Last night’s edition of BBC1’s The One Show featured the school loft at Mount Carmel RC High School, Accrington, who fly with Oswaldtwistle HS. The episode is available on iPlayer for the next four weeks. Click on the image to go to the link. (The feature starts at around 03.45)
We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of our Patron, HM Queen Elizabeth II. We would like to thank Her Majesty for her service throughout her 70 year reign. All our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this sad time. The following statement has been issued by RPRA President, Mr Les Blacklock: […]
The RPRA HQ has moved, and our new postal address is: Unit 35-41 Upper Mills Trading Estate Stonehouse Gloucestershire GL10 2BJ Our phone number remains the same: 01452 713529.
The annual pigeon race for Dementia Action Week took place on a lovely spring day, organised by the Memory Matters Service (NHS) in conjunction with the Cumbria Region RPRA. There was an excellent turn out of service users, carers and support organisations, NHS Wellness Service, Memory Matters team and Age UK. The pigeons were racing […]
Two of our member schools – Theydon Bois Primary School and Beech Grove School – visited the Royal Lofts at Sandringham during the end of term break, accompanied by RPRA Development Officer, Richard Chambers. Royal Lofts Manager, Peter Farrow, welcomed the visitors and to their delight donated pigeons to the schools to celebrate HM The […]
We have received the following from Deister regarding an update to UNIKON clocks for 2022: “There is a firmware update to 3.2 which is required for all UNIKON Champ and Profi bases, club and loft. All clubs will be contacted as soon as possible; this has been delayed due to a change with email processes […]
The 126th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association took place at the Jurys Inn Hotel, Cheltenham, on Friday 25th February. The minutes of the meeting and the annual accounts can be downloaded below. Download: Minutes of AGM 2022 Download: Annual Accounts
It is that time of year when many fanciers will have vaccinated – or are about to vaccinate – their pigeons against paramyxovirus. This is necessary for you to be able to race or show your birds. To be clear about the vaccines you should be using, the Government’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate has approved two […]
RPRA CEO Ian Evans spoke to Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ programme yesterday afternoon about the impact of Brexit on channel racing. Listen to the interview on the player below: https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Times-Radio-090222.mp3
After a year off due to the Covid pandemic, the BHW Show of the Year returned to Blackpool over the weekend to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. Thank you to everyone that made it the success that it was, under trying circumstances, and to the many visitors that came along. The results were as follows (subject […]
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