Future of Channel Racing

Submitted by hunter on Tue, 02/08/2022 - 07:39

At the end of last week DEFRA had only received 1700 applications from fanciers in England to register for a CPH number. There is a wave of apathy sweeping our Sport towards the registration process for which there are various reasons. However if you have any thoughts about Channel racing in 2023 and beyond I urge you to register now with DEFRA. They currently have the resources in place to turn round applications quickly but this will change as workload cycles change and in future the process will take much longer.
There remains much uncertainty across the NEHU about the viablity of channel racing but at least if you have registered with DEFRA we will have a more informed picture about developing a programme of races.
You can register free by telephoning the DEFRA Regional Payments Unit at-03000200301. You need to have your GPS Northern & Easting Co-ordinates handy when calling. These you can obtain by visiting the DEFRA Magic Map website.
It only takes a few minutes to get this done and you will find the DEFRA staff very helpful.
If you want to preserve your right to Channel racing act now and take this 1st step.