NORTH ROAD RACING PIGEON CLUB NEWS

Date	Message
March 2^nd 2023	Hello Everybody, Please take note that our next General Club Meeting will be held at the clubhouse at 10:00 am on Saturday March 18th, 2023. This will be our last meeting before the Old Bird races start on April 24th. Attached are the agenda for this upcoming meeting, and the minutes of our February 18th, 2023 meeting, and our 2023 race schedules. Click here to view the Minutes from our February 18th 2023 meeting Click here to view the Agenda for our March 18th 2023 General Club Meeting Hope to see you there! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
February 12^th 2023	Hello Everybody, Please take note that our next General Club Meeting will be held at the clubhouse at 10:00 am on Saturday February 18th, 2023 . Attached are the agenda for this upcoming meeting, and the minutes of our AGM meeting held on January 14th, 2023. The 2023 CU and CP bands will be available to all members. It works best if members pay their $50 annual membership fee when they buy their bands. If you cannot get to the meeting to pick up your bands, please contact Dennis Gubert by text/phone @ 778-251-7478 or email at dennisgubes@gmail.com Please find attached the club membership application form for people who want to join our club and also the Breeding Cycle Chart for those who need some help working out when to pair up, etc Hope to see you there! David Kaplan Recording Secretary Click here to view the minutes from our January 14th 2023 meeting Click here to view the Agenda for our February 2023 AGM meeting Click here to view the Application Form Click here to view the Breeding Cycle Chart
January 7^th 2023	Hi Everybody, This is a reminder about our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held next Saturday January 14, 2023 at 10:00 am at the clubhouse. The 2023 CU and CP bands will then be available to all members. It works best if members pay their $50 annual membership fee when they buy their bands. If you are a REALLY early breeder and need bands before January 14^th, please contact Dennis Gubert by text/phone @ 778-251-7478 or email at dennisgubes@gmail.com This is the most important meeting of the year, and we look forward to seeing you there and hearing your ideas and suggestions ― and even your complaints. It is also your opportunity to step up and volunteer for a position to serve the whole club … we need all the help we can get! Please find attached the agenda for our 2023 AGM and the club membership application form for people who want to join our club. Click here to view the Agenda for our AGM meeting Click here to view the Application Form Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 7^th 2022	Hello Everybody, Click here to view the Minutes of General Club meeting from Saturday November 5th, 2022 It was decided to hold a 2023 Super Special Race on the same rules we followed for 2022. Here you will find all the rules and information So far we have 6 people willing to serve as handlers and take in birds, totalling around 200 birds. If you are a keen and successful young bird flyer who is interested in serving as a handler for the 2023 season, please contact Chris Moore. I Best regards, DavidK
April 12^th 2022	Hi Everybody, Here are the minutes from our last general club meeting of March 19th, 2022 containing important information for all our members. Click here to view the minutes from this meeting Best regards, DavidK
March 23^rd 2022	Hi Everybody, Our legband/ring order for 2023 has to be submitted before the end of March 2022. Thus far, only 12 members have provided me with the number of bands they would like to order for 2023. If you view the attached file, you will notice that the Canadian Pigeon Fancy Association (CPFA) bands will most likely cost 45 cents each next year again, while the Canadian Racing Pigeon Union (CU) bands will most likely cost 75 cents each next year again. The main reason for placing an order for CU bands, is that those members wish to enter birds with CU bands into one-loft/derby races that do not accept other bands such as the CPFA bands. PLEASE help me and let me know as soon as possible, (if your name is not already on the list), how many bands of which type you think you may need for next year (2023). You may text me at 604-727-2919 or email me at davidkaplan51@gmail.com Thank you kindly, DavidK
March 23^rd 2022	Hello Everybody, Here is the timetable for our club activities for April: 1. Basketing for an Old Bird training toss from Rosedale Bridge will take place on Friday April 22^nd, 2022. The training toss will take place on Saturday April 23^rd, weather permitting. 2. Allocation of electronic bands for Old Birds will take place on Sunday April 24^th from 10:00 am until everybody has been served. Please remember to bring your electronic clock. Electronic bands will be available at $3.20 per band. 3. An auction will be held at the clubhouse after basketing for the first OB race ... most likely on Friday April 29^th, 2022. Fanciers who wanted to boost the club finances, used to donate youngsters and other birds like breeders or extra birds, during our annual pigeon show to be auctioned off. This year we did not do this during our show. So, anybody who wants to donate youngsters or other birds to be auctioned off with all the proceeds going to the club, are welcome to bring these birds to the clubhouse during basketing for our first OB race. And anybody who wants to buy some of these birds on auction, is more than welcome to attend. Any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary 604-727-2919
