The Northern California Roller
Club, NCRC, was officially formed in 1979 to bring together to roller fanciers
between Orland and Redding. When it was formed the club was not all
that big, with maybe 20 members. There were no set dues and Rex Clark,
a founding member, printed a monthly bulletin it for many year religiously.
The NCRC started flying kit competition
in 1982. The rules were basically 20 bird kits for 20 minutes, 1/4,
1/2, 3/4 and full turns. We couldn't get a lot of members to fly
then so we started a 12 bird young bird kit in the end of the season so
that we could include more members and that we'd have an equal playing
feild due to everyone needing to fly young birds. We would fly 6
times between October and March. We normally had 6-8 competitors
in the early days. We quickly dicovered that an all age competition
was the only way to go as members had different families and most weren't
very early to come in. Needless to say we saw the birds doing a lot
more "flying" back when.
Today the NCRC is a fully functional
regional roller club; we have 50+ members at all times and have some of
the top fliers in the country. It's members are continuously
putting up kits that can compete with the best in the World Cup and other
competitions abroad.
We are much more organized with
officers, different flying sections between Redding and Stockton, a club
futurity contest each year to raise money for our club via a bird auction
and a yearly club meeting. The NCRC is basically 4 small clubs; the
Norh Section-Redding and surrounding area, Central Section-between Red
Bluff and Chico area, Southern Section-Davis to Sacramento and Far South
Section-Lodi and Stockton. We have only around 25 members between
all sections that compete in our kit flies between the months of September
and April of each year. Each section flying on a different weekend
in most cases.
We are continuously trying to
help more newer comers to the sport of flying rollers to create more competitors.
Our competitions are a pretty friendly affair and it is basically a fly
and bs session once a month, a fun time to get together, exchange
ideas and even birds. We are here for every one of our members and
if anyone needs help with anything there is always someone there to give
you some sound advice.
The NCRC is the back bone of the
Roller Community in Northern California.
If anyone is looking or wanting
to help any other roller fancier anywhere please feel free to leave a message
on our club's
BULLETIN BOARD, simply use your mouse and "click"
on the highlighted words.
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North Section contact:
Dave Henderson
1999-00 club secretary
19204A Knighton Rd
Redding, CA 96002
(530)222-5885
or email spintight@hotmail.com
Central Section contact:
Rex Clark
club President
135 East Chapman Street
Orland, CA 95963
530-865-3912
South Section contact:
Chuck Alison Roe
Bulletin Editor
236 Guaymas Place
Davis, CA 95616
or email.pigeonman@aol
Far South Section contact:
Tom Brower
9662 Warren Road
Valley Springs, CA 95252
email:firewing@caltel.com
**For information about our club or if you would like to attend a club fly please contact any of the above contacts and they will guide you in the right direction
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since May 12, 1998
