| AERC |
All England Roller Club, UK. Smooth aluminum with engraved
letters: 92 (pink) |
| AERS |
All England Roller Society. (not known in the UK) Smooth
aluminum with engraved letters: 96 (orange); 97 (blue); 98 (gold). |
| APA |
Unknown, rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 76
(plain) |
| ARC |
American Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with embossed
letters – plain unless stated otherwise: 75; 82; 86; 87; 88 (red); 89; 90;
92; 93 (blue); 94 (red); 95; 96; 97; 98; 99 |
| ATU |
American Tippler Union, http://www.tipplers.com/ATU/ .
Established 1967, still active in New York area. We assume they use roller
edge aluminum bands with embossed letters. |
| AVRC |
Antelope Valley Roller Club, USA. This club use(d) rolled
edge aluminum rings with embossed letters. Mario has got a few examples
in his collection. |
| BBRC |
Bloemfontein Birmingham Roller Club also Boksburg Birmingham
Roller Club. South Africa. Smooth aluminum with engraved letters: 88; 90;
|
| BCBRC |
British Colombia Birmingham Roller Club. This club was
already in existence in April 1972. Smooth aluminum with engraved letters:
1998 (gold); 1999 (red); |
| BCR |
Black Country Roller Club, England. Rolled edge aluminum
with embossed letters, plain unless stated otherwise: 51; 61; 63; 69 to
76; 78 to 80; 86 (red); 87 to 93; 95; 96. Smooth aluminum with engraved
letters: 00 (purple). A Black Country Roller Club from Kelso, Washington,
USA was mentioned in the September 1968 issue of “American Pigeon Journal.
|
| BCRC |
Unknown – Rolled edged aluminum with embossed letters.
Mario has got some. |
| BHRC |
Boyle Heights Roller Club, USA. We do not have rings from
this club, but assume that they use(d) rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed
letters. |
| BPRC |
Birmingham Performing Roller Club, South Africa. Smooth
aluminum rings with engraved letters: 90; 96. |
| BRC |
Bentley Roller Club, England. Smooth aluminum with engraved
letters: 83 B (plain); 91 (orange); |
| BRC |
Birminghma Roller Club of Western Australia, Australia.
Plastic coated aluminum (7mm inside diameter): 87, 90, 91, 93, 94 |
| B.R.C. Birmingham T.611350 |
– see Bentley Roller Club? Plastic coated racing homer
style: 1985 (pink) |
| B.R.C. |
Birmingham Roller Club, Holland. Plastic coated racing
homer style: 95 (green); 2001 (green) |
| BRPC |
Unknown Rolled edge aluminum ring: 62 (plain) |
| BSW |
West of England Flying Tumbler Society, England. Smooth
aluminum with engraved letters: B 00 (red). What is the meaning of the letters
BSW? |
| BSWR |
Unknown U.K. club Smooth aluminum with engraved letters:
B 99 |
| CCPRC |
Central Carolina Performing Roller Club, USA. We do not
have rings from this club, but assume that they use(d) rolled edge aluminum
rings with embossed letters. |
| CCRC |
Unknown – Rolled edged aluminum with embossed letters.
