New Tax on pigeon club premises????

[T_T]

Have just read an article in the daily paper claiming that Pigeon fanciers will have to pay rates on the sheds where there they store their race baskests.  New tax rules allow only sports clubs to be exempt from paying and because pigeon racing isn't ( so they say ) classed as a sport, 50,000 bird owners will have to fork out.

 

[bewted]

i think just scaremongering !!!!!

[Guest dogeon]

yes i agree with bewted,if that was true, then how come your club can apply for a lottery sports funding to get things like ets

[Guest]

I think the lottery grants come from 'Awards for all section' not sports???

[chickadee]

I always thought of racing pigeons as a sport. :-/

[johnny11]

Hi Guys

 

Gez is correct there has just been an article on the news that pigeon racing is not being classed as a "sport" and we will be liable.

 

Should take our case to the Queen

 

John

[bewted]

if thats the case,,,,get a garden storage box for your baskets as then would not be a shed ????????

[DOVEScot]

if thats the case,,,,get a garden storage box for your baskets as then would not be a shed ????????

 

Are the sheds they are talking about, more like the larger ones pigeon clubs have, not ones for personal use :-/

[bewted]

 

Are the sheds they are talking about, more like the larger ones pigeon clubs have, not ones for personal use :-/

 

sorry,i thought they were on about garden sheds,,,,,my mistake i think ooops

you could be right !  like club HQ i think its meant for !!!!   bad day for me today mmmmmmmm

[DOVEScot]

 

sorry,i thought they were on about garden sheds,,,,,my mistake i think ooops

you could be right !  like club HQ i think its meant for !!!!   bad day for me today mmmmmmmm

 

That's OK it's a condition of being on the site.

[bewted]

 

That's OK it's a condition of being on the site.

 

i think its more of a nymphomaniac gf and not enough sleep dovescot mmmmm

[DOVEScot]

 

i think its more of a nymphomaniac gf and not enough sleep dovescot mmmmm

 

Me tae, I hope Chickadee does not find out :X

[Guest dogeon]

The Royal Pigeon Racing Association is a national organisation

representing the sport of of pigeon racing in England.

 

 

 

We are privileged to have Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as our patron.

 

For over a century the Royal Pigeon Racing Association has been at the heart of pigeon racing in England, and we look forward to representing and supporting our loyal membership in the new millenium.

 

[gangster]

;

The Royal Pigeon Racing Association is a national organisation

representing the sport of of pigeon racing in England.

 

 

 

We are privileged to have Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as our patron.

 

For over a century the Royal Pigeon Racing Association has been at the heart of pigeon racing in England, and we look forward to representing and supporting our loyal membership in the new millenium.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D..IF YOU SAY SO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[chickadee]

 

Me tae, I hope Chickadee does not find out :X

 

HA HA HA HA............ ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

Quite topical, only last week BHW carried a Confederation Article that English Sport had turned down our application to join [maybe a good thing that!] but that we were now a member of a sport & recreation organisation.

[Guest dogeon]

; ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D..IF YOU SAY SO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

MY POINT OF THE POST!!!!! SPORT IS MENTIONED ON RPRA SITE WITH ROYAL BACKING ?????  SO IF SHE SAYS ITS A SPORT THEN WHO ARE THEY TO SAY ITS NOT A REAL SPORT

 

[gangster]

  LIKE THEY GIVE A BRASS MONKEYS ABOUT THE COMMON PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!! GIMME A BREAK ITS A TAX MAD NATION!!! ASK CAR DRIVERS/SMOKERS................

[Ronnie]

I keep me baskets in the garden who is to say otherwise?

[Guest]

i think its relevant to where club baskets are stored , we have 2 large timber sheds our race baskets are in at the rear of pub which is clubhouse . andy

[Fair Play]

Unfortunately as I can remember Pigeon Racing was never classed as a sport definition was a "HOBBY"

[THE PRIEST]

Have you seen a list of what they are calling a sport...Arm wrestling....Baton twirling..Model aircraft flying..Rambling....and skipping if these can be classified as sports then racing pigeons have got to be a sport. Who decided this one..

                    THE FOOLS >

[Webmaster]

Pigeon racing has never been recognised as a sport. I have seen responses from Sport England and other bodies that the reason is that pigeon racing involves little human physical exertion, and that is their stumbling block.

 

The news story is in response to in change in policy to start charging business rates on sports clubs* and village halls. *sports clubs however can apply for a dispensation.

 

From the BBC in 2005:

'Give pigeon racing sport status' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4089900.stm

'Minister's advice on pigeon call' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4114816.stm

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

Hi Guys

 

Gez is correct there has just been an article on the news that pigeon racing is not being classed as a "sport" and we will be liable.

 

Should take our case to the Queen

 

John

 

yh coz she keeps them too so far she pays as well

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

it is classed as a sport in portugal in fact it is thier second biggest sport to football