Turk

NO CHANCE :-/

democracy democracy democracy ;D surly questions can be asked in our owned BHW ;D like the government run BBC ;D a brain washer of the masses ;D then if your not singing the right song it will not be published ;D in this day and age they should be no jolly's ,everything should be done via video conference saving thousands in perks for the few :-/

The whole thing as a smell of the hazel blears about it and we know what happened there :-/

The BHW carried no less than a six- page coverage of the RPRA Annual General Meeting at Coventry on February 27th, and yet despite all this reporting, the state of the RPRA’s finances merited just five lines of comment from the general manager. The report states that several queries were raised (no mention what those queries were of course), and the accounts were passed. Perhaps even more enlightening was the paragraph that warranted a massive in depth analysis running to a whole eight lines, confirming that the 2007 profit of £71,674 has been turned into a loss of nearly £23,000. That is a disparity of around £94,000 in just twelve months, and yet it would appear that the only offering on the horizon from the RPRA, is the possibility of increasing the subscription, given the statement that expenditure exceeds income. (How hugely perceptive a statement was that?) Could expenditure, such as the £16,974 itemised as Blackpool Expenses, but is infact Entertainment of Foreign Pigeon Dignitaries be an example of expenditure that is too high? Any other business organisation producing such an abysmal set of accounts, might firstly have offered some form of apology to their shareholders (that’s us the membership); secondly looked long and hard at their finance director’s competence and tenure, and thirdly be on a cost cutting rampage. Did we hear any of this? ~ Of course not. Do we hear that a budget is being compiled for 2009? ~ Of course not. Do we see any mention at all by the RPRA management as to how they intend to resolve this position, other than by increasing subscriptions? ~ Of course not. I do wonder if the majority of Councillors understand that turning a healthy profit into a loss in a twelve month period, warrants a major overhaul of what would appear, in my opinion, to be quite a snug club, where nobody seems to want to rock the boat. :-/

Whilst on the subject of the BHW Blackpool show, and having given some scrutiny to the recently presented RPRA accounts in the Homing World, I do question why a charge for the best part of £17,000 is in effect being levied against the whole membership for the Blackpool show. It would seem to me that in these financially and economically taxing times, and when the RPRA is showing a very substantial loss and thus wishing to increase membership fees by almost 100%, the cost of organising the show should be taken from the show proceeds before distribution to Charity, and not from the membership whether they like it or not. I cannot think of a worse point in time to be asking for such a large increase, when there are clearly other options open to investigation. Let’s hope there is a councillor with a little financial savvy, who will query these accounts and not just accept them as read.

yes busschaert raced here in the 50s he was partners with gil duncan of deal

that is one good looking bird,looks a corker

another one

last one

another poor quality picture

just trying a picture of one of me eyes

i have just used it for years to make the birds keep clean,its just like bath salts but cheaper ,i do not measure the amount i just pour it in until i think there is enough in it,never harmed me pigeons.

i feed the same food every day 365 days a year ,clean water,salt and vinegar in the bath every day .

the liberation went without any hiccups,the birds cleared the site at wetherby well ,

thought they where called malibu lofts ,me mate bought some yellow kirkpatricks from them .

pmsl

get real these small clubs small federations are been killed off no new members ,no chance of joining bigger federations ,because some of these small clubs might hold some great fanciers ,that is why clubs break up federations split .and these so called little clubs federations please can the last man turn the light out . then will the bigger clubs federations let them in NO CHANCE they might win everything.

congratulations to Ron Williamson awesome result

sent you pm mate

Thank You just spoke with secretary .

the stamp says motherwell club

SU09NW2271 FOUND WETHERBY ANY TAKERS :-/

click the link you can buy one linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006320701002178

Lancaster University has won a contract from pigeon fanciers to look into the killing of racing pigeons by Sparrowhawks and Peregrines. Such predation is a nationwide problem for pigeon fanciers, who regularly have their prized pigeons taken from around, and in some cases, from within, their lofts. Peregrines are predominant in Scotland, Cumbria, Wales, Devon and Cornwall, where their numbers have increased significantly since the last census in 1991. Pigeon Fanciers have announced a £32,000 contract to Dr Ian Hartley, from the Department of Biological Sciences at Lancaster University, to conduct trials of legal deterrents around pigeon lofts to deter sparrowhawks and peregrines. The Government's Raptor Working Group Final Report in February 2000 made several recommendations for parties who were disadvantaged by the influence of birds of prey on their livelihoods and leisure. Despite the reservations held by the Confederation of Long Distance Racing Pigeon Unions of the Great Britain and Ireland as to the utility of the conclusions regarding peregrines, four recommendations were made to pigeon fanciers to help overcome the disastrous effect peregrines and sparrowhawks have on their lofts. This project will investigate two of these factors; deterrents such as balloons and sonic devices at lofts, and deterrents which are attached to the pigeons themselves, such as bells, small shining discs or bright coloured transfers which add markings to pigeons' wings. Trials will commence in March, in South Wales. Dr Ian Hartley said "The research in the field will be carried out by Dr Andrew Dixon and we are pleased that the Royal Pigeon Racing Association has chosen to give us the contract to carry out this project. We will independently establish whether the deterrents suggested by the Raptor Working Group are effective in reducing the risk of pigeons being taken by birds of prey. Pigeons will be fitted with small devices such as reflective discs or wing transfers which look like large eyes from the point of view of an attacking falcon. The idea is that the attacking bird of prey will be put off by the glinting of light on the disks or the appearance of large, frightening eyes on its prey. The same sort of defence systems have evolved naturally in many insects (for example Peacock butterflies), so they may well work for pigeons too. Attacking birds of prey are suddenly faced with the 'eyes' of a bird much larger than themselves and they should be put off the attack for at least long enough for the pigeons to make their escape." Peter Bryant, Secretary to the Confederation, said "Pigeon Fanciers are pleased that this research is being undertaken. It will show the Government and the protectionists that we are really concerned about the slaughter of our pigeons by these birds of prey and that we are prepared to do something tangible about the problem. It may also be of assistance to those organisations that are concerned about the numbers of songbirds taken by sparrowhawks."

if you can get some Genetically modified soy flour put this on some corn ,it will wipe them out for sure ,one feed and there dead.