RPRA Charity Auction.

Royal Pigeon Racing Association

Now live on our auction site: https://auction.rpra.org/

having quite a lot of auctions this year the rpra, i wonder what % or commission they take ?

was going to buy in David but decided to stick with what i have

i havnt bought any pigeons for around 3 - 4 years i think george, theones i did buy were 3 one loft birds we entered in the rpra and the mnfc, and i bought them back ........plus 1 that darren gave me to go with the rpra one loft hen, they are frans zwol .

apart from those birds ive brought no others in, and doubt i`ll bring any more in future , ive no need to really .

you probably got better in yer lofts already lads ,george i know a decent fancier who would try some ybs out for you next year if yer interested let me know he flies east to west in one club and north in another ,i will get his number and you can speak with him yourself if interested ,it may be interest for you next summer he is a good bbloke and would keep ya informed ,atb

Any fancier should be aware that only a very small percentage of pigeons bred are fit for purpose.

There appears to be more auctions this year than normal, so many will be wasting their money.

Would be far better lookng after the ones you have better.

Regards.

as you say misty loads of untested birds for sale

Just learned they are proposing not to have a OL Yearling race due to lack of numbers and costs involved.

Think it may be a mute point if they can do so when fanciers entered on conditions involving a yearling race.

Regards.

i think there is a different reason misty too many auctions and in this one if your bird don't sell you have a charge of £5 a day till you take it away that's £35 a week plus courier so before you enter this time think of the after cost

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i think there is a different reason misty too many auctions and in this one if your bird don't sell you have a charge of £5 a day till you take it away that's £35 a week plus courier so before you enter this time think of the after cost

Think costs do come into it George but they say there are not enough pigeons involved to make it a financial proposition.

What beats me is how they can end up with so few pigeons and what if some have bid for them on the understanding there would be a yearling race.

I am tee total but I am sure the RPRA could not conduct one of those brewery events.

Regards.

see what you mean now misty did they not say before the auction there would be no yearling olr

So far as I know George they have not yet decided.

Read it in the BHW this week, does not look good for future events.

Regards.

i think the yearling one loft has been a bit of a disappointment in the last couple of years since they re started it .......maybe thats why they stopped doing a yearling one loft in the first place, maybe the lure of money was the reason they started doing it again and things didnt turn out like they expected .