Channel Racing

[Buster121]

Hi folks you might find this of use

Britain’s pigeon Olympics has been saved by Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal.

UK and EU negotiators struck a Swiss-style veterinary deal unveiled at a London summit on Monday, which saw Britain cede fishing rights to Europe for 12 years.

But as the Government touted economic benefits there were also small victories for pigeon fanciers and ham sandwiches.

“This couldn’t come at a better time for us,” Chris Sutton, the chief executive of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association told the Telegraph.

Blackpool’s Winter Gardens is slated to host the Federation Colombophile Internationale (FCI) Olympiad in January 2028. It’s a first for Britain since the early 1990s.

There were fears Britain could be stripped of the gala event, held every two years, because of post-Brexit border checks and red tape.

The Prime Minister’s decision to align with EU plant and animal health (SPS) rules may have sacrificed some Brexit freedoms but it saved the Olympiad, albeit at the cost of a 12-year-long fishing deal.

Costly certificates and vets visits needed to travel to the UK and back to the EU again won’t now be needed, saving flocks of fanciers hundreds of pounds.

The world’s best birds, some of which can fetch astronomical sums, would not come to Blackpool if they risked quarantine on either side of the border, Mr Sutton said.

In 2020, a Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim fetched more than £1.4 million, while the second most expensive, another Belgian called Armando cost over £1 million.

Mr Sutton said: “It wouldn’t be able to happen because of the regulations surrounding pigeons.”

The Olympiad is held after the racing season. Points from that are totted up, as judges examine the condition of the racers before handing out trophies and a sash to victorious breeders.

“It is probably only once in a blue moon that we would get the opportunity to host it,” he said, adding it would be a shot in the arm to the local economy.

[Devo1956]

Thanks for sharing Buster.

[king]

Not worth the loss of the fishing rights. The majority of fanciers have Zero interest in the Olympiad.

[Diamond Dave]

Cant believe he has sold us out.

[Devo1956]

Cant believe he has sold us out.

And they all sit there laughing, waiting for the bar to open for more freebies. What a joke we have become in the world.

[Devo1956]

Why is PM selling fishermen down the river?
published at 12:58
12:58
Badenoch continues by listing the prime minister's "failings", adding that it is very easy to sign deals if you are "prepared to give everything away for pennies".

The true fact.

[Bowbroom]

Not worth the loss of the fishing rights. The majority of fanciers have Zero interest in the Olympiad.

Steady on Sir, we’re agreeing again!! You’re dead right our diminishing membership at least the ones I know couldn’t care less about the Olympiad. What does it do for the ordinary fancier? It might give those with more money than sense the chance to “invest” a million quid in stock so that descendants can be flogged to the gullible in the future. can anybody tell me of the benefits to the rank and file ?
With regards to the fishing deal. The EU have had unfettered access to our waters from Brexit this was due to expire in 2026. Apparently the new deal will extend until 2038 but we will now be able to set limits and issue licences and the EU are to make it easier for our fishermen to export their catches to them who are the current biggest market. As usual the devil is in the detail not the headlines

[Diamond Dave]

Not worth the loss of the fishing rights. The majority of fanciers have Zero interest in the Olympiad.

Steady on Sir, we’re agreeing again!! You’re dead right our diminishing membership at least the ones I know couldn’t care less about the Olympiad. What does it do for the ordinary fancier? It might give those with more money than sense the chance to “invest” a million quid in stock so that descendants can be flogged to the gullible in the future. can anybody tell me of the benefits to the rank and file ?
With regards to the fishing deal. The EU have had unfettered access to our waters from Brexit this was due to expire in 2026. Apparently the new deal will extend until 2038 but we will now be able to set limits and issue licences and the EU are to make it easier for our fishermen to export their catches to them who are the current biggest market. As usual the devil is in the detail not the headlines

Not trying to be argumentative BB and if I hsve read your post correctly, just cant see why johnny foriegner will want to buy fish from our boys when they ,will be catching it themselves.?
It will be more likely that there wont be enough caught from our boys and we will be buying it back from the frogs.
From the business side of it - wouldnt it have been better for our boys to have had the freedom of our seas and sold their produce to the EU. That is why I voted For Brexit to make Britain independant.
Looks like this is an EU initiative to which the weakling Starmer has succumbed to and sold us out.
Diluting the whole process of Brexit. I really dont know how they get away with it.!
- oooops sorry forgot for a minute this was a pigeon forum.

[Bowbroom]

Yes you are because you enjoy it and that is your prerogative, currently over 70% of the seafood caught be British vessels is exported to the EU predominantly shell fish to France, Spain and Ireland basically because they get a better price for it than they can get in the U.K. We do import mainly white fish, Cod etc from Scandinavia and Germany but this is only a fraction of what we export, getting shut of some of the rigmarole surrounding this can only help.
This discussion started because it was linked to the report of someone getting carried away with conditions being relaxed to smooth the path for the upcoming Olympiad which of course will benefit us all, I don’t think

[Diamond Dave]

If being passionate about the things around me and having opinions that I am not afraid to air makes me argumentative then yes, I'll take it.