club members

how many club members do you have ...we have 14 but 2 rarely race so 12 active members ...this yr another 2 were going to pack in as they find it difficult to train so we offered to train there birds for them so we have kept hold of those 2 lovely old boys to, one of them is deaf so a bit of hard work regards communication but we get by,it has always puzzled me why more fanciers don't train together ,it seems a lot are packing in so just trying to see whats going on around the country regards members...thanks for any forthcoming answers atb

down from 12 sending to 7, lost members to other clubs due to fed allowing them to join, our club house looking dodgy now due to a club originally funded by local pit workers now wanting an annual rent that is just out of our range, hope we can get a stay or find new lodgings been there over 40years so sad ending for all

last time i counted around 17 members, not been for a while but i know theres less now.........and probably around 7 members sending regularly .

ive no right to complain about those not sending or participating as i havnt races for years, dont really intent to if im honest ........

In a comparatively small area we have 4 clubs, some with dual memberships.

All could fly in one club.

Most fly in the same Fed.

Rarely have any of them with double figures sending, in fact often low single figures.

Could have one good club ???????.

Regards,

If the RPRA had anything about them they could have restricted the number of clubs by only allowing one club within an area, this would have cut all the costs.

But then????.

Regards.

yes exactly misty 1 club in certain radius but then the rpra would not be able to call in club fees etc...from many clubs in the same area stifling their profit that's spent on jollys and pensions and cars etc...not to mention the useless raptor alliance at £30,000 a year along with office and costs etc...when you look at names in top positions or influencing positions the same names crop up ...

We have 14 but like you darren 2 don't bother much . But in our club we have the top 2 flyers in our fed

peel bros wrote:

We have 14 but like you darren 2 don't bother much . But in our club we have the top 2 flyers in our fed

Will agree with you Ray but that number should be 3 as you and Daz are making them sit up mate

5 here. Fed toppers 2 of them. Topped it a few times 600 miles down to 200. Not recently though. Big Fed. Fed counts more. No disrespect to club winners.

halcanada wrote:

5 here. Fed toppers 2 of them. Topped it a few times 600 miles down to 200. Not recently though. Big Fed. Fed counts more. No disrespect to club winners.

we have 3 open winners in our club to and they are top flyers one won the amalgamation to ,I think all clubs these days have at least 2 or 3 exceptional flyers in them ...that's not in doubt ,how can anyone disrespect club winners as they have to win the club before they win the open   our open is basically a fed no different just different name ,they just aswell call it a fed we have 8 basket station and 62 members last yr ...at the end of the day one can only race against what is sent and the birdage is in decline no doubt about that but the only alternative is south road racing here where I am situated and that's no more than 100 miles every week apart from 4 races that's not interesting enough for me when the north folds we may go bicc and just use the south club/fed route for training atb

I agree oldstrain.

I have always though that club racing is the fairest, and offers the least advantages.

If you have decent competition into a reasonable area the advantages are reduced, and races as hard to win as any.

It is ridiculous to compare a pigeon flying some times 200 or 300 miles further than others.

It is like comparing a 100 yards race with a mile race using a velocity of determining the winner (in athletics).

Nothing should be taken from the credit of FED and National winners, BUT ?????.


Regards.

I have a 40 plus mile overfly. Farthest Fed members are abou 100 miles farther than me. North is 80 miles. We fly east to west. Depends were one is located I guess. The prevailing wind is from the West but this year was mainly from the east.
Some fast races occurred.

12 members in our club only have 7 at the best usually 5 most weeks some members in other clubs and feds so we take what comes going back to you ray having the best two in the fed you being one of them and having a good season as always twelve members is regarded as a big club now

markevans wrote:

12 members in our club only have 7 at the best usually 5 most weeks  some members in other clubs and feds so we take what comes going back to you ray having the best two in the fed you being one of them and having a good season as always twelve members is regarded as a big club now

Mark in the 80/90's in our area the small clubs would have at least 30 members my own club
The Tipton and District HS had 100 members in a 3/4 mile radius and we had anything from 75-85 members send each week with 600-750 birds a week sent between 30-40 crates on the Worcester Federation transporter

Can see why Tony Cowan called the Black Country the Antwerp of Britain when he filmed Mark Evans of Wednesbury.

too much back biting in our club, some all too keen to stir things up and complain ......

Darren don't do anything on spur of moment. Wait see how it goes, maybe beat them at their own game next season, then they'll change the programme back to what it was for the following year

barnie wrote:

Darren don't do anything on spur of moment. Wait see how it goes, maybe beat them at their own game next season, then they'll change the programme back to what it was for the following year

I know the guy who runs the south club in my area he has always said I am welcome at anytime so no need to jump in ,thanks colin

David wrote:

too much back biting in our club, some all too keen to stir things up and complain ......

Not much of that happens down here etc David Most clubs now are lucky to even have one general financial AGM meeting for the year on average .

You always get the back street lawyers, know (or think) they know everything, always complaining, never doing anything, just part and parcel of life.

Cannot understand you oldstrain, all you have to do is not clock in for ten minutes every race and your problems will be over.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

You always get the back street lawyers, know (or think) they know everything, always complaining, never doing anything, just part and parcel of life.

Cannot understand you oldstrain, all you have to do is not clock in for ten minutes every race and your problems will be over.

Regards.

looks like a few are not happy with it ,thing is it costs about £250 to transport to the longer races and nobodys sending ah well it will all come out in the wash at the agm ...I will attend this year and ask the committee where the logic is

12 seems to be the amount most have , but that's it we have to just get on with it but saying that the best flyers still race and still hard to beat and gave been for a long time but we still try

I think double figures for a club today is good ray ...ours and 1 other are the only ones with such in our district

oldstrain wrote:

I think double figures for a club today is good ray ...ours and 1 other are the only ones with such in our district

Few clubs here O/S on average, are blessed with 12 members etc or double figures . The days of having the baskets out side in the rain on basket night & 3000 odd birds from the local centre in a race are but a distant memory here now I'm .