Since 2019 all rings issued by the North West Homing Union (NWHU) that are raced or shown under RPRA rules have had to be registered with the RPRA by 1st April. This follows the decision taken by the RPRA Council that all rings issued by unions that are not members of the British Confederation should […]
To avoid jeopardising official RPRA liberation sites all liberations MUST be booked and paid for through RPRA HQ. This includes Race Programmes, Open Races, One Loft Races and Training Tosses. Please ensure 2023 Inland & Continental Race Programmes are completed on official forms and returned to RPRA HQ by Wednesday 1st March, along with a […]
RPRA Development Officer, Richard Chambers, travelled to Normandy with NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), who are based in Gloucester, very close to our HQ at The Reddings. He met up with Signaller Harry Swann, to show him how to handle pigeons ahead of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings at […]
Commencing on 1st March 2019, the new Club Insurance Scheme provides as standard Public Liability Insurance for £5M, Employers Liability Insurance for £10M, ‘All Risks’ cover on property belonging to affiliated RPRA clubs consisting of but not limited to timing clocks & Electronic Timing Systems, computer equipment, baskets, crates and trophies up to £15,000 in […]
On Wednesday 14th June the RPRA released 543 birds from Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes at the first Lords v Commons pigeon race since 1928. Each pigeon was designated to an MP or Peer. Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Pigeon Racing Group, Chris Davies MP, was in attendance along with Iain Stewart, MP for […]
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