SECTION
1ST BREEDER C.LEADBEATER & SONS £175 , BUYER C.LEADBEATER & SONS £175 VEL 1070 RING NUMBER 24Z15533
2ND BREEDER S. BURTON £100 , BUYER MR & MRS J DODD £100 VEL 1056 RING NUMBER 24Z23001
3RD BREEDER D.NESBITT & SONS £75, BUYER D.NESBITT & SONS VEL 1052 RING NUMBER 24Z04655
Well Done Barry Hobbs & Son Provisionally 1st Open Chale OH
Well Done Jack Ramm Provisionally 1st Open Chale YB
Chale - 11.15am Monday 9th Sept
Birds have been liberated at 11.00am in a Fresh North West Wind
Thank you all for your support and patience this weekend and wish you all good luck and fingers crossed for good returns.
Don't forget to verify your first bird the online Verification is live.
I would also like to thank you all for your support on my first year working with the MNFC along with Jon, The Committee and Both Geoff's and George.
I hope you have enjoyed all the Videos and Updates and look forward to carry on working with the team
Dean Mckee
Chale - Update
Birds left late afternoon for the ferry.
Lorrys boarded ferry at 9pm for Chale.
Thank you to all the marking teams and members for your continued support.
CHALE YB
NORTH CENTRAL
17 MEMBERS 194 BIRDS
NORTH EAST
10 MEMBERS 164 BIRDS
NORTH WEST
27 MEMBERS 325 BIRDS
SOUTH CENTRE
12 MEMBERS 218 BIRDS
SOUTH EAST
22 MEMBERS 307 BIRDS
SOUTH WEST
13 MEMBERS 165 BIRDS
WEST SECTION
19 MEMBERS 198 BIRDS
WEST NORTH WEST
11 MEMBERS 53 BIRDS
TOTAL 131 MEMBERS 1624 BIRDS
1st Open Roullet Saint Esteph - T & S Perkins & Seymour
Well, in more shock than after winning Fougeres, talk about London buses, wait a life time to win one national then 2 within a few weeks!!! What an amazing few weeks we have had with the birds, they have been amazing !!
After talking with Trevor, he reminded me that the race was nearly 500 miles to us & the position of the race point is directly due south, thus meaning the west wind would be on the shoulder of the birds & trying to push them off line, not helping them like it would from inland races!! He must of heard me on the phone & different people saying that they would do 50-60mph, he must have been thinking what idiots lol !!! We agreed that a good time would be 11 - 12 hours to us. With me not having the most patience anymore I decided to basket up the young Bird‘s and take them for a training toss at around 5:30 pm. They arrived back at about 6:20pm, I then cleaned out all the other sections and started to sit down to wait for the birds at about 6:40 pm. I just said to Trevor I suppose we will sit here till dark looking at the skies and the trap for nothing to arrive, Then suddenly straight over the top of the house bang on line, We saw a red checker swinging round the loft and then went from further victory lap of honour before trying to drop on the loft when three or four feral pigeons went over the loft and put her off, she ended up landing on the house roof, at this point I could hear my grandad saying to me “be careful boy when Pigeons drop from long distance races you have a job to move them if they don’t go straight on the trap”, I ran down to the loft and called her but to no avail. I entered the loft and put some of our cock birds out into the avery, Thankfully she noticed these and dropped straight on the board at 6:54 pm, she went straight for a drink & to my amazement then to the feed trough & started eating, she obviously didn’t feel down at all to go straight for food after 11 1/2 hours on the wing.
