📋 SNFC AGM Update 2026
Date: 26th January 2026
Approximately 67 members attended the Annual General Meeting on
Sunday 25th January 2026 at the Mercure Livingston Hotel, Livingston.
👥 Officials & Committee Members Elected for 2026
President
M. Currie (Solway)
Senior Vice President
K. Droog (Angus)
Junior Vice President
A. Jones (Glasgow)
Committee
- R. White (Solway)
- D. Anderson (Solway)
- J. F. Bosworth (Individual)
- B. Kinnear (Pentland)
- F. Robertson (Pentland)
- K. Cochrane (Fife)
- D. J. Liddle (Angus)
- S. Russell (Almond Valley)
- J. Lawrie (Individual)
- R. Cairns (Individual)
- B. Nicol (Ayrshire)
💳 Annual Subscription Fees — Status Quo
- Full Membership – £45
Plus £6 new member fee / £6 late penalty fee where applicable - Inland & YB National Only Members – £25 per race
- Members Over 80 – £10
Plus £6 new member fee / £6 late penalty fee where applicable - SNFC Subsidy for Members Over 80
The SNFC will continue to subsidise the annual subscription of members over 80 years of age by
£35.
All members of a partnership must be over 80 years of age to qualify.
🕊️ Birdage, Prize Money & Pools
Birdage
- Inland Races & YB National: £3 per bird
- Gold Cup & Longest Race: £x per bird
- Ypres Channel Race: £7 per bird
Federation Duplication Birdage — Status Quo
- Inland & YB Races: £2
- No duplication in Channel Races
Prize Money — Status Quo
- Inland Nationals: £425 plus £37.50 added (10%) — winner £80
- Gold Cup Race: £1,875 — 1st Open £375
- Longest Race: £425 — 1st Open £187.50
- Channel Race: £562.50 plus £112.50 added (10%) — winner £168.75
- YB National: £282.50
Pools — Status Quo
🏁 Race Programme for 2026
- Inland Race
- Inland Race
- Gold Cup
- Inland Race
- Channel Race
- Longest Race
- Young Bird Race
Race Dates & Marking
- Kettering: Saturday 30th May — race marking Thursday 28th May
- Brighton: Saturday 13th June — race marking Thursday 11th June
- Alencon: Friday 26th June — race marking Tuesday 23rd June
- Billericay: Saturday 4th July — race marking Thursday 2nd July
- Ypres: TBC **
- Fontenay-sur-Eure: TBC **
- Kettering (YB): Friday 11th September — race marking Wednesday 9th September
** Dates for Ypres Channel Race & Longest Race will be confirmed at the Management Committee Meeting in February.
📜 Race Rules & Programme
Page 5, Rule 6(i) has been reverted to its wording prior to the 2025 change and now reads:
“No federation to have more than two representatives (excluding officials).”
📍 Section & Region Boundaries — Status Quo
No changes were made to Section or Region boundaries.