It is no surprise that retired veteran South Australian flyer Max Taylor was known as Mr Consistency in the SA Homing Pigeon Association. The 85-year-old has won many of the major races in the SAHPA, taken out the Association points in 2001, and has been placed in the top ten almost a dozen times. Max…
The Ponderosa Australia Stud Story (Reprinted ….Courtesy The Australian Racing Pigeon Journal) John Hofman was the man behind the first legal importation of racing pigeons into Australia since the 1940’s … so we asked him to tell his story……… (Picture – Courtesy John Desira) The story leading up to the…
Eighty-four year old Alan Thede is a highly successful old-school Adelaide pigeon breeder and flyer. He lived through the Golden years of pigeon racing when the South and Australian Pigeon Association had almost 400 members, competing against some of the biggest names in the sport including Vin Blanden, Allen Goodger, John Pryor and Bill Walford…
Veteran South Australian pigeon breeder and racer Alvon Richardson passed away on March the eleventh, 2018, at the age of 92. Alvon’s father Keith, and Brother Harold were both successful pigeon men, and Alvon bred a hen that was sold to legendary flyer John Pryor at the Sires Produce Sale. It went on to become…
