I love that this is news.
LONDON – Pigeon racers are petitioning Queen Elizabeth II to have their activity officially classified as a sport. The Belford Racing Pigeon Club hopes the British monarch, the patron of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association, will intervene in a dispute that could see them pay millions of dollars in taxes, chairman Eric Sim said. Full story here.
The Royal Pigeon Racing Association sounds like a fine organization. Learn more about them here.
Just so you know – Pigeon racers are also known as “pigeon fanciers”
