Petition to Downing Street; Make Pigeons a Sport

[DOVEScot]

Look at all the names so far

 

des nicholls

Dick King

S King

oliver lines

susan smith

paul twigg

Liz Clarke

michael young

Shaun Donovan Hill

Dave Barkel

james white

Kevin Rochelle

mike gladwin

chris marshall

William Young

Douglas Kempton

Mick Johnson

Sgt Barry Nicol

Chris Little

jason groom

anthony williams

Michael J. Saint

a. babington

K,R, Owen

Kirstey A Lee

DEREK HAY

Clare Herring

ARCHIE HERD

amanda richardson

Vivian J J Lee

Jack Grant

Mrs J M Deacon

Dennis Wall

john humphreys

mark neil

BRIAN HERD

J Howman

Dave Asquith

b.moore

Melvin Wagstaff

DEREK NICHOLLS

Barry Winter

ALAN PARKER

Joe Tomlinson

BILL PADDOCK

Jonathan Sage

Mark Brown

steven cook

C.A. Timmins

s.harding

R.YELLOWLEY

John Robert Barker

Carl Upsall

G.W.Spaven

Linda Doreen Joneli

ponderosaukstud

Harry Jackson

M.BAYLEY

shaun moat

Paul Scott

Paul Winn

philip waller

David Higgins

c mcquistan

W, Cowell

t. mcgeechan

Iain McMurchie

R.Hyde

PAUL STOWELL

david jobson

terry mccarthy

Gareth Jennings

H L Akerman

stuart maskame

WILLIAM AYRES

Frank Cuthbertson

Alec Marden

John Heague

lee allen

Brian Holland

Mark bulled

Patrick Bros

mark walters

Stephen buck

Darran Mcfadden

arthur buchan

steve duggan

mike jarvis

Alan Wilkins

BILL YOUNG

John Schofield

chris smith

Stephen Howells

Mick Bowler

mick calvert

Richard Stead

Snowy Jeffs

M Duffin

Paul Galey

d asquith

John Searle

Robert Mallinson

lee madgin

Dawn Searle

david buttle

Stephen White

Cailean Watts

Barry Hurst

Michelle Hurst

Pamela Butterfield

r lumsden

Ken Garbett

Joe Bracchi

Mrs E. M. Garbett

. John A Wood

K Ambler

vince sheedy

Karen James

C Tilbury

Malcolm Moore

Peter Amor

John Lees

albert tarleton

DAVID MURPHY

FRED ORNWELL

Jeanette Taylor

Paul Jacobs

Rosemary Wills

Mark Vinnicombe

JEFF WALTON

john Highley

CS

C.McEwan

Brian Lawrenson

jo cowell

Michael John Burde

William Mclaren

Derek Reis

a.w.buchan

Richard Green

Jackie Reis

Willie Davidson

brian garnham

Alan Ritchie

Andy Miller

DavidMcDonald

Peter Ryder

b turnbull

thomas davison

veronica pieraccini

Graham Johnson

Russell BRADFORD

Alex Wight

J Harris

Jim Bryan

Jim Bruce

m.eason

Colin McIntosh

Trussler Bros

Clare Bradford

Duncan Reid

Tariq Abou-Zahr

T Garvie

Sharron Jorro

Brian Keegan

Monika Brown

Calum McDougall

glen sutton

David McDougall

oussama mnymneh

Faith McDougall

David Cassie

George Cappleman

BRIAN GOWER

matthew taylor

Derek Rooney

Ian Brown

Alan Torrance

Mrs Pamela Gladwin

R Robertson

Marc Evans

Lawrence Ogden

David Chapple

George Duthie

Mark Summers

Jan Bailes

paul jackson

Bill Pirie

karan shackleton

james donaldson

Dave Hawkins

Danny Pullman

tom kelly

les jones

Roger Thorne

David Fleming

Ray McDonald

Mel King

Sue King

Eggy Jamieson

Phil Burnham

James Mullen

Ron Wasey

craig wale

M. Bunney

les racher

adrian boulter

Ray Bullen

Jim Cullen

philip alex murray

Davy Young

david bradshaw

Stan Fender

Stephanie Langley

jacqui crees

elaine leslie

fergus philip

Anthony Dann

tony coombs

angela garnham

robert thomson

Clive Herbert

walter ritchie

E John Smith

Kerry Bonnar

Kevin Murphy

Richard Holmes

mike.leggett

Sid Barkel

We at Canton Labour Homing Society (17 members)

John WP Hayward

George Cardall

Mervyn Robins

david mcdougall

Philip P Lynch

Christopher Nicholson

W Mc Cullough

Keith Jenkins

ashley young

jill burrage

Bob Baldie

Sue Atkins

Pat Valentine

MR L Seddon

jonathan gladwin

e.g.dickens

David Staddon

peter holt

F Morgan

stewart wood

jack walker

paul martin

mr s gibbins

tim watts

Bruce Millard

peter brian mawby

Barry Kinnear

fred holbard

harry kennett

A.W Latham and Son

Rick Richards

Michael White

Terry Day

marc tillett

Bob Baldwin Jnr.

