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Petition: Save our sport and our songbirds, remove the ban of the killing of birds of prey Racing pigeons have been an influential characteristic all through our world wars carrying extremely important messages. Our racing pigeons


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RPRA DRUG TESTING PROGRAMME 2016 29 February 2016 Council of the RPRA has approved drug testing for the 2016 season To encourage organisations to conduct performance enhancing drug tests a budget of £7,000 has been set aside


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RPRA (Irish Region) Awards15/AGM16 –

The awards for the 2015 season were presented as usual at the NIPA Ladies Night, President Sammy Thompson carried out the presentation. Full article click here! https://www.pigeonnetwork.com/spam/new_forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3062 The Annual General Meeting of the Irish Region will be


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INFC – AGM Lisburn 27/02/16

The INFC Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday 27th February. Ronnie Johnston has tendered his resignation as Patron. Please note the final date for joining this year has been brought forward to 12th April, don’t


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RPRA-Agenda-Props-2016 RPRA-Balance-Sheet-4p Appeals at RPRA Council Meeting in Coventry on Saturday 27/02/16 Appeal 1: Hearing under RPRA Rule 199 (Appendix G), Mr N Murtagh v RPRA (PED Test UK 1580). The above appeal was considered by


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Passionate Cree engineers Assembly coo for pigeon racing – Sam McBride writesRead more: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/passionate-cree-engineers-assembly-coo-for-pigeon-racing-1-7192128#ixzz3z1AjRHJU  Robin Swann Retweeted Sam McBride ‏@SJAMcBride  2h2 hours ago After Leslie Cree’s impassioned plea, MLAs vote through a UUP proposal to give pigeon racing clubs the


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AGM for Mighty NIPA – 13/02/16

71st AGM for Mighty NIPA – Only two Resolutions had been listed on the agenda for NIPA, and both carried in the vote. Resolution 1 Submitted by NIPA Committee. Delete NIPA General Rule 38 in its


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INFC Merit Awards Night 08/01/16 –

The Irish National Flying Club held their second presentation night on Friday 8 January in the Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim. Framed Diplomas were awarded for birds achieving Open results on two occasions from the Friendship National


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Ballymena Dinner & Awards Jan 2016 –

Ballymena & District HPS Dinner & Prize Night in Tullyglass Hotel Bertie Blair lifts Highest Prize-winner for 1st time – The local Ballymena & District had another good turn-out of members and friends to celebrate the


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Gamekeepers win Natural England Licence Challenge Posted on November 16th, 2015 A gamekeeper from Northumberland has won a landmark legal battle after a Judicial Review at the High Court in London quashed the decision of Natural


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The NIPA had a Committee meeting in the Banbridge British Legion on Tuesday 15th December, main business was dealing with the results of voting from the member clubs of the race programme for 2016. It was


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Beattie Open Evening 2015 –

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Loft Feature Ian Gibb & Sons –

THE SENSATIONAL STEFAN LAMBRECHTS – The INFC Skibbereen Y/Bird National like it does every year, signals the end of yet another years racing for the fanciers in Ireland North and South. For some it will be


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P & J Boal Dromore feature –

P & J Boal Make ‘Light’ work of a ‘Perfect’ Season !! To win the Mighty NIPA Open is a life long ambition for the vast amount of fanciers who race each week in the 8


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(Irish Region) winners 2015 – Perfect Light RPRA Sprint Champion

Irish Region (RPRA) Awards 2015 – The Irish Region (RPRA) awards for the 2015 season were confirmed at a meeting held in the Templeton Hotel in Templepatrick last Saturday afternoon. Secretary Robert Reid had all the


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