March 5^th 2022	Hi Everybody, Please take note that our next General Club Meeting will be held on Saturday March 19th, 2022. Here is the agenda for our next General Club Meeting on Saturday March 19th, 2022 at 10:00 AM in the clubhouse Click here to view the minutes of Annual General Meeting from February 19th, 2022 Hope to see you there! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
February 5^th 2022	Hello Everybody, Please take note that our next General Club Meeting will be held on Saturday February 19th , 2022. Here is the agenda for our next general club meeting on Saturday February 19th, 2022 at 10:00 AM in the clubhouse Click here to view the minutes of Annual General Meeting from January 29th, 2022 Click here to view the updated race schedules for 2022 Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary

November 5^th 2021	Hello Everybody, Instead of running a derby loft at the club, Chris Moore proposed that we hold a Super Special Race in 2022, according to the guidelines set out below: Proposed Super Special Race for 2022 o 3-bird entry fee = $275. $75 perch fee + $200 capital payout. o Breeder gets 60% and handler 40% of capital winnings. o Breeder can designate to which handler’s loft 2 of his birds from every entry go; the 3rd is chosen on a lottery system. Please see the rest of the guidelines in the attachment, and then please let Chris Moore know if you are interested in being a breeder, a handler, or both. Text/phone: 778-865-8741 Email: chris@cgmmechanical.com Thanks, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 5^th 2021	Hello Everybody, Please take note that our next General Club Meeting will be held on Saturday November 27th , 2021. Here is the agenda for our next general club meeting on Saturday November 27th, 2021 at 10:00 AM in the clubhouse Click here to view the minutes of our last meeting from October 30th 2021 Click here to view the first proposed race schedules for 2022 Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
October 18^th 2021	Hello Everybody, Here is the agenda for our next general club meeting on Saturday October 30th, 2021 at 10:00 AM in the clubhouse Hope to see you at the meeting, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 10^th 2021	Hi Everybody, Allocation of electronic bands for young birds will take place on Sunday July 25^th, 2021 at the clubhouse, from 10:00 am until everybody has been assisted. Electronic bands will be available at $3.20 each. If you have any questions about the allocation of electronic bands, or want to know what is the best way to prepare for it, please feel free to contact me at any time per text or phone (604-727-2919) or email (davidkaplan51@gmail.com). Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 10^th 2021	Hi Everybody, Everybody who wants to participate in this money race, must provide the race secretary, Karol Pawlowski, with the band numbers of the young birds he/she nominates for this race. Your list must be handed in during basketing for our first 2021 young bird race. Members may nominate up to 10 birds at $10 per bird, to be paid with basketing for our first 2021 young bird race. Please feel free to contact any of the Executive members (Brian Nicholson, Dennis Gubert, Chris Moore, Karol Pawlowski or David Kaplan) if you have any questions. Hope to see you at basketing for our 1st YB race ... with your list of nominations! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 10^th 2021	Hello Everybody, All the club members who qualify to vote on the new proposed young bird race schedule have voted, and they all voted “yes”. So, we will be flying this new schedule, starting with the club training toss from Rosedale Bridge on Saturday July 31^st, followed by our first race from Sunshine Valley on Saturday August 7^th, if the weather and wildfires allow. Keep training those young birds, and we hope to see you soon! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
April 29^th 2021	Hello Everybody, Because of the current weather forecast, basketing for our Hope Slide old bird race (60 miles/97 kilometers) will take place this Saturday evening May 1st from about 6:00 pm, for a Sunday May 2nd race. I apologize for making a mistake with downloading the race points into most of the electronic clocks during the allocation. I therefore request that members bring their electronic clocks to me inside the clubhouse before basketing for the first race, so I can quickly do the update. Thanks ... Hope to see you there! Please take care of yourselves and stay safe, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
