National Flying Club information

sapper756 · Thursday at 10:31 AM

Copied from Facebook 17th July 2025

Quick update.

Birds are on site been fed and watered this morning.

I was hoping to have more news for you now but Rich and Steve still going through everything.

I will update you when I know more.

Tom

sapper756 · Thursday at 01:32 PM

Copied from Facebook 17th July 2025

Update.

As much as I know this is going to cause much debate I’m letting you all know a decision to liberate this afternoon has been made so with letting you know as soon as it’s been made will help people to prepare for tomorrow.

Rich and Steve have been in conversation all morning and for the welfare of the birds this afternoon is giving the birds the best chance as if we don’t go today looks like it would be Wednesday/ Thursday next week where we would be able to lib.

As I’ve said on previous post we have made this decision for the best interest of the birds and if it upsets a few members I would rather that than make a decision to make members happy at the cost of the birds.

I will update you all further when i know more.

sapper756 · Thursday at 02:56 PM

Tarbes Grand National Liberation Update

The Tarbes Grand National has been liberated at 14:00 hrs in a northeasterly wind. Along the route, the wind turns westerly around the Nantes region and is forecast to be westerly across the Channel, becoming southwesterly in England tomorrow.

The decision to liberate today was made after carefully considering the poor weather conditions forecasted for both France and England on different days, as well as the high temperatures at the race point. Holding the birds any longer would have meant a significant delay.

As always, our primary concern is the welfare of your pigeons and ensuring they have the best possible opportunity for a fair race.

As many are aware, the liberation of birds has occurred under unusual circumstances. Taking this into consideration, the committee discussed this afternoon the current verification rule.

For Friday, the verification rule will be relaxed during working hours. Any pigeons timed in before 6:00 PM may be verified up until 7:00 PM. After 6:00 PM, the normal verification rules will apply.

Additionally, there will be no limit to the number of pigeons that can be verified.

We hope this adjustment will support working fanciers during this exceptional situation.

Good luck to everyone!