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ALL pages and posts are undergoing a complete edit with a number of changes. Keep checking back on progress. Its going to take a bit of time and the first work is to restore the pages that were already done. History for most cups and trophies is complete, just need to add the most recent ones. Kings Cup pages are in place from 1948-2024, just need to fill them up and this will take a bit of time. If you have any history items, especially on the Kings Cup send them on. NOTE – pigeonnetwork.com archive at bottom of this page. HOMER.
I received a very interesting letter signed a Regular Reader about a previous column on the history of the INFC when I wrote that Jackie Patience of Lurgan was the first fancier to win 1st & 2nd Open Kings Cup. Mr Regular Reader pointed out that this was nor correct as E A Robinson of Shawsbridge 1st & 2nd Open and Sam Mayberry of Antrim also had won 1st & 2nd Open Kings Cup.
Let me try and clarify the situation regarding the Kings Cup. The Kings George V Challenge Cup was first flown in 1932 under the Ulster Combine banner and it was not until 1948 that the Kings Cup was flown under the INFC banner. Maurice Alexander of Ballymena who has a lot of history regarding the Kings Cup has informed me that from 1932-1947 the Kings Cup was also flown under an organisation named The National. It is also generally recognised that A McDowell & Son of Newtownards 1953 and 1973 and Joe Doheny of Dublin 1982 and 2002 are the only two lofts to have won the Kings Cup twice but if we go back to the early years E A Robinson of Shawsbridge won the Kings Cup 1933 and 1937 from Les Sables and Redon. Maurice Alexander has almost completed a history of the Kings Cup and hopes to have it posted on Willie Reynolds website very soon, I look forward to it!
Ronnie Johnston INFC Patron – Irem published in BHW 20/03/14.
Currently the site is being updated with the info supplied by Maurice Alexander. It will be a fantastic history when complete. Homer.
Irish Nat Years 1927-1947
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