Mario has got some. |
| CFRC |
Carolina Flying Roller Club, USA. We do not have rings
from this club, but assume that they use(d) rolled edge aluminum rings with
embossed letters. |
| CPRC |
California Performance Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge aluminum
rings with embossed letters. Mario has got some in his collection. |
| CRC |
Canadian Roller Club. Canada, established 1963. Rolled
edge coloured aluminum with embossed letters. 72 (plain) |
| DAH |
Unknown rolled edge aluminum: 95 (bronze) |
| Deutscher Bodenp.-Club |
Parlor roller club in Germany. Plastic coated racing homer
style. 85 (orange); 86 (green); 87 (yellow); 88 (blue-grey); 89 (pink);
90 (plain); 91 (orange); 92 (green); 93 (yellow); 95 (green); 96 (pink);
97 (white); 1998 (yellow); 2000 (orange); 2001 (blue); 2002 (green); 2003
(yellow) |
| Deutscher Flug-roller-Club e V
DFC |
see also DFC Roller club in Germany. Plastic coated racing
homer style; 1981 (white); |
| Deutsche Flugtippler Union. |
Tippler club in Germany. Website: http://www.flugtippler.de
Plastic coated racing homer style: 73 (red); 75 (orange); 77 (white); 83
(pink); 84 (green); 86 (yellow); 88 (orange); 89 (green); 90 (bllue-grey);
91 (yellow); 92 (pink); 93 (orange); 94 (green); 95 (blue-grey); 96 (yellow);
98 (orange) |
| DFC |
Deutscher Flugtippler Club. German tippler club: rolled
edge aluminum: 87 (plain); 95 (green); 98 (blue) and 99 (plain). 1987 has
a 10mm inside diameter and the rest 9mm I.D. ; Plastic coated racing homer
style: 96 (purple); 97 (biege); 98 (blue); 99 (white); 2000 (red); 2001
(green); Plastic modern fancy type: 02 (grey). Why did this club use both
plastic coated and aluminum rings, or are the rings for different clubs?
Please take note that the rings for the same years are of corresponding
colours. |
| EDRS |
Unknown smooth aluminum with engraved letters: 88 A (green);
|
| EERC |
East of England Roller Club, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk,
England: smooth aluminum with engraved letters: 78 (green); rolled edge
aluminum: 87 (blue); 88 (red); 89 (green); 90 (purple); 91 (green); 93 (gold);
94 (red); |
| EFP |
Unknown: smooth aluminum with engraved letters; 89 (gold) |
| EFU |
European Flugtippler Union (plastic coated racing homer
type) 1988 (red), 1993 (white); 02 (purple); |
| ESF |
Empire Short Face Tumbler Club, USA. Rolled edge plain
aluminum with embossed letters: 02; 03. |
| FFH |
Fliegtippler Friends Holland Plastic coated racing homer
style: 98 (white); 1999 (yellow); 2000 (red); 01 (blue); 2002 (purple) |
| FK R |
GORF, Netherlands. Established 1968. Postal addres: GORF;
B.G.J. Jorink; Lepenstraat 57; 7605 EE Almelo (Nederland); tel. 0546-532235
Affiliated to the NBS and therefore used FK rings – rolled edge coloured
aluminum rings with embossed letters. |
| FORS |
Flying Oriental Roller Society, USA. Website: http://www.wod.com/fors
We do not know anything about the bands they are using |
| FRG |
Friendly Roller Group, USA. |
| FTA |
Flying Tippler Association, USA. Website: http://www.tippler.com/FTA/
93 (blue); 98 (gold); |
| FTC |
Flying Tippler Club, Ireland Smooth aluminum with engraved
letters: 99 (blue); |
| FTS |
Flying Tippler Society, USA (see NPA FTS). Website: http://www.tipplers.com/FTSofUSA/
Established 1987. Rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 93 (red);
|
| FVN |
Fliegtippler Vereniging Nedeland Plastic coated racing
homer style: 89 (red); 00 (white); |
| GAY |
Unknown rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed letters:
91 |
| HAMBURG SV or HAMBURGER SV |
Hamburg Shortface Tumbler Club, Germany. Plastic coated
racing homer style rings: 79; 84; 92 (); 93 (); 94 (); 95 (); 96 (); 97
(). |
| HPRC |
Hawaii Performing Roller Club. We do not know anything
about their bands. |
| HRC |
Harbor Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with embossed
letters: 87 (red); 94 (red); |
| HVRC |
High Velocity Roller Club, USA. |
| ICRC |
Inner City Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge plain aluminum
with embossed letters: 94; |
| IRA |
International Roller Association, USA, established 1975.
