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LN364
Hello and welcome.
I started racing pigeons as a schoolboy in 1952 and although I was forced to abandon them whilst doing Military Service I started again as soon as I could find a house I could afford
My main interest has always been in the longer races. I started with the NFC Pau race, which I first flew successfully in the1976 season, (I had the second bird into Worcester City and was 272nd Open). I have now graduated to International races (I have sent 3 times and been twice in the result, twice winning a little International pool money). I have done this for the simple reason I have some kind of patriotic desire, that may have been derived from my wartime childhood,
I started racing pigeons as a schoolboy in 1952 and although I was forced to abandon them whilst doing Military Service I started again as soon as I could find a house I could afford
My main interest has always been in the longer races. I started with the NFC Pau race, which I first flew successfully in the1976 season, (I had the second bird into Worcester City and was 272nd Open). I have now graduated to International races (I have sent 3 times and been twice in the result, twice winning a little International pool money). I have done this for the simple reason I have some kind of patriotic desire, that may have been derived from my wartime childhood,
John Clements
My book, Long Distance Pigeon Racing, has now been published and is available direct from the publishers HERE
As President and one of the foundation members of RML International I now hope to draw from my experience of International pigeon affairs and make a contribution towards developing the sport
that England and the whole of the UK is punching well below its weight as a pigeon country. In truth the UK should rank alongside such countries as Belgium and The Netherlands but this is not so. I firmly feel the reasons are almost entirely due to the way we run our prizes and pools. It is no coincidence that both Belgium and The Netherlands, both much smaller countries than the UK, run things on similar lines. I have written extensively about this both in weekly articles in the British Homing World and elsewhere.
For several years, together with Jos Thone, I compiled and edited EUROPIGEON, an annual publication of British and European National and International results. This was the first time factual information of this kind was brought together in one publication. More recently I have jointly produced RACING PIGEON POST, an Internet magazine dealing with International racing, as well as articles on my web site Euro Pigeon.
For several years, together with Jos Thone, I compiled and edited EUROPIGEON, an annual publication of British and European National and International results. This was the first time factual information of this kind was brought together in one publication. More recently I have jointly produced RACING PIGEON POST, an Internet magazine dealing with International racing, as well as articles on my web site Euro Pigeon.
here in the UK so that we may eventually take our rightful place in strain creation within the Pigeon Sport worldwide. Any country with a history such as ours should never calmly accept being second best. Being second best is not written in stone for all time - with a bit of will and hard work it can be changed. I will continue to provoke thinking on this subject so that change is thought not possible but believable. Once we come to believe it is bound to happen and a whole new confidence in the UK sport will surprisingly begin to emerge.