The Big Brothers B.B.Q. held on August 16th 1996, at the Ivy Hall was a huge success. Sixty plus pigeon flyer's, fifty little brothers and their Big Brothers attended this exciting and fun filled event. Our collections from the race entry donations and raffle were $2300.00 and we successfully showed off our sport.
After the baseball game, there were little fingers in every crate. Now, these kids have imagination! There should have been a prize for the fancier who could answer the most questions.
I am proud of the way each fancier in attendance presented our sport and I thank all. Our success is illustrated in a letter from Mr. David Murphy, President Big Brothers of Barrie & District as follows:
Dear Mike,
On behalf of Big Brothers of Barrie & District, I would like to thank you for the wonderful evening that was arranged for us by Huronia Racing Promotions. All the kids had a wonderful time playing baseball and enjoying the delicious barbecue.
Everyone had a fascinating evening learning about the sport of pigeon racing. We truly appreciated the patience showed by all your members in answering all our questions. I particularly enjoyed learning from Mario (Rea) how to motivate a pigeon to race faster, something I had never considered possible before. The enthusiasm you all display for your sport is extremely infectious. My son is already asking me when we are going to get a pigeon.
I also want to thank you for the generous donation your association made to us from the proceeds of the raffle and to thank you, Mike, for all the hard work you put in to make that happen. I sincerely hope that the relationship between our two organizations will continue to grow.
This event deserves an annual support and I look forward to next years even bigger commitment.
Mike Taylor
First published in the Canadian Racing Pigeon News
October/November 1996
Past sports promotions
Pigeon racing
Past sports promotions
Pigeon racing