What sort of season have you had.....?

what sort of racing season have our members had this year, i only entered 2 open races.....i clocked in one of them and was 5 mins behind the winner but was happy enough considering the position of the winning loft, and the other race i didnt bother to clock because the two cocks which came together wouldnt trap.......so all in all quite a rubbish yb season but this is mainly down to me and inexperience but hopefully i will learn from the mistakes i made and give it a better go next season........


how did you do.........? good or bad

Havent had a bad season in 15 to 17 races not been out of the first 5 acept Barcelona which is not a club race I did not have a bird home until the 6th day out of 4 sent if they go to barcelona next year I will not be in the club as its a graveyard for me

A Fantastic racing season for us, although the losses with youngsters before racing was unbearable due to three hawk strikes

We have won 15 x 1st, 16 x 2nd, 10 x 3rd, 9 x 4th with the club,
5 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd with the Wiltshire Federation,
1 x 1st, 1 x 8th and 1 x 9th Wessex Combine from 3 old bird races
and also the icing on the cake 1st Section 1st Open National Flying Club 8,535 birds

Watchfield Club - Old bird averages, Continental averages, Youngbird averages & Combined average

With 2010 highlights being:-
05.06.10 1st Section F 1st Open National Flying Club Messac (251mile) 8535birds
05.06.10 1st Club 1st Federation 1st Wessex Combine Messac (251mile) 3672birds
12.06.10 1st, 2nd Club 2nd, 3rd Fed (beaten by 0.1yd) Carentan (148mile) 618birds
19.06.10 4th Section F 37th Open National Flying Club Poitiers (347mile 5893birds
26.06.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd Club 1st, 3rd Fed 8th Wessex Combine Niort (358mile) 2510birds
03.07.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Club 1st, 2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Federation Exeter (105mile) 831birds
10.07.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd Club 2nd, 7th Fed 9th Wessex Combine Bergerac (466mile) 2070birds

Ginger169 wrote:

Havent had a bad season in 15 to 17 races not been out of the first 5 acept Barcelona which is not a club race I did not have a bird home until the 6th day out of 4 sent if they go to barcelona next year I will not be in the club as its a graveyard for me

yes you've had a very good season this year Ginger i hope im gona beat you next year i'm gona try to anyway i'm gona prey for all easterly winds for the whole season welldone mate the birds have done well for you

Lightning McQueen wrote:

A Fantastic racing season for us, although the losses with youngsters before racing was unbearable due to three hawk strikes

We have won 15 x 1st, 16 x 2nd, 10 x 3rd, 9 x 4th with the club,
5 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd with the Wiltshire Federation,
1 x 1st, 1 x 8th and 1 x 9th Wessex Combine from 3 old bird races
and also the icing on the cake 1st Section 1st Open National Flying Club 8,535 birds

Watchfield Club - Old bird averages, Continental averages, Youngbird averages & Combined average

With 2010 highlights being:-
05.06.10 1st Section F 1st Open National Flying Club Messac (251mile) 8535birds
05.06.10 1st Club 1st Federation 1st Wessex Combine Messac (251mile) 3672birds
12.06.10 1st, 2nd Club 2nd, 3rd Fed (beaten by 0.1yd) Carentan (148mile) 618birds
19.06.10 4th Section F 37th Open National Flying Club Poitiers (347mile 5893birds
26.06.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd Club 1st, 3rd Fed 8th Wessex Combine Niort (358mile) 2510birds
03.07.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Club 1st, 2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Federation Exeter (105mile) 831birds
10.07.10 1st, 2nd, 3rd Club 2nd, 7th Fed 9th Wessex Combine Bergerac (466mile) 2070birds

nice racing mate bet your over the moon with these sort of results mate well done to you and to your birds mate

some great results there by some of our members, well done to you both........ anyone else want to share their results with us

My results david, no positions, no time ins and no luck but I still love the birds and will be back again next year, ive only about 14 birds due to work and costs but this will be my 22nd season in my club so maybe next year, some good positions posted by other membesr so well done all

not a bad start for first year been on sheet few time and for first lils race 8/9 th club and a 4th 7th 10th that with raceing x3 old birds .one was a latebreed stray transfer over ... just way behind with y/b only sent to 3 races ... then had a massive family problem ...

Paul wrote:

My results david, no positions, no time ins and no luck but I still love the birds and will be back again next year, ive only about 14 birds due to work and costs but this will be my 22nd season in my club so maybe next year, some good positions posted by other membesr so well done all

good on you paul, its true pigeon men like you which make the sport great.......you love your birds and get a lot of enjoyment from them, i had big plans for racing this year and didnt even enter any of my clubs races, partly because i didnt think the birds were ready, hadnt trained enough and partly because i was over protective of them and didnt want to throw them away.........i entered 2 open races but didnt even bother to clock in in one of them because i had scared the bird,

your right, its all about enjoying your birds regardless of if you win or not.........im sure a lot will agree with you.

phil411 wrote:

not a bad start for first year been on sheet few time and for first lils race 8/9 th club and a 4th 7th 10th that with raceing x3 old birds .one was a latebreed stray transfer over ... just way behind with y/b only sent to 3 races ... then had a massive family problem ...

at least you dipped your toe in the water (so to speak) phil, im sure any mistakes you made, you will have learned from them for next year..........also family come first every time, as we all will agree im sure.

David Wrote

i had big plans for racing this year and didnt even enter any of my clubs races, partly because i didnt think the birds were ready, hadnt trained enough and partly because i was over protective of them and didnt want to throw them away.........i entered 2 open races but didnt even bother to clock in in one of them because i had scared the bird,

Youve got to send them david, you could lose the birds on short tosses just as much as a long race, ive lost some experienced birds on short tosses and had others returned from channel races I never thought Id see again but racing pigeons is all about the unknown, we all send our birds and we all get surprises, good luck for next year but personally I keep bids to race and probably send undertrained, maybe thats why im always last

i just need to work on a system and stick to it .... and i was shocked when i got on sheet ... first time but im looking now just to build up a little team for me self ... and there going to be plenty of head down reading watch and asking tips ... i just carnt work out wat system ... as i tryed alsorts this year in ways ....