A Blue Riband Race. A Committee Under Pressure. A Sport Built on Commitment. There are races that fill the fixture list, and then there are races that define a season. The King George V Cup is one of those races. For 125 years this Blue Riband event has represented everything that is great about long-distance
The Lerwick Birds were released at 05:45hrs into a light northerly wind The Bamfords NRCC King’s Cup Race is ON! The wait is over… At 05:45 hrs this morning, 1,000 pigeons were successfully liberated into very light north east wind reported from Lerwick by Convoyer Tony Meek and Driver Chris Johnson, beginning the 2026 Bamfords
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As the morning sun rises over Lerwick, conditions at the liberation point are bright. However, the weather en route is currently far from favourable, with extensive cloud and rain lying across the race route. Following a full assessment of the conditions, our Convoyer has made the decision to declare a holdover in the best interests
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The journey to the King George V Cup Race is officially underway! The North Road Championship Club transporter has successfully boarded NorthLink Ferries’ MV Hjaltland and is now making the overnight crossing to Lerwick, carrying the hopes and ambitions of 139 NRCC members and 800 feathered athletes. This is no ordinary race. As the NRCC
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Important NRCC Announcement: New Date for Thurso Following the difficult decision to postpone our NRCC Lerwick race by one week, the decision has been made to also postpone our NRCC Thurso race by one week to Saturday 25th July, due to the logistical knock on effect this has caused. Whilst we appreciate these changes are
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This evening, the NRCC Committee held an emergency meeting after our Weather Advisor and Convoyer raised concerns about the weather conditions in Lerwick for the Saturday 4th July liberation. The detailed forecast for Saturday 4th and the following days shows rain and strong westerly winds. As the jet stream is not expected to move, these
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With the NRCC Dunbar and Arbroath races now behind us, the Harkers NRCC Fraserburgh race was the next race in our 2026 race programme – a race point known as ‘The Graveyard’ to some – but a race point that certainly has tested both bird and flyer in previous years. Fraserburgh, known locally as the
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Due to typos on the 2026 race entry sheets, please be aware that the price per bird for ‘Thurso is £5.25 each’. A corrected sheet van be downloaded here and printed here or please feel free to amend the sheets that you have in your ‘2026 race pad’. Correct charges can be seen in your
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Well done to all taking part in todays race. You may now view the provisional result here.
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The birds were released at 07:30hrs into north west wind and all birds cleared. Good Luck.
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