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INFC – AGM Lisburn 27/02/16

The INFC Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday 27th February. Ronnie Johnston has tendered his resignation as Patron. Please note the final date for joining this year has been brought forward to 12th April, don’t


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RPRA-Agenda-Props-2016 RPRA-Balance-Sheet-4p Appeals at RPRA Council Meeting in Coventry on Saturday 27/02/16 Appeal 1: Hearing under RPRA Rule 199 (Appendix G), Mr N Murtagh v RPRA (PED Test UK 1580). The above appeal was considered by


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Passionate Cree engineers Assembly coo for pigeon racing – Sam McBride writesRead more: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/passionate-cree-engineers-assembly-coo-for-pigeon-racing-1-7192128#ixzz3z1AjRHJU  Robin Swann Retweeted Sam McBride ‏@SJAMcBride  2h2 hours ago After Leslie Cree’s impassioned plea, MLAs vote through a UUP proposal to give pigeon racing clubs the


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AGM for Mighty NIPA – 13/02/16

71st AGM for Mighty NIPA – Only two Resolutions had been listed on the agenda for NIPA, and both carried in the vote. Resolution 1 Submitted by NIPA Committee. Delete NIPA General Rule 38 in its


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INFC Merit Awards Night 08/01/16 –

The Irish National Flying Club held their second presentation night on Friday 8 January in the Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim. Framed Diplomas were awarded for birds achieving Open results on two occasions from the Friendship National


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Gamekeepers win Natural England Licence Challenge Posted on November 16th, 2015 A gamekeeper from Northumberland has won a landmark legal battle after a Judicial Review at the High Court in London quashed the decision of Natural


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The NIPA had a Committee meeting in the Banbridge British Legion on Tuesday 15th December, main business was dealing with the results of voting from the member clubs of the race programme for 2016. It was


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Loft Feature Ian Gibb & Sons –

THE SENSATIONAL STEFAN LAMBRECHTS – The INFC Skibbereen Y/Bird National like it does every year, signals the end of yet another years racing for the fanciers in Ireland North and South. For some it will be


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P & J Boal Dromore feature –

P & J Boal Make ‘Light’ work of a ‘Perfect’ Season !! To win the Mighty NIPA Open is a life long ambition for the vast amount of fanciers who race each week in the 8


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Liberations 09/05/15 – NIPA Results Corrin

At the weekend the NIPA raced from Corrin for the first time, this new race-point is just south of Fermoy and we were liberating there as we are unable to access the Irish Army camp at


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Monday the 27th April 2015 seen the Grosvenor HPS have an auction in aid of CLIC SARGENT they provide rest bite care for sick children and their families so why not have a look at the video


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NIPA Committee Meeting 4th March 2015 – A few weeks back I pointed out how long it had been since the price of crates had been raised. Crates were last increased by 25p in 2006 making


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IRISH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB 2015 AGM The 65th AGM of the Irish National Flying Club was held in the Lagan Valley Leisure Plex on Saturday, 28th February. The attendance was approximately the same as last year


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Decision on NIPA Race Programme – NIPA Race programme for 2015: Some 60 local clubs returned voting papers. In Old Birds Programme (1) flown last season had 278 votes while Programme (2), the modified one, had


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The NIPA held their monthly meeting on Wednesday 4th February, among the items discussed was the proposed race programme for 2015. The new one and the one flown last year will be put out immediately to


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