April 7^th 2021	Hello Everybody Here are the Minutes from our General Club Meeting of Saturday April 3rd, 2021 Please note that the race schedules for 2021 were voted in, with our Rosedale Bridge club training toss on *April 24^th, 2021* ... weather permitting. Allocation of electronic bands for old birds at the clubhouse on *Sunday April 18^th, 2021* from 10:00 am. David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 6^th 2020	Hello Everybody, Because the Coronavirus pandemic is currently worse than ever before in BC, the Executive (Brian Nicholson, Dennis Gubert, Chris Moore & David Kaplan), have decided to call off all club activities for the foreseeable future, including the November 21^st, 2020 club meeting and auction of birds, as well as the early January pigeon show. It is ALWAYS better to err on the side of caution and to rather be safe than sorry. If any member attending a club activity, or any family member or contact becomes ill and suffer with Covid-19 because of a club activity, we will never be able to forgive ourselves. If the pandemic is again better controlled in BC early next year, we may schedule our Annual General Meeting during March 2021, and a follow-up meeting during April 2021, before we start our racing season early May. There may even be an effective vaccine against Covid-19 available by then, that will make it much safer for us to continue with our normal club activities in 2021. Please check your emails regularly, because we will send out notifications about the 2021 pigeon bands early in January 2021. Members who may need bands before our AGM in March, may then arrange to have their bands mailed to them and cover the costs for that by eTransfer, or arrange with me to pick up their bands at my home in Maple Ridge. All club members must also pay their $50 annual membership fee for 2021 before our first old bird race. We will communicate all news and/or new developments to our members as it becomes available. Please feel free to stay in contact by text, email, or phone, with any or all of the Executive members mentioned above, should you have any questions or require further information. Please take good care of yourself and your loved ones … and be safe! David Kaplan On behalf of the NRRPS Executive
November 3^rd 2020	Hi Everybody, Here are the Minutes from our General Club Meeting of Saturday October 31st, 2020 Our next general club meeting is scheduled for Saturday November 21st, 2020. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 20^th 2020	Hello Everybody, Please note that our young bird race schedule has been revised a while ago, to give everybody an extra week to train their young birds. Our club training toss will therefore be on Saturday August 1st, and NOT on July 25th. Our 1st young bird race will be on Saturday August 8th, and NOT on July 25th ... weather permitting. Allocation of electronic bands for young birds will take place this coming Saturday, July 25th from 10:00 am until everybody is done. Best regards, David Kaplan
March 17^th 2020	Hello Everybody, Here are the Minutes from our General Club Meeting of Saturday March 14th, 2020 Please read through these minutes carefully and take special note of the important dates. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
February 6^th 2020	Hello Everybody, Here are the Minutes of the January 25th 2020 General Club Meeting Our next club meeting will be held on Saturday, March 14th 2020 at North Road Clubhouse and the Agenda for this meeting can be viewed below : Agenda for our next club meeting to be held on Saturday, March 14th 2020 at 10:00 AM at the NR Clubhouse Hope to see you at the March 14th meeting! Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
January 24^th 2020	Hello Everybody, Notice of our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Saturday January 25th, 2020 2020 Proposed Race Schedules - Dennis Gubert & Brian Nicholson 2020 Proposed Race Schedules - Karol Pawlowski David Kaplan
November 23^rd 2019	Hello Everybody, Here are the Minutes of the November 23rd 2019 General Meeting David Kaplan
October 26^th 2019	Hello Everybody, Here are the Minutes of the October 26th 2019 General Meeting David Kaplan
April 7^th 2019	Hello Everybody, Here are the Minutes of the April 6th 2019 General Meeting David Kaplan
March 23^rd 2019	Hello Everybody, With this wonderful improvement in the weather, I am sure the baby champion racing pigeons are squeaking in most lofts … Here is the agenda for our next club meeting on Saturday April 6th 2019 at 10:00 am at the clubhouse Also included are the minutes of our March 2^nd2019 meeting , you can see it here and the 2019 race schedules you can already find on the website. I trust you will find these documents interesting and useful. Hope to see you at the April 6^th meeting! David Kaplan
December 7 ^th 2018	Hello Everybody, Here are the minutes of our General Club Meeting held on Saturday November 24th, 2018. Our next meeting will be the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for Saturday January 26th, 2019. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 7 ^th 2018	Hi Everybody, I trust you are doing very well and that you and your birds are enjoying the quiet time of the year. Here are the minutes of our General Club Meeting held on Saturday October 27th, 2018. Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday November 24^th, 2018 at 10:00 am at the clubhouse … please mark this date and time on your calendar. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
