RACERS AT THE FAIR

The Texas Pigeon Association held their annual show during the Texas State Fair. The rainy weekend didn’t stop a great turnout to see the entries and displays.

Members of the Rodeo City Invitational Racing Pigeon Club were invited to display the racing sport during the weekend show. The AU national office provided a display and promotional materials and helped man the booth.

A lot of the visitors expressed an appreciation for the availability of racing information. Many had raced before, knew someone in the sport, or had heard about it and wanted to know more. Several people shared that they enjoyed both the racing and the fancy hobbies.

Rodeo City club members, Paul Sadler, Layne Miller, Leon Rawdon and Jay Goodwin provided information and answered questions as people stopped by to check the display.

The club set up a complete computerized clocking system with racing software running on a laptop connected to it. Actual race birds were used to simulate a bird going through the trap and antenna device. This was a great opportunity to demonstrate electronic clocking. To those who had not even been aware of racing homing pigeons, it was a surprise to see modern technology applied to the sport.

Additionally, members displayed some of their racing champions and winners’ plaques, to illustrate the honors received for racing performance.

During the one-day show, the club had fifteen people sign up to receive more information. Club members will keep in touch and advise them of upcoming club activities.

This is a great illustration of how easy it is to let others know about the racing sport. By investing one day in sport promotion, the club has generated new interest.

Not only is the club taking a proactive stand with regard to sport promotion, but also in establishing a revised local ordinance allowing the raising and racing of Homing Pigeons. Rodeo City Club member, Jay Goodwin, was instrumental in making the change come about.

The club is addressing the task of making pigeon racing a more popular sport on different levels. Not only are they seeking promotional opportunities and taking an active part in ordinance issues, but they are also looking for opportunities to work with youth, which will be the sport’s future.

Nice work guys!

Rodeo City Club President, Paul Sadler, answered questions.

Layne Miller demonstrated an electronic clocking system and racing software.

Leon Rawdon and Layne Miller assisted with questions.