2023 RPRA Entries

do you know how much a bird is David also think 11500 birds is too many is it £125 a bird

yes george 1,500 is a lot of birds to manage, but i dare say they will do what they always do every year and reduce numbers by half before the first hot spot ........

with things as they are i reckon the entry fee will go up for 2023

paid rest of my fee and was told there are still places available i don't think that ever happen before

ive never heard of it george, ive noticed for a while they have been advertising places still available ........i think people have finally got wise to the rpra one loft and how the returns are poor, plus the management/training and losses even before the first hotspot dont instill much confidence .

what else David the one near me £200 a bird only had 58 birds and only  one from the final they  did win over £7000

Hi All,

I'm new to the sport and just starting out, How does this One loft race work? Do you basically breed a young bird and enter it for the race and they train and race it on your behalf?

yes something like that welcome to the site tells us more about yourself and were you live

[quote="816johnv"]Hi All,

I'm new to the sport and just starting out, How does this One loft race work? Do you basically breed a young bird and enter it for the race and they train and race it on your behalf?

That is how the OLs work but is not how grass root fanciers get their kicks.

The biggest kick is breeding your own pigeons and racing them win draw or lose and most fanciers get their kicks irrespective of any wins.

OL races are like getting married and the best man spends the first night with the bride.

Best bet keep things simple.

Plenty of help available from existing fanciers.

Regards.

after 2ml trainer yesterday nothing to-day must be a rest day

You know yourself George, that they need a few days rest after a hard 2 miler.

Regards.

not for the distance birds surely  misty

Premier yesterday trainer one hr 35mins for 12ml

seems to me they are just homing these one loft birds ,just not far enough maybe to get them racing ...i mean,they get liberated see the loft and just mess about i wonder if they are released as one or in groups

mine don't go straight home and trap 14 were very late one was mine we are in July why basket train now at 2mls there was no training yesterday can't see any to-day so is it Sunday or Monday

just read Premier olr is under the name Jeremy Davis rpra manager and is 100 birds down at 12ml trainer can't make out these spares and venture birds are over 20 is it to make up the numbers

Cannot make heads or tails of it George.

Are you saying the same chap is running both OLs from the same site?

Have you heard just how many are still in each loft ?.

Regards.

this is first time i've read it misty it says Jeremy is the MD other chap manager the other post give Jeremy as manager there are 231 birds of which 25 are spares and venture birds but that one i'm in nothing after the 4th trainer at 2mls that was i think Wednesday

oldstrain wrote:

seems to me they are just homing these one loft birds ,just not far enough maybe to get them racing ...i mean,they get liberated see the loft and just mess about i wonder if they are released as one or in groups

groups of one, at a time I hear O/S Local one loft here etc just started tossing. 25 miles, 25 miles & 40 odd miles & most pigeons are still in tact there apparently by all reports on the report card.

George & Morgan wrote:

this is first time i've read it misty  it says Jeremy is the MD  other chap manager the other post give Jeremy as manager there are 231 birds of which 25 are spares and venture birds but that one i'm in nothing after the 4th trainer at 2mls that was i think Wednesday

Cannot understand fanciers not demanding up to date information many could already have lost their entries, surely it does not take the manager very long to
know how many are left and which ones are missing.

As for training they never seem to learn from year to year.

Regards.

sure many are not fanciers

George & Morgan wrote:

sure many are not fanciers

Think they have to be members of the RPRA George and if only members to enter the OLs it makes the RPRA membership more ill than thought and it is bad enough already.

Regards.

no misty you don't have to be in rpra they ttransfer there birds other olr don't transfer mine don't at one time rpra held the prize money not now they just put there name ring on the bird

George & Morgan wrote:

no misty you don't have to be in rpra  they ttransfer there birds other olr don't transfer mine don't  at one time rpra held the prize money  not now they just put there name ring on the bird

You do have to join the RPRA George tis in the Rules.

But cannot see too many doing so.

Regards.

not one i'm in misty i wasn't going to get my rings next year from rpra they told me don't matter were the rings come from it was a old rule i'm not so sure now

George & Morgan wrote:

not one i'm in misty i wasn't going to get my rings next year from rpra they told me don't matter were the rings come from  it was a old rule i'm not so sure now

Have no idea George about other OL races I was talking about the RPRA one.

Cannot see the RPRA having any control over a OL anyone decides to hold themselves.

Could formulate any rules they wanted.

Regards..