She was in absolutely fantastic condition on arrival, credit to the Convoyer who had looked after the birds for 5 days. We had no idea she was going to win the National & by a decent margin, totally unaware such few birds had arrived back home until George Cardall called me around 9.15 pm & said no one at his clock station had seen anything, I informed him that we had one back, he asked “what time did you clock” & I told him & his immediate response was I think that’s a fantastic time today & I don’t think that will be far away from winning the whole race!! This was the first time I had even given a thought we could win a second national in the same season. Later in the night Jon Dodd called & informed me that we were sitting provisionally 1st open, but birds clocked the next morning could still knock us off this position. I didn’t even bother going to bed & stayed up all night totally thinking I was still in a dream, at around 7.15am Jon called back to inform me that we could not be beaten by anyone now so had won our 2nd national of the season. Now named “RED ROULLET “ thanks to Nicky for this suggestion, great name thanks mate. She had been hit by the peregrine on the first race of this season so had to miss the next three weeks racing, she has been to every Mnfc race this year and was our second arrival from Nort Sur Erdre finishing 22nd Fed & did 13 1/2 hours on the wing, so this proved she will stick at it. The loft had been in fantastic form the previous couple of weeks prior to Roullet, taking 1,2,3,6,7,14,15,17,18,20,24 Federation from Blandford with Red Roullet being 18th open, then 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,19,23,25th Federation Stoney Cross, again she was on the Fed sheet for the third week running. Her pedigree is 50% J&D Staddon Red Treble x My Miracle 25% Rob Pugh from a son of his double national winner License to Thrill 25% Garry Inkley Syndicate lofts lines. The birds are fed Bamfords & Beyers corn & flown on roundabout chaos system. We timed our second arrival the following day, so have two out of the three entered. We would like to congratulate all the other section winners and all the game Birds that made it home on the day of liberation also all the members that work so hard to make these races happen.
Can we also thank everyone who has called, sent messages it’s been absolutely amazing few weeks. We all have plenty of knocks with the birds these day’s, but let me reassure you to keep going & pursue your dreams and when they come true, it’s absolutely worth all the blood sweat and tears.
Roullet St Esteph
Birds have been liberated at 7.30am in a light South Wind
Best of luck all
Please don't forget to verify within 60 Mins either online or by phone please note there is only 1 number to verify on this is as follows
033377223048
Well Done S & M Cook Provisionally 1st Open 1st NE Section Vire
Vire
Birds liberated at 6.15am in to a Light South Wind
Don't forget to verify within 60 Mins either online or by phone.
Good luck all
Roullet St Esteph
There will be no Liberation today from Roullet St Esteph due to a band of heavy rain sweeping across the UK this afternoon.
VIRE
NORTH CENTRAL
31 MEMBERS 332 BIRDS
NORTH EAST
17 MEMBERS 258 BIRDS
NORTH WEST
36 MEMBERS 394 BIRDS
SOUTH CENTRAL
14 MEMBERS 171 BIRDS
SOUTH EAST
33 Members 362 BIRDS
SOUTH WEST
17 Members 235 BIRDS
WEST
14 MEMBERS 149 BIRDS
WEST NORTH WEST
13 MEMBERS 68 BIRDS
TOTAL
175 MEMBERS 1969 BIRDS
ROULLET ST ESTEPH
NORTH CENTRAL
19 MEMBERS 60 BIRDS
NORTH EAST
8 MEMBERS 44 BIRDS
NORTH WEST
12 MEMBERS 111 BIRDS
SOUTH CENTRE
12 MEMBERS 65 BIRDS
SOUTH EAST
20 MEMBERS 73 BIRDS
SOUTH WEST
11 MEMBERS 48 BIRDS
WEST SECTION
9 MEMBERS 26 BIRDS
WEST NORTH WEST
6 MEMBERS 23 BIRDS
TOTAL 97 MEMBERS 450 BIRDS
Vire and Roullet St Esteph - Update
Thursday
Birds left yard at 17.00 and arrived at the docks at 20.30
Both lorries boarded the ferry at 22.40
Friday
Birds arrived in France at 5.45am
Both lorrys cleared French customs by 8.30am
Vire birds arrived at racepoint at 11.10am
Roullet St Esteph birds arrived at racepoint at 18.00pm
All birds have been fed and watered.Regular top ups of water are been done when needed.
Well Done Mr J Hamplett Provisionally 1st Open 1st SW Section Nort Sur Erdre
Nort Sur Erdre - 29/6/24
Birds have been liberated at 6.15am in to a Light North East Wind
Good luck all
Don't forget to verify your first bird within 60 mins of arrival this can be done online or by phone.
