changes in the sport over the years

members it would be a great insight into the many changes in the sport over the last 30 years the good and the bad in your areas i will give you an example
i hail from the mighty UNC area at the time before the many splits one of the things that makes me very sad is to see the friendship and help that used to be the normal where you where welcome to every ones lofts how sad it is now where many will not let folks visit or help in any way and only locked gates to greet you

its the same with friday and saturday nights once some put birds in they go and soon as the winners be announced they go and forget the poor lad at the bottom of the sheet long gone are the good days where you shook hands and had a pint and a laugh before and after

most are in it for themselves dont give a shit about fellow members my gate is always open and anyone is welcome , ill help any body out as and when i can

IANYOUNG wrote:

most are in it for themselves dont give a shit about fellow members my gate is always open and anyone is welcome , ill help any body out as and when i can

thats very good of you ian but what do you think are the good or bad changes since you came into the sport

Fair play Ian

i think you might get the odd few who will help other fanciers, but i think they are in the minority.............most are in it to win at any cost and will not help or give info to others

in my opinion the best flyers say very little...........

as a new comer to pigeons from just knowing the bits to reading up and info from other flyers and members from sites i wouldnt of had a clue and the lads in my club all helped me out by small things to me asking but i know some are good flyers and others fly for a hobbie im thankful for the help ... but if i can give someone a helping hand i do ... .

well i carnt reali comment not been in the sport long but in are club we all help eachother all shake hands and all stay behind till the transporter turns up and the birds loaded on and on race day after its ofer all go round one of the fancers and have tea and cakes and see who won

Chris Tea&cakes thats a new one on me

seanl wrote:

IANYOUNG wrote:

most are in it for themselves dont give a shit about fellow members my gate is always open and anyone is welcome , ill help any body out as and when i can

thats very good of you ian but what do you think are the good or bad changes since you came into the sport

this is what iam saying sean people have changed over time maybe theres more money involved ,ie the cost of racing them corn meds etc , and prize money (,in some clubs)

i will help the lads at the bottom if i can,as you all know i give birds away for nothing,i do,nt ask for a penny like some .thats what i call helping people out.these pigeons i have bought myself but that does,nt bother me one bit,the only reason i lock my gate is to keep the big lads out as i have noticed when you win a decent race they want to know everything but when you ask them they cannot remember anything,very strange.on here there are a few which have helped me over the last few years and i thank them for that,but it has changed over the years

theres always going to be backstabbers ray, some of which will be friendly to your face even...........most are not to be trusted.

theres plenty about

David wrote:

theres always going to be backstabbers ray, some of which will be friendly to your face even...........most are not to be trusted.

exactly david i know a few

The most changes I,v seen since I came back, is that most people cleaned out every day and all the anemosty thats going around some dont talk to this one the others dont talk to that one, if any one askes about something they wont tell them,when I first started we use to stay behind and have game of cards or just chat, you could say I would like a youngster off that one and nine times out of ten you would get it even if it was a latebred we would go to other houses and have a chat, but it seemes now that they seem to keep in little clicks and are not happy when someone els wins, I no every one wants to win but their can only be one winner they should be happy to get the birds home to race next time things are not the same and will never get any better, thats the way of the world now I think my name is jack

It's all gone far too serious and money motivated.
My last partnership was with a young lad, my ex's son. He was only twelve at the time. He refused to take the clock in on race days, because of the abuse he got when we won. It was disgraceful, the way they these pigeon men behaved.

Gaz b wrote:

It's all gone far too serious and money motivated.
My last partnership was with a young lad, my ex's son. He was only twelve at the time. He refused to take the clock in on race days, because of the abuse he got when we won. It was disgraceful, the way they these pigeon men behaved.

I will second that mate just passed a joke now were has all the fun gone in the game

they are good lads in my club guess im lucky really....when i did manage a decent position though it was silence all round lol

Wait till you do it every week.

alex move up here my club great ha

we are basically against each other anyway chris

your going down fool , down

weather im right or wrong i don,t care but there is to many pills and potions about on the market
these days all wanting your money making you believe that they can make your birds world beaters
there are to many pigeons being sold with peds you can,t realy trust all saying bred of top class birds
it all boils down to pure greed , the RPRA all there intrested in are giving our money away to charity we don,t get any publicity from the national press they all think we wear flat caps and keep whipets the genarel public doesn,t realise what happens on a fri night and sat night in pigeon land but ive spoken to people and there really intrested in the subject of keeping and racing pigeons but would think about it in later life when settled down , i think pigeon racing is out of reach with the younger generation they have so many other things to do
in there lifes . i think i will stop at that cos i think it hasn,t changed for the better the pigeons have got faster but are we really enjoying it with all the money we have to fork out .

yes the fun side has gone without doubt and yes to many pills and potions

to many charlatans in this game for me ...dont remember it being like this years ago,to many potions on the market to ,trying to hoodwink fanciers into buying rubbish also the sport is not being portrayed to the public in any shape or form,i can remember when i was at school and most of the public schools had a loft on their grounds (early 80's)