Did not promote / sponsor coop shows, dedicated solely to the performance
qualities of the Birmingham roller. – American Pigeon Journal, Aug. 1975,
p. 583. Rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed letters: 87 (red); 89 (plain);
91 (green); 92 (gold); 93 (blue); 94 (red); 95 (bronze). Smooth aluminum
with engraved letters: 99 (gold); 00 (red). |
| IRC |
Ideal Roller Club existed in the USA prior to 1975, but
it was superceded by the National Ideal Roller Club – American Pigeon Journal,
Aug. 1975 p 593. It is not known if these two clubs issued bands with their
own initials on. Any additional information will be appreciated. IRC may
also represent the Idaho Roller Club, USA. I have the following rolled edge
plain aluminum rings with embossed letters: 83 to 87; 91; 93; 94; |
| IVAN |
Unknown, rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed letters:
95 |
| JDRC |
Unknown, South African roller club. Smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: 94. |
| JOHN G |
Unknown, rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 95
(bronze) |
| KCRC |
Kansas City Roller Club, USA. We do not have any specimens,
but assume they used rolled edge aluminum bands with embossed letters. The
club was already in existence in 1974. |
| KNIGHT |
Unknown, rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 94
(blue); 97 (purple); 98 (gold); 00 (red); 01 (bronze); 02 (purple). |
| LFRC |
London Flying Roller Club, England. Smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: 94 (purple) |
| MARTIN |
Unknown, rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 95
(bronze) |
| MH |
Unknown, rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 85
(green paint); 88 (plain) |
| MRPC |
Midland Roller Pigeon Club, England. Smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: 95 A (green). The a indicates size – therefore there must
be other sizes as well. |
| MTCA |
Muffed Tumbler Club of America established 1937, USA. Rolled
edge aluminum? |
| NBRC |
National Birmingham Roller Club ? Rolled edge aluminum
with embossed letters: 51 (plain); 64 (plain); 65 (plain); 66 (plain); 67
(plain); 84 (purple paint); 86 (purple); 89 (pink); 90 (plain); 90 (blue);
91 (green); 93 (plain); 93 (bronze); 94(red); 95 (plain); 95 (gold); 96
(blue); 97 (plain); 97 (green); 98 (purple); 99 (bronze); 00 (plain); 01
(brown); 02 (gold). Smooth aluminum with engraved letters: 78 (plain); 79
(brown); 80 (seagreen); 01 (pink). Racing homer type plastic coated aluminum:
94 (?); 94 (red); 96 (blue); 98 (light purple); 00 (red); 01 (pink); 02
(yellow); 03 (blue). Special flights, plastic coated type: NBRC CONVENTION
97 PAGEANT OF PIGEON (green); 99 NBRC CONV N.W. FLY (yellow). Are there
different NBRC clubs in different parts of the world? And is this the reason
for the difference in rings? |
| NCTT |
Tumbler & Tippler club, Scotland??? Smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: A size (7 mm inside diameter): 94 (red); 95 (green); 97
(brown); B size (8 mm inside diameter): 93 (gold); 97 (?); 01 (dark green);
D size (10 mm i.d.): 95 (green). Is there a C size (9mm i..d?) |
| NFFRC |
North Florida Flying Roller Club, USA. We do not have rings
from this club, but assume that they use(d) rolled edge aluminum rings with
embossed letters. |
| NIRC |
National Ideal Roller Club, USA. (This club was mentioned
in an article in the Aug. 75 edition of the APJ – p 593. This Club superceded
the Ideal Roller club. Whether any of these two clubs issued bands with
their initials on is not known at the time of writing – Jan. 2004) |
| NMRC |
New Mexico Roller Club? Received from Gerd Selter from
Germany who said it is Norwegian? Rolled edged aluminum with embossed letters:
96 (green) |
| NPA ARC |
American Roller (Or Archangel) Club? (see ARC - without
NPA). Rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 89 (); 90 (); 91 (); 92
(); 93 (); 95 (); 96 (); 97 (); 98 (); 00; |
| NPA FTS |
Flying Tippler Society (see FTS – without NPA). Est. 1987.
Rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 95 (bronze); 98 (gold); 99 (blue);
|
| NPA KTC |
Komorner Tumbler Club, USA. This is a fancy pigeon club.
Rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters. 80 (gold); 83 (plain); 85 (green);
88 (red); 89 (pink); 90 (green); 91 (purple); 92 (gold); 94 (red); 96 (green);
97 (purple); 98 (gold); |
| NPA MWP |
Unknown breed club from the USA. Rolled edge aluminum with
embossed letters: 88 (red); |
| NPA NBT |
Unknown breed club ??? Rolled edge aluminum with embossed
letters: 88 (red); 90 (green); |
| NPA NRT |
Unknown – may be National Russian Tumbler Club: Rolled
edge plain aluminum with embossed letters: 91. |
| NPA PTC |
Pacific Tumbler Club, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with embossed
letters, 8mm inside diameter: 83 (plain); 89 (pink); 90 (green); 91 (purple);
92 (gold); 11 mm i.d.: 87 (gold); 91 (purple); |
| NPA UOR |
United Oriental Rollers, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with
embossed letters: 98. |
| NPA WEST |
??? see also WOE UT ; WEST ; WEFT: Rolled edge aluminum
with embossed letters; 9,5 mm inside diameter: 95 (bronze); 01 (bronze);
|
| NRC |
Northern Roller Club, England: Smooth aluminum with engraved
letters: A size : 90 (purple); 91 (black); 93 (gold); 94 (red); 95 (green);
96 (purple); 97 (brown); 98 (blue); 99 (gold); 00 (red); 01 (green). |
| NRTC |
National Russian Tumbler Club, USA? Est. 1968. We have
a specimen dated: 98; |
| NRTT |
Nottingham Roller, Tippler & Tumbler Club, England. Smooth
aluminum with engraved letters: B size – 8mm: 96 (purple); D size (10 mm):
92 (blue) |
| NTU |
National Tippler Union. Established on September 28, 1912
in Nottingham, England. Rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed letters:
62; 65; 66; 67; 69; 71; 71; 72; Smooth aluminum with embossed and engraved
letters: 64. Smooth aluminum with engraved letters: 68 (plain); 74 (plain);
76 (red); 78 (green); 79 (orange); 80 (purple); 81 (gold); 88 (gold); 89
(purple); 89 (plain); 90 (orange); 91 (red); 95 (plain); 98 (blue); 99 (red);
00 (gold); 01 (blue). Plastic coated racing homer style with 7mm inside
diameter: 86 (white) |
| NVC |
Nederlandse Vliegtippler Club. Rolled edge plain aluminum:
84. Plastic coated racing homer style: 94 (); 95 (); 96 (); 98 (); 99 ();
2000 (). |
| NYC |
New York Club, USA. rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed
letters: 86 to 90; 99; |
| OFR |
Oregon Flying Rollers rolled edge aluminum with embossed
letters: 76 (plain); 77 (red – painted?); 78 (plain); |
| OLRC |
Unknown ? rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 97
(purple); |
| ORC |
Unknown ? rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 74
(plain) |
| OTU |
Unknown rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 97
(purple); |
| PDRC |
Unknown, South African Roller club, smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: 90. |
| PRC |
Pensom Roller Club, USA. The PRC issued 15000 bands in
1969 already. Rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed letters: 56; 58;
59; 68; 70 to 74; 96; 97; |
| RDBR |
Randfontein Birmingham Roller Club, South Africa. Smooth
Aluminum with engraved letters: 87; 89 SP; 94. |
| SCRC |
South Carolina Roller Club, USA. rolled edge plain aluminum
with embossed letters There was(is?) also a South California Roller Club
– APJ, Oct. 1968, p400): 88; 92; 93; |
| SCRC |
Steel City Roller Club, Sheffield, England. Smooth aluminum
with engraved letters?. |
| SEJ |
Unknown - rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 95
(blue); 96 (green); |
| SFRA |
Unknown rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 95
(gold); |
| SFRC |
Unknown rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters: 94
(green); |
| SPRC |
Sydney Performing Roller Club, Granville, NSW, Australia.
Established 1989. They used IRA rings up until 1995: smooth aluminum with
engraved letters: 96 (black); 97 (reddish brown); 98 (blue); 99 (purple);
00 (orange); 01 (green); 02 (black); 03 (reddish brown) |
| STBRK |
Standerton Birmingham Roller Klub, South Africa. Smooth
aluminum with engraved letters: 84; 86 (or 98), |
| SWDRV |
Suid Westelike Distrikte Roller Vereniging, South Africa.
