Notice of Annual General Meeting

Dear Member

Contents of this notice:

– Announcement
– Agenda
– Election of Central Council members
– Proposals for inclusion

Announcement:

The British Drone Racing Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 20th October 2019, starting at 19:00 BST. It will be held online with members invited to participate using discord whilst viewing a live video broadcast from the committee. The AGM is open to BDRA members only.

Agenda:

Welcome and introduction

– Review/accept the minutes of the previous AGM (link below)
– Financial Report
– Proposals presented to Committee for inclusion at the AGM
– Membership fees
– Date of next AGM
– Election of Central Council members
– Break as votes are counted and new Committee announced
– Close
– Q&A with the new Committee for those who want to stay

Election of Central Council members:

The posts of Chairman and Membership Secretary are open for nomination. The existing committee members will stand for re-election. In accordance with the constitution, nominations for Central Council positions must be sent by email to secretary@bdra.uk at least 14 days before the AGM, along with the name and contact email of the seconder. This must also be a fully paid up member.

Proposals for inclusion

All propositions for consideration must be submitted, by fully paid up members, to the Secretary by email to secretary@bdra.uk by midday Sunday 6th October 2019, along with the name and contact email of the seconder. This must also be a fully paid up member.

Benjamin Blackburn
BDRA Chairman
www.bdra.uk

This is the UK’s first FAI World Cup which is being hosted at the BMFA Nationals. This an opportunity for you to qualify as a part of ‘Team GB’ or as a part of the qualification process as a individual pilot to participate at the FAI World Championship that is hosted in China later this year.

This event will also crown the BMFA Nationals Drone Racing Champion!

You must have a FAI License to compete at this event, to obtain a license complete the application form on the link below and submit to the BMFA. It usually only takes a few days to process the application.

https://bmfa.org/Downloads/All-Downloads?EntryId=1029

You can find the full FAI F9U competition rules here
https://www.fai.org/…/documents/sc4_vol_f9_dronesport_19.pdf

Specific optional rules for this event will be published in due course, but expect TBS Crossfire to be allowed, *NO* LED’s required.

Please take notice of section B which briefs on the technical specification for the multirotor drones.

Sign up goes live on ifpv.co.uk at 8pm today (17th July 2019) 
Please register with www.ifpv.co.uk and then you can book yourself as a competitor here https://league.ifpv.co.uk/events/116

Saturday/Sunday – FAI World Cup
Monday – Open Track (Free for competitors/ small charge for non-competitors)

We will be using the Dronogate inflatable course with addition track components, we will have a large pit marquee with tables and chairs for all competitors. Live Racing on TV screens, Tiny Whoop racing in the evenings + more tbc.

Any questions please ask and we will be happy to answer.

Competitor entry fee – £60
Competitor camping fee – £10

Camping needs to be booked direct with the BMFA here

Here are the official results for the second race in the Scottish region that was hosted on the 12th May by Glasgow FPV.

Congratulations to Jon Hall on 1st place, Daniel Callander on 2nd and Brian Nicolson on 3rd place in the ‘A’ Final.

This race was a Scottish regional ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to the Scottish leaderboard. These are the points awarded based on your FINALS position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Here are the official results for the third race in the South East region that was hosted on the 5th May by Suffolk FPV. Congratulations to Chris Knight on 1st place, Daniel Peters on 2nd and Rob Saxton on 3rd place. Not only did these pilots finish the A final in these positions but they also qualified in the same order.

This race was a South East regional ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to the South East regional leaderboard. These are the points awarded and the points system is based on your QUALIFYING position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Here are the official results for the second race in the South West region that was hosted on the 4th May. Congratulations to Gary Kent on 1st place, Alfie Mitchell on 2nd and Matt Evans on 3rd place in the ‘A’ Final. For qualifying results please see the graphic below.

This race was both a South West regional ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to the South West leaderboard. These are the points awarded and the points system is based on your QUALIFYING position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Here are the official results for the second race in the Northern region that was hosted on the 27th April. Congratulations to Jon Hall on 1st place, Bash Hussain on 2nd and Jon Rogers on 3rd place in the ‘A’ Final. For qualifying results please see the graphic below.

This race was both a North regional and a national ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to both leaderboards. These are the points awarded and the points system is based on your QUALIFYING position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Edinburgh Drone Racing hosted a ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ on the 21st April 2019. This was their first race of eight races in the Scottish FPV Racing Series.

This race was a regional ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to the Scottish Regional leaderboard which will be updated shortly. These are the points awarded and for the Scottish region points are based on your FINALS position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Congratulations to Brian Nicholas on 1st place, Daniel Callander on 2nd place and Keiran Black on 3rd place

Weston Park registration goes LIVE for BDRA members at 8pm today over on https://league.ifpv.co.uk/events/86

Please check your iFPV profile to ensure that it shows your BDRA membership status. If it doesn’t please message us as without the status showing as a member you will not be able to register for the event.

Weston Park REGISTRATION information!

This is the drone race you have all been waiting for 🔥🔥

Registration is £60 for members of the BDRA or £65 for non members.

Suffolk FPV hosted a ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ on Saturday over the bank holiday weekend. This was their first QE of the year and has both national & regional status. Overall the south east region has now hosted 3 regional races (1st Drone Base, 2nd EMHC) and this is also the 3rd ‘national’ classed event for the UK. Finals positions were Chris Knight in 1st place,  Alex Kubrak in 2nd and Brett Collis in 3rd place. Brett Collis was also the ‘Top Qualifyer’ so scores maximum points.

This race was both a regional and a national ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to both leaderboards which will be updated shortly. These are the points awarded and the points system is based on your QUALIFYING position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

Brett Collis pushing his championship lead further ahead with some consistent results.