Bruce Bidon

The UNC 2025 Race Schedule meeting has been booked for Sunday January 5^th, 10:00 am – 12 noon at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall in Bradford. Due to the motions passed at the annual meeting, for schedules to receive consideration they must conform to the voted-on criteria of:

11 OB weeks, with an ‘A’ Long Series and ‘B’ Short Series

8 YB weeks, with a ‘C’ Long Series and ‘D’ Short Series

Number of short series races and distances in the ‘B’ and ‘D’ series are open for discussion.

Any joint releases between the series will also be open for discussion.

Trailer usage to be like the 2024 schedule. Potentially Two (2) trailers will be used in OBs for the early weeks if numbers warrant it. Two (2) trailers are planned to be used in YBs.

Only delegates are allowed to vote, so please hold your club meetings to determine your preferred schedules for them to present and support.

UNC Executive

Just a Reminder of the UNC Annual meeting this coming Sunday at the Bradford legion at 10:00 am. There are several things all club directors should be prepared to discuss/vote on.

• Clubs should be prepared to supply a list of member names and pay their 2025 membership dues using the appropriate form found in the Documents section of our website.
• Clubs should be prepared to discuss/vote on the length of the 2025 schedule (currently 19 weeks) and how those weeks should be distributed between OBs and YBs.
• Clubs should be prepared to discuss/vote on whether we use both trailers in OBs and YBs for a true long and short series in each or keep things status quo.

All members who want change should come to the meeting and run for any of the Executive positions. It would be great to see elections for all positions rather than the standard acclamations. If you want change, the best way to get it is to run for office and work towards it.

See you all at the meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE – The Annual UNC meeting has been re-scheduled and will be held Sunday November 24th at 10:00 am in the meeting room at the Royal Canadian Legion 115 Back St., Bradford Ont. The main purpose of this meeting will be for the election of the 2025 Executive and the close out of the 2024 season. If you want to see future change or a continuation of the current direction this is an important meeting to attend. I hope to see you all there.

The Annual UNC meeting scheduled for Nov 10th has been cancelled for reasons beyond our control. We will communicate out a new date as soon as it is booked.

UNC Annual Meeting

Date:    Sunday November 10, 2024

Time:    10:00am

Place:   Royal Canadian Legion, 115 Back St., Bradford, Ont.

Agenda Items

• Reading of Previous Meeting minutes.
• Correspondence
• Committee Reports
• Old Business
• Election of 2025 Officers
• New Business
• Discussion and Potential vote on number of races flown per series (This is required so clubs can properly prepare for the Scheduling meeting in a few months)
• Any other New Business arising from the floor.

Clubs, please ensure your delegates are prepared to bring forward and discuss your concerns.

C08 and D08 Matheson were released at 8:30am. Weather is Sun and partly cloudy, temperature is 12 degrees and Winds are 7 kph SE. Good luck to all participants.

No race today, check back Sunday for a release update.

Shipping will be tonight, weather system keeps changing and this will give us options this weekend for having a race.

C07 Latchford was released at 9:00am. Weather is partly cloudy, visibility is 26 km, temperature is 13 degrees and Winds are 3 kph E. Good luck to all participants.

D07 North Bay was released at 8:30 am. Weather is clear, visibility is 48 km, temperature is 15 degrees and Winds are 4 kph E. Check back after 9:00 am for an update on the Latchford release. Good luck to all participants.