Group trainers also have to be notified and the SHU will not have done that because they are not notified of Federation gatherings for training. We have been waiting for this moment, but it appears that there is a lot of "red tape" for the organisers to work through.
A lot of Feds gave information for starting on 17th April. That has changed and some of them have changed their programme. The information previously notified may be out of date. Changes have to be notified. Do they also require ten days notice or do they come under the "as soon as possible" part of the notification? Have all the Clubs and Feds notified APHA where their gatherings are going to take place?
The licence has been granted from midday today, but APHA require 7 days notice from Club Secretaries regarding their Gathering Point (Clubhouse) and there is further documentation regarding bio-security and the person responsible for it. The SHU will require to notify APHA of all race programmes 10 days prior to the start, so 1st May will probably be earliest we can start.
Owen couldn't loft fly his pigeons because of the BOP. He trained daily, sometimes twice from around 10 miles, I think. He fed 100% barley, but also used oils. I think I have his system or info from it somewhere.