North West Area Events CalendarThis is a list of North West Area events that have been notified to the webmaster. If you would like an event listed, please contact the webmaster with the following information: Date Type of Event Location Contact Information 2024-25 EventsNorth West Area Meetings for 2024The NW Area will hold its Ordinary General Meetings by Zoom on the following dates: AGM -19th November 2024 There will also be a short OGM following the AGM to be held on the 19th November 2024 Meeting notifications will be sent sent to registered Chairman, Secretaries and Club Delegates. If you do not receive notifications, please ask your Secretary to check you are registered correctly as a club officer on the BMFA justgo portal (bmfa.justgo.com). Contact: Martyn Kinder <bmfa.nw@gmail.com> 2025 Sherlowe EventsThese events are held at a private airfield near High Ercall in Shropshire. Typically weekend events, camping and facilities are available on site but attendee numbers are restricted. You must pre-register with the organiser (John Minchell) and receive confirmation of your booking. e-mail: j.minchell@btinternet.com Scale glider aerotow meetings:
There will also be a scale helicopter fly-in at Sherlowe on July 12/13th 2025. Contact Dave Edwards email: dave.s.edwards@btinternet.com or call 07756698911 A BMFA Sunday Scale Competition will take place on Sunday 28th September 2025. Contact John Minchell A GPS Triangle glider competion will be arranged for 2025. Date to be arranged. Indoor Flying (R/C) at St Helens 2024 – 2025
Cost: £80.00 for the September to April meetings payable in advance or £13.00 per session payable on the day. There may be additional dates planned for those who wish to practice their Indoor Scale schedules in preparation for the Indoor Scale Nationals:
All meetings 1.00pm-4.00pm unless otherwise stated. Shockies not allowed, helis/quadcopters small 1S only. NOTE only 6 people allowed to fly at any one time. Any questions contact: Leisure Centre Address
Indoor Flying at Shawbury 2024 – 2025 (R/C and Free Flight)Shropshire Indoor Modellers have obtained some confirmed dates to restart indoor flying for the 2024/2025 season. However, please read this post: https://northwest.bmfa.uk/shropshire-indoor-modellers-2024-25
The venue is the Sports Hanger which is down Dawson’s Rough, opposite the main RAF Shawbury station. The postal address for the RAF station is:- Royal Air Force Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4PF The confirmed dates are all Sundays and the sessions will run from 11:00am to 4:00pm with separate slots for Free Flight and Radio Controlled models:-
If you require any further information then please email John Minchell on j.minchell@btinternet.com Indoor Flying at Rochdale 2024 – 2025We have had a great indoor season again this year and I am pleased that we have secured the Kingsway High School Hall for Autumn and Winter 2024-25. The next series of Rochdale Indoor events will start in October and run through to Spring 2025. The dates confirmed are: Autumn 2024 – Spring 2025
(Unless otherwise stated, 3rd Sunday of each month) The sessions will run from 11:00 am to 4:00pm. Depending on demand, there will be dedicated slots for each discipline (NO FPV), and all attendees will get ample opportunity to fly. Contact is Martyn Kinder: email: bmfa.nw@gmail.com Tel: 07989 025198 Location is the Rochdale (Kingsway) Sports Hall, Turf Hill Rd, Rochdale OL16 4XA Velodrome – Indoor Flying (Free Flight and R/C)David Whitehouse has secured the following dates for the Manchester Velodrome Indoor events: The Velodrome dates are as follows: all Saturday from 11am to 4pm, with the exception of the North West Area Indoor Gala which will be from 9am to 5pm. The events cater for RC indoor and Free Flight indoor, flown in alternate 30 minute slots Dates are:- 2024
2025
BMFA NW Area Indoor Gala (Free flight only).
For more information, please contact David at: whitehousejdavid@googlemail.com Superfly (Poynton) Indoor 2024-25A new venue for Indoor sessions in the North West. This event is run by John Summerville and Neil Harrison at the Poynton Leisure Centre, Yew Tree lane, Poynton, SK12 1PU. There will be separate slots for Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing and Free Flight Session times have been extended and now run from 10:30 to 13:30 on (usually) the last Sunday of each month at a cost of £10 per session. The hall size is 6 badminton courts and well lit. The size is typical of a large sports hall. Dates for the 2024/2025 season
Contact is John Summerville. Tel: 07470833579. Email: summervilleje@gmail.com You will need to book using the Eventbrite system as numbers are restricted. Please contact John Summerville for the booking link. Norwind Flyers 2024 – 2025 (Free Flight)Some news from David Whitehouse. We are a group of mainly indoor free flight fliers who hold regular monthly meetings in Rochdale from September to May. We need new flyers to keep our numbers at a viable level. We fly for fun but also hold regular competitions, the only place in the Northwest to do so. If you feel like having an afternoon of old fashioned aeromodelling fun, then make us part of regular flying activities. Newcomers welcome, with lots of friendly advice. 2024 – 2025 dates This season’s dates are normally the first Sundays of the month: All events are from 11am to 4 pm, with competitions ending 2:30pm. There are no flying slots, flying at any time but being respectful of others flights. All Sundays 11am to 4pm. 2024 1st September Bostonian 6th October Penny Plane 3rd November Pussycat, duration and precision 1st December Capacitor Duration and the Tombola 2025 5th January Kit scale and Peanut 2nd February New No-cal competition, but for WW2 era aircraft
6th April Penny Plane and Chuck/Catapult Glider 5th May New Norwind Challenge Al Backstrom Tailless model called the Persey Cost currently £15 per session. Location is the Rochdale (Kingsway) Sports Hall, Turf Hill Rd, Rochdale OL16 4XA See the website Norwind.org.uk for further information on the indoor free flight competitions or contact David Whitehouse on 01942 897816 or whitehousejdavid@googlemail.com If you need to contact a BMFA NW Area representative, contact information is available on the Contact Page. |