yb chalange for NFC by kev d

hi folks , due to unforseen circumstances the chalange for 2011
is off . my lofts sit on the edge of the country side in wellington somerset and for the last
couple of years there as been in the pipe line a masive housing develpment with a school and releave road
in the last few days the surveyers have been and marked every thing out in the field right next to my loft
it,s about 30 ft from my loft were the houses are going . my loft will be save but with all the disruption
there is going to be it wount be fare on the birds and i will be getting stressed out , im going to a public meeting next week to see the plans they are planning to build 380 houses a school with playing fields
and a releave road two years ago they built a new housing eastate at the other end off town with 300 houses
wellington is changing and changing fast but not for the good . sorry about this racing for next season does not look good i will keep you up dated thanks for reading kev dyson .

Sorry about that kev, i was looking forward to the challenge, Hope the building work does not upset ur racing plans for 2011 too much, and your birds race well for you
Ken

friendsloft wrote:

Sorry about that kev, i was looking forward to the challenge, Hope the building work does not upset ur racing plans for 2011 too much, and your birds race well for you
Ken

cheers ken , this as been going on now for a few years now the wheels are in motion
and moving fast im thinking of moving the birds in to my garden depending how bad it gets but i will decide
that when the building work starts once i know whats going to happen the yb chalange is just on the back burner for now .

Thanks for keeping us all updated Kev, hope u dont have to relocate ur birds as that will set you back abit, fingers crossed for you
Ken

my house is only a few 100 yards away from my plot so i don,t think
it will to much of a problem i can keep the old loft there and build a new one in the garden
so if i have to go back and forth its only a couple of mins walk or a few seconds in the car .

sorry to hear this kev, was looking forward to it too.................... hope its not too much of a burden for you and your birds racing next season.

thanks for letting us know tho kev.

Sorry to hear the bad news Kev, hope everything works out for you in the near future

Sorry to hear this. Hope it all works out for you in the future kev.

Thats a shame this was a good idea, if Kev would like to keep this going and get this idea off the ground i could hold it for him this next season, i have a spare 10ft section at the end and was considering converting to a cabin.

ONLY AN IDEA AT THE MINUTE!!

I could easily split this into 2 x 5ft sections (cocks/hens) and house 30yb for this competition if you wish, i would race a couple of club races to get them right and then into the big one.

We could keep exactly the same format as you have all discussed/agreed over the last few months, and get them ready to send them to the NFC youngbird race........but i would want some members to visit the loft on this race to hopefully await your birds and we'll have some fun.

thats a great idea mark, and good of you to step in.............depending on how the responce is i might be interested.

no worries David, just seemed a shame to let it die after so much work had been put into it........Kev would take it back over for next year once things settle at his loft for next year and we could even have an attempt with the yearlings if we had any left and sent them to Saintes or somewhere........Really test your stock

or you could have them back, or auction them with the monie going back to the breeder or a chosen charity the options are endless

yes mark, would be nice to get something going which would become a yearly event.....and members could get behind it each year.

Fair play Mark that is a good suggestion

looking forward to hearing from other members don, see if they are interested again.

As always Im in, will donate 2, and Im sure my mate gareth will too, so thats 4 from wales. excellent idea to begin with and Im sure Mark will do this experiement justice.

Should be a good thing allround

yes is a good thing for the people thats in it

Yes your right in

Are you going to have a go Ian

no

Just had a scroll through the past topics in relation to this great idea of Kev D's and it looked like the people who were interested were going to:-

1) Send 2 x yb each
2) Pay £30 (to cover corn, vaccinations, meds and entry into the local club races for training
3) Then pay the birdage plus any pools they wish for the YB NFC race (any prize/pool money won would be breeders)

If we did keep this idea going and we got 10 members entering 2 birds each, i feel that we could keep £100 of the entry to go as a prize to the first returning bird from the NFC YB race as well as the bonus of any other prize/pool money won from the NFC

If we got 20 members (ie this would be the MAX as loft size), then we could payout £200 or maybe £300 in prizes to the first returning birds???

We could also do other fund raising activities to add more prizemoney to the site oneloft birds?

That sounds like a really good idea Mark...

do you know the race programme yet mate ?

NFC Race Programme
21/05/2011 Fougeres
04/06/2011 Saumur or Cholet
18/06/2011 Messac
02/07/2011 Tarbes
23/07/2011 Saintes

03/09/2011 Fougeres YB (216mile to me)

which one is the longest and how far