RPRA one loft race

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One loft race cancelled, more info to be published in due course
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Not surprised the losses last year were awful
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Good afternoon,
It is with regret that due to insufficient entries into the 2025 RPRA One Loft Race, the Council has decided to cancel this year’s race.
The project has been suspended for a full review, and we welcome your suggestions for a refreshed and more viable model.
We hope you can appreciate the reasons for this difficult decision, and we will refund your entrance fees by the same process as they were received.
Yours in sport
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A more viable model is most certainly needed
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Only a few years ago it was sold out in December with a waiting list. There have been unfortunate returns before due to just bad luck. What's changed?
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daverscott wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 1:14 pm Only a few years ago it was sold out in December with a waiting list. There have been unfortunate returns before due to just bad luck. What's changed?
Wasn’t last year particularly bad as I was shocked by the figures I couldn’t believe how many were lost
Or had it always been a disaster?
I never looked before
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I think last years figures were especially poor

You've got 2 other things to consider compared to say 5 years ago.

1. More and more UK based OLR popping up all over the place

2. UK fanciers are now entering OLR based all over the world than ever before


Both No.1 and No.2 are "squeezing" the entries of the RPRA race
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I think unless the RPRA can come up with something pretty radical then the entry numbers are never gonna hit the heights that they did before
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Over the years i have never sent to the RPRA OLR, but feedback I have read. It is for some members and not for others.
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