The minutes of the October 2024 meeting of the RPRA Council can be seen below, as well as the minutes of the British Homing World Management Committee and a Special Meeting held at the same time. Download: Minutes of RPRA Council Meeting 25.10.24 Dow...

The RPRA National Awards for 2024 have now been determined. As with the last few years, the majority were decided by coefficient calculations, and others by decision of the RPRA Council (marked *). The award winners are listed below – our congratulat...

RPRA President, Les Blacklock and his wife Meryl represented the Association at the annual gathering at the Animals in War Memorial on Park Lane, London, on Friday 8th November, at which Angela Rippon was the guest of honour. The turnout was excellen...

The charity auction is an important part of the BHW Show of the Year, helping to raise money for the various Show charities – last year’s auction realised over £5,000. Of course, its success relies on the generosity of our members who donate the bird...

Entries for the 2025 RPRA One Loft Young Birds Race are now being taken. With a 1st prize of £35000 to the winner of the final race, £10000 in prize money across the 4 hotspot races, and £8000 going to the winner of the ace pigeon competition, there...

First and foremost, may I extend my thanks to all our members who have supported the RPRA and the BHW during a very difficult financial situation. When the balance sheet for the year ending in October 2023 was produced, it was reported that the conso...

The BHW Show of the Year 2025​ takes place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, over the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th January. Tickets are on sale now, including a weekend ticket which is only available in advance – these will not be availab...

The One Loft Final Race 2024 took place on Saturday from Dunbar (226 miles 610 yards) – the 44 birds were liberated at 08:35am in a South West wind. The top 10 pigeons back were as below – click on the image to see the full provisional result: Our co...

GB25 ring orders are now being sent out on the same day, if the order is placed by 3pm. There are three different ways to place an order: Click on the appropriate image below to download the order form, and send that to us with a cheque/postal order...

As the 2024 racing season draws to a close we turn our attentions once again to the issues which have been overshadowing our sport during the past few months, with the main concern being adequate funding for the RPRA. Our constitution has developed o...