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Why Birmingham Rollerspigeons
By: Rick L. Mee
There are many reasons for the popularity of our
chosen breed, so many that they can not all be listed herein. I will try to
highlight some of them that I think are the reasons that the Birmingham
Rollers have become so popular lately.
The glue that holds the roller fraternity together is the National
Birmingham Roller Club. The NBRC puts out a semi-monthly magazine with
informative and original articles. We also host a yearly convention that is
held in different parts of the USA. While attending a roller convention, you
will travel around and visit some of the local lofts and watch a kit of
rollers fly at each, usually consisting of 20 birds. Other activities while
attending a NBRC convention are the showing of proven rollers, an auction of
top quality birds from the top lofts in the world, door prizes, raffles,
seminars, and many other activities. There is nothing more exciting than to
be amongst other roller fanciers when a kit is performing properly overhead,
especially if they are fast and deep. Our conventions have at times drawn
more than 200 people to them, all of which raise rollers. At the present
time, our membership is close to 2,000 members, and we are growing daily.
There are also many other roller clubs in the world, some having several
hundred members. As you can see, our little bird is very popular all over
the world.
Another big reason for the recent popularity of rollers is the annual World
Cup roller fly, and the NBRC Fall Fly, now called the Jim Perri Memorial
Fly. The WC is made up of flyers from across the world, all are vying for
the title “World Champion”. To date, flyers from the USA, Canada, Holland,
Denmark, England, and Africa have participated, with Australia joining this
year. Regional competitions are first completed, with winners from these
going on to the finals. The previous year’s winner is afforded the
opportunity to an all expense paid vacation the next year to judge the
finals. As for right now, the JPMF is held in North America only, however
there has been talk of expanding this fly also. This fly also starts with
regional competitions first, where the final’s judge, usually the previous
year’s winner, goes around judging all of the regional qualifiers. Winning
this fly, like the WC, is also considered quite an accomplishment. Besides
these two big flys, there are many local, state, and special roller flys
held every year worldwide.
Rollers come in every color imaginable, and many colors have been borrowed
from our breed and introduced to others. Although the colors of rollers are
so diverse, and many being very pleasing to the eye, most roller fanciers
disregard color, as it is performance only that they are after. Imagine a
tight compact kit of 20 Birmingham Rollers, all different in color and
pattern, spinning Earthward from up to 3-4 seconds, regrouping, then doing
it all over again a short time later. A high quality kit of rollers are a
must see for any pigeon enthusiast.
These are just a few of the reasons that Birmingham Rollers are so popular
World wide, and we of the roller fraternity urge you to give them a try. If
you are up to the challenge, and want to go where the action is, contact
your closest regional director on the NBRC website, you will surely not be
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