Racing This Weekend 10th June.

who`s racing this weekend, where from and how many you sending...?

All the best to everyone racing this weekend

we have moved to a sunday lib now from chesterfield ...sending 6 yearlings we started with 10 but 2 have been injured and 1 reported dead after training and 1 race atb to all racing this weekend

good luck Darren and Alfie, and all who are racing this weekend..........

we at fourges but looks like holdover till sunday,

Essex central Fed is basketing tomorrow for a Sunday race from Wetherby as weather is a bit Dicky

good luck to you both, rog and boosey.........let us know how you both do.

Total waste of time to night basketed the birds and all crate's sealed and no transporter someone forgot to tell us that they were basketing tomorrow had to open all crates and bring them back home only to do it all again

markevans wrote:

Total waste of time to night basketed the birds and all crate's sealed and no transporter someone forgot to tell us that they were basketing tomorrow had to open all crates and bring them back home only to do it all again

jesus, do without that pal. atb when you eventually get going

325 miles for me tomorrow. Mostly yearlings. Tough headwinds. No one else in the club shipped. They informed me they do not fly past 270 miles. They do win the Fed quite often. Up to that distance. I sent 20. So competing against the Fed. Winds pick up from shortest Fed flier to my place (over 100 km) from 15 kmh to 35 kmh. Surprised the heck out of me, absence of fliers. I have noticed, putting the other members birds through previously,  skinny birds with very narrow end flights. May be that is what sprinters are?

Oh Mark, what a nightmare.
I bet there's a lynch mob forming down your way, someone's gonna swing for that.

what a carry on mark hope it never upset them too much

Our young birds were up at 07:30 in a slight head wind but mostly from their left side - all back bar 1 at 11:30 local time. Our first 3 or 4 were doing - 1310 metres a minute or 1435 yards per minute

Old birds were up at 08:00 - given the same velocity, they should be back around 12:30 hours (local).

How are the rest of the members doing?

Phil

halcanada wrote:

325 miles for me tomorrow. Mostly yearlings. Tough headwinds. No one else in the club shipped. They informed me they do not fly past 270 miles. They do win the Fed quite often. Up to that distance. I sent 20. So competing against the Fed. Winds pick up from shortest Fed flier to my place (over 100 km) from 15 kmh to 35 kmh. Surprised the heck out of me, absence of fliers. I have noticed, putting the other members birds through previously,  skinny birds with very narrow end flights. May be that is what sprinters are?

All the very best Hal - go and show therm how it should be done!

Phil

Temps in the low 30,s C. for the whole of next week. Aussie weather! I am curious as to how the Super Booster worked. 7.30 here, long end 391 miles was up at 6.15. 325 birds should be up soon. With the wind think it will be a 9 hour race. Good luck to all you folks!

Well done Phil on getting the Young birds back hope the old birds come good as well and good luck hal with those birds of yours flying against the fed birds get a good un

markevans wrote:

Well done Phil on getting the Young birds back hope the old birds come good as well and good luck hal with those birds of yours flying against the fed birds get a good un

Thanks Mark.

It looks like we are at least a week behind when it comes to the old birds. We are having a shocking O/B race, 50 still not home. They should have been here at lease 90 minutes ago.

hay well - that's pig-ions.

Phil

Finally! Up 45 mins ago at 8.45. Hot out there, swimming pool blown up, air conditioner on. Grand kids and G.grandkids here tomorrow. Going to find a place to hide!!

atb hal. and good luck with the hiding place

well done phil with the ybs hope the old birds turn in...good luck hal

French update:-

Got all y/b's back bar one.

O/b's came back bit by bit - they mostly overshot or were dragged up north, judging from the way they returned.

Crap job this week. Also they mostly look shocking, all fluffed up, eyes half closed and all done in!

Don't know if they are ill or Christmas crackered.

I may give them some sort of treatment this week. We are not racing at all next weekend as it is over 500 miles and too far for our yearlings. Although, the amount of flying some must have done today to be away that long, they could do a long race. But 500 is too much.

We do our clocks tomorrow morning, so more info around lunch time Sunday.

Cheers lovely peeps.

Phil

Kids and dogs. You can yell at them, cajole them, threaten them Seems like they are deaf. So how come without fail, they can hear a potato chip bag opening through 3 solid walls?
Still waiting for birds here. Wind is SWest at 25km gusting to 45km. They are coming from the East. Probably Northerly now. 32 C, humidity 90%. Lots of yearlings, unraced as young birds. Not complaining, what I keep them for. We always live in hope. Why we race them I guess!

Finally got the birds away on the transporter tonight should be a quick one I here the BBC had a fast race today from messac a mate of mine is 22 open doing 5 hrs 13 for the 334 miles

halcanada wrote:

Kids and dogs. You can yell at them, cajole them, threaten them Seems like they are deaf. So how come without fail, they can hear a potato chip bag opening through 3 solid walls?
Still waiting for birds here. Wind is SWest at 25km gusting to 45km. They are coming from the East. Probably Northerly now. 32 C, humidity 90%. Lots of yearlings, unraced as young birds. Not complaining, what I keep them for. We always live in hope. Why we race them I guess!

good luck hal

markevans wrote:

Finally got the birds away on the transporter tonight should be a quick one I here the BBC had a fast race today from messac a mate of mine is 22 open doing 5 hrs 13 for the 334 miles

good luck for tomorrow mark...wow that birds motoring on the channel