October 13 ^th 2018	Hello Everybody, This serves as notification of our next General Club Meeting that is scheduled for 10:00 am on Saturday October 27^th, 2018. You can check the agenda for this meeting here . Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 19 ^th 2018	Hello Everybody, Here are the minutes of our extra-ordinary club meeting of Saturday July 14th, 2018. Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
July 18 ^th 2018	Hello Everybody, A training toss from Chilliwack Mall will take place on Saturday July 21^st. Brian Nicholson will take care of this and he will be leaving the clubhouse at 9:00 am for a 10:00 am release. Interested members should have their birds on the trailer before 9:00 am. The cost will be $10 for up to 20 birds, and $20 for more than 20 birds. A second training toss from Chilliwack Lake will take place on Saturday July 28^th. Chris Moore will take care of this and he will be leaving the clubhouse at 7:00 pm on Friday July 27^th for a 7:30 – 8:00 am release on Saturday morning . Interested members should have their birds on the trailer before 7:00 pm on Friday evening. The cost will be $10 for up to 20 birds, and $20 for more than 20 birds. Allocation of electronic bands for young birds will take place on Friday evening July 27^th during basketing for the Chilliwack Lake training toss, and also on Sunday July 29^th between 10:00 and 12:00 noon. Best regards, DavidK
April 1 ^st 2018	Hello Everybody, Here are the minutes of our general club meeting of Saturday March 24th, 2018. Please note that Brian Nicholson will take the old birds on a training toss from the Chilliwack area on Tuesday April 24^th, 2018 … weather permitting. Everybody who plan to participate in the old bird races this year, are strongly advised to send their birds on this training toss. Basketing for this, as well as allocation of electronic bands for old birds, will take place on Monday evening, April 23^rd, 2018 from 6:00 pm onwards. The shipping fee for the training toss will be $10 for up to 20 birds, and $20 for 21 or more birds. And then … the 1^st old bird race will be from Hopeslide on Saturday April 28^th, 2018, weather permitting. Best regards, DavidK
February 17 ^th 2018	Hello Everybody, I trust you are all doing very well, and if you have not mated up your breeders yet, that you will be doing that in the coming days and weeks ― quite an exciting time of the year for most of us! Below is the Minutes of General Meeting held in January 20th 2018 and the agenda for our Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 24th, 2018 ― this is the most important meeting of the year, and it is best to come prepared. Also please study the attached proposed race schedules for 2018/2019 and have your vote ready if you qualify to vote on race schedules, so that we can get the best schedules voted in for the next two years. Minutes of General Meeting January 20th 2018 Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 24th 2018 Proposed Race Schedules for 2018/2019 All the executive positions and club committees must be elected and/or volunteered for, and it is always good to think about this and all the work required to have our club function optimally ― in which capacity are you prepared to serve your club in 2018? Best regards, David Kaplan Recording Secretary
January 2 ^nd 2018	Hello Everybody, I trust you are all doing very well, and that you and your loved ones enjoyed a wonderful Festive Season and New Year celebrations ― may 2018 hold only good things for us all! This is a notice of our next general club meeting to be held at 10:00 am on Saturday January 20th, 2018 at the North Road clubhouse. The minutes of our General Club Meeting of December 16th, 2017 as well as the agenda for our next general club meeting are included. Minutes of NRRPS Meeting December 16^th 2017 Agenda for NRRPS General Club Meeting January 20^th 2018 See you at the meeting! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 29^th 2017	Hello Everybody, I trust you are all doing very well, despite this dreary weather. This is a notice of our next general club meeting that will be held at *10:00 am on Saturday December 16^th, 2017* at the North Road clubhouse. The minutes of our General Club Meeting of November 19^th, 2017 as well as the agenda for our next general club meeting can be viewed here : Minutes of NRRPS Meeting November 19^th 2017 Agenda for NRRPS General Club Meeting December.16^th 2017 See you at the meeting! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
November 2^nd 2017	Hello Everybody, I trust you are all doing very well and that you are enjoying the break from training and racing. This is a notice of our next general club meeting that will be held at *1:00 pm on Sunday November 19^th, 2017* at the North Road clubhouse. The minutes of our General Club Meeting of April 8^th, 2017 as well as the agenda for our next general club meeting can be found here : Minutes of NRRPS Meeting April 8th 2017 Agenda for NRRPS General Club Meeting Nov.19th 2017 See you at the meeting! David Kaplan Recording Secretary

July 20^th 2017	Hello Everybody, Congratulations to Casey Kowalski and Bill Bogue with winning the 400 & 450-mile races respectively ... well done guys! Please note that these two races conclude our Old Bird season for 2017, and that the Young Bird season will start on Saturday August 5^th, (not July 29^th), weather and forest-fire smoke permitting. If anybody has any questions or does not agree with the above information, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Best of luck with the training of your young birds! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
