DASH FOR CASH

The Riverina Racing Pigeon Federation Inc. Wagga Wagga Branch will be kicking of thier race season with the 2012 “Benzing Dash For Cash” which will be held at the lofts of Paul and Julie Ryan on 24 June 2012.

Thanks to the generous support of Nigel Jarvis Paul and Julie will select 40 of their finest birds and post their details on Nigel Jarvis’s website www.onlinepigeonauction.com 

An online auction will be held with bidding open to fliers from all over Australia. Bidders will be purchasing a bird to race in their name on the day. The on line auction will remain open until late on the 23^rd June. In addition to the online pigeon auction a Benzing G2 Clock and One Field antenna will also be auctioned thanks the generous support of Kevin Clark and Benzing Australia.

The day will be open to the public and we are hoping to raise awareness of the sport, money for charity and valuable funds for the club.

Paul has the team in training and will post regular reports of their progress.

 

Keep watching this website for more updates.

Full details will also be published in the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal in June.

 

2012 Race Schedule

The Wagga Wagga Racing Pigeon Club race program commences with a Sprint Series on 30 June 2012. The race program is as follows:

Sprint Series:

30 June 16 Mile Gates

7 July Marrar

14 July Brushwood

21 July Rannock

28 July East West Road

Short Series:

4 August Ardlethan West

11 August Barellan

18 August Yenda

25 August Merriwagga

Long Series:

1 September Hillston

8 September Mount Hope

15 September Cobar

22 September White Cliffs and Wilcannia

29 September Broken Hill

 

Liberation for all races will be on Saturday weather permitting.

 

Lewis Blume, Secretary

2012 AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Riverina Racing Pigeon Federation Inc. Wagga Wagga Branch was held on Sunday 19 February 2012 commencing at 4pm. Following reports from the President, Secretary and Treasurer outgoing President Paul Ryan declared all positions vacant.

Nominations for President were received for Col Campbell and Paul Ryan with Paul Ryan declining the nomination. Col Campbell was declared Club President for 2012. Lewis Blume was re-elected Club Secretary unopposed. The highlight of the evening was the changing of the guard for the role of Treasurer. Nominations were received for John Clay and Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan was elected by unanimous vote with John Clay being the first to offer his congratulations declaring that after 34 years in the role he was happy to hand the reins over to someone else. Paul Ryan moved that the Club recognise the work done by John and his contribution to the Club.

A General Meeting followed the AGM.

The Club race schedule for 2012 was passed at the meeting. Racing will start with a 5 week sprint series commencing about 16 June 2012 and follow a North West route through to Broken Hill. The final program will be published on this site in the near future.

Lewis Blume, Secretary 20 Feb 2012

2012 is Underway

Wagga Wagga Racing Pigeon Club welcomes to you to 2012. We start the season  very mindful of what is happening in Victoria and we send our thoughts and support to our Victorian friends.

Today saw the first of our major fundraisers for the year with the Club holding a BBQ at Bunnings. It was a great club day with all members who were able lending their time to help cook and serve. We are grateful of the opportunity offered by Bunnings to raise valuable funds which help us to ensure the club can offer the members an affordable sport.

Happy workers at Bunnings, from left Ian Collins, Rob Neale, Lewis and Noeline Blume and 2 satisfied customers.

From left John Clay, Mel and Rob Neale.

This year we are planning to fly a North West route starting 16 June with a 5 week sprint series and finishing around 15 September at Broken Hill (approx 650km). As soon as the schedule is finalised I will post it on the website.

Our website received great support in 2011 with pigeon flyers from around the globe following our weekly posts during the race season. We will continue to post regular updates through out the year.

Happy New Year

Business end of the series under way

The WWRPC combined with Temora for racing from Girilambone on Tuesday 4 October 2011. This is an average fly of 42o km. Two races were flown, a Wagga Open and the Wagga Raffle Ring Race. The birds went up into good conditions at 0800 and cleared the point in no time. Flying was fast and most flyers were caught totally off guard with the first birds trapped into Wagga 1:03 pm covering the distance in 5 hours and 3 minutes.

 

Paul Ryan took the open race at an average speed on 1441 mpm with John Clay coming in second at 1422 mpm. No third place.

John Clay took the Raffle RIng Race at an average speed of 1260 mpm, Paul Ryan second 1221 mpm and Bill Boydell third 918 mpm.

Next week racing is from Bourke an average of 575 km.

 

Lewis Blume, Secretary.

