To contact us:

Phone : 07958 692473

Email: roy.partington@sky.com

or Dave Walters

Phone 01275 836477

E-mail:  dave.walters1@tiscali.co.uk

Roy Partington

Secretary and Treasurer

2 The Hawthorns

Outwood, Wakefield

Yorkshire WF1 3TL

England

Catering For West of England Tumblers,

Exhibition and Flying Tipplers,

Exhibition  and Flying Rollers

National Federation

The next letter dictates the size of the ring and therefore generally the breed of the bird (see below)

Found a pigeon and don’t know how to find the owner - Confused by all the letters and numbers - This may help! - First let me explain how the ring number is made up.

Flying breeds have three prefix number which are ‘A’ issued for  Exhibition and Flying Rollers & Flying Tipplers ‘B’ will be an Exhibition Tippler and ‘D’ will be a West of England Tumbler. The issuing clubs with their telephone No’s are as follows:-

· NPA - National Pigeon Association - Secretary/Ring Secretary/Treasurer - Mr Graham Giddings - Tel No. 01452 720783

· WEFT or BSW or BSWR - Bideford SW FT&T - Sec - Kim Pierce - Tel No. 01647 440536

· NCTT - Northern Counties F T & T S - Sec - Nick Jackson - Tel No. 01472 751928

· NRTT - Nottingham RT&T Club - Ring Sec - R Davis - 0115 953 9771

· NRC - Northern Roller Club - Sec - John Weir - 0191 426 1653

· NTU - National Tippler Union - For Flying Tipplers only - These rings do not normally carry a prefix letter - Sec - Brian Rose - 0117 9647275

All right you found one with a GB prefix - This will be a racing pigeon and if it lost from a race will more than likely have a rubber ring on the other leg. You will need to contact the ’Royal Pigeon Racing Association’  There are other racing Unions and if you click on the following link you will find a full list of their telephone numbers and address.

The Federation was first discussed back in the late 1960’s early 1970’s when Jeff Oldham approached Mel Brooker and Harry Heal  about forming the Federation to promote and protect the interests of the Flying Breeds. The idea was received with a lot of enthusiasm but Jeff got impatient and instead of approaching the Flying Breed Clubs he went ahead and got printed headed paper. Jeff was a strong advocate for the Federation having their own rings something that Ron Connebear, Secretary to Bideford club at that time was very much against and some heated written exchanges took place. After the initial meeting it was the Bristol and Norwich clubs which were the first to put their names to the Federation and start issuing Certificates. In 1975 Bristol TTSS stopped issuing NPA Certificates issuing Federation Certificates only which they have done so right up to the present day. After leaving Luella World, Richard Greenwood took up the reins as Secretary before Keith and Gill Robson took over and run it for three years as Secretary and Treasurer doing an excellent job to keep it all going. Jim Pearson then took over as Secretary for one season before Ian Johnson and Dave Walters took over as Secretary and Treasurer. Work commitments meant that Ian couldn’t put the time needed so Dave carried on as Secretary/Treasurer for six years until Roy Partington took over in Dec 2007.