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The last old bird race of the Season has been cancelled, there will be no racing on the 21st July. The Chairman has scheduled a management committee meeting on Wednesday 25th July, to review the Young Bird and Old Hens National race point on the 1st September. The committee may vote to have two Young bird Nationals! The decision to cancel Saintes has taken place due to the following: -
-----Original Message-----
From: peter bryant [mailto:peterbryant@rpra.org]
Sent: 06 July 2007 07:07
FRENCH
RACING BAN - 5 JULY 2007
latest
update 2230 hrs
H5N1 has been confirmed in NE France in a group of swans.
The French Government has, as a
precautionary measure, banned all racing pigeon liberations until further
notice.
This has been endorsed by DEFRA at a
meeting this afternoon and the General Licence has been revised and racing from
outside of the UK has, as a precautionary measure also, been banned. Therefore
only racing within the UK can take place at present. DEFRA will keep the
situation under review until the situation in Western Europe stabilises.
The revised General Licence is on the DEFRA website at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/ai/keptbirds/genlicence.htm
Organisations that are en route or already in situ must abort their liberations planned in France and return to the UK.
A further update will be given when anymore information/advice is available.
Peter Bryant
General Manager