Important Information Regarding the Stock Bird Auction and Trade Day – 6 November 2011

The sale organising committee have been closely monitoring the events that are unfolding in Victoria with the PVM1 virus. Given the seriousness of the situation and the advice of the various state Departments of Primary Industry we have made the decision (regrettably) to cancel the sale.

The generosity of the pigeon racing fraternity who willingly and freely donated birds to be sold was overwhelming and all indications were that it was going to be a very successful day. However we need to be good citizens in the sport and this virus needs to be contained.

 

Our sights are now firmly set on 2102 and over the coming weeks I will be contacting the donors to discuss our plans.

 

Regards

Lewis Blume, Secretary RRPF Wagga Wagga Branch.

Final Round of the Short Series

Sunday 4 September 2011 saw the flying of the final race for the 2011 Short Series. 54 birds were sent to Tottenham for the 320 km fly back to Wagga. Returns were again dissapointing on a day when conditions were right for flying.

Joe Riley claimed the points clocking his winning bird at 12:56:21 for an average of 1237.37 mpm, second was Ian Collins 1166.65 and third Paul Ryan 1158.59.

John Clay won the Wagga Young Bird one bird race clocking in for an average of 1235.84 mpm.

Next week sees the commencment of the Long Series Races with the first race from Girilambone which is an average of 435 km.

 

Lewis Blume, Secretary.

Exciting Announcement – Birds donated for the Stock Bird Auction and Trade Day – 6 November 2011

The Wagga Wagga Racing Pigeon Club is very excited to announce the following flyers/breeders have donated excellent quality stock birds to be auctioned on Sunday 6 November at the Ladysmith Memorial Hall (15km East of Wagga Wagga). This will be an opportunity to purchase some of the finest quality birds available from across Australia. Look for our advertising in the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal and the Australian Pigeon Fancier. Regular updates on this website.

Gurnayville Lofts NSW, LPM Racing Pigeon Stud NSW, Sultana Bros NSW,  Dr Colin Walker VHA, Kevin Clark VHA, Rob Slack QPF, Lindsay Smith SAHPA, John Shore Heritage Lofts, Nigel Jarvis VIP Lofts, Craig Porter QPF, Wayne Reece QPF, Shaun Elliot QPF, Rod Hatherly QPF, Phil Turner Capricornia Lofts, John Van Beers VHA, Charlie Forbes SAHPA, Stan Roberts SAHPA, John Cock SAHPA, Jack Vanderlinden SAHPA, Dennis Shaw SAHPA, Freddy Smith Horseshoe Lofts, Peter Virgona VIC, Dennis Edwards SAHPA (Dennis has also donated a drinker and feeder), Michael Clark WA, Andrew Spilliopoulous Surrey Lofts, Pat Arcella CCF, Vince Pedavoli (Pedavoli Brothers) CCF

Marty Martens has donated two excellent squeakers to be raffled on the day (more details soon)

Thier support is very much appreciated by the Wagga Wagga Racing Pigeon Club, Ronald Macdonald House Charities and the Wagga Wagga Hospital auxiliary.

More exciting announcements very soon with the final catalogue available early October.

If you are arriving on the Saturday evening and want to get together with other flyers for a drink and a chat please contact Lewis Blume on 0419 469 989 or Paul Ryan on 0428 266 034.

Short Series Round Seven Race Report

Sunday 28 August saw the flying of the seventh round of the short series races. This weekend also marked the start of combined flying with Temora. 9 flyers from Wagga Wagga sent 95 birds accross three races. There was an open/combine race, a combine one bird race and the Wagga Wagga $1:00 ring race. All races were flown from Tottenham which is an average flying distance of  320 km.

The day started well with the birds released at 0930 into clear skies. There was a slight North East wind at the Wagga Wagga end which should have assisted the birds. Despite clearing well the returns were extremely dissapointing with only 13 birds clocked into Wagga on the day with five flyers presenting clocks.

Paul Ryan took the open race with an average of 1101.88 mpm,  John Macikiewicz second 1087.75 and Joe Riley third 1022.30

John Clay clocked the only $1 ring race bird at an average of  1113.61 mpm

Lewis Blume, Secretary.

Exciting Sale and Trade Day Update Coming Soon

As November rapidly approaches the WWRPC has been overwhelmed by the generosity of the Australian Racing Pigeon fraternity who have ensured we will have the  finest quality pigeons to be auctioned.

Watch this website for a full listing of the donors which will be posted very soon.

 

Wagga Wagga Racing Pigeon Club, promoting the sport, supporting charity.