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thats good kev its a real buz when you see a bird come from a long way
sometimes you gut feeling inside tells you that you have a good 1 in the clock

birdy2011 wrote:

thats good kev its a real buz when you see a bird come from a long way
sometimes you gut feeling inside tells you that you have a good 1 in the clock

the thing is birdy i never saw the bloody thing come id been waiting for 3 hrs

thats what happend to me when my bird was 7th thuso he was sat in his box so sent him back next year and waited right by loft door he was 1st club 2nd section 20th open my first ever win

where you from Birdy? do you still race the North

nottinghamshire just starting back after 12 year rest lol what a mug will be racing south when ive built loft

DAVID wrote:

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....?

The father was a good solid racer, winning loads of 2nd, 3rd, 4ths and did eventually get a couple of 1sts.....the mother has always been stock.

Both have bred other winners both together and split...........the old girl has an example is mother of 33 who won 2 x 1st combine, he is sire of 62 who won 2 x 1st fed, she is mother of 08 who won 2 x 1st combine, she is mother of young08 who won twice etc etc etc

She is a once in a lifetime pigeon IMO

great when they breed winner after winner

and are they gaby vandenabeeles (spelling ?) mark ?

DAVID wrote:

and are they gaby vandenabeeles (spelling ?) mark ?

Yes they are mate (spot on)

DAVID wrote:

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

shame i missed out maybe next year its like having a horse in the grand national good luck to all

yes its a shame, but hopefully you will be in it next year if mark does it again, i know he is doing a yearling race but not sure about another yb.

altho with it been such a success im sure someone will do it again.....

yes this is going to be some thing special for next season in the NFC yb race
i just hope mark can get most of them through the programe ready for the big one
if mark can get a big portion of them in the race and the wind is right who knows some one on
this site might win a national and with a national winning man with mark looking after them it might just happen ive got every faith in him . cheers kev

kev d wrote:

yes this is going to be some thing special for next season in the NFC yb race
i just hope mark can get most of them through the programe ready for the big one
if mark can get a big portion of them in the race and the wind is right who knows some one on
this site might win a national and with a national winning man with mark looking after them it might just happen ive got every faith in him . cheers kev

i will second that mark is the man for the job and that he is more then capable of doin our birds justice

hi rene , i think the first priority is to win the section or get a high section prize probably want a slight notherly
wind with a little bit of east in it to keep them on a westerly course .

one things for sure, our members will be sending some of their best ybs possible.....it isnt every day some of us can get the chance to fly the nationals is it.......

no pressure....

Im looking forward to this, i love national racing.....just standing looking, waiting then one comes over the tree excellent

sounds like your an old hand at it clare, i dont think our birds could be in any better hands then yours and marks............

Well pigeon racing wasn't my hobby, it came as a package with Mark but as the years have gone on i have grown to love it.. Before when we lived in St Helens i just used to sit out with Mark and his parents but now i'm first up there lol.

I guess i had to get used to them when Mark started to work from home so i had to clean, feed and train them but when i clocked in a good bird from the national thats when it stuck.. I'm now secretary of our club

Clare wrote:

Well pigeon racing wasn't my hobby, it came as a package with Mark but as the years have gone on i have grown to love it.. Before when we lived in St Helens i just used to sit out with Mark and his parents but now i'm first up there lol.

I guess i had to get used to them when Mark started to work from home so i had to clean, feed and train them but when i clocked in a good bird from the national thats when it stuck.. I'm now secretary of our club

Brilliant

yes claire its very addictive its like a drug

Don Webb wrote:

Clare wrote:

Well pigeon racing wasn't my hobby, it came as a package with Mark but as the years have gone on i have grown to love it.. Before when we lived in St Helens i just used to sit out with Mark and his parents but now i'm first up there lol.

I guess i had to get used to them when Mark started to work from home so i had to clean, feed and train them but when i clocked in a good bird from the national thats when it stuck.. I'm now secretary of our club

Brilliant

You know what they say behind every good man there's a good partner

i feel sick

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Clare wrote:

Well pigeon racing wasn't my hobby, it came as a package with Mark but as the years have gone on i have grown to love it.. Before when we lived in St Helens i just used to sit out with Mark and his parents but now i'm first up there lol.

I guess i had to get used to them when Mark started to work from home so i had to clean, feed and train them but when i clocked in a good bird from the national thats when it stuck.. I'm now secretary of our club

wished my misses was in to it like you clare