robert hooper

Brian Batchelor

Jim Coutts

Colin Crowe

richard findlay

Andrew Seymour

stuart watson

robert douglas cooper

B. Studholme

D Irvine

Terry Peart

dave casey

steven green

Alun Maull

Wayne Jones

brian sayers

F Hall & daughters

stephen steyert

J D Kennett

Fred Hutton (beachy head)

Rob Frayne

Dennis Anderson

Colin Nicol

Paul Stokes

jeff davies

Cath Fender

Mike Patterson

E E DORAN

Natalie Bradshaw

Charles Bradshaw

R wharton

Mick McGrevy

GEORGE BRIGGS

stephen travers

craig hughes

Dean Bruton

Alexander Willox

Jim Webster

Richard Hodgson

mike lakin

Phil Silvester

J Headley

C.Carpenter

CAROL MAHAFFY

brian murphy

david roy swift

Helen Conley

Patrick Murray

malcolm cunningham

albert stone

A.DRINKWATER

michael link

ROY SWINBURN

William Hugh Dorward

doreen briggs

Timothy Jones

averil hayward

DR.G.A.RICHMOND

David Glover

Georgi

Anthony Brownless

Ceri Williams

 

[Guest]

If any members are on 'Facebook' there is now a new group there for this topic, feel free to join ,

 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20851897904

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362 SIGS NOW

COME ON LETS GET IT FILLED IN

[THE FIFER]

getting them in, so keep them coming,

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375 sigs now

[Guest dogeon]

Nice one Geraint. Anyone sending emails to fanciers, also consider sending an attachment of the paper form to print and hand around your club, show, meeting. Further details are here: http://www.pigeonbasics.com/forum/blah/m-1196806196/

hi getting plenty of signatures on the Downing St pettion but only 7 people have downloaded webbys petition come on lads and lasses download it and pass it around family and freinds and get as many signatures as we can

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

it's growing slowly but surely

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381 sigs now381 sigs now

 

at this rate we have no chance of getting pigeon racing reconisied as a sport

[Back garden fancier]

If pigeon racing becomes a sport won't we have to pay tax? I know that the local golf club always gives out golf stuff as prizes to avoid tax. Can you imagine if our winnings were taxed. The big one loft and gold ring races wouldn't be as attractive?

[Guest]

If pigeon racing becomes a sport won't we have to pay tax? I know that the local golf club always gives out golf stuff as prizes to avoid tax. Can you imagine if our winnings were taxed. The big one loft and gold ring races wouldn't be as attractive?

 

I think the cost of collection would be a lot lot more than the income itself, so its unlikely to happen.

 

My understanding is that the latest initiative was started when government let it be known that pigeon club premises would pay full business-rate council tax. In my club's case that would have been £400 a year and that was at 2005 prices. Few club balance sheets can stand that sort of annual expenditure and I think that's what the current initiative is fighting to avoid.

 

Its good to see from the 15th Dec Article on this site that RPRA have publicised Geraint's petition in BHW so hopefully when its published it'll get a spurt of support from that.

 

 

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389 sigs now

 

jesus whats up with some of the members that have not signed up yet

 

can not understand why its still so low

 

i keep bringing this up every night so it is not forgoten

 

come on lets get it signed

[Guest TAMMY_1]

389 sigs now

 

jesus whats up with some of the members that have not signed up yet

 

can not understand why its still so low

 

i keep bringing this up every night so it is not forgoten

 

come on lets get it signed

 

maybe they just don't want to sign up  :-/

[homer]

389 sigs now

 

jesus whats up with some of the members that have not signed up yet

 

can not understand why its still so low

 

i keep bringing this up every night so it is not forgoten

 

come on lets get it signed

 

 

 

i dont get it either ??

[frank-123]

make sure its at the door at blackpool dont sign you dont get in

[Guest TAMMY_1]

make sure its at the door at blackpool dont sign you dont get in

 

what happened to freedom of choice ?

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maybe they just don't want to sign up  :-/

 

what makes you think that tammy 1

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

what makes you think that tammy 1

 

just the fact that they haven't signed up

[frank-123]

freedom of choice

tell that to the man who collects your rates in a couple of years see how you get on

[Guest TAMMY_1]

freedom of choice

tell that to the man who collects your rates in a couple of years see how you get on

 

what does that have to do with signing a petition about pigeons ?

[Guest]

You can't make people sign it but if they care about the sport then they should just spare 2 minutes to sign it.

[DOVEScot]

389 sigs now

 

jesus whats up with some of the members that have not signed up yet

 

can not understand why its still so low

 

i keep bringing this up every night so it is not forgoten

 

come on lets get it signed

 

389 ISN'T ALL MEMBERS FROM THE SITE, SOME OF MY FRIENDS SIGNED IT WHEN I EMAILED IT TO THEM,

I WONDER HOW MANY MEMBERS WHO SIGNED IT ARE OUT OF THE 389 :-/

[Guest]

See http://www.pigeonbasics.com/news/news371.html and lets get some more names on the petition and the paper one Webmaster has going around.

 

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PigeonRacing/

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394 sigs now

5 more sigs than there was 48 hrs ago unbeliveble

[Guest TAMMY_1]

394 sigs now

5 more sigs than there was 48 hrs ago unbeliveble

 

you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink, the link has been on display for a while now  so anybody that is interested can see it and use it if they want.

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