Liberations w/e 23/08/25

[willie reynolds]

NIPA - From this week on there will be no further club collections .All ordinary Fermoy entries may be racemarked at your clubs in your own crates if you wish and taken to your collection point or centre .All 5 bird entries MUST be racemarked at your centres. These birds MUST be spread evenly over the crates , there will be NO charge to the NIPA for these crates .All ordinary Fermoy crates are £15.Collection times will be posted tomorrow evening.

Thursday 21/08/25
The code for Benamore which is the new lib site in Riscrea is 6041 please apply for your distance asap as next weeks comeback will be raced from here.

Fermoy this week is being used by the Irish army on both Saturday & Sunday therefore your 5 Bird will be flown from Corrin.

The EDC will hamper as scheduled tomorrow night (Friday) for this week’s race from Cloughmartin.

Ulster Federation will hamper tomorrow night as normal for a possible race from Clough Martin on Saturday

The NIPA will racemark tomorrow Friday for a possible release in Corrin weather permitting on Saturday. Winds are forecasted to be light

Southerly turning variable. Would any club that has any Southern Irish organisations crates in their clubrooms please use them this week when racemarking for Corrin.

Dale & Dunmanway Young Bird Nationals £500 for each race.
Please download the form attached to this post with all details completed. Please complete one form for each race.Free to enter

Saturday 23rd August 2025

EDC Cloughmartin - Conditions are not currently suitable for a liberation. Next update around 10.00am.

EDC Update - Conditions are still not suitable for a liberation. Next update around 11.30am.

Conditions have greatly improved. Next update around 1.30pm.

A liberation is not possible in Cloughmartin today and the birds have been held over. Next update tomorrow morning.

The NIPA are in Corrin where conditions are fine but enroute are not suitable for a liberation, we will update the website around 10.00am.

NIPA Update - No liberation is possible at this time due tppo weather enroute. Some areas are good some not so good we will update around 12 noon.

The NIPA have held over in Corrin and will update tomorrow morning.

Ulster federation Clough Martin race update .Reports we have received back from the lads on the line of flight. And checking weather charts. are not suitable for a race today. We have decided to hold them over in Clough Martin. We appreciate your patience today. I would like to wish you all the best racing tomorrow. Thanks to all the lads for your help with weather reports it's greatly appreciated

Irish SR Federation - Birds will be liberated in Cloughmartin at 3.30pm this will give the weather from the curragh and dublin time to clear before birds arrive home ..

Sunday 24th August 2025[/

The race controller has stated that a liberation looks likely at 9am, there is broken cloud with blue sky and winds are South Southeast. We will update around 9.00am.

Ulster Federatin released at 9.00am in Cloughmartun.

The NIPA have released in Corrin at 9.00am in a light South Southeast wind. Dont forget your 3 hr rule for the 5 bird classic.

The EDC have liberated in Cloughmartin at 8.30am in a light southerly wind.