Shankill Radio Flying Club is an open and friendly club for the flying of model aircraft located just south of Dublin near the Sugarloaf mountain.
Recent Club News
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Video of Tigermoth over SRFC - March 18th 2012
You Tube video from Graham Dwyer - a montage of two flights, one flown by Graham (onboard shots) and one by John Shortt (external views). Great footage of the field and surrounding landscape.
Tigermoth over SRFC - March 18th 2012 -
SRFC AGM Report
To all of those who made the trip to Brady's pub in Shankill on the 29th of February, many thanks from the committee. We are just a few of you guys that are sitting at a different table and it is not really possible for us to make the right decisions for you unless you let us know what you want.
For those who were unable to make it, as AGM's go, this one was very peaceful and we managed to do everything we needed to do.
Reports were delivered by the Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer as well as a report from the Safety Officer. All good news it would seem with nothing disastrous coming to light. The good news from the Treasurer was that he managed to balance the finances without running a deficit last year and has suggested that we maintain the subscriptions at the same levels for a third year in succession. Good job Brian!
We had to shuffle the agenda before the election of officers to make a quick change to the constitution but that is detailed later in the newsletter. On the subject of your committee, we had a couple of retirements and thankfully a couple of new faces to step up to the mark. Here is the list of who's who:
Chairman: John Armstrong
Vice Chairman: Terry Heffernan
Treasurer: Seamus Doyle
Secretary: Garry Keogh
Committee: Ron Shepherd
Committee: Neill Agnew
I would like to thank Seamus, Ron and Neill on behalf of all of us for joining the committee and of course, I would also like to thank Brian McIntyre, Denis Brennan and Graham Dwyer for the time and effort they donated to us over the last few years. Well done all! While congratulating members, I would like to say a big "well done" to all of our trophy winners this year.
The Lyla cup awarded to the member showing the greatest improvement in their flying during the year was awarded to Jack Heidrich.
The Johnny Carroll cup for the club member scoring the highest points in scale contests was well earned and fairly won by Graham Dwyer, not for the first time either! The "Clubman of the Year" award for the person who overtly or discretely gave most to the club during the year was awarded to Ger Kilby who quietly did a huge amount for the club last year.
To all the trophy and award winners, well done!
The balance of the meeting was healthy and productive discussion on many of the day to day issues cropping up at the field with many good suggestions fielded. All in all, peaceful and productive. What more could we ask for?
Garry Keogh
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Fees for 2012
SRFC Club Fees for 2012 were set to the following:
SRFC Fees 2012
Membership Fee for full year New members joining between Sept and Dec Notes Senior € 150.00 € 75.00 a person over the age of 18 at time of joining or renewing Family € 12.00 € 6.00 18 Yrs or under and living at same address as a Snr OAP (65 Yrs+) € 100.00 € 50.00 65 Years or older Junior € 35.00 € 17.50 18 Years or under Associates € 35.00 € 17.50 Non flying member *For new members joining after the end of December, the full years fee shall apply but will cover the period to the end of February the following year, that is up to 14 months membership.