Pigeon Network

Northern Ireland Provisional Amalgamation (NIPA)

Old Birds: April 14th Tullamore, April 21st Tullamore, April 28th Roscrea, May 5th Clonmel, May 12th Fermoy, May 19th Rosscarbery OB Inl Nat, May 26th Fermoy, June 2nd Talbenny, June 5th Rosscarbery Yearling Hen/Cock Nat, June 9th Talbenny, June 9th Fermoy, June 16th Bude, June 16th Fermoy 5 Bird Championship, June 23rd Penzance, June 23rd Penzance OB Classic, June 29th St Malo OB National.

Young Birds: July 21st Official Race Mullingar, Tullamore. Two Liberations Top Half - Clubs Above 54 36’, Bottom Half – Clubs Below 54 36’. July 28th Tullamore Mass Liberation, August 4th Roscrea, August 11th Roscrea, August 18th Clonmel, August 25th Fermoy, September 1st Talbenny Nat, September 1st Tullamore, September 8th Fermoy and Fermoy 5 Bird, September 15th Rosscarbery Nat. Before YB Racing the Secretary will meet with all NIPA Sections to finalise the arrangements for the Area Liberation.

Ulster Federation

Old Birds: 21st. April Kildare, 28th === Kildare, 5th. May Thurles, 12th. === Thurles, 19th. === Fermoy, 26th. === Skibbereen Championship, 2nd. June Talbenny, 9th. === Talbenny, 16th. === Bude, 23rd. === Penzance Championship, 29th. === St. Malo O/B Derby. Young Birds: 14th July Navan, 21st. === Navan, 28th === Kildare, 4th. Aug Thurles, 11th. === Thurles, 18th. === Fermoy, 25th. === Fermoy 5 Bird, 1st Sept. Talbenny Y/B Derby (Kildare comeback), 8th. === Mallow, 15th. === Skibbereen Y/B Derby.

Irish National Flying Club (INFC)

Skibbereen OB Inland Nat Tuesday 22nd May (Race Mark Monday), Sennen Cove Yearling National Wednesday 13th June (Race Mark Monday), Plaudren/Vannes Grand Nat Kings Cup Friday 6th July (Race Mark Tuesday), Quimper Friendship National Friday 13th July (Race Mark Tuesday), Penzance Young Bird Grand Nat Wednesday 5th September (Race Mark Monday), Skibbereen Young Bird Inland National Saturday 22nd September (Race Mark Friday).

Irish South Road Federation –

Old Birds: Sat April 14th Thurles, Sat April 21st Pilmore Beach, Sat April 28th Mallow, Sat May 5th Skibbereen North, Sat May 12th Barleycove OPEN, Sat May 19th Pilmore Beach (2), Sat May 26th Mallow (2), Wed May 30th Talbenny OPEN, Sat June 2nd Skibbereen North (2), Wed June 6th Penzance OPEN, Sat June 9th Pilmore Beach (3), Wed June 13th Penzance (2) OPEN, Sat June 16th Mallow (3), Wed June 20th Penzance (3) OPEN, Sat June 23rd Skibbereen North (3), Frid June 29th St Malo OPEN, Sat June 30th Barleycove (2) OPEN.

Young Birds: Sat July 7th Thurles, Sat July 14th Thurles (2), Sat July 21st Pilmore Beach, Sat July 28th Mallow, Sat August 4th Skibbereen North, Sat August 11th Barleycove OPEN, Sat August 18th Thurles (3), Sat August 25th Pilmore Beach (2), Wed August 29th Talbenny OPEN, Sat September 1st Mallow (2), Sat September 8th Skibbereen North (2), Sat September 15th Barleycove (2) OPEN.

