The Yorkshire Falconry Club

[Hawkmaster]

The Yorkshire Falconry Club was established approximately eight years ago as a focus point in Yorkshire for the many falconers in the county who practiced their sport alone or in small groups.

http://www.yorkshirefalconry.co.uk/

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Guest Speaker - Guy Wallace - 19th April 2006. CANCELLED
Guest Speaker - Rory Major - 17th May 2006.
Falconers Fair - 30th April & 1st May 2006 - Chetwynd Park.
AGM - 21st June 2006
Guest Speaker - Jim Blake - 19th July 2006.
Guest Speaker - Terry Pickford - 20th September 2006.

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The Yorkshire Falconry Club will be holding a Quiz night tonight, in lieu of our organised guest speaker backing out. :roll:

Jim Blake will be attending on the 16th of August not July as written above to give a great talk on flying Merlins and Rook Hawking. :supz:

Full details on the website,
Steven Lambert.

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Just a reminder that Rory Major will be giving a talk to the Yorkshire Falconry Club on training and working HPR breeds.

This will take place Wednesday 17th May, at the Rockingham Arms, Wentworth, South Yorkshire.

Doors open 8:00pm, tickets are £5 to non-members this will include a buffet.

If you require any more information pm me or visit our website.

[Kevin Massey]

I for one would like to thank Steve and the Y-F-C for there hospitality and what was a great nite, in great surroundings with good members.

The Rory talk was great....and the chat after was even greater (would recommend if any other club was looking for a guest speeker)....

So i-m-o anyone within the catchment area of the club should defiantly go sample there warm welcome....

Kevin and Teresa

[Liam Hay]

Seconded for a splinter group it was very good, Rory was a fair chap and knew what he was on with, thanks again to the YFC and remeber guys we r neighbours and should stick together in the against evil:supz:

oh and plz refund tim he winged all the way home with ur door fee

liam

[Kevin Massey]

oh and plz refund tim he winged all the way home with ur door feeliam

After what he ate:shock: .... even went for seconds:supz:

[SSL]

Hi Liam, Kev,

Really nice to see you both (and Tim of course) glad you enjoyed the night, and glad Tim enjoyed the buffet! :wink: There was still some food left.

I'll definately be up to the NEFC in June.

Thanks for the positive comments guys. :supz:

Steve.
P.S. I can highly reccommend Jims talk he's a real character and really knows his stuff.

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thanks again to the YFC and remeber guys we r neighbours and should stick together in the against evil:supz:

Totally agree mate... maybe some YFC and NEFC combined field meets can be arranged in the season.

[Tim Laycock]

Totally agree mate... maybe some YFC and NEFC combined field meets can be arranged in the season.

I like it :supz:

It was a good do!
I enjoyed it(Except getting stiffed for a fiver :shock:)

Shame we missed the meeting(We do so love to keep an eye on the splinter groups :yawinkle: )
The talk was first rate and the room was filled with freindly faces :supz:

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I like it :supz:

It was a good do!
I enjoyed it(Except getting stiffed for a fiver :shock:)

Shame we missed the meeting(We do so love to keep an eye on the splinter groups :yawinkle: )
The talk was first rate and the room was filled with freindly faces :supz:

Glad you enjoyed Tim.

You didnt miss much with the meeting its all so quiet at the moment, next months the AGM though so I'm sure theres plenty to be discussed.

[John Soulsby]

As Chairman of the "Splinter Group" I have to say it was an excellent night, Rory was great but it was also good to meet our "friends up North". Steve Lambert did an excellent job in finding our guest speaker and then in arranging all visitor details. Well done Steve.

Our "Splinter Group" has over forty members and holds nearly twenty field meets each season, a record which surely makes us a "Good Falconry Club" possibly - the best in Yorkshire:-D

John

[OutFlying]

Is Tom Clancy a member ? ;)


Jim.

[John Soulsby]

Do you mean the author??

John

[John Soulsby]

Just realised what you are on about - must admit I don't rate his books Rainbow Six was I thought poor and predictable. But then I am not a self made millionaire.

John

[Liam Hay]

As Chairman of the "Splinter Group" I have to say it was an excellent night, Rory was great but it was also good to meet our "friends up North". Steve Lambert did an excellent job in finding our guest speaker and then in arranging all visitor details. Well done Steve.

Our "Splinter Group" has over forty members and holds nearly twenty field meets each season, a record which surely makes us a "Good Falconry Club" possibly - the best in Yorkshire:-D

John

Now now John statements like that are very silly, ur club is doing welll and its good to see, i think the measure of a club is not by its membership (we have more than u) nor by the number of field meets (42 we had last year) or the guest speakers, its the knowledge contained in the club, and those passing it on, The Yorkshire Falconry Club has no rival in Yorkshire as its not good enough to rival either the NEFC or BFC:lol: :lol: :lol:
And that not through ignorance but knowledge and the power it has

Liam

PS John u really will have to come to one of our meetings before u make silly statements lol

[Tim Laycock]

But then I am not a self made millionaire.


John,

Me neither! :cry:
Join the club(Non millionaires)m8 :yawinkle: :supz:

[John Soulsby]

Now now John statements like that are very silly, ur club is doing welll and its good to see, i think the measure of a club is not by its membership (we have more than u) nor by the number of field meets (42 we had last year) or the guest speakers, its the knowledge contained in the club, and those passing it on, The Yorkshire Falconry Club has no rival in Yorkshire as its not good enough to rival either the NEFC or BFC:lol: :lol: :lol:
And that not through ignorance but knowledge and the power it has

Liam

PS John u really will have to come to one of our meetings before u make silly statements lol
Liam

I agree with you about the influence of both clubs but you must realise it was a "tongue in cheek" comment with a big smile on my face. After the meeting we actually discussed the differences between the two clubs and ours is more casual, perhaps less professionally organised and less experienced in many areas of longwings and some shortwings but our ability to bring on falconers who wish to fly broadwings cannot I think be questioned.

If we were to get involved in cemantics as we are the only club with Yorkshire in our name we could "possibly be the best in Yorkshire", just as Carlsberg could be the best lager in the world.

At the end of it it was a good night and we all enjoyed your company, you and your club members will always be welcome to attend just as I know we are more than welcome at the NEFC.

Best wishes

John

[John Soulsby]

After all that I addressed it to the wrong person - drat

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Morning all,

I dont know. I never been up to the NEFC so I dont know what its like up there. I will be up there next month though :supz:

I wont go naming other clubs and running them down, but some clubs aren't the friendliest of places to go to as a newcomer to the sport, which I can hand on heart say the YFC will give the same welcome to you experienced or not.

Its a shame that splinter groups set up for what ever reason, the YFC did splinter off from the NEFC over a decade ago, and not too long a go a club splintered from the YFC. Who cares? We all practice the same sport and have the same goal, united we stand devided we fall! :oops:

We have 50 members John 8-)

P.S. Three pipped this morning and caught me out! :oops:

[Tim Laycock]

After all that I addressed it to the wrong person - drat

:rolleyes: :oops: :oops: :oops:

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Just a reminder that its the clubs AGM tonight, so no guest speaker but lots of interesting discussion, plus the elections and and another cracking buffet... :supz:

Doors open at 7:30, meeting to start around 8:00 as usual.

ALL WELCOME :cool:

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Guest Speaker - Terry Pickford - 20th September 2006.

Postponed untill next month - 18th October 2006.

Doors open from 7:30pm, tickets are £5 to non-members this will include a buffet.

If you require any more information pm me or visit our website.