The auction of the 2023 Young Birds took place on our dedicated auction website during October. The results will be published in due course.
Young Birds 2023 Loft News
Post Final Race Update 22/09/23
Good evening, The birds just kept on coming, with another 107 birds arriving today. It just proves what health and condition they were sent in, to keep working for 36 hours, and most definitely more […]
Final Race 2023
The Final Race took place today from Alnwick (235 miles 898 yards). The 377 birds were liberated at 7:40am into sunshine, with a light SSW headwind moderate on route. They cleared excellently online. Birds not […]
Final Race Marking
Good evening, Well, that’s the birds on the way to the final race, Alnwick. Many thanks to the marking team – Trevor Booth & John Roper, Robin Turner and Graham Cliff who came to every […]
Final Race news
Good afternoon, We will be marking tomorrow afternoon and racing on Thursday from Alnwick for the Grand Final. It will be a testing race, flying 235 miles with a moderate head wind all the way, […]
Update 17/09/23
The birds at flight around the lofts – will push them each day where I can. Just back in before the heavy rain arrives. Having studied the weather forecast, I can see we’ll have a […]
Video update 15/09/23
A little look at the One Loft birds this evening – as you can see they look in great feather and sharp. It’s most probably my last trainer for the RPRA one loft race after […]
Training 15/09/23
Birds liberated at 12:15 into a head wind; cleared very well. Update tonight. Jeremy
Update 15/09/23 and Final Race news
Good Morning The final race will be delayed until the weather is suitable to race from Alnwick, so it looks like Tuesday onwards, or later. The birds are in great feather and will be fine […]
Update 13/09/23
Good Evening Keeping an eye on the weather for Sunday. If it looks a no go, will delay and have the final the first day that’s good weather-wise – the birds will always come first. […]