Bowbroom wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 12:58 pm
Everyone is entitled to their opinion (unless it disagrees with some) mine is that we will NEVER attract enough to even go near replacing those lost through natural wastage, for the kids it’s too much like hard work the same applies to the newly retired.
The drop in membership is affecting all the unions in the British Isles and friends abroad assure me it’s the same in Belgium and Holland.
We must face up to the fact that ours is a dying game and enjoy it while we can, if it gives people pleasure to delude themselves otherwise than I wish them all the best.
Your opinion BB and one that typically reflects the attitude of a current or former official of the RPRA.
I'm guessing that it was under your inclusion that the "the future of the sport" committee was set up. I wonder if you can remind me what that achieved, apart from mis-using members funds.
I dont consider myself to be "deluded" because I have a more positive attitude than you.
Can you show me any evidence of newly retired ppl being targeted as potential members or can you show me any evidence of any one being targeted in any sort of campagn to seek new members by the ageing hierachy of the RPRA.? ( refrained from using the D word)
I myself have several ideas of how new members could be targeted and I dont consider myself to be deluded because I have a positive attitude.
There are hundreds of other ppl out there that are likely to have other ideas as well but with your attitude and that of the RPRA, it can only go one way.
Whats really interesting about your post is that you have actively stated that if we dont agree with you - "we are deluded" - To reflect on previous posts of yours, Id say thats a classic case of pot and kettle!!
Nothing personal intended mate.
As usual your assumptions couldn’t be further from the truth not that it will concern you
After spending the Thick end of 40 years trying to promote the sport along with many others and sadly failing, if you have the answer to the problem then why not get on with it you may be the saviour of the sport and don’t realise it.
However, when you’ve knocked your brains out and become disillusioned as I have then perhaps you’ll come to realise that some things are inevitable and as my old man used to say “don’t worry about things you can’t change tackle the things you can”
I look forward to seeing the positive results of your efforts
Fair play BB. I am not saying my ideas would be fruitful and I agree, no collection of ideas will replace the natural decline that has occurred over the last 20 years but it could be enough to keep the game going for a bit longer than your estimated demise.
You dont need to waste your time looking for anything positive from me as I certainly wont be contributing anything to the RPRA in its current format.
Aaah - you forgot to tell us what "the future of the sport" committee achieved over the 4 or 5 years of its existence.?
Interestingly, here in Australia the sport is holding up quite well. I put it down to there being a lot of immigrants from Asia, the middle east and eastern Europe who have taken up the sport. And Maltese. They love the pigeons.
A lot of the 'old' pigeon racing names in Australia are Italian and Greek and Dutch, from the migration here after the war.
Look at the Fed results in Sydney and Melbourne, they are full of names of different ethnic groups.
There are a lot of Vietnamese and Chinese people here, they all love a bet. So they are strongly involved in pigeon racing.
The sport is not as 'Anglo Saxon' as it was down here, but it's dynamic and shows no sign of dying.
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Diamond Dave wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 9:04 pm
Fair play BB. I am not saying my ideas would be fruitful and I agree, no collection of ideas will replace the natural decline that has occurred over the last 20 years but it could be enough to keep the game going for a bit longer than your estimated demise.
You dont need to waste your time looking for anything positive from me as I certainly wont be contributing anything to the RPRA in its current format.
Aaah - you forgot to tell us what "the future of the sport" committee achieved over the 4 or 5 years of its existence.?
Thought not, I have no idea of anything related to th FOS committee as despite your apparent misguided insistence I had nothing to do with it
I feel what we need is to focus on the future, if there is going to be one in the sport. Its all about brain storming looking for the answers to move the sport forward, not about damage that can be done by negative thinking. We all have a part to play if we want it to work, you could have 30 members sitting in a room all giving different views, on how we should move forward. So then after all the views put forward, we then break down what can be achieved in time space , cost, what outcome could happen through change. Not everyone likes change, but if it can work to save the sport why not. Its all about working together, so start practicing it if you wish still to have a sport in a few years time.
Or, move to Australia.
it's going terrific down here!
10 to 15 thousand birds in combine races in Sydney and in Melbourne,
Big numbers across the other states.
It's not the Vicar of Dibley. It's Pawn Stars Las Vegas!
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Murray wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 9:25 am
Or, move to Australia.
it's going terrific down here!
10 to 15 thousand birds in combine races in Sydney and in Melbourne,
Big numbers across the other states.
It's not the Vicar of Dibley. It's Pawn Stars Las Vegas!
Murray, that site pigeonrace.net is a great site. It just shows what can be done to keep others in the loop, of what is going on.
