ONLY A SPORT YES OR NO?

i have my own thoughts on this whats yours? their a guy in our club who is a good flyer when he is in the company of all the lads having a cuppa and he is after having a good result he would say to the lads who havnt had a good result dont worry lads enjoy its only a sport.The same lad when he has a bad result and is on his own in garden goes mad.Lots of money involved in pigeon racing now .SO ONLY A SPORT?

To me it's my hobby, yes we all race to win, but you can't win em all. If I'm consistent I'm happy, if I win I'm extremely happy.

youve got to take the good with the bad. i found that out this year but i still love my racing love to see the birds coming home if am up there with the leaders am over the moon if not . just try better for the next race. hobby yes it can get you down alot but 1 good win and it all goes away again

This is my second year keeping racing pigeons, and so far my birds have not seen a transporter yet, will start racing in July with the young birds, to me its the enjoyment of keeping them and flying them out, racing comes second in my mind, just my opinion.

ive been in it since 2000 and won sod all so i guess im in it as a hobby

if i was in pigeons for the money then i will pack them in , as i will never get back what i put in , like i say if i win its a bonus , but if i dont its not the end of the world

Won one race since started in 1989, but still love competing and seeing the birds come back

if you just keep pigeons it's a hobby join a club and you become competitive then it's a sport thats what i think george

its a hobby to me but i,m obsessed with winning,if i do,nt do well on race day i,m gutted ,i hate not winning especially when they cost you a small fortune to keep ,i want something back and winning is that something...not being fuuny when i say this but some just like to race and see them come home and some like me want to win every week,but we are all different and i,m not calling anyone for how they want to race but do,nt call me

as most members know i restarted about 3 years ago after a 20 year lay off from pigeons, ive found it hard to get back into racing due to one thing or another.........but i do want to win once im back into it properly as it gives you that bit back for all the hard work which goes into looking after them, plus the money will go towards their feed a little bit maybe.

to me its a hobby if i win anything then even better but i dont make or want it to be a chore there are other things in life as well the main thing is just keep it simple and enjoy them they wont get any faster making it hard work if you won every race this year ide bet your still out of pocket less birds less stress

theres a good friend of mine who races out of new durham if he wins hes happy,if he doesnt he is still the same,he gets a lot of pleasure helping the young lads starting up,defo a sport with him.

Hobby for us we like to win but if we dont shake the winners hand and say well done and try even harder the following week.

birdy2011 wrote:

to me its a hobby if i win anything then even better but i dont make or want it to be a chore there are other things in life as well the main thing is just keep it simple and enjoy them they wont get any faster making it hard work if you won every race this year ide bet your still out of pocket less birds less stress

well said g totally agree