The President, Mr Goodman, has decided that the Young Bird Training is to go ahead as scheduled but with an increased fee of £20 per loft.
The revised schedule is :-
Sat. 13th July High Hesket
Sun. 14th July Penrith
Sat 20th July Shap
Sun. 21st July Shap
The Race Controller will get weather forecasts the day before and decide whether the training will take place or be postponed.
Cost £20 per loft payable through Club Secretaries before end May. Only members who have paid by the end of May will be eligible to make use of the training programme. Secretaries to foreword collected money and copy of record sheet to Federation Secretary.
Birds will be collected by Transporter at each club, starting at Dalbeattie at 7-00am
Estimated time table to be:-
Arrive Depart
Dalbeattie H.C. 7-00am 7-15am
Nith Valley 7-45am 8-00am
Dumfries F.C. 8-10am 8-25am
Hoddam F.C/Lockerbie R.P.C. 9-15am 9-30am
Brydekirk H.C. 9-45am 10-00am
Annan H.C. 10-15am 10-30am
Eastriggs H.C. 10-45am 11-00am
Springfield H.C. 11-15am 11-30am
Transporter must leave each Club at designated time to ensure as early as possible liberation no late comes to be catered for.
Club Federation Delegate or Substitute to ensure only members who have signed up for Training Programme will be allowed to send birds.
All baskets to be filled to 25 birds per basket. Only baskets allocated to each club can be used with any excess birds put into any surplus space of clubs already loaded
Birds will be liberated at approximately 2-00pm