Knowles & Son

28/07/2020 - 21 members sent 57 pigeons to Marseille with the British International Championship Club to compete in conjunction with the International. They were liberated at 06.45CEST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

14/07/2019 - Forty-eight members entered one hundred and twenty-eight pigeons into the British Barcelona Club's race from Barcelona, held in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 09.50 CEST into blue skies and a southerly wind.

03/08/2018 - Twenty-four members entered one hundred and one pigeons into the British International Championship Club race from Narbonne. They were liberated at 07.15CEST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

28/07/2018 - Nineteen members sent seventy-seven pigeons to the British International Championship Club race from Marseille, held in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 07.00CEST into a light north-east wind. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

02/07/2018 - Fifty-six members entered one hundred and thirty birds into the British Barcelona Club race from Palamos. They were liberated at 09.15CEST into a light southerly wind. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

24/07/2017 - Twenty-three members entered eighty birds into the British International Championship Club race from Marseille, held in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 06.45CEST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

03/08/2016 - Seventy members sent two hundred and forty-three pigeons to the British International Championship Club race from Perpignan held in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 07.15CEST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

20/07/2016 - Twenty-seven members sent ninety-seven pigeons to the British International Championship Club race from Marseille, held in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 05.45CEST on the 15th July 2016. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

28/06/2016 - One hundred and forty-four members sent seven hundred and seventy-one pigeons to Agen with the international convoy. They were liberated at 06.50CEST on Sunday 26th June due to bad weather throughout Europe on the previous days. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

21/07/2015 - Twenty-three members entered seventy-seven birds into the British International Championship Club race from Marseille, in conjunction with the international race. They were liberated at 05.40BST into clear skies with no wind. The following is a report on the provisional resulteo based on members' verifications.

04/08/2014 - Thirty-six members of the British International Championship Club entered one hundred and eleven birds into the race from Perpignan in conjunction with the international race. They were liberated on Friday the first of August at 5.45am BST with no wind at the racepoint. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

30/07/2014 - Thirty six members of the British International Championship Club sent one hundred and eight birds to Narbonne to compete in the international race along with twenty thousand, seven hundred and eighty birds from across Europe. They were liberated at 06.10am BST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

22/07/2014 - Forty one birds were entered into the British International Championship Club race from Marseille in conjunction with the international race. The convoy was released on the Friday in accordance with the weather report for vast majority of the continent. The following is a report on the provisional result for the UK based on members' verifications

30/08/2013 - Seven hundred and twenty old hens were entered into the race and after a one day holdover due to poor weather, they were liberated at 11.30am BST into blue skies and sunshine. The wind was from the north west and expected to reach 17mph in the channel.

05/08/2013 - Two hundred and fifty two UK birds, from seventy fanciers, were entered into the international race from Perpignan. They were liberated at 06.15am BST. The prevailing weather conditions throughout the route meant that once again the east section dominated the top ten.

30/07/2012 - Seventy nine plucky British birds were entered for the race from Marseille. After a day's holdover they were liberated with over eleven thousand international birds.

20/07/2012 - Sixty five members of the British International Championship Club sent two hundred and eighty five pigeons to compete in the international race from St Vincent. The birds were held over on Sunday due to bad weather but were released at 6.00 hrs UK time on Monday.

30/11/2011 - When I spoke to Stuart Knowles recently I asked him why he had gone out and spent a fortune acquiring expensive pigeons? First of all he laughed and then answered “It’s quite simple really we believe that at the end of the day good blood will always tell and if the birds are managed correctly they will bring back much of the original outlay and if enough effort is put in you will make a nice profit!’’