It is full steam ahead for next year's Adelaide International Pigeon Expo featuring champion English flyer Geoff Cooper.

Despite the paramyxo scare in Victoria, North Suburban Club and its partner the Long Distance Club have determined that the January 7 event will go ahead.

The only concession made is to regretfully withdraw Victorian squeakers from the sale. Last year Victorian breeders backed the event and it is a disappointment, but it was thought that the risks were too great.

Victorian flyers are certainly welcome to attend and take home youngsters. Apart from the best South Australian lofts, a special effort is being made to source squeakers from all States, including Queensland, Tassie and W.A.

This year's S.A. points winners Nenad Stojakovic and Dennis Shaw (Adelaide Race Lofts)  have promised babies from their best.

Sydney's Dr. Rob Marshall will join Geoff Cooper on the dais and will consult with flyers and their birds on Sunday morning.

Geoff Cooper's loft was in devastating form this year, winning International races across the water.

Birds imported to Australia from his lofts earlier this year have featured in several one loft and classic races in S.A. and Victoria.

Long distance Club's Gavin Harris acknowledged that some interstate flyers had already made bookings and planned their holidays to be in Adelaide, so a postponement was never a reality.

So pigeon flyers from all over Australia, make the call to head to Adelaide on January 7.