PLEASE TAKE PART IN OUR FLIGHT FOR YOUNG LIVES

On 2nd of September up to 5,000 thousand young homing pigeons, from clubs across the UK, will be released in northern France in a race to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness month.
This sponsored race offers an exciting opportunity for you to win a prize while raising money to help CLIC Sargent stop cancer destroying young lives.

Join the race to raise money for the fight against childhood cancer.

Sponsor 1 pigeon for £2.00, 3 pigeons for £5.00  or 7 pigeons for £10.00. Please remember to leave your name which will be randomly matched to a pigeon on the day and so we can inform the race winners.

However, if you just wish to make a donation to CLIC Sargent without being entered for the prize - Please start your message with 'Donation'.

How it works

As the pigeons race back to their home lofts across the UK, their times and distances are monitored and the fastest pigeons home will win prizes for their sponsors.
In this Pigeon Race for Young Lives, each of the sponsorship tickets sold is linked to a unique ring number on each of a young pigeons taking part in the race, and the fastest five pigeons home will be declared winners and prizes will be given to their lucky sponsors.
The fastest pigeon home will be calculated based on the distance flown from Coutances, France to their home loft divided by the time taken to complete the race. In past races some birds average 1 mile per minute!
The sponsor of the fastest pigeon home will win £100, with runner up prizes of £75 for 2nd, £50 for 3rd, £25 for 4th and £10 for 5th.

Did you know

• The Queen has her own pigeon loft and some of her birds will be taking part in the race.
• The speed of an average pigeon is a speedy 50mph but some top racers have reached a whopping 90mph!
• Homing pigeons have been helping humans for over 3000 years.
• A vast array of surprising celebrities are said to be Pigeon fanciers, from Julius Ceasar to Mike Tyson, and even Miley Cyrus, Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando. 

For more information check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/charitypigeonrace/ 

If you sponsoring a pigeon, please be aware these amounts cannot be Gift Aided.

When sponsoring a pigeon please opt to include your information so that we can contact you if you win. Your information will be shared with the event organiser so that you can be put into the draw and contacted if you should win. The event organiser will only use your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Please also note that if we cannot get in touch with you before the 25th September 2017 the prize money will be allocated to the next fastest, and your contribution will be treated as a donation.

·All profits from the event will be collected by CLIC Sargent Lottery Limited, company number 10791106. CLIC Sargent Lottery Limited covenants all its taxable profits to CLIC Sargent, a registered charity in England and Wales (1107328) and Scotland (SC039857).