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  1. Hawks

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    Surely our governing bodies can sue them for slander or defamation unless specific culprits are named. To tar the whole fancy with one brush is surely discriminatory.

  3. Shu New Directive About Wing Stamp

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    Can’t comment on Scottish affairs but in the Midlands we are made to stamp or use the telephone number sticker over the ETS ring. Im not a fan of wing stamping but am for all for numbers on ets rings. They are very cheap and quick to apply and last the lifetime of the bird (and beyond). Why wouldn’t you bother or want to do this? Easier for fellow fanciers to call and tell you where your birds have gone in. Most don’t have the patience to keep a bird a few days and wait for the rpra to contact club secretary and secretary to contact member etc etc. ETS telephone number eliminates all these links in the chain and just simply finder to owner. Less long winded and quicker resolution. Also a lot of non fanciers who find pigeons can’t read life rings well enough to know what the numbers mean. Also even less likely to know who the rpra (or similar body are). Yet everybody old or young can recognise a telephone number. I’ve had many calls from Non fanciers reporting my birds (usually dead finds) BT not always, and have said wouldn’t have known what to do had the telephone number not been visible. You can’t expect a non fancier to call the rpra or even open a birds wing to look for a number. But I for one would rather the people kind enough to report are able to, and it’s as easy as possible for them. Dead or not I like to know where my pigeons are or were if they have died. Don’t see why you wouldn’t bother or care to u less your lazy or tight as assh0les

  7. Walkers New Prices

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    You’d have thought their cost for the boxes would have dropped with them now buying in larger volumes then ever. The usual economies of scale with mass buying is always the greater the volume the lower the individual unit price so sounds like bs. The cost of fuel has been lower again recently too, so they haven’t used that excuse which would be the usual generic reason. Sounds like greed to me. Hope other businesses are encouraged to undercut them.

  13. 2019 One Loft Races

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    That’s really good numbers. Entered into a Polish OLR few years back and the losses throughout the competition were disappointing. Rpra seem to have good management and setup and nice big prizes too. Good luck this year fella. What’s ya syndicate called, will keep an eye out

  14. 2019 One Loft Races

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    Nice, was a good competition last year.

     

    Planned to enter a couple myself but all the spaces were gone quicker then the blink of an eye. Amazing in the current climate and with the lack of new blood coming into the sport, an event like this won't build more lofts to accommodate more spaces as required. You'd think they'd want the maximum entrants they could attract so the prize money would be greater and more participation, more involvement across the board etc. Disappointing those in charge of promoting and furthering out sport would have the breaks on and not be trying to maximise participation and media coverage.

  19. A Look Into The Future

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    Ladbrokes did betting on Albatross migration back in early-mid 2000’s. I remember as I worked for them at the time. This was a one off, “gimmick†but all the same the principles and technology are essentially the same as our sport would need.

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