Verification Online
To verify online follow the following steps
Go to MNFC website
Click on Race Entry Online Portal Login
Click on the 3 lines (on a mobile phone) or Verification
Simply enter clocking time, bird ring number and make sure race is selected Nort Sur Erdre Provisional
Click Verify
Check email for confirmation(could go to spam folder)
Nort Sur Erdre - Update
Friday 1.40pm
The convoy has arrived on site at Nort Sur Erdre just before 12am.
Nort Sur Erdre - Update
Friday 8.40am
Birdage - Nort-Sur -Erdre 29/6/24
NC Section 31 Members 210 Birds.
NE Section 12 Members 95 Birds.
W 22 Members 145 Birds.
SE 36 Members 343 Birds.
SW Section 21 Members 164 Birds.
NW Section 39 Members 370 Birds.
WNW Section 18 Members 80 Birds.
SC Section 21 Members 215 Birds.
200 Members Sent 1,622 Birds
Nort Sur Erdre - Update Thursday 20.10
Firstly would like to thank all members for your continued support and patience at marking also well done to all involved at the marking stations once again running smoothly and effectively.
The convoy left at 15.15 this afternoon once all checks and sign offs were complete. The convoy arrived at the docks just after 7pm this evening All birds have been attended to watered etc. We will shortly be boarding the ferry for our overnight crossing.
10.45pm On Board Ferry
The Committee of The Midlands National Flying Club would like to thank Dr Geoff Richmond and his wife Jean for the £300 he and his wife have donated towards Prize Money.Geoff would like to give the 1st Open Winner and the 1st NC Section winner £25 on all 6 Races.
SE
1.T&S Perkins&Seymour 1376.047
2.R&P Montila 1342.693
3.R. Arnold 1323.098
4.Mr&Mrs J Wiles 1315.407
5.Mr J Pether 1315.122
NE
1.Frank Bristow 1308.421
2.Simon Parkinson 1271.089
3.Jack Cawdron&Costello-1262.204
4.Malcolm Haigh 1178.321
5.G Allen,Son & Clarke 1172.488
NC
1.C & L Lee 1270.052
2.S & K Purdy 1265.352
3.Roger&Mark Duffield 1255.256
4.S K Bostock 1220.043
5.Brian&Sue Stone 1214.194
SC
1.Purchase&Walker 1245.743
2.J Gilbert 1239.654
3.Edward Keyte 1212.177
4.Mr&Mrs J Wright 1206.048
5.Mr&Mrs J Passey 1205.665
SW
1.Williams Bros 1244.373
2.Graham Jones 1235.847
3.Arnie Tonks 1213.769
4.M. Lovelock 1212.457
5.Shaun Bowden&Son 1197.526
NW
1.N. Foulkes 1233.363
2.Mr&Mrs Hargreaves 1229.449
3.P. Hodson 1228.508
4.L. Prince 1227.274
5.D. Prince 1224.420
WNW
1.D Brook field 1222.710
2.Frankland&Dalby 1136.939
3.M. McCartney 1135.765
4.J S Hampson 1114.603
5.J McNair 1094.722
W
1.J Winstanley 1215. 651
2.Paul Dolan 1200.590
3.M Pearson&Son 1181.357
4.Ralph Jones&Son 1152.527
5.R B Smith 1148.242
Provisional Results
The provisional result is now avaliable to view.
Follow steps below
Provisional result can be viewed by clicking above Race Entry Portal Online and follow the steps below.
Click on 3 lines on right side
Select Race results
Press federations
Type in Midland National
Race year 2024
Race Fougeres Provisional
Scroll down to view result
Well Done T & S Perkins & Seymour Provisionally 1st Open Fougeres
Fougeres - 8/6/24
Birds have been liberated at 7.15am in to a Light North West Wind
Good luck all
Don't forget to verify your first bird within 60 mins of arrival this can be done online or by phone.
Fougeres - 6am Saturday 8th June
Birdage - Fougeres 8/6/24
NC Section 43 Members 331 Birds.
NE Section 17 Members 171 Birds.
