LATEST NEWS

NEWS - WEBSITE 

12.11.19 Our Website Is Now Live!

NEWS - MESSAC 2020

12.11.19 Thames National Messac 2020 Open Race Provisional Race Date - Wednesday 9th September 2020 (Marking on Monday 7th) 

NEWS - 2020 GOLD RINGS

04.12.19 - Gold Rings Have Arrived! If you have already pre-ordered & paid, these will be posted to you in the next few days.

NEWS - MOOT

22.12.19 Roger Lowe & Mark Bulled have kindly donated a YB for auction at our Moot on Saturday 29th February. Come along and listen to some of the best fanciers answer your questions. Twin rooms currently available for £62 including all you can eat breakfast for 2, that's £31 per person + £10 for your ticket which includes fish & chips.

NEWS - UNIKON RINGS

NEWS - 3 NEW MARK STATIONS

10.01.20: We are growing! 3 new marking stations have recently been granted; Hadleigh, Dagenham & Hutton.
Their details can be found under 'members'. 

NEWS - SUPER 6

13.01.20: A big thanks to an anonymous sponsor, Super 6 has an EXTRA £1,000 Prize Money for 2020 and now operates a points system & leader board. Head to 'Racing' to read more.  

NEWS - RACE PROGRAMME

04.02.20: The Lib Site Bedhampton is no longer available. As stated on the race programme we will be going to the alternative lib sites where Bedhampton was mentioned. The updated race programme can be found on the 'racing' page. 

NEWS - ONLINE AUCTION

24.02.20: Our Thames National Messac Auction is live and ends on Sunday 1st March 2020 - www.pigeon-chat.co.uk/auctions/ some fantastic lots up for auction.

NEWS - RACE PROGRAMME

27.02.20: Races 9 & 10 have changed to Honiton as Purbeck was unavailable. 

NEWS - NEW MARK STATION 

27.02.20: Another new marking station has been granted; Rayleigh. Their details can be found under 'members'. That makes 12 M/S & 163 members.

NEWS - 2020 GOLD RINGS

7.02.20: 2020 Gold Ring Prize Money is GUARANTEED to pay out £5,000!

NEWS - CANCELLED EVENTS

19.03.20: Unfortunately the Rickmansworth & Tilbury Futurity Sales have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus, we hope to provide an alternative suggestion later this week. Our Presentation Evening has also been cancelled. The RPRA have suspended racing until 25th April 2020. Please stay safe & healthy. 

NEWS - B/B NOM RING NO'S

07.04.20 - £100 Nominated ring numbers into Thames Breeder Buyer Sale - deadline is 12.04.20. £9,500 already in prize fund. 

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACING

15.04.2020 - Starting on 18th April, Thames will be participating in the virtual pigeon racing with the RPRA. Good Luck all.

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACE 1 WINNER

21.04.2020 - Virtual Race 1 Winner is Packer & Clarke Loft 2, Velocity 1246 ypm. The winners were decided by the nearest velocity to that nominally chosen by RPRA CEO Ian Evans of 1242 ypm. 

NEWS - 4x VIRTUAL RACES SUPPORTING OUR NHS

23.04.2020 - We have already raised £634! Anyone can enter into our virtual races & ALL money will be donated to our NHS. £2 birdage fee & a YB prize for each race. Click on virtual racing to read more.

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACE 2 WINNERS

25.04.2020 - Virtual Race 2 Winners are 79th A. Gadsdon&Son 1433ypm and 80th L&K Buddle 1425ypm. The winners were decided by the nearest velocity to that nominally chosen by RPRA CEO Ian Evans of 1429 ypm. As it was a dead heat, John Gladwin who donated the YB said they could both win a YB each. 

NEWS - NHS TOTAL TO DATE

01.05.20 - Virtual Racing Total raised for the NHS so far £1,072!

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACE 3 WINNER 

02.05.2020 - Virtual Race 3 Winner is 49th M. Smith 1516 ypm. The winner was decided by the nearest velocity to that nominally chosen by RPRA CEO Ian Evans of 1517 ypm. Total now at £1,216! Thank you everyone. 

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACE 4 WINNER

09.05.2020 - Virtual Race 4 Winner is 112th Peter Lingham 1389 ypm. The winner was decided by the nearest velocity to that nominally chosen by RPRA CEO Ian Evans of 1390 ypm. Total now at £1,404! Thank you everyone. 

NEWS - RPRA UPDATE

12.05.2020 - Training is allowed from 13.05.2020 but there is no exact start date for racing yet. It has been confirmed that when racing begins, racing in France will also be allowed.    

