Pools, fees & prizes 2022 | The Solway Federation

Membership Fees

The Federation has a Club Affiliation Fee and a Member Subscription Fee which are set each year at the Annual General Meeting. Fees are to be paid by the 1st of March each year. Details of this year’s fees are listed below. Season 2022
Club – £30 per club
Members – £30 per member

Hold Over Fee £1 per loft (payable in the event of a hold over)

Pools – Section and Open

The Federation has the following pools available for entry at open races. The pools allocation is one prize for every 20 entries.

5p. 10p. 20p. 30p, 40p, 50p, and £1 (Every 20 entries)
50p nomination – 1st 60% – 2nd 40%

Open races – nominations unlimited

A 5% administration fee is deducted from ALL pools

Entry Fees

Entry fees for birds are set each year by the Management Committee. The fees this year are as follows:

Birdage – 50p per bird all races except Upper Heyford, Yeovil, Roye OB Open and Woolaston YB Open.

Inland old bird race from Upper Heyford – Duplicated with S.N.F.C. Duplicated Birds No Federation Charge, Non-duplicated birds – SNFC Charge of £1-50 per bird

Inland old bird race from Yeovil – Duplicated with S.N.F.C.
Duplicated Birds No Federation Charge, Non-duplicated birds – SNFC Charge of £1-50 per bird

Old bird open from Roye – Duplicated with S.N.F.C.
Duplicated Birds 50p, Non-duplicated birds 50p + SNFC Charge of £3-50 per bird, £4-00 total

Young Bird Open from Woolaston
Entry fee £1 a bird.

Prize Money – East and West Section

The Federation has prize money available for it’s two open races. The prize money for the Open races is paid as a percentage of the number of lofts in each section. The division of this year’s prize money is detailed below:

Old bird open: – £450 paid on Percentage of Members in each section –

East Section – 64% = £288 – 20 prizes:

1^st – £50	2^nd – £40	3^rd – £30	4^th – £20	5^th – £15
6^th – £15	7^th – £12	8^th – £10	9^th – £10	10^th – £10
11^th – £10	12^th – £10	13^th – £10	14^th – £10	15^th – £8
16^th – £8	17^th – £5	18^th – £5	19^th – £5	20^th – £5

West Section – 36% = £162 – 15 prizes:

1^st – £35	2^nd – £25	3^rd – £15	4^th – £12	5^th – £12
6^th – £10	7^th – £10	8^th – £8	9^th – £5	10^th – £5
11^th – £5	12^th – £5	13^th – £5	14^th – £5	15^th – £5

Young Bird Open : – £300 paid on Percentage of Members in each section –

East Section – 64% = £192 – 15 prizes:

1^st – £30	2^nd – £20	3^rd – £18	4^th – £15	5^th – £15
6^th – £12	7^th – £12	8^th – £12	9^th – £12	10^th – £10
11^th – £10	12^th – £8	13^th – £8	14^th – £5	15^th – £5

West Section – 36% = £108 – 10 prizes:

1^st – £30	2^nd – £20	3^rd – £15	4^th – £10	5^th – £8
6^th – £5	7^th – £5	8^th – £5	9^th – £5	10^th – £5