West 47 Members 443 Birds.
SE 33 Members 378 Birds.
SW Section 24 Members 217 Birds.
NW Section 48 Members 601 Birds.
WNW Section 36 Members 261 Birds.
SC Section 25 Members 290 Birds.
273 Members Sent 2,692 Birds
Fougeres - Update
Just a quick update after all paperwork was checked and signed off yesterday evening we managed to Catch the 11pm ferry last night from Portsmouth to Caen.
This morning was the next stage the French Customs and we can happily confirm at 8am we Successfully passed French Customs.
Birds are now currently on route to the lib site at Fougeres.
Birds arrived on site at 11am
Morning
To make it easier to login to the new portal for Race Entries please select Race Entry Online Portal Login at the top of the screen then use your new login details that was supplied in this year's 2024 handbook.
DO NOT PRESS MEMBERS it does not work and we still can't remove it at present from the screen.
Any problems were here to help.
Call Dean on 07538657274
Jonathan Hamplett of Stafford Provisionally 1st Open Carentan
In 1st South West Section and 1st Open, we have Jonathan Hamplett from Stafford.
No stranger to success ,this is his second national win at his current address .He previously raced in a very successful partnership with his late father Harold who was both a huge fan and stalwart of the MNFC
Jonathan sent a strong team of 36 birds to the race and had just the one away on Saturday evening. Preparation for the race was four inland races in his local club Penkridge RPC with the Wolverhampton Fed.
Liberated at 7 am in South East wind , a fast race was expected and just before the 4 1/2 hour mark two pigeons arrived slightly off line but certainly in a hurry to Jonathan’s lofts situated in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside
The first bird over the pad was a two year old blue hen on her maiden channel race.She is a well-balanced blue w/f hen and is now called “Harry’s Girl” after Jonathan’s late father.She is bred from a fantastic looking stock cock from Bart and Nancy Van Oeckel and a very nice hen from Bosman Leekens. Both of the parents were purchased at a Stuart Wilcox auction in Blackpool a few years ago
The second pigeon timed was a two year old hen but this one originates more from Jonathan’s long established channel stock.In fact she is a half-sister of a pigeon that finished third open MNFC Carentan last year.This certainly seems to be a fantastic line for producing top performing channel pigeons
Jonathan was clearly delighted with his latest MNFC win and expressed his gratitude to John Dodd and his team for all of their hard work behind the scenes in organising the race
Photo shows Jonathan holding his MNFC winner
Provisional Top 5 Section Winners
Please could the top 5 in each section email, WhatsApp or Facebook Message me over a photo of you holding the bird and a short write up about bird, system etc.
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SW
1.J Hamplett- 1611.353
2.C Leadbeater & Sons-1572.652
3.M Lovelock-1572.528
4.W.Davies-1570.543
5.S.Szul-1559.830
W
1.J&B Oakley-1608.204
2.King&Son-1581.099
3.B&P Crowe & S&J Worral-1580.920
4.R&B Smith-1577.274
5.Jones&Thomas-1574.498
NW
1.Holdway&Tawsley-1591.198
2.A&S Rushton-1585.084
3.A&S Hughes-1571.573
4.L.Prince-1566.560
5.P&L Brennan-1562.608
WN
1.G Marskell-1570.139
2.D Hogg-1564.914
3.J Kenyon-1561.473
4.J.Abela-1557.359
5.Mr J S Hampson-1553.191
SC
1.Purchase&Walker-1578.840
2.I Pirvu-1562.991
3.Mr&Mrs J Passey&Family-1550.407
4.Kevin Johnson-1541.225
5.Dutton&Emery-1527.030
SE
1.R Arnold-1495.366
2.Mr&Mrs E Corkett&Sons-1456.811
3.Mr Barry Hobbs&Son-1447.038
4.Mr J Pether-1438.700
5.M&D Godfrey-1410.933
NC
1.Roger&Mark Duffield-1462.601
2.Wilkinson Family-1458.414
3.Mr&Mrs Stapleton-1444.712
4.C&R Gorrill-1437.483
5.D Kelby-1434.464
NE
1.Simon Parkinson-1432.019
2.Mr Jack Cawdron&Costello-1366.731
3.Mr Frank Bristow-1362.806
4.Mr Howard Jackson-1351.008
5.K Frail&Hewitt-1336.917
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
To view the provisional result select Race Entry 2024 on the left hand side of this screen and follow the following steps
Click on the 3 lines at the right of the screen
Select Race Results
Tick Federations
Type in Midlands National
Race Year 2024
Race Carentan Provisional
Scroll down to view result.
