BICC
Report by Gareth Watkins
March 7th 2013
Well, preparations for the new season are going on apace with the new transporter delivered and being fitted out ready for racing as I write this brief report. New members are joining on a daily basis with more than 100 having joined since the AGM.
There seems to be a lot of interest from “God’s County” Cornwall and I have supplied membership application forms to Gail Anthony who competes along with husband Dickie from their loft near Camborne. So all those down there in the far west who are interested in joining the UK’s most progressive National organisation can obtain forms from Gail or, alternatively go onto the club’s web site biccpigeons.com Steve and Lee Luscombe from Plymouth enjoyed great success in 2012 and the opportunity is there for all you Cornish men and women to compete on the international stage- you know you’re more than welcome.
All is set ready for our Irish friends to compete with us in the Nationals and Internationals and it would be good to see fanciers from the “land of the heather” join us in our quest for International fame and fortune. We would then truly be a National, or indeed International band of brothers.
The series of articles I have written highlighting the performances of past winners of the BICC in International races seems to have gone down well and I can inform readers that there are twelve articles in the series with the last one putting the spotlight on the late, great Jim Biss. Others in the series yet to be published feature Jim Peters - double Barcelona winner, Dave Delea and Dave’s brother Paul who have both won the Barcelona race on two occasions plus a raft of top prizes at National and International level.
The members’ handbook should be ready for printing now and will be with the printers in the next week or so. The race programme has been finalised and is reproduced below.
2013 RACE PROGRAMME
27th April Carentan (National) Sponsored by Orego Stim £3.00 per bird
11th May Falaise (National) Sponsored by Orego Stim £3.00 per bird
25th May Alencon (National) Sponsored by Orego Stim £3.00 per bird
8th June Tours (National) Sponsored by Orego Stim £3.50 per bird
14th June Pau (International) £13.00 per bird
28th June Agen (International) £6.50 per bird
5th July Barcelona (International) £8.00 per bird
12th July St. Vincent (International £8.00 per bird
19th July Marseille (International) £10.00 per bird
27th July Le Mans (National) £3.00 per bird
2nd August Perpignan (International) £8.00 per bird
24th August Guernsey YB/OH £3.00 per bird
7th September Guernsey YB/OH £3.00 per bird.
All International race winners will yet again receive a young bird valued at £250 - £450 generously donated by Steve and Lesley Wright of the House of Aarden.
MARKING STATIONS NATIONALS
Ash The Lion Brewery, Ash, Surrey GU12 6BT
Bath Beacon Hall, French Close, Peasdown St John BA22 8SN
Brighton County Oak Public House, County Oak Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8DJ
Bromley Bromley Common Social Club 33 Great Elms Road, Bromley Kent BR3 9NF
Chestfield The Willow Gate (Next to Johnson’s Nursery) Thanet Way (A299) Chestfield, Nr. Whitstable Kent CT5 3JD
Diss 12 Diss Town FC Brewers Green Lane, Diss, Norfolk IP22 4QP
Gwent Ebbw Bridge Club, 217 Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP20 3AP
Horndean Horndean Football Club, Five Heads Road, Horndean, PO8 5NW
Ipswich Whitton United FC King George V Playing Field, Old Norwich Rd, Ipswich UP1 6EH
Lowestoft Ness Point SRFC, Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4NY
Northampton The Cottage, Farndish, Nr. Wellingborough, NN29 7HJ
Norwich Crown Public House, Norwich Road, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0UE
South Ockendeon Brandon Grove Community Club, Brandon Groves Avenue, South Ockendon Essex RM15 6TD
Steventon The Fox Inn, 29 High Street, Steventon, Oxon OX13 6RZ
Stowmarket Stowmarket F.C. Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1JK
MARKING STATIONS INTERNATIONAL
Ash The Lion Brewery, Ash, Surrey GU12 6BT
Bath Dove Dale, Huddox Hill, Peasedown St. John, Bath, BA2 8SN only for Barcelona, Perpignan and Marseille- The remaining International races will be at Beacon Hall see National Marking Stations for address
Chestfield The Willow Gate (Next to Johnson’s Nursery) Thanet Way (A299) Chestfield, Nr. Whitstable Kent CT5 3JD
South Ockendon Brandon Grove Community Club, Brandon Groves Avenue, Essex RM15 6TD
Stowmarket Stowmarket F.C. Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1JK
Northampton The Cottage, Farndish, Nr. Wellingborough, NN29 7HJ Only St Vincent, Agen and Pau
I have included some photos of fanciers who have enjoyed great success when competing with the BICC, and the opportunity is there for all who read this report, to emulate those fanciers’ successes but first all you have to do is join the BICC, the home of International pigeon racing in the UK for the past 35 years. All are welcome have a go. Club racing will never be the same again!
Dave Delea with his Pau National winner Greenacres Florence. Dave is a multiple winner of BICC races through to Barcelona.
Paul Delea, double BICC Barcelona winner, outside his loft.
Ray Hammond, BICC 2 Bird Ave Barcelona winner 2012.
The late Jim Biss with good friend and double Barcelona winner Jim Peters.
Valiant Leader - 1st BICC Alencon 3,000 + birds for Mr & Mrs Emberson of Banstead.
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