Smooth aluminum rings with engraved letters: 86 (red). |
| TFRC |
Triad Flying Roller Club, USA. |
| TRA |
San Fernando Area Group, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with
embossed letters: 91 (red) |
| TVBC |
Unknown, rolled edge plain aluminum with embossed letters:
84; 86; |
| UORA |
United Oriental Roller Association, USA. Rolled edge aluminum
with embossed letters; 8mm inside diameter: 85 (purple); 88 (red); 89 (pink);
90 (green); 92 (gold); 93 (blue). |
| URC |
United Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge plain aluminum with
embossed letters: 78 |
| URDV |
Unknown, 7mm roller ??? 89; |
| USA |
United Spinners Association, USA. Rolled edge plain aluminum
with embossed letters. |
| UTAH |
Utah State Roller Club - I was state in an article (APJ
May 1978) that they changed to these initials in 1978 to avoid confusion
with other roller clubs. We assume that the used URC previously and that
the United Roller Club was most probably one of the other clubs they referred
to. As we do not have any specimens from this club, we assume that they
used rolled edge aluminum bands with embossed letters. |
| UTC |
United Tumbler Club : established 1948, USA. We do not
have any rings from this club, but believe them to be rolled edge alloy
with embossed letters. |
| VBRK-OVS |
Vrystaat Birmingham Roller Klub, South Africa. Smooth aluminum
with engraved letters: 92. |
| VCN |
Vliegroller Club Nederland. This club used VCN for the
years 1983 to 1987. During the period from 1988 to 1991 they used EFU rings
and changed back to VCN rings in 1992. The first rings for the 1983 year
were rolled edge aluminum with embossed letters, but they switched to plastic
coated rings in 1984. Since the year 2000 they stopped using the initials
and change to using the full names on the rings. The first 2 digits of number
indicate the year. Plastic coated racing type: 97 (yellow); 98 (white);
99 (yellow). |
| VCRC |
Ventura County Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge aluminum with
embossed letters: 92 (gold); 93 (blue); 94 (red); 95 (bronze); 96 (green); |
| VLIEGROLLER CLUB NEDERLAND |
see VCN. Plastic coated racing type: 00 (red); 01 (green);
02 (pink); 03 (yellow). |
| VPP |
Unknown (This may be an overstamped VP design) rolled edge
with embossed letters:86 C (plain) |
| WBR |
Westelike Birmingham Roller klub? South Africa. Smooth
aluminum with engraved letters: 83. |
| WEFT |
West of Englanf Flying Tumblers rolled edge aluminum rings
with embossed letters: 53 (green); smooth aluminum with engraved letters:
76 (green); 78 (red) (9mm i.d. for both types) Is this a English club? |
| WEST |
West of England: rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed
letters: 85 (plain); 92 (gold); 94 (red); From which country are these rings? |
| Wiener Vollblut-Hochflieger |
German Tippler Club plastic coated racing homer style:
88 (yellow); |
| WOEU |
West Of England Union; rolled edge aluminum rings with
embossed letters, 9,5mm inside diameter: 97 (purple); 98 (gold); |
| WOE UT |
West of England, United Tumblers ??? ; rolled edge aluminum
rings with embossed letters, 9,5mm inside diameter: 90 (green); |
| WORC |
Unknown rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed letters,
87 (orange); |
| WP |
Unknown ? rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed letters,
96 (green); |
| WRC |
Western Roller Club, USA. Rolled edge plain aluminum rings
with embossed letters: 86; 88 to 96; 00; (There was (is?) also a Western
Roller Club in South Africa. I have not seen their rings, but believe it
will be smooth aluminum with engraved letters. E Stratford mentioned the
following initials for this club: WRV = Westelike Roller Vereniging in an
APJ article dated August 1975. It is not know what bands they used, nor
if it had WRV or WRC on them. |
| WTC |
Western Tumbler Club established 1899, USA. We do not have rings from
this club, but assume that they use(d) rolled edge aluminum rings with embossed
letters. |