Carentan 25th May 2024
Birds have been liberated at 7.00am in a Light East Wind turning Light Variable on land.
Birdage - Carentan 25/5/24
NC Section 44 Members 379 Birds.
NE Section 21 Members 249 Birds.
West 46 Members 498 Birds.
SE 40 Members 493 Birds.
SW Section 36 Members 443 Birds.
NW Section 51 Members 640 Birds.
WN Section 34 Members 228 Birds.
SC Section 29 Members 440 Birds.
297 Members Sent 3,370 Birds.
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Good luck for the race
Jon
Young bird sale
Get ready to start bidding on the golden opportunity young bird sale that starts (TODAY) Monday 13 May at 7.30 pm and Closes at 9pm (TODAY) on What’s App, check out the fantastic quality bloodlines of these youngsters on offer from these top National winning fanciers a rare opportunity to purchase from the best.
Lot 1 Donated by H. M.King Royal Lofts , a special pigeon to start the sale on
Lot 2 J&B Oakley , Winner of the west section averages for the last 3 years , also the top loft in de duif in the UK in 2023
it will not be long before they win a national . sire is full brother to Caesar he bred 10th open MNFC Carentan
dam is a daughter of our pied pair, who is a full sister to 5 section winners in national races, she herself bred our young bird in 2023
who should be all after this one.
Lot 3 Donated by Mr & Mrs A Hargreaves they have won 3 times 1st open MNFC , they won 1st Open MNFC Fougeres 2023, and also the combine average winner in MNFC 2023.
sire won 1st fed 3675 birds,11th fed 3372 birds, 7th section MNFC, 9th section MNFC, is sire is the top frans zwol cock when paired to a daughter of ayres rocket 1st open MNFC.
dam is lady linda 1st open MNFC Fougeres 2023, her sire is r.b smith cock also sire to a 1st mcc dam is frans zwols as bred bred first fed winners
what a pigeon to buy.
Lot 4 Donated by M. Godfrey twice first open MNFC, 1st open MNFC 2023 Weymouth. This young bird will be gran children to 1st MNFC ace pigeon middle distance , plus 4th open MNFC Portsmouth
dam is 1st open MNFC Portsmouth a good pigeon to buy
Lot 5 Donated by R & B Smith twice 1st open MNFC , 1st open MNFC yearling classic Carentan 2023, sire is a direct son of holme star 1st section 9th open Ancenis NFC, 1st section 8th open Fougeres
plus other top performances dam is holmestar beauty 1st open MNFC Countance 8903 birds, plus 1st club 5th fed Yeovil. outstanding pigeon full of national winners.
Lot 6 Donated by G. Downing 1st open winner in the MNFC, sire lambrecht bred by B.Temple won 7 x 1sts plus 1st Worcester fed, and 2nd Worcester fed dam lambrecht 1st section and 2nd section BICC Guersney well up in the open results.
this is one of the best lofts in the West Midlands.
Lot 7 Donated by Dutton & Emery 1st open MNFC 2023 , sire is the sire to Williams Bros ace pigeon of the MNFC 2022, dam is the 1st open young bird MNFC winner in 2023
a super pigeon one to Buy.
Lot 8 Donated by Mr & Mrs E. Corkett & Sons, 5 Times 1st open MNFC winners, sire is there 1st open Kingsdown plus as well as 1st fed Exeter, 1st Fed Yeovil Gust Janseen X Wildermeesch
Dam is daughter of Euro Bond 007 , probably the best son of Den Euro , Euro Bond is sire to 40 X 1st prize winners , what a pigeon to buy.