NEWS - VIRTUAL RACE 5 WINNER

16.05.2020 - Virtual Race 5 Winner is 66th G. Oliver & Son 1475 ypm. The winner was decided by the nearest velocity to that nominally chosen by RPRA CEO Ian Evans of 1476 ypm. Total now at £1,690! Thank you everyone.

NEWS - RACE 1 SUNDAY 

04.06.20 - Race 1 will take place on Sunday 7th June from Purbeck due to weather conditions. Therefore marking will be on Saturday instead.

NEWS - RACE 4 SUNDAY

25.06.20 - Race 4 will take place on Sunday 28th June from Purbeck due to weather conditions. Therefore marking will be on Saturday instead.

NEWS - S6 LEADERBOARD

28.06.20 - The Super 6 leader board can be found under Results 2020. B. Wija is currently leading the table after race 3.

NEWS - S6 LEADERBOARD

02.07.20 - Race 5 will take place on Sunday 5th July from Littlehampton due to weather conditions. Therefore marking will be on Saturday instead.

NEWS - RANDOM PRIZES

11.07.20 - Starting on main race 6 through to main race 15, there will be a weekly prize to be won! Each week once I have the marking station results in & know how many entries will be on the result, I will then use a random number generator to give us a random number which I will post on our Facebook group. After this, the result will be formed & the fancier who's position matches the number will win the prize. The prize will be put on the transporter the following week for the winner. Race 6 prize is Osmands Electro-Plus.

NEWS - RACE 8 SUNDAY

Race 8 - Due to weather conditions, this weekends race will be marking Saturday for a SUNDAY race from LYNDHURST. New details on pick up times will be sent out in the email.

NEWS - RACE PROGRAMME

31.07.2020 - Please see the amended race programme. Littlehampton now has a ferris wheel on the liberation site which has prompted these changes. Chichester is a new race point which is approximately 10 miles further. Distances are on the website.

NEWS - FUTURITY PRIZES

11.08.20 - Futurity Prize Money Pay Out of £12,000 for the futurity race on 15th August from Coutances YB BICC. So that a provisional result can be drafted as soon as possible, please verify each of your futurity pigeons using the verification that I have set up on our website homepage. www.thamesnec.co.uk

Please only contact me directly on 07718 882067 or email me your futurity details (name, ring number, clocking in time, colour & sex) after 5pm if you really are unable to verify on the website.

NEWS - RACE 11 CANCELLED

14.08.20 - Due to poor weather conditions all weekend, a decision has now been made to completely cancel this weekends race 11 from Chichester.

NEWS -  FUTURITY WINNER

17.08.20 - Congratulations P. Jackson & Son provisionally 1st, 3rd and 15th winning £5,550 in our 2020 Futurity Race! Also congratulations to everyone else that clocked in, a difficult race for all. A big thank you to everyone who took part. 

NEWS - RACE 12 RACEPOINT

18.08.20 - Race 12 will take place from Lyndhurst.

NEWS -  CANCELLATION OF THAMES NATIONAL MESSAC OPEN RACE 2020

23.08.20 - Unfortunately due to further Covid-19 restrictions that have been put in place, it is very disappointing for all, but we have had to make the decision to cancel our Thames National Messac/Falaise Open Race which was due to take place in September 2020. The prize money set aside from our Breeder/Buyer race (£500) & Gold Ring race (£200) which was to be awarded to the highest velocity clocked breeder/buyer and gold ring pigeon at the open race will instead roll over to a yearling race at the BICC in 2021 (this race will be chosen nearer the time). The funds raised from our Messac Auction which took place earlier on this year to help fund the running costs of the race will instead be used to help fund the open race in September 2021. Thanks all for your support. 

NEWS - GOLD RING WINNER

31.08.20 - Provisional gold ring result from today's BICC race: Congratulations Lee Bastone taking 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Open + 1st & 2nd ES section prizes in our gold ring, provisionally winning £4,280! Also congratulations to all other section prize winners. All provisional winners have been highlighted. The NW section are yet to clock in a gold ring. Thank you to everyone that took part.

NEWS - BLACKPOOL 2021

07.09.20 - BHW SHOW OF THE YEAR: BLACKPOOL: With regret, the committee have come to the decision not to hold a Show in 2021 due to the uncertainties and risks in holding such a public event. We look forward to returning in 2022. Our 50th year, with renewed vitality and enthusiasm, to put on an event worthy of such an achievement, an achievement of which every fancier in the U K should be proud! See you in 2022! David Trippett Chair - BHW Show of the year Committee Ian Evans CEO

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