April 14^th 2017	Hello Everybody, Here are the minutes of our general club meeting of April 8^th, 2017. Minutes of NRRPS Meeting April 8th 2017 The meeting went very well, and thanks to all who were able to attend. Important decisions were taken that effect our upcoming 2017 racing season. See you at the allocation of electronic bands for old birds, or see you on Friday April 28^th, during basketing for our first race. Best regards, David Kaplan President/Recording Secretary
April 2^nd 2017	Hello Everybody, Just few weeks until our first official old bird race for the 2017 season guys! I trust the training of your birds are right on schedule, despite the dreary weather. Herewith the notice of our next General Club Meeting that will be held on Saturday April 8^th, 2017 from 10:00 am at the North Road Clubhouse. Please study the attached agenda for this meeting carefully, and come prepared with your own points, and in a spirit of peace, cooperation and compromise ― we are all racing pigeon enthusiast who just want to fly our birds in friendly competition; let’s make the best of it, and try and prevent our club from becoming extinct, like it has happened to hundreds of racing pigeon clubs across the world. Agenda General Club Meeting April 8th 2017 Please take a close look at the attached minutes from our Executive meeting of March 25^th, 2017. Minutes of NRRPS Meeting March 25 2017 You can find the full 2017 East Course race schedule on this website amended as recommended by the Executive, to be discussed and voted on at this general club meeting. Best regards … and hope to see you all at the meeting, David Kaplan President/Recording Secretary
March 3 ^rd 2017	Hello Everybody, I trust you are all doing very well and that your breeding program for 2017 is well underway. This is a notice of our next general club meeting that will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday March 18^th, 2017 at the North Road clubhouse. Please be sure to attend this important meeting, because there is much to discuss and take decisions on. The minutes of our AGM of February 25^th, 2017 as well as the agenda for our next general club meeting can be found below. Minutes of NRRPS Meeting February 25 2017 Agenda General Club Meeting March 18th 2017 See you at the meeting! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
February 18 ^th 2017	Hello Everybody, The most important meeting of our club for 2017 is only one week away. Next Saturday, February 25^th, 2017 our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 10:00 am at the North Road clubhouse. Please study the attached agenda for this meeting, and be prepared to participate as a valued member of the club. Agenda AGM NRRPS February 25 2017 Minutes of Extra-ordinary and General Club Meeting January 7th 2017 Updated proposed club race schedule for 2017 The annual election of officers who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our club, will take place at the AGM ― please be ready with your nominations for each position. For our club to function optimally, it is vital that each member serve on at least one of the club committees, and that members are willing to do service as an elected officer of the club. So please think in advance about which committee you would like to serve on, or for which of the club officer positions for the 2017/2018 season, you are willing to stand for election. It is always good when friends get together, don’t you agree? So come and relax and enjoy the meeting. It will be GREAT to see you there, have you participate and spend a few hours of quality time with your friends and fellow club members. See you there! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
January 12 ^th 2017	Hello Everybody, Here are the minutes of the Extra-ordinary and General Club Meetings of Saturday January 7^th, 2017. Please read through this carefully, because quite a few important decisions were made. Also attached here, are the proposed race schedules for 2017. These schedules will be discussed and voted on at our Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 25^th, 2017. For those who did not receive the information and entry form for our pigeon show on Saturday January 14^th, 2017, I have attached that file as well. You will find these information here : Minutes of Extra-ordinary and General Club Meeting January 7th 2017 Proposed Pigeon Racing Schedule for 2017 Annual Racing Pigeon Show 2017 Best regards … and see you at the show! David Kaplan Recording Secretary
December 5 ^th 2016	Hello Everybody, Herewith the notice of an Extraordinary Meeting to be followed by a General Club Meeting on Saturday January 7^th, 2017 at 10:00 am at the North Road clubhouse. All proposed race schedules for 2017 must be handed in at the January 7th general meeting. Please find attached the : Minutes of November 26th 2016 general meeting Agenda for extraordinary meeting January 7th 2017 Agenda for general meeting January 7th 2017 Hope to see you there, David Kaplan Recording Secretary