Online Race Entries are now enabled for Coutances but the race point will be Guernsey as notified today, 10/05/22.  

From: RPRA <>;
Sent: 25 April 2022 12:41
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Channel Racing

Due the delay in the publication of the loft registration process I have written to the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Pigeon Racing, via email, requesting his assistance to speed up the process. A copy of the email can be found here https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/APPG-230422.pdf It would be helpful if members contact their MP requesting their help. This contact could include a copy of my email to the APPG Chair. Ian Evans CEO

From: RPRA <>;
Sent: 09 May 2022 09:32
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Continental Racing Update

Continental Racing Update - Following the update on Friday, RPRA CEO Ian Evans will be meeting with Defra tomorrow (Tuesday) to receive details of the registration system, export health certificate and necessary guidance. Ian Evans CEO

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From: RPRA <>;
Sent: 06 May 2022 12:43
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Channel Racing

Today I received the following email from DEFRA Apologies for the delay in responding to you and for not providing more detail sooner. We appreciate that this is frustrating for your members. Since our last meeting colleagues in Defra, Scottish and Welsh Governments have been working on making a registration system, Export Health Certificate and necessary guidance available as soon as possible. We expect to be able to share documents with you very shortly. To this end we would like to meet you with our Scottish and Welsh colleagues early next week to discuss the launch of the new process, if your association/union is able to do so? We would suggest 1pm on Monday 9 May or 1pm on 10 May. Please let us know asap and we will schedule for a meeting that suits best. I have replied stating I will make myself available for both days. Ian Evans CEO

From: RPRA <>;
Sent: 22 April 2022 16:33
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Channel Racing Update

In my previous update of 7th April I stated that the DEFRA loft registration process would be published within two week. This week I have been 'chasing' confirmation in relation to the process. However, as of 4.30pm today, Friday 22nd April 2022 I have received no information in this respect. I appreciate this is a frustrating position for everyone concerned and is impacting on the start of organisations channel race programmes. I will continue to push for this process to be published as soon as possible and as soon as I have any information I will share it through the normal channels. In the meantime I have held meetings with various veterinary practices to establish a list of of such practices that are willing and able to carry out loft visits to adhere to the EU loft registration requirements and also compile a list of Official Veterinarians that are able to sign export health certificates for organisations. This list will be published sometime next week and will be updated as and when necessary. Finally, I wish to clarify that the loft registration process is one imposed by EU regulations (not DEFRA) for those lofts wishing to race from EU countries. The reason that they have to be registered with DEFRA is purely down to the EU regulations requiring lofts to be registered with the competent authority within the country of origin. In the UK the competent authority is DEFRA Ian Evans CEO