East Coast Federation - 2012 Old Bird Race Programme

Sat 21st April ...... TRAMORE
Sat 28th April...... TRAMORE
Sat 5th May ...... PILMORE BEACH
Sat 12th May ...... PILMORE BEACH
Sat 19th May ...... OWENAHINCHA
Tues 22nd May ...... SKIBBEREEEN ( INFC O/B NAT ) Race mark Monday 21st May
Sat 26th May ...... OWENAHINCHA
Sat 2nd June ...... TALBENNY ( Fed OPEN ) Race mark Thursday 31th May
Sat 9th June ...... TALBENNY Race mark Thursday 7th June
Sat 9th June ...... PILMORE BEACH
Wed 13th June ...... SENNEN COVE ( INFC YEARLING NAT ) Race mark Monday 11th June
Sat 16th June ...... BUDE ( Fed OPEN ) Race mark Thursday 14th June
Sat 23rd June ...... PENZANCE ( Fed OPEN ) Race mark Thursday 21st June
Fri 29th June ...... ST. MALO ( Fed OPEN ) Race mark Tuesday 26th June
Sat 30th June ...... PILMORE BEACH
Fri 6th July ...... PLAUDREN ( INFC KINGS CUP ) Race mark Tuesday 3rd July
Fri 13th July ...... QUIMPER ( INFC FRIENDSHIP NAT ).

EAST COAST FEDERATION - 2012 Y/B Race Programme

Sat 14th July.............TRAMORE
Sat 21st July.............TRAMORE
Sat 28th July.............PILMORE BEACH
Sat 4th Aug...............PILMORE BEACH
Sat 11th Aug..............OWENAHINCHA
Sat 18th Aug..............TRAMORE
Sat 25th Aug..............PILMORE BEACH
Sat 1st Sept...............TALBENNY ( Fed OPEN & Breeder/Buyer ) Race mark Thursday 30th Aug
Wed 5th Sept............PENZANCE ( INFC Y/b NAT ) Race mark Monday 3rd September
Sat 8th Sept...............PILMORE BEACH
Sat 15th Sept..............OWENAHINCHA
Sat 22nd Sept.............SKIBBEREEN ( INFC Y/b NAT ) Race mark Friday 21st Sept.

EAST DOWN COMBINE RACE PROGRAMME 2012

OLD BIRDS
RACE POINT - DEPARTURE DATE - LIBERATION DATE
MULLINGAR 13th APRIL 14th APRIL
TULLAMORE 20th APRIL 21st APRIL
1st MOUNT CHARLES 27th APRIL 28th APRIL
2nd MOUNT CHARLES 4th MAY 5th MAY
1st FERMOY 11th MAY 12th MAY
SKIBBEREEN CLASSIC 18th MAY 19th MAY
2nd FERMOY 25th MAY 26th MAY
1st TALBENNY 31st MAY 2nd June
2nd TALBENNY 7th JUNE 9th JUNE
Derek Wishart CLASSIC FERMOY 8th JUNE 9th JUNE
BUDE 14th JUNE 16th JUNE
PENZANCE & PENZANCE CLASSIC 21st JUNE 23rd JUNE
St MALO O/B DERBY 27th JUNE 29th JUNE

YOUNG BIRDS
RACE POINT - DEPARTURE DATE - LIBERATION DATE
1st NAVAN 20th JULY 21st JULY
2nd NAVAN 27th JULY 28th JULY
MULLINGAR 3rd AUGUST 4th AUGUST
TULLAMORE 10th AUGUST 11th AUGUST
1st MOUNT CHARLES 17th AUGUST 18th AUGUST
FERMOY 24th AUGUST 25th AUGUST
1st SKIBBEREEN Y/B DERBY 31st AUGUST 1st SEPTEMBER
2nd MOUNT CHARLES 7th SEPTEMBER 8th SEPTEMBER
Ken McConaghie Skibbereen Y/B Derby 14th SEPTEMBER 15th SEPTEMBER

Liberations times will be decided dependent on conditions on the day of the race. Lib Line will be updated on the morning of each race at 08.30 am.

LIB LINE NUMBER 09063 656888
LIB LINE NUMBER 09019 960165

The South Leinster Federation members birds will take to the skies on April 21st with the pipe opener being held from Pilmore Beach, a distance of 108 miles to the Federations furthest flying club.

This seasons race calendar contains a total of thirty events, sixteen of which are old bird races.The programme also shows eleven "National" races from Barleycove in Ireland to Vannes in France.The young birds commence on July 14th with Dungarvan being the first port of call. John Kenna Secretary.