Lot 9 Donated by G.Crawford 1st open MNFC Bordeaux, , this young bird is off Red Anfield 1st open MNFC Bordeaux , what a pigeon to buy for the distance flyers.
Lot 10 Donated by M.Betts 3 times 1st open MNFC winner, sire is Mr Vire winner of many club and fed prizes , 2nd open MNFC Vire, 1st open MNFC 2Bird Nom Vire, , He is sire to many winners and grandsire as well
As 3 x 1st Section national winners. Dam is a direct Gustaf Boekmans she is a full sister to 1st national Ace Pigeon Short Distance, She is dam and gran dam of winners
What a special one to buy.
Lot 11 Donated by Crehan & O Connor , 1st Open MNFC winner, What a pigeon this is Sire is bred off New Harry when paired to a Daughter of Harry
Dam is a Daughter of New Harry when paired to a Sister of Harry, This is a very special pigeon
Lot 12 Donated by S.Parkinson winner of 2 times 1st open MNFC, This pigeon is direct off Princess Leah 1st open MNFC Fougeres.
Lot 13 Donated by Jonathan Hamplett a 1st open MNFC winner , 2nd and 3rd open MNFC Carentan 2023.
Sire 8th open NFC SIGOGNE. Dam is a granddaughter to Koen Minderhouds Geeloger
This is one of the best lofts in the country in National races, this is the one to buy.
Lot 14 Donated by Frank & George Bristow 3 times 1st open MNFC , and a KINGS Cup winner as well.
Pair 1 George’s Boy paired to his grand daughter, he won the MNFC Vire race by over 7 minutes, 7000 birds. He’s also winner of the of the BHW middle distance trophy and a son of our 2013 NRCC Kings Cup Winner Oscar.
Pair2 The blue cock was 2nd Open MNFC Vire. He’s a direct Dirk Ver Voort and is now paired to a grand daughter to Luc Ver Voort’s super couple Kareltje X Godlife. She also won as a youngster, yearling and two year old for us before going to stock.
We offer two young birds, one from each pair or two from one pair.
It’s the highest bidders choice.
Whatsapp Group
At Sundays Committee meeting it was passed for myself to create and setup a WhatsApp group for The Midlands National Flying Club in order to reach out and keep all our members in the loop of all news and events.
Any member that would like to be added could you drop me a message with your name and section to 07538657274. Also could members get the word out to other members who may not be on social media who would like to be added to the group.
Dean Mckee
Double Exchange Race
The double exchange race for 2024/25 entry has now closed.
Prize money will be £1300.00
£780.00 Young Bird 2024
£520.00 Old Bird 2025
Teams have been picked by the number generator live on zoom. The teams are has follows -
P Grayson - Adams Bros
A Maile - M Wood
M/M Jakings - J Atchinson Son
D&T Sherratt - M/M D Walker
R McGraw - Purchase & Walker
N Folkes - G&L Bowes
N Darby - M Porter
S Palmer - Perkins & Seymour
J Winstanley - D Nesbitt Sons
Colishaw & Johnson - S Bowden Sons
M/M Corkett & Sons - G Cardall
P Whitfield - D Lowe
Williams & Willett - J Wortley
Breeder/Buyer 2024
Sales open to all RPRA Members to donate but must be rung with a MNFC Z ring.
Rings can be purchased by non MNFC Members at £1 per ring plus postage.
The Purchaser has to be a MNFC Member
Venues and dates confirmed so far are -
Peterborough Bowls Club, Burton st, PE1 5HA.
Saturday 2nd March 2024 Penning from 13:30pm start 14:15pm
Sunday 31st March 2024 Penning from 13:30pm start 14:15pm
(Contact Andy Seymour 07776 296286/ Geoff Jakings 07507 722739)
Stoke, Berryhill Working Men’s Club, ST2 0AQ.
