ISRF SECRETARY’S REPORT 2018

I want to thank the ISRF committee, the treasurer the chairman and the club secretaries for all their help in 2018.

I want also to thank the conveyors & the liberator of the pigeons for the excellent job they did for you and ISRF this year.

This was my Forth year as secretary and as far as I know I did not make any major mistakes this year but if I did they were not intentional.

As much information was given to the ISRF members as possible through the year.

The  I S R F official web site http://www.isrf.ie is still up  and running.

THE FOLLOWING IS ON THE WEB SITE

The  ISRF race program and calendar,

 Up dated rules,

Weekly federation results which are up dated every week.

List of clubs in ISRF Contacts

Weather INFO about the ISRF

Minutes of AGM and some ISRF committee meeting during the year

A Draft IHU 2018 ring lists

Videos of the liberation sites were put on the web site when required

A contact e mail on the web info@isrf.ie

Videos

The videos of the liberations were originally put in place to see how many birds were getting out of the transporters before the official liberation and to date no birds have been see getting out before the federation liberation time.

The ISRF were the first federation in Ireland to have live liberations on face book this brought the ISRF liberations on to the phones and computers of pigeon fanciers and non-fanciers around the world. Some fanciers felt this a step in the right direction and others felt it was not.

With the best will in the world some liberations don’t go as planned and some fanciers have decided to use these video’s to criticise the ISRF committee members and the conveyers on social media sites.

Results

The WEEKLY and OPEN results were put up on the ISRF and plink web sites and also given out every week at the transporters on a weekly bases.

The ISRF weekly running averages and averages were displayed this year on the ISRF site.

The weekly ISRF  section /CLUB RESULTS were displayed on the internet.

The members and birds competing in each section was put on the section diplomas on a weekly bases were possible,

The system of texting the full members every week was continued this year with 25,000 approx texts were sent out in 2018informing the members when the birds were out and other information.  

As far as i know most fanciers are still happy with the texts.

PROVISIONAL  WEEKLY RESULT

The top 6 of each club results in the ISRF competing in the ISRF open races was text to the fed sectary on the day of the open races and as a result a more accurate result of the top 50 was text to the each club secretaries on the day of the each open ISRF race.  Some clubs don’t comply with this fed rule and as a result an accurate top 50 cannot be compiled.

The open races were completed with pools most weeks and a hard copy was also given out at the transporters on a weekly bases provided there was no problems with the result.

The ISRF committee meetings were kept to minimum, this year

I helped the Treasure to present a breakdown of the open races and the balance sheet this year.

The ISRF balance sheet shows the ISRF is in profit this year.

THE FOLLOWING ISRF RESULTS BASED ON POINTS WAS PUBLISHED THIS YEAR 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 7 CHANNEL RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 11 OPEN RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 18 OLD BIRD RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 12 OLD BIRD INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN Y/B AND  O/B 23 INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 11 YOUNG BIRD INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 12 YOUNG BIRD  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 CLUBS IN 30  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 7  CHANNEL RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 11 OPEN RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 18 OLD BIRD  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 12 OLD BIRD  INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN Y/B AND  O/B 23 INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 11 YOUNG BIRD INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS IN 12 YOUNG BIRD  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 FANCIERS  IN 30  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 7 CHANNEL RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 11 OPEN RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 18 OLD BIRD  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 12 OLD BIRD INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN Y/B AND  O/B 23 INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 11 YOUNG BIRD INLAND RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 12 YOUNG BIRD  RACES 2018

ISRF TOP 20 BIRDS IN 30  RACES 2018

All the info requires to print the diplomas for the fed and sections races was sent to the printers.

LOOKING FORWARD  TO 2019

RESULTS   All going well it is proposed in 2018 to publish on the ISRF web site with the aid of the pigeonlink.com on a weekly bases.

The ISRF

Section results

Weekly running averages for each section

Running averages for each club in the ISRF 

A possible facility  provided by pigeonlink may be  available  before the race season to allow  clubs to provide  a provisional ISRF result on a weekly bases on the day of the race .

Also Members will be able to check his running averages every week in the ISRF results, section, and his club races on the ISRF web site.

Finances of the ISRF. The main income for the federation is through the members ISRF fees and the bridge.

Prize money is approx. XXX euro a year and the ISRF is the only fed that gives such prize money.

The membership is falling to 643 members this year. Three new clubs joining the ISRF a welcome bust to the ISRF membership.

Summery

As far as i know everything that was needed to be done was done by the committee and me as secretary

I wish the members and the ISRF committee the best in the coming season 2019.

M  Roche