The homing pigeon club of Lexington and Central Kentucky
Active flying members of the Lexington Racing Pigeon Club will be flying and shipping with the Blue Grass Racing Pigeon Club out of Frankfort for both young bird and old bird seasons in 2012. Anyone with any questions should contact David Stephenson.
We will post a race schedule when it becomes firm. We expect old bird racing to begin in mid-April with two 100-mile races.
Update: The schedule below is currently accurate until bad weather strikes again!
Old Bird 2011 Season
Thanks to Bluegrass Racing Pigeon club for allowing us to ship a reduced season with them. This allows us to have a split season this year for Old Birds: 3-4 short races on our own and 6 middle-to-long with Frankfort.
There will be a minimum commitment of 6 races for $120 per flyer (see bold races below) that is due to Frankfort before the first race.
You can fly additional races in addition to the 6 with Frankfort for $20 each per flyer determined on an individual basis. You can fly the rest of Frankfort’s schedule or you can fly the LRPC schedule. However, members must still honor driving responsibilities for the Frankfort club no matter if they are racing that week.
The schedule (Bold are the 6 minimums we fly with Frankfort – BLG):
April 30 100 mile Oneida (*LRPC-David drives – $20 per flyer)
May 07 150 mile Franklin, Ky or Crossville, Tn. (*LRPC-John? drives – $20 per flyer)
or
May 21 250 mile Decatur (Frankfort club)
May 28 300 mile Arkadelphia (white bird race $5/bird) (Frankfort club)
June 04 500 mile Atmore (Frankfort club)
June 11 250 mile Decatur (Frankfort club)
June 18 100 mile (*LRPC drives – $20 per flyer) Frankfort flies Columbia
June 25 150-mile (*LRPC drives – $20 per flyer) Frankfort flies Columbia
July 02 400 mile Montgomery (Frankfort Club)
July 09 300 mile Arkadelphia (Frankfort Club)
*When LRPC drives, we will be shipping/crating at John James’ house unless otherwise noted.
2011 OB Race Fees: $120 for six races paid to Frankfort (Juniors free)
Additional races $20 per race minimum per flyer paid to LRPC or BLG depending on who you fly with (Juniors free).
You must have your AU dues paid up to fly with Frankfort.
At their January meeting, the Bluegrass Racing Pigeon Club (Frankfort), announced their 2011 OB schedule. Lexington RPC will be flying a partial schedule with them.
They will continue to ship with the Louisville Club Friday nights and racing on Saturdays.
The first race will be a short “trainer” that they will haul themselves on April 16. Regular OB racing and shipping via Louisville will begin with a 150 on April 23.
April 30 150 mile Franklin
May 07 200 mile Columbia
May 14 250 mile Decatur
May 21 300 mile Arkadelphia (white bird race $5/bird)
May 28 500 mile Atmore
June 04 250 mile Decatur
June 11 200 mile Columbia
June 18 200 mile Columbia
June 25 400 mile Montgomery
July 02 300 mile Arkadelphia
Additionally, a couple of trophies were handed out to junior members. Below is a fairly excited young lady with a fairly large trophy.
In other business, Tory Stephenson was awarded a 1st place diploma and a trophy for first place junior member for the 2010 Young Bird season. Amber Barrow received the second place trophy.
UPDATED: The Louisville club has announced the schedule for the 2010 Young Bird season. Dues of $200 are to be paid before the first race. This will be the schedule that Bluegrass and Lexington will follow:
The Louisville Club has delayed the start of their season. Below is the presumed schedule as of 8/29/10. THIS SCHEDULE IS VERY MUCH SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
70 mile 8/21 (no limit) Simeon drives (E-town)
100 mi. 8/28 Ken Driskell drives (Bowling Green)
150 mi. 9/4 Ramirez
150 mi. 9/11 Stephenson
200 mi. 9/18 Tim Driskell
200 mi. 9/25 Ken Driskell
250 mi. 10/2 Simeon
200 mi. 10/9 Penn
150 mi. 10/16 James
200 mi. 10/23
300 mi. 10/30
250 mi. ??
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