Friday 1st March 2024 Penning from 19:00pm start 19:30pm
Friday 15th March 2024 Penning from 19:00pm start 19:30pm
South Kirkby Miners Welfare,Pontefract,WF9
Saturday 30th March 2024 Penning 12.15pm
start 13.00pm
(Contact Dean Mckee 07538657274)
Rowley Regis
Wednesday 6th March Penning 19.00pm Start 19.30pm
Sunday 24th March Penning 11.30am Start 12.15pm
Rowley & Blackheath Club, 5 Hawes Lane, Rowley Regis, B65 9AL
Bamfords Corn Mill
Saturday 16th March Penning 10.30am Start 11.00am
Bamfords Corn Mill , Midge Lane, Leyland, PR26 6TN
Widnes
Sunday 7th April Penning 12.00 Noon Start 13.00pm
Mersey Pub,146 - 148 Mersey Road,Widnes,WA8 0DT
AGM AND COMMITTEE REPORT
The AGM was held at the Clock Warehouse, Shardlow on 7th January at 1.00pm there were fourteen members present. The minutes of the previous AGM were read out and with no matters arising they were passed and accepted by the members attending. The accounts were presented by the treasurer reporting on the difficulties the Club encountered racing from France and the costs of vets attending marking stations plus the loss of income from a reduced membership resulted in a loss of £28,000 . The accounts were discussed at length and all agreed that every aspect of the Club’s spending and future costings would need to be assessed and difficult decisions made to take the Club forward. The accounts were accepted and passed unanimously.
There were 81 resignations which were accepted with regret, the secretary reported that more than 50% of these fanciers had left the sport, on the plus side we had accepted 29 new members.
Permission was given to destroy old documents and with this done all offices were declared vacant. Alistair Ewart was re-elected as President, Tony Whitehurst chairman and Geoff Jakings vice chairman. The vice presidents remain the same with Sean Bowden moving up to vice president, the committee remain the same with the addition to the committee of Dean McKee NC section, the Press officer will be a shared position with Dean McKee and Miss Laura West taking on the task. Both Alistair Ewart and Andy Seymour were made Life Vice Presidents
Result of the postal ballot was that both propositions passed and Rule 6.4.1 now reads, Ring Sales, Club rings will be £9.00 per 20, plus a further £4.00. Post & Packing to be added to all orders, any increase in price will take effect until the start of next season. Rule 25.1 now reads, The first 50 birds in the open result of each race shall receive a diploma plus any bird taking a position in the first 10 in each section, not appearing in the first 50 open. The meeting closed at 1.40 pm .
This was followed by a committee meeting.
The minutes of the December meeting were read out and in matters arising it was decided to review the race programme which was put forward at the previous meeting, with this noted the minutes accepted and passed.
The secretary Jon Dodd’s position was confirmed by the committee, and Miss. Laura West to remain as treasurer.
The race programme was discussed at length with most of the committee getting involved airing their views and the importance of trying to set a realistic entry fees for
each race to be viable for the Club. It’s an almost impossible task to set the entry fees not knowing how many birds will be entered. It was also noted that the early season could be blighted by cold north east winds and a bad race from Guernsey could impact badly for the later races, with this taken into account, the committee decided all the old bird racing would be from France, staying true to the aims of the club in promoting long distance racing, give the membership the fairest and balanced racing for the middle part of the UK. The following race programme and entry fees was proposed and accepted. First race Lessay on 25th May entry fee £5.50 per bird; second race Fougeres on 8th June entry fee £6.00; third race Nort-sur-Erdre on 29th June entry fee £7.00; fourth race Rouillet Saint Estephe entry fee £8.00 and fifth race Vire entry fee £5.50 on 20th July. The young bird and old hens races on 7th September will be from Chale entry fees £4.50.
The prize presentation evening will be held at the Quorn Hotel, Quorn on Saturday 9th November 2024. There will be several breeder/buyer sales at different venues around the country terms and conditions and sale days will follow. Any inquiries please contact the secretary.
The meeting closed at 2.30pm
Tony Whitehurst Chairman
Midland National Flying Club Trophies Winners 2023
The annual prize presentation took place on 5th November 2023 at the Quorn Grange Hotel, Wood Lane, Quorn LE12 7DB