MNFC One Loft Entries 2018

heres he list for the 2018 mnfc one loft race entries, our birds are 378, 379, 380 and 381 ....



http://mnfconeloftrace.org.uk/competitors-2018.html

David wrote:

heres he list for the 2018 mnfc one loft race entries, our birds are 378, 379, 380 and 381 ....



http://mnfconeloftrace.org.uk/competitors-2018.html

Interesting David the one man entry teams there I suggest must have great faith in the birds they sent as such & the average is around the 4 mark etc I see, so we should be in with a chance ????????????????????????? one hopes    .

381.

One would have thought that with the area concerned and it is not too much of an effort to get the pigeons to the loft that there would be far more fanciers interested.

It is also a little disappointing to see the disparity in entries.

We all know a good one in condition will beat
a hundred also rans all other things being equal, but one loft races involve so many adverse possibilities that having twice, three and four or more entries than others increases the odds of those sending more overcoming any problems.

But I hope yours will be there at the end to take their chances, and will enjoy watching their progress.

Regards.

I think most of us would have preferred the rpra one loft again, but we didn't have any choice this year.......the updates for the mnfc one loft are very poor compared to the rpra one loft, so lets hope we are more informed once the season starts.

I think there are approx. half the entries in the mnfc compared to last years rpra, also we have 4 birds entered, compared to 2 last season, so more chance maybe ...???

Good to see the forum birds up their dave along with one or two names I recognize just have to send Jamie the money back for the carriage for his two then its all down to the loft management

yes mark, I also recognised a few familiar names on the entry list, all the sweeter when we beat them eh.......

Noticed a mealy in there, hope it's not hen

Had a mealy hen win me a $1000 few years ago, one lofter. The one in the avatar. 381 is a mealy.

The one loft seems to have lost one of our birds already and not started training yet !!!

Darren checked with them a couple of days ago chicken, they still have all our birds....

yes all 4 entries are still there I think its double listed a bit further down the list but definitely still there

Ah great news. If I am reading last years results right most of the birds clocked in the last race were hens which is interesting.

cowandchicken wrote:

Ah great news. If I am reading last years results right most of the birds clocked in the last race were hens which is interesting.

Shock horror, I'm CC maybe with 3 cocks & one hen in our little team it appears etc there maybe we just need some one of the cross dressing brigade       to just jump in & change the odds in our favour there .
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Maybe we have some cockey hens Knackerd

Very pleased for you, hope you win a few bob, I will know where to do a bit of begging.


Regards.

cowandchicken wrote:

Maybe we have some cockey hens Knackerd

Maybe CC One never quite  knows I'm   these days etc what one may have prancing around the back yard as such or what may just walk passed you in the street type of thing .
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MISTY wrote:

Very pleased for you, hope you win a few bob, I will know where to do a bit of begging.


Regards.  

Beg as much as you like Misty But I'm unfortunately     you will not get a penny from me when I take home the spoils etc .

Glad you would not offer a penny Knackered, I was thinking more in terms of pounds sterling.

Joking apart, I have never been interested in the money side of the sport I have always got my monies worth in enjoyment.

But if you pay and there is money involved you are entitled to any winnings.


Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Glad you would not offer a penny Knackered, I was thinking more in terms of pounds sterling.

Joking apart, I have never  been interested in the money side of the sport I have always got my monies worth in enjoyment.

But if you pay and there is money involved you are entitled to any winnings.


Regards.  

Same, same Misty "money, a non issue" Still thou have the believer types here        that think money will save the decline in the sport that we have down here etc for Mr Average. Not wishing to be to harsh but they are as thick as a brick I would suggest     with that way of thinking from my perspective as such .

I think with the price of keeping pigeons today, its becoming a rich mans "hobby" , nothing is cheap with a picture of a pigeon on it.......it soon mounts up at the corn shop if you try stock up for a while, that's why its good if you can source cheaper options.

David wrote:

I think with the price of keeping pigeons today, its becoming a rich mans "hobby" , nothing is cheap with a picture of a pigeon on it.......it soon mounts up at the corn shop if you try stock up for a while, that's why its good if you can source cheaper options.

In relative terms David pigeons are not all that dear to keep on their own etc I suggest. But when one has the many normal living costs these days & expectations many have they become for mr average rather an expense I suggest that many can no longer afford, unfortunately.

Yes. Rich persons hobby. However if one can afford them and win with them, a little advertising can defray expenses. The more one wins the more one can sell birds. Look at Europe. Many are sold to Asia. You have the birds they have the money. Pure sport? Has not been since Gits and others.

I feel that it depends entirely on exactly what you are in the sport for.

If it is to enjoy breeding and racing for what that has to offer irrespective of it depending on any wins etc; then the sport need not be too costly for the average person.

It the average person is, in my opinion, of the opinion that he/she can compete with the rich and win at any cost brigade on a shoe string then they will in most cases be disappointed and well out of pocket.

I never spent much on lofts, home made, or pigeons, the latter I looked carefully at who was selling and what, the former being as important as the latter.

I got brothers and sisters of top pigeons for what was a pitance relative to today.

I had a wife and two children to look after and care for many years at the same time as the pigeons etc;

I only kept the number of pigeons relative to what I could afford to keep in the manner they deserved, which varied at times.

There were difficult times when I had to do a bit of scrap mettaling etc; to fund the pigeons but that was also an experience I would not have missed.

I had oportunities to sell pigeons but never did, I gave many away that both won themselves and also bred winners for many fanciers.

There is no one on earth now or previously that has enjoyed the company of our feathered friends more than I have and I would have done so irrespective of any wins etc;

Regards.

it is expensive david especially during racing season ,reason why a small team of cocks are raced and no more than 30 ybs are bred here but still enjoy every minute doing what we are doing