NWHU

[Bowbroom]

Well sadly it appears to have happened they are to become unrecognised as of 1/1/26

[Winfort Lofts]

Well sadly it appears to have happened they are to become unrecognised as of 1/1/26

What's the reasoning for this?

I'll admit I'm completely out the loop on this one!

[Bowbroom]

There has been grumbling for some time about the NWHU allowing people outside of their declared boundaries to join as associate members to buy rings thereby affecting RPRA income, an argument that I believe could have been dealt with differently. Then as a counter to that the RPRA introduced a 35p per ring registration fee alleging that the NWHU weren’t dealing with stray reports in a proper and timely manner which somehow reflected badly on the RPRA a concern that be honest I found somewhat disingenuous imo it was all about recouping perceived lost revenue.
However I think the writing has been on the wall for a while and the inevitable now seems to have happened which as one of those that fought to get them recognised in the first place is deeply saddening to me personally.
I

[Winfort Lofts]

There has been grumbling for some time about the NWHU allowing people outside of their declared boundaries to join as associate members to buy rings thereby affecting RPRA income, an argument that I believe could have been dealt with differently. Then as a counter to that the RPRA introduced a 35p per ring registration fee alleging that the NWHU weren’t dealing with stray reports in a proper and timely manner which somehow reflected badly on the RPRA a concern that be honest I found somewhat disingenuous imo it was all about recouping perceived lost revenue.
However I think the writing has been on the wall for a while and the inevitable now seems to have happened which as one of those that fought to get them recognised in the first place is deeply saddening to me personally.
I

Ahh I see, thanks for taking time to fill me in!

I did see there was people looking to join following the handling of the RPRA levy and such!

I suppose this would allow the NWHU expand nationally if they now wish to do so, but I suppose they would also need to sort internals out first too!

[Bowbroom]

Within their rules they reserve the right to expand their boundaries but to the best of my knowledge they have always professed that they were only interested in operating in the North West as their name confirms, wether they have or can get the administration together to deal with a significant increase in membership if they go down that route remains to be seen, interesting times ahead.

[king]

Within their rules they reserve the right to expand their boundaries but to the best of my knowledge they have always professed that they were only interested in operating in the North West as their name confirms, wether they have or can get the administration together to deal with a significant increase in membership if they go down that route remains to be seen, interesting times ahead.

I'd like to see ALL UK Unions each cover the whole UK so fanciers could CHOOSE which one they wanted to join.

[Bowbroom]

That would be fine as long as they all recognised one another so that fanciers would have a real choice as to which competitions they wish to take part in

[king]

There has been grumbling for some time about the NWHU allowing people outside of their declared boundaries to join as associate members to buy rings thereby affecting RPRA income, an argument that I believe could have been dealt with differently. Then as a counter to that the RPRA introduced a 35p per ring registration fee alleging that the NWHU weren’t dealing with stray reports in a proper and timely manner which somehow reflected badly on the RPRA a concern that be honest I found somewhat disingenuous imo it was all about recouping perceived lost revenue.
However I think the writing has been on the wall for a while and the inevitable now seems to have happened which as one of those that fought to get them recognised in the first place is deeply saddening to me personally.
I

I do also agree that the line about the NWHU weren’t dealing with stray reports in a proper and timely manner was a smoke screen.
Why would the use of NWHU rings effect RPRA income? The RPRA were taxing the NWHU rings at 35p each. Which is MORE than the cost of an RPRA ring? The RPRA was actually MAKING money, NOT losing it?

[Bowbroom]

With respect I think you need to read the post again