Henrik

Pentland Hills ,East of Scotland & Scottish Borders at Maidstone basketing tonight .

Elanco the only people who know their positions are the section winners the rest are just guessing

Yes as far as I know

Well done to Mr&Mrs Guenther on winning 1st & 2nd SNFC Newbury. Also well done to all the Region & Section winners and to all who timed in.

Blue Cock has cleared this morning after a nights rest. Last seen heading West

Your doing the right thing with the rice & water. If it isnt injured it should fly away and make its own way home.

Came in today SU 04 AF 57 Blue Cock Flown out got an ETS ring on as well

They are just a bit too young to fend for themselves. Could you not move the hen that was feeding them into the loft for a week or so and she should feed them.

Bitty early for that Chris clocks not till 8.30

Approx Vel for Jumbo is 1142

Midnight -Son 1288 J Hannah 1265 S Irvine jnr 1260 C Little 1247 Clocky 1229 and then there's me STILL WAITING.

Was,nt a bad guess then Chris eh.

East of Scotland Scottish Border & Pentland Hills up at 7.00 from Thirsk

More chance of Healy in the GB team than his namesake Beckham, second part of his name is very appropriate

Aberdeen 216 Dundee 345 Fife 600 Musselburgh 649 Solway 450 2260 Then you have Uddingston & Bo'ness that we dont have figures for but I would guess at about 700 between them gives a total of 2960 which aint too ad given the losses Feds have been having.

Think the birdage may be nearer 3000 than 2000

Aye but thats only till the Semi-Finals when his bottle goes Crashing to the Grass

Never mind Only bout another week or so then Either Germany or Equador put them out of their misery n they can get back to talking bout 66 or the penalty spot that moved last time round.

East of Scotland at Thirsk with the Pentland Hills & Scottish Borders for the comeback race. Me I,m sending to the Big Race SNFC Newbury............

Shouldnt be too hard t check on the race sheets if a bird is away one week then it wouldnt be able to be sent the next week. Difficulty comes in with the bird that doesnt return within the 72hrs. everyone should remember though that it will only take one to get caught out not complying with the guidelines and they will stop racing altogether until this bird flu is eradicated and that could be 10 yrs down the line

It is up to the Integrity off the members but its not only their sport that they jepeordise if they dont do it but everyone else as well so if you know of somebody who doesnt follow the guidelines they should be dealt with by the club before we get stopped from racing altogether

Thats the way I read it as well but if thats whats got to be to get 500ml races well I dont see it as being too much of a hardship

Racing From France/Belgium DEFRA has advised the situation concerning pigeon racing in the UK and beyond has been based on a risk assessment which has been kept under review. Ministers have now decided to allow gatherings for racing from Belgium and Northern France subject to the following conditions: * Pigeons cannot be liberated any further than 400 miles into France. This means that liberations can take place from as far south as the sites at Bordeaux, Bergerac, Mont Lucon and Nevers. This limit will take into account the areas of recent infection in South Eastern France. * Such races will be subject to the same notification and biosecurity conditions in the General Licence for races within the British Isles. * There is a new requirement of isolation for 7 days for all birds racing from outside the British Isles (rising to 21 days for birds returning after more than 72 hours). * Races from outside the British Isles can only take place until Monday 31 July when DEFRA will review the position again in view of the approaching autumn migration period. They will also immediately review the position, and potentially re-impose the ban on racing from outside the British Isles, if the disease situation changes in the meantime. The full licence conditions will be published as soon as they are received. We anticipate that the earliest we will be able to race again from France is the weekend of 24th June. It is imperative that all RPRA organisations and non affiliated organisations that use our services liaise with the Racing Support Department to advise permit and ferry requirements for 24th June onwards either by e mail to lindasmith@rpra.org, donna@rpra.org or telephone 01452 858244 (Linda) or 858245 (Donna). Although we have permits as per your original race programmes clearly some of you will require shorter distances and so new permits will need to be applied for. Peter Bryant General Manager The Royal Pigeon Racing Association The Reddings near Cheltenham, Glos GL51 6RN tel 01452 713529 fax 857119 This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only.

Must be official now as Ive finally got an E-Mail from the RPRA. Better late than Never eh.....................

So who was right then?