WDA Pre AGM

WEST DURHAM AMALGAMATION

PRE-AGM 2020

ESH WINNING

8.00pm WEDNESDAY DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

PROPOSALS

NO PROPOSALS RECEIVED FROM N'CASTLE, DEERNESS VALLEY, ANNFIELD PLAIN

OFFICIALS
D'TON--All Officials re-elected, Seconded by CK, CF,
CK—Weather Committee:- P.Matthews, S.Meadows, M.Wade. If willing to accept
CK—Emergency Committee, P.Matthews, S.Meadows, M.Wade, A.Brown, A.Coils if willing
T/D—All Feds to have a say if birds go or not
W/D- No weather committee, Have a call in from all Feds by a set time, If there is a tie the
Chairman has a casting vote
O/Bs INLAND
T/D—W/F or ?, T/H, Lei, Folksworth, Bill, Maid 1, Lei, Maid 2, Folks or Hunt, Folks, Bill Ylgs+
any age race, Hunt
CK—WK, TH, Lei, Pboro, Bill, Maid 1, Lei, Maid 2, Pboro, Bill Ylgs, Bill, Pboro
CON—Maidstone to follow Arras with Leicester or Huntingdon between Channel races
D'TON---Convoyer to look into race points to replace Wakefield & Peterborough
C/F--Same as 2019 apart from 1st Inland National to be flown from coast, i.e. Folkstone,
Ashford, Eastbourne area giving more distance inland
T/D--Find alternative to Wakefield
T/D--Folkworth to replace Peterborough
T/D—Yearling Derby be Billericay after longest race and a WDA race for wda points/averages
This to be an any age race with all yearlings competeting for WDA, Older birds could be
liberated seperate, This will allow members the full advantage of an inland race but will
be financial beneficial to the WDA
T/D-- Billericay longest race week-end be replaced with shorter pointe.g. Huntingdon or Folkworth
T/D—If not possible for Old Bird on week-end, race be put on same day as Channel race rather
than mid-week
W/D—If it is unlikely for a race Saturday bring the race forward by a day rather than go into the
following week
W/D—Find a new race point for inland racing, not Billericay, possibly Maidstone
W/D—Look for alternative race points, possibly private i.e. farms, sports fields, waste land
W/D—All inland nationals to be flown from Maidstone
W/D---Thursday pickups for all Nationals other than the longest race
CON---Single liberations for all none WDA races
CK-- 1st 3 OB races no liberations 9am, No time restrictions on other races, All subject to weather
conditions
O/B CHANNEL
CK—ARRAS, ROYE Q/C, GIEN, ROYE NAT, ARRAS
T/D—ARRAS, ROYE Q/C, NEHU OPEN, ROYE NAT, ARRRAS
CF—AS 2019
T/D---WDA to race NEHU QUEENS CUP and longest NEHU race
CK---Not to fly any NEHU CLASSIC RACES APART FROM ROYE QUEENS CUP

Y/Bs
CF—WF, WF, TH, TH, LEI, HUNT, MAID NAT, NEW
CK—WF, WF, TH, TH, LEI, LEI, HUNT, BILL NAT, TH.
CON—WT, WT, WF, TH, LEI, LEI, HUNT, BILL NAT, TAKE OFF LAST RACE
T/D-- WT, WT, WF or ?, TH, Lei, Folks, Hunt, Maid Nat, New
T/D-- YB NATIONAL be MAIDSTONE. Seconded D'TON
T/D-- YOUNG BIRDS, If not possible to race Saturday/Sundayrace be flown Friday, decision made
Tuesday, confirmed Wednesday
OB GROUPS
CON—Single lib all non WDA races
D'TON—O/B all up together.
CK—O/B All up together
YB GROUPS
D'TON—YBs All up together or D'TON go with main group
CK--1st 4 YB races in groups, One group to be D'TON, CK, CF, DV, W/D
T/D—North Group- A/P, NC, T/D
RACING
W/D—Reduce basket charges [finance]
W/D---20 Birds per basket, All races over 200 miles
W/D---Upgrade all wagons with new exhaust systems to allow us to go into the congestion zone
W/D---Have Amalgamation presentation night at Shildon Civic
T/D---WDA to bring all strays back [wagons to carry all vaccination forms, all birds race marked
should be on a vaccination form]
T/D---WDA centre strays be put on WDA web site
T/D---Water purifiers/disinfectant in water [especially ybs to help combat diseases]
T/D---Saturday basketing 2 hours earlier
T/D---Due to the variation in velocities between federations is there enough helpers at race site,
If not extra staff be there and birdage be increased by 1p to cover cost
CON---Video liberations
CON---Basket normal times on a Saturday
CK-----In the event of a race being put back 24 hours pick up times to be left to the discretion of the
officials
CK---Elect a sub committee to review all the rules and to make recommendations to the full
committee regarding any changes
CK---Can ALL FEDERATIONS include the number of birds sent by members in ALL national
races
CK---WDA to hold a breeder/buyer sale at The Dreadnought WMC, Esh Winning, Date and times
to be confirmed
CF---WDA SPRINT CHAMPION
Make Bobs Top Ten official using this, Also Fed results would give the smaller Feds a better chance at gaining a Sprint Champ. At the moment the big Feds with big birdage can get a better co-efficient but that does not mean it is the best bird also it would give a better chance to compete for NEHU trophies, At the moment this is given on Federation results so no way can this be classed as WDA SPRINT CHAMPION
We also have no problem with Feds wanting a single liberation as the members themselves have decided to be eliminated from any WDA race or races, how can they be allowed to compete for any award they decided not to take part in [i.e. different lib times
Not to be classed as a WDA winner
To be known as BOBS TOP TEN WINNERS