Obituary - Jim Erwin

It was in 1932 that His Majesty King George V presented a new cup to the Irish National Flying Club to be known as The King George V Challenge Cup and was to be awarded to the winner of the OB Grand National.

The 1932 Grand National race was flown from Les Sables at a distance of some 600 miles and the race was won by R Hawthorn from Ligoniel in North Belfast.This race was flown under IHU rules and it was not until 1948 that the Kings Cup was flown under IHU and RPRA rules.The race in 1948 was won by Sammy Robinson from Belfast.

The Irish National Flying Club have a six race programme for the 2020 season which enables its members to compete in the inland Nationals or over the channel at the very highest level. I hope you will enjoy using the website as it will be a source of information through out the season. Good luck to all members competing in this years Nationals. Ronnie Johnston Patron INFC.

The INFC has 2,100 members across Ireland. The 6 Race Programme includes the famous Kings Cup from France. Friendship Nat is also France, Ylr Nat Sennen Cove, YB Nat Penzance and OB and YB Nat from Skibbereen. Numerous other awards including Gold Medal, Hall of Fame Diploma, Triple Championship, Single Bird Challenge, 3 Bird Championship, Merit Awards etc. Results, Reports, Latest News etc. See Website http://www.irishnationalflyingclub.com or http://www.infc.co.uk
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willie reynolds
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Obituary - Jim Erwin

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Jim Erwin. Jim passed away suddently after a period of poor health on Tuesday 24th February. Pigeons played a big part in Jim's life and he was a regular attender at the annual show of the year in Blackpool were he met up with his many friends across the UK. As a committee member of the INFC for many years him looked forward to the national race markings were he put in a lot of work. He seldom missed a committee meeting and aways put thought into any matters he raised or had an opinion on. For many years he lecturered at Belfast Technology College Millfield in engineering. Burial took place in his native Dromore Co. Down. He will be sadly missed. Trevor Topping INFC Secretary.
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