York Road & District Flying Club

Lofty wrote:

Looking forward to seeing your name on the result David

Same, same Lofty Best David be on the careful side thou I suggest as top flyers here lost half their team that they had in our race at the weekend here etc       sadly & that would be David wiped out unfortunately in one go with his big team there    .  Now           wife just come in with the daily shopping here     & presented me, with a large apple pie & cream as a treat (my favourite food)      . So, Weight watchers       don't bother coming to my house     it would be a total waste of time & effort I suggest  .  

Mmmmm, apple pie, me, I like loads of custard thank you.

I’ve got a feeling about our David, I think he will get one there abouts

Hi David, if your sending this week its from Ilkeston 57 miles

chuda wrote:

Hi David, if your sending this week its from Ilkeston 57 miles

ah right, I thought it was Leicester ...?? Ilkeston at 57 miles will be good for my birds as its their first race.

thanks for letting me know, are you sending this week ...?

David there will be a lot of YB's at Wakefield heading this way

barnie wrote:

David there will be a lot of YB's at Wakefield heading this way

Forgot to add this next 2 Saturdays.

poor show tonight, 4 members sent 30 birds............

good luck david

Cmon David, 1st race and I hope you get a card,

poor weather here, rain and grey skies........be happy just to get them home today.

Good luck pal hope you get good Returns

jet2013uk wrote:

Good luck pal hope you get good Returns

Hope so Jet if he doesn't, could be rather a short season I suggest, unfortunately. Now old fella time. 2nd club, 3rd centre & 3rd section & the **** ****     that beat me in the section was 1st fed etc taking all my money    .

well done oz a nice result their

York Road & District Flying Club
Ilkeston 28/7/18 4 members sent 30 birds

1 A Brown...………..1879
2 A Brown...………..1863
3 A Brown...………..1777
4 K Bryan & Son...1747
5 K Bryan & Son...1555
6 D Lucas...………...1276

Well done Albert & Ronny and all in prizes.

well done brown bros, and all on the sheet .........

Yes, on the sheet David, told you , dark horse you are , wait till next week

Lofty wrote:

Yes, on the sheet David, told you , dark horse you are , wait till next week

only got 3 young birds

Hope you gets some more back.

chuda wrote:

Hope you gets some more back.

yes I hope so, one back this morning soaking wet and knackered....I need a few more back to send to the next race.

David wrote:

chuda wrote:

Hope you gets some more back.

yes I hope so, one back this morning soaking wet and knackered....I need a few more back to send to the next race.

knackered I think I know how it must feel David .

….what were returns like david in the club ,looking at the velocities it seems a strange race... guy in our club had a flyaway last year and was left with 3 ybs he flew the programme apart from the last race ...he still had 2 of the 3 left come the end and scored a few times with them ...nice to see you on the sheet david

David wrote:

well done brown bros, and all on the sheet .........

Been there just like you David etc at times . But credit where due in producing a clock type of thing even if a wee bit slow .

just dipping my toe in the water so to speak knackered, made quite a few mistakes, but hoping to learn from them........

David wrote:

just dipping my toe in the water so to speak knackered, made quite a few mistakes, but hoping to learn from them........

Don't worry David I could name some real expert types down here this year, that have egg on their face etc & in rather a BIG BIG way as such & they don't have to worry about trees either    .

Cannot make head nor tale of the velocity differences.

But just shows how far down the slippery slope the sport is going when a club is down to 4 members, you can only compete against the number involved and take nothing away from the pigeons putting up the best performances, but how much better it would be if you had 30 or more members sending 300 pigeons as in many cases in the past.

Looking at the results in the old bird programme the majority of clubs had low single figure club members and the losses of members to natural causes appears to be on the increase, so some real thought and ACTION needs to be implemented if the sport is to survive.

But Hey APATHY.


Regards.