last places

hope i get the last 2 places

cannot see why not

mark has put you down for them birdy, he was just wanting conformation from you......

ok i just need him send me his address and how he wants payment

welcome to the oneloft mate glad your in

so thats 40 and all places taken, seems like this is something which has caught our members emagination and will give them the chance to compete in the nationals if they otherwise wouldnt be doing.............me for one anyway.

yes david its a good thing for everyone involved

was a good idea in the first place, but as kev couldnt continue it was lucky mark decided to keep it going.........it shows by the responce what a success its been and i cant wait for it to start, in fact im more excited over this than my own club racing.

all races excite me david iam buzzing cant wait

DAVID wrote:

so thats 40 and all places taken, seems like this is something which has caught our members emagination and will give them the chance to compete in the nationals if they otherwise wouldnt be doing.............me for one anyway.

i realy cant wait over here we aint got national or Fed racing so it will be a chance to try my birds i know the barkers would do ok ken still has hes i gaver him last year and they flew the programme for him i think aswell

hope they do well for you rene, as i was saying to ian.....i`ll bet everyone involved will be sending some of their best ybs as its a great chance to race in the NFC........


maybe mark might continue with whats left as yearlings....???

that would be good wouldnt it then mabe send em too bbc if hes a member

sometimes pigeons do better as yearlings rene, you never know do you......

has proved to be really popular

Glad your in now too Graham

thats it then alex, all 40 places taken................not bad for a small site like ours eh ?

its all about the quality David

and we have that in abundance

hi all , yes david you can,t beat national racing realy gets the blood pumping
on race day it does my head in cos i can,t sleep from thurs night onwards .
but the one loft birds are good hands with mark a national winner him self .
i will be seding to the races so i will be keeping track of the result on the NFC web site
and looking for marks name and also my own , good luck every one can,t wait .

yes your right Kev, ever since i came down here and joined the NFC in 2008 when i only a team of yearlings my whole attitude towards racing changed. first race i sent to was a 2 day holdover and i was working 200miles away when they were liberated so i had to get Clare to time in.

I was on the website watching the race unfold before my eyes as they were being verified and come onto the provisional result be it east west or south. Kept ringing Clare saying they were doing 1300's in the east which meant we would be doing approx 1250 because of the wind, rang her again she had clocked yippee......quick work out and we were doing 1294 well happy, rang her back about 10 minutes later to tell her how to verify and she had clocked another 3, then watched our name come onto the result was amazing....we ended that day 2nd, and i think 11th, 12th & 14th section i couldnt believe it beat by 4ypm for winning the section

that was it, i was hooked........you cant explain the feeling on NFC days

what a start mate and well done to the clare clocking in for you
must have beena great day hope she clocks one of the 1 loft team in this year

birdy2011 wrote:

what a start mate and well done to the clare clocking in for you
must have beena great day hope she clocks one of the 1 loft team in this year

Oh it was, it was unreal seeing our name amongst all the elite and beating most of the quality flyers in our own section was just unbelievable.....i know its hard to explain and to try and get your head around that when you have a strong West wind you wont get within the first 300 in the open because they will achieve 100ypm faster than the middle sections and 200ypm faster then the western sections. but you know what a feeling when you see your first one dropping.

Same happened in the first NFC race last year, strong strong east wind and the Plymouth lads and western sections dominated, we had our good cock come racing hard out of the west to finish 5th section, beaten by 5minutes by a bird flying 20miles West of us, so you know deep down that our bird had past the section winners loft a good 10minutes before they clocked but the day beat him

mark, could you tell me if the bird which won 1st national for you was bred out of winning parents........had they won racing themselves ? also have they bred any other winners for you....?

i won my first eve race from thurso 400 miles the year befor i found him in the loft fast asleep how long he had been there ill never know but he still finished 7th god knows how i didnt see him sneak in

Have a couple stock birds that raced thurso with excellent positions. 451 miles for us I think. Seems like thats a good race.

dont think we ever raced that far, we did race the chanel but from a shorter distance..........

i know mark i can remember the first time i sent in 2004 the first race i sent one a hen
it had been coming well with the devon and cornwall continentel club from lamballe so i got her ready for the
first NFC race i sent her the day of the race i was a wreck but i never saw here again .
then i got a yearling cock ready for the saintes race it was a nice steady race with a slight head wind
just after 10 hrs i was doing some weeding in front of the loft then i looked up and he was there looking at me on top of the loft he went straight in , i could not stop shaking i was gob smacked i phoned it through and when i saw my name in the result it was brill , 4th section D , 266 open .