Kings Cup update - No Marking Wed or Thursday

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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Kings Cup update - No Marking Wed or Thursday

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St. Allouestre King’s Cup & Friendship National.
Posted on June 21, 2021
Permits have now been received for both the King’s Cup St. Allouestre 3rd July and Friendship Lamballe or Plougastel Daoulas 9th July Nationals.
Race marking for the King’s Cup will be on Wednesday 30th June times will be published later.

Race marking and time allocations for the King’s Cup race.
Posted on June 22, 2021
Covid -19 is still a cause for concern and everyone’s safety has to be respected. Please adhere to any requests at the marking and clock stations.

Times for race marking. 14:00 to 16:00 All south section and Individual south section members.

16: 30 to 18:30 East Down Combine, Ulster Fed., N.I.P.A. sections C, F, and G. Individual north section members. 19:00 to 20:30 N.I.P.A. sections A, B, D, E, H.

Please take care when completing your entry forms, especially when totaling them up.

Attach your payment to the entry form and put your membership number on the back of your cheque or bank draft. If the payment covers more than one member please put all membership numbers on the back of the cheque or draft and keep the entry forms together.

Payments will not be processed at the race marking to avoid queuing.

Any shortages will be removed from pool monies and any over payments will be added to pool monies. (This can be avoided by accurately completing your entry form and payment.)

Any members paying by euro please remember to multiply the sterling grand total by 1.20 for the currency conversion.

Please keep your social distance at the marking centre. Any help to race mark the pigeons would be appreciated.

Thank you for your co operation and please all act responsible when attending the marking centre and respect the facilities which have been kindly granted.

Catering will be available as usual. We will update on Tuesday 29th June to confirm race marking will take place on Wednesday.

Tuesday 29/06/21

King’s Cup St. Allouestre update Tuesday 29th June 2021.
Posted on June 29, 2021
Due to an unfavourable weather forecast for Saturday & Sunday race marking will not take place on Wednesday as was planned or on Thursday.

Weather reports will be monitored and our next update will be on Thursday. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please be assured that we will hopefully race when weather conditions improve.
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