RPRA Auction

Currently live on our auction site until next Wednesday: https://auction.rpra.org/

anyone selling birds at this time of year  must have a question mark over them

Truth being George that many fanciers are reducing the numbers due to the uncertainty involved
in our sport at the moment.

An indication of the state of play is the Massarella auction site, along with the offers of stock birds, hundreds of pounds knocked of the original asking price, and no offers on many of the auction ones, and these are all well bred pigeons.

Wish I was just starting up and the sport was as it was 70 years ago.

Regards.

club membership don't help misty

Thought I had replied regarding club memberships.

Would never have believed there would be clubs with three or
less members who have to go to other clubs to mark their birds.

There will have to be some real changes if the sport is to survive.

Smaller transporters for a start.

Less emphasis on prize money.

Maybe have six bird clubs etc;

Emphasis on the grass root fanciers and not the money mad.

One main problem is the uncertainty at the present time
fanciers are being wary of possible events and reluctant to
undertake what they normally would.

Think the coming season will determine what many fanciers will do.


Regards.




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dads club 144 members one if not the largest  club in Northern Ireland to-day think 12  members not heard of much now in the weeklies

Met a local fancier this morning and we compared 60 years ago to today, both of us old fogies.

Used to be four clubs within our area none without good double figure memberships although some had dual membership.

We had a paid for club house with flat on top and club below, rented out the flat.

Now one club, with around 6 active members club house sold and back to square one.

Cannot think of one other sport that has been let disintergrate to that extent.

But then, we are talking RPRA.


Regards.

i blame mobile  phones and laptops misty

George & Morgan wrote:

i blame mobile  phones and laptops misty

You might well be right George.

Kids hardly out of nappies open to every kind of undesirable information possible.

Well on the way to Armageddon.

Regards.