Good afternoon, It is with regret that due to insufficient entries into the 2025 RPRA One Loft Race, the Council has decided to cancel this year’s race. The project has been suspended for a full review, and we welcome your suggestions for a refreshed...

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Mar 03, 2025

The Dickin Medal awarded to pigeon ‘Tommy’ NURP.41.DHZ.56, for assisting the Dutch Resistance during World War II, was auctioned by Laidlaw Auctioneers & Valuers in Carlisle on 31st January. In 1942 Tommy was fitted with a message container and l...

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Jan 31, 2025

For the annual general meeting due to be held on the 28th February 2025 I have received 111 (one hundred and eleven) propositions, all of which have been made available for members to read in the BHW and on the RPRA website. You will now have the rig...

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Jan 27, 2025

The 129th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association took place this morning at the Leonardo Hotel (East Midlands Airport), Castle Donington. The full minutes will be uploaded in due course – in the meantime the results of the prop...

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Jan 24, 2025

Thank you to everyone that came to the BHW Show of the Year 2025 over the weekend, whether as a fancier, trader, official or staff. As always, it was a very successful event, and a full report will follow over the next few days. (Image below courtesy...

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Jan 21, 2025