Nottingham North Road

The federations AGM meeting was held at the federations headquarters which is also home to Calverton North Road flying club at Calverton working men’s club Calverton Nottingham This is a great pigeon friendly pub/club were pigeon fanciers are made welcome and even the committee of the workings men club have organised the pigeon club a brand new marking building when the original one was really good the social club has undergone a makeover and has had a brand new state of the art external children’s play area built were the original marking building was so this was taken down and a brand new building assembled for the pigeon fanciers including fully fitted electrics lights & heaters this will be well made great  use of by the Calverton flying club members which is a fairly big competitive busy club and also the Nottingham North road federations members as all central marking for championship races takes place here and also all NRCC marking takes place here for our area as a marking station so there’s plenty of internal room for baskets and sheltering for folks if it decides to rain. The federation & Calverton club would like to thank the Calverton working men’s club for this kind gesture and I’m sure appreciation will be shown when the federation holds its annual federation presentation evening event in February with the clubs takings from behind the bar so book taxis folks and enjoy more beer, See text photo of the new marking premises. The AGM kicked off smoothly with the federation making a profit after all out goings being paid out in full. Election of all 2020 officials was on the table with all previous 2019 officials happy to take on the rolls again for the 2020 season with all running well & smoothly nothing was needed to be fixed with as they say “ if it isn’t broke don’t fix it !” So re-elected officials are as follows federation secretary Michael Cross federation chairman Robert Walton Federation president Andrew Kemp race advisor AKA Mr Weatherman Kevin Lawson & federation convoyer Ian Daikin. No club resignations took place which is always good. Thing A enquiring club did ask on joining. Next was the 2020 race programme it was decided by the federation committee to be transported by the NRCC to the old bird Scottish championship races of Perth, Fraserburgh, Lerwick & Thurso race points and on these races use the federation transporter for a 100 /140 mile mark race for birds & members that was not being sent or sending to the Scottish championship races. So here is the 2020 race programme old birds first 18th of April Harrogate 25th of April Ripon 2nd of May Newton Aycliffe 9th of May Whitley Bay 16th of May Alnwick 23rd of May Berwick 30th of May Perth Championship(NRCC) & Newton Aycliffe on the feds own transporter 6th of June Newton Aycliffe 13th of June Fraserburgh championship (NRCC) & Whitley Bay on the feds own transporter 20th of June Newton Aycliffe 27th of June Lerwick championship (NRCC) & Whitley Bay with the federations own transporter 4th of July Alnwick 11th of July Newton Aycliffe 18th of July Thurso championship (NRCC) & Whitley Bay with the feds own transporter. Young birds with a blank break week & with the first 4 races being held on Sundays to prevent clashing in the busy Saturday skies Then once the young birds are familiar with the racing life reverting back to Saturday racing 2nd of August Wetherby 9th of August Ripon 16th of August Newton Aycliffe 23rd of August Newton Aycliffe 29th of August Hexham 5th of September Alnwick 12th of September Newton Aycliffe 19th of September Berwick that will be the federations championship race for the young birds of 2020 this was passed a good pigeon chat and discussion took place and the AGM closed so prepare for the 2020 season folks
all the best the rat man....