Congratulations to Andy Pinner winner of the clubs opening race from Dunbar Andy clocked his two-year-old blue hen to take 1st open 2194 birds. There is quite a story behind this little ‘blue bird’ but you will have to wait for the full race report. The provisional result may be viewed here Post Race Paperwork […]
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Convoyer Dave Pettitt has released the NRCC birds at 10:15am into a light westerly wind at the liberation site turning North East. The weather at the site was nice and clear and had warmed nicely. Good Luck
Good morning everyone. The NRCC transporter arrived at 21:30 last night after a long, but smooth journey up, without any problems. We have a full load of 2,182 pigeons on board sent by 203 members. This is up on last year. Convoyer Dave watered the birds on arrival and has checked and topped up water
With the first NRCC race fast approaching (Dunbar, Saturday, May 17th) the committee would like to ensure that all the members are updated, ready and prepared for racing with all the information needed. Our aim is to be as proactive as possible and ensure that there are no last-minute unexpected issues arise and run as
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Who in the pigeon world doesn’t know the name ‘Harkers’. The NRCC are very pleased to announce that Harkers have joined with us for 2025. Harkers are a leading supplier of pigeon products and has been in existence for over 60 years, and with Petlife has been trading for over 25 years. In this time
The NRCC committee received a proposal from Steve Chalkley, in collaboration with the London North Road Combine Secretary John Purton for a new marking NRCC Members marking station in Stratford. They pointed out the difficulty some members found with the logistics, work commitments and other barriers associated with travelling to Cambridge for marking and therefore
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This last year for the NRCC has seen some real positives. Our first race on the program is from Dunbar where we had an increase of 384 in birdage from 1,676 in 2023 up to 2,060 in 2024, with a total of 41 more members across the sections, putting their pigeons through the various marking
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Saturday, December the 7th saw the North Road Championship Club’s roll out its red carpet to celebrate the success of the winners of the 2024 race season at the Day of Champions. Warnings of yellow and red weather warnings of strong winds across country did not deter the fanciers and the turnout saw numbers up
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Due to circumstances beyond our control the AGM of the NRCC will not go ahead on the 4th January . Both the date and venue have had to be changed, the new venue will be; Railway Club Huntingtower Rd, Grantham NG31 7AU The date will be Sunday 12th January 2025 and the meeting will commence at
NRCC Reschedule AGM Date- 12th January ’25! Read More »
The NRCC 2025 Futurity rings are for sale now. The rings are priced at £5 each with a maximum 5 rings per loft. Any person may buy the rings but your bird will only be allowed in the race if it is offered for sale in one of the clubs Futurity sales that are run
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