The UK Premier One Loft Race Rules 2027

1. The race is named The UK Premier One Loft Race.

2. The Managing Director / Loft Manager is Jeremy Davies.

Loft assistants will be employed when needed.

3. The entry fee for 2027 is £180 for every entry. We encourage you to join and make syndicates.

4. A £30 deposit per pigeon is required to secure your space when booking. All deposits are non-refundable. The deposit will be taken off the final payment. This is to be paid into The UK Premier One Loft Race account.

5. Full payment must be made by the official 2027 payment deadline, which will be confirmed by the organisers, by bank transfer or cash only.

The entry fee is £180 per pigeon, with the £30 deposit deducted from the final payment, leaving a balance of £150 per pigeon.

Bank Details:- Name: The UK Premier One Loft Race

Sort Code: 04-06-05

Account Number: 20008824

Bank transfer or cash for payments only.

6. All pigeons must be rung only with one 2027 life ring. They can be rung on either leg. The Benzing electronic ring will be placed on arrival at the loft on the other leg.

7. All the relevant details of the electronic ring and registration ring will be entered onto the Benzing Live database.

8. The loft will be open for the acceptance and delivery of youngsters between the 1st March 2027 and the 15th April 2027.

All deliveries must be pre-arranged with Loft Manager Jeremy Davies.

Birds are to be delivered to:

Mr Jeremy Davies
Pigeon House, Rye Street
Birtsmorton, Malvern
WR13 6AS

Telephone: 07739148679

9. All youngsters are to be aged between 28 and 35 days old when they are delivered to the loft. A pedigree must be supplied by the Semi-Final. Any pigeons reported as strays will be repatriated and returned to the loft.

10. All pigeons MUST be inoculated by their owners with a DEFRA-approved vaccine against Paramyxovirus at least 12 days before arrival at the loft.

NO other vaccine other than PMV and NO LIVE vaccines must be used.

The vaccine manufacturer, batch number and date of inoculation must be written on the entry form that is to be delivered with the birds.

Birds will not be accepted without a completed entry form.

11. No entries from the Managing Director, Loft Manager or loft assistants will be accepted.

12. Free replacements for any fatalities or losses will be accepted until the 22nd April 2027. The entrant will be notified if this is the case and spare birds can be sent.

13. CCTV and security systems are in operation.

14. The Benzing system will be installed and in operation.

15. All youngsters will carry the Loft Manager's telephone number on the Benzing ring.

16. The route for the 2027 One Loft Race will be North and the Final Race point will be Arbroath in Scotland – 315 miles (507 kilometres), subject to liberation point availability.

Hot Spots will be roughly the same distances as used in previous years.

17. Liberation sites and distances for all races will be confirmed prior to each race.

18. All the training tosses and all races will depend on the weather conditions. The Managing Director will have the final decision for the liberation of the pigeons in his care.

19. All Hot Spot, Semi-Final and Final Race dates will be confirmed nearer the time.

20. The UK Premier One Loft Race will be paying out total prize money of £120,000 based on 1,200 paid birds.

There will be 3 Ace Pigeon prizes, which will be flown over 5 races with an average speed velocity to determine the winners.

• 10 prizes will be paid out in each Hot Spot 1, 2 and 3.

• 15 prizes will be paid out in the Semi-Final Race.

• 70 prizes will be paid out in the Final Race.

• 3 prizes for Ace Pigeon.

• A Golden Breeder Prize will be awarded to the 2 Ace pigeons with the best combined average velocity over the 5 races.

• Pools will be paid out 10:1.

All prizes will be subject to the final number of birds at the time of the closing of entries. Prizes will be published prior to Hot Spot 1.

21. All prize money will be secured in a business account and paid out within 2 weeks after each race.

22. There will be three "Ace Pigeon prizes" for the pigeons with the best average velocity over 5 races (3 Hot Spots, Semi-Final and Final).

The winners will be the pigeons with the highest average velocity. In the event of a tie, the winning pigeons will be determined by the highest position in the Final Race.

The Golden Breeder Prize will be awarded based on the best combined average velocity of 2 Ace pigeons over the same 5 races.

23. Any pigeons timed in at a dead heat will share cash prizes by adding the total of the place prizes, divided by the number of pigeons in the dead heat.

24. After the Final Race pigeons will be auctioned and the owner will receive 50% of the auction price. The other 50% will go to The UK Premier One Loft Race.

All formative pedigrees need to be received before the Semi-Final.

If NO formative pedigree is received, then NO auction money will be paid to the entrant.

25. We use your personal information submitted through the results and race reports.

We may pass on your personal information to a verified third party for the purpose of administrating the races and the publicity of pigeon racing.

By submitting pedigrees to us, you consent to publish any personal information on the pedigrees on the auction site.

We will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to provide the relevant services to you, maintain business records to satisfy tax, legal and other regulatory requirements, and protect and defend against potential legal claims.

26. The Final Race marking as well as the Final Race liberation will be live streamed. All Hot Spot liberations and the Semi-Final will be live streamed.

The trapping area will be live streamed on return of the pigeons on all races where possible.

27. Any disputes that could arise will be resolved by the Managing Director Jeremy Davies and his decision will be final.

The UK Premier One Loft Race

Loft Number: WM4819

Email: theukpremierolr@gmail.com

Loft Manager: Jeremy Davies

Telephone: 07739148679

VAT Registration Number: 468 3348 59