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Club Notices

LISCANNOR      
Please note that Liscannor have a small number of vacancies in their Derby TS and Oaks TS (both for 2020 whelps). Entries close at 12 noon on Sunday next (Sept 19th) and the draw takes place later that night. Contact Joe 087 9736667.  Please do not ring between 11am and 4pm tomorrow Saturday due to a family event.  

KILFLYNN      
Please note that Kilflynn will be running a 16 Derby Trial Stake for 2019 whelps at their meeting on Saturday, Sunday 25th & 26th September. This is in addition to the other events advertised on the Sporting Press last week. Entries close on Friday and the draw takes place this Sunday night, September 19th.

GLIN   
Please note that Glin will be running a 32 Derby Trial Stake for 2019 whelps at their meeting on Saturday, Sunday 2nd & 3rd October. This is in addition to the other events advertised on the Sporting Press this week.

Trial Stakes 2019 Whelps

Our photo shows ‘Hes No Trouble’ which won the Newcastlewest Derby Trial Stake at Rathkeale on December 23rd 2020. It turned out to be the last trial stake of the 2020/21 coursing season. However his owner Rory Galvin and connections of the other 42 qualifiers from last season (21 dogs 21 bitches) can now start dreaming again of competing in the Derby and Oaks. They will be joined in the Classics by the winners of a number of trial stakes for 2019 whelps to be held throughout the country over the coming months. Full details of where and when will be announced towards the end of next week but to help owners and trainers make plans we can reveal which early meetings hope to incorporate trial stakes for 2019 whelps into their programme.

KILFLYNN Derby, GLIN Derby, BALLYHEIGUE Oaks & Derby, CASHEL Derby, ABBEYDORNEY Oaks & Derby, LOUGHREA Oaks & Derby, CROHANE & KIL Derby, MALLOW Oaks, CASTLEISLAND Oaks.

Extension to Membership

Due to the brevity of the 2020/21 coursing season it has been agreed to extend the membership period for all those who paid the €50 fee between 1st April 2020 and 31st January 2021 to become members of the ICC website. The new renewal date for all those members will be 31st March 2022 which means you will be able to access the draws, results etc for the 2021/22 season at no extra cost. Thank you for your support.

President and Hon. Treasurer

Following today’s count Mr John Egan, Templetuohy CC is elected President and Mr Damian Matthews, Ballymena CC is elected Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Coursing Club. John becomes the 26th person to hold the office of ICC President and makes history as the first to have held both President and Treasurer positions. Damian becomes only the 11th Hon Treasurer of the ICC since it’s foundation in 1916.

Election of President

Mr Brian Divilly: 58 votes

Mr John Egan: 64 votes

Election of Honorary Treasurer

Mr Tom Beckett:   42 votes

Mr Damian Matthews:   80 votes

Coursing returns to SP

This week’s Sporting Press (issue of August 26th) includes the first of our coursing coverage for the 2021/22 season. Tony O’Connor takes a trip around the country and over three pages he brings news from the coursing kennels, big and small. Tony’s reports will continue for the next few weeks in the lead up to the draws for the eagerly awaited meetings at Liscannor and Kilflynn.

Don’t forget you now also have the option to subscribe to read the Sporting Press online (weekly & 52 week payment options available) and by going online you can read the paper as early as 9pm every Tuesday evening.

Reserve Trial Stakes

The following is the updated list of Reserve Trial Stakes which are due to be held during the 2021/22 coursing season. (Alphabetical Order)


OAKS

DERBY
1Ballyheigue & Dist
1Balbriggan
2Bandon & Careys Cross
2Ballinagar
3East Donegal
3Cappoquin Clogheen
4Freshford
4Doon
5Gorey
5Dungannon
6Mallow
6Ennis Clarecastle
7Miltown Malbay
7Johnstown Urlingford
8Mitchelstown & Dist
8Kilflynn
9Rathdowney
9Killimer Kilrush
10Templetuohy
10Macroom
11Tipperary
11South Clare
12Trim
12Waterford & Dist
13Wexford


Notice to Voting Members

NOTICE TO VOTING MEMBERS IN ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT AND HONORARY TREASURER.

Please note the following clarification and update:

1. The return envelope is not pre-stamped as a voting member has four options to submit their vote:

(i) Via An Post Ordinary Post (ii) An Post Express Delivery (iii) An Post Registered Post (iv) Hand delivery option to Mr Patrick Higgins of Keanes Solicitors on August 26 between 2pm and 4pm.

2. All votes were issued via An Post Express Delivery service (one day delivery) on Monday August 16 and this is a traceable system. It transpires that a number of votes were not delivered in this timeframe and An Post is following up on the undelivered votes as per the terms of the Express Delivery service. In the event of a vote not being delivered in time, the ICC will make contact with voters and make alternative arrangements to ensure each vote is exercised prior to the counting of the votes.

There is no requirement to contact the ICC at this point as we will be checking outstanding delivery of votes over the coming days.

Thank you for your attention.

Notice re Agm and Election

The Executive Committee at a meeting held on August 12 made the following decisions in relation to the Annual General Meeting of the ICC 2021 and the election procedure for President and Honorary Treasurer.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ICC 2021 (incorporating the AGM 2020)

The Annual General Meeting of the ICC will be held at a date to be notified following the election and appointment of the President and Honorary Treasurer as set out below.

VOTING PROCEDURE

The voting procedure and timelines for return of votes and the counting of votes is as follows:

  1. The voting for the election of President and Honorary Treasurer of the ICC will be conducted via a postal vote, with all votes returnable by 4pm, Thursday, August 26 2021, as per letter of instruction issued to ICC voting membership on Monday, August 16.
  1. The counting of the votes will take place on Friday, August 27 at 11am and the result of the election will be posted on the ICC website.

The following are the nominations for the position of President and Honorary Treasurer of the ICC:

President  

Candidate: Brian Divilly (Galway & Oranmore C.C.)

Candidate: John Egan (Templetuohy C.C.)

Honorary Treasurer

Candidate: Tom Beckett (Freshford C.C.)

Candidate: Damian Matthews (Ballymena C.C.)

Provisional Fixture Dates

The provisional Fixture dates for the 2021/22 coursing season may now be viewed under Fixtures (go to drop-down menu at Coursing on top tool bar). This week we will be writing to all club secretaries with the Fixtures List and asking them to notify us of any changes as soon as possible. Any request for change of date will then go before the Fixtures Committee and we would hope to finalise the Fixtures List by August 27th at the very latest.

Munster Exec Election

The Munster Provincial election results are as follows in alphabetical order:

Kevin Barry: 42

Shane Flanagan: 33

Noel Flynn: 19

Martin Galvin: 35

Dave Harrington: 18

Tom Murphy: 30

Sean Ryan: 38

The four vacancies are deemed filled by:  Kevin Barry, Shane Flanagan, Martin Galvin and Sean Ryan