Training today

Gave the hens their first training toss this morning all came OK cocks again tomorrow

good to hear youve made a start mark, saw a group passing over ours early this morning......plenty of pigeons about over the last couple of days.

just got a letter yesterday off club sec, got 6th june penciled in for the first race ...

That's right dave our first one is at from on the 6th

Will be good to see how the first race goes.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Think there are enough good fanciers to see things go all right.

Although some will have to put more effort in than others.

Good luck anyway.

Regards.

Yes got our first ones today. Hens morning, cock afternoon

peel bros wrote:

Yes got our first ones today. Hens morning,  cock afternoon

Truck not big enough Ray to fit them all one in the one go etc     I take it . .

No I wanted hens to come back to cocks then Visa versa. It works

Knackered wrote:

peel bros wrote:

Yes got our first ones today. Hens morning,  cock afternoon

Truck not big enough Ray to fit them all one in the one go etc     I take it . .

yes knackered, rays vehicle will only carry 300 birds at a time, hence 2 journey`s

peel bros wrote:

No I wanted hens to come back to cocks then Visa versa.  It works

Now, now don't try & con an Aussie   etc here, as David's told me what you get up to there . Cheers .
Enjoy.

Good to see fanciers back on track, would have been a pity to see no racing, just hope no snags crop up.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Good to see fanciers back on track, would have been a pity to see no racing, just hope no snags crop up.

Regards.

Couldn't agree more etc Misty those doom & gloom types here are beginning to wear me down I'm    .

dont think we will be able to race with the rpra protocol for marking /clocks ,it looks like we will be sending as trainers for the forseeable future ,looks like our first race will be 2nd june from stratford provided the goverment go into stage 2 of lifting restrictions

oldstrain wrote:

dont think we will be able to race with the rpra protocol for marking /clocks ,it looks like we will be sending as trainers for the forseeable future ,looks like our first race will be 2nd june from stratford provided the goverment go into stage 2 of lifting restrictions

whys that darren , have they not "devised" a plan for clock setting and basketting ......ive a sheet somewhere saying something about it .

the basket team have to be under age of 70 and that needs at least 2 members ,that would mean me being one of the 2 along with 1 other member who is also under 70...all the others are too old ,so...i take birds from basket and rubber them up and put into race pannier and verbally tell person info for race sheet from a distance ,ok all good but damn time consuming especially as i would then need to do clocks after basketing and loading pigeons ,would be a long evening and no clubhouse/pub to work from and no outside electric ,also all monies need to be enveloped with correct amount ,now with our members its always mayhem with monies/race sheet one guy always does his sheet in the car park transferring his pigeons from 2 baskets no having thought long and hard and dont forget i have duty to keep my own safe to i/we have decided that we will take other members birds to the head basket station and send as trainers for now and see if the restrictions get lifted further later on in the bigger races ,ets would be much easier but my club is strictly t3 they wont allow ets but they may have to re-think that one...same old david its left to the few to do everything atb

right, yes thats along the lines of what i have read darren, its a nightmare by the sounds of it ........same in my club, the ones under 70 are usually the lazy members anyway, plus i cant do it because i have copd, so not allowed .

i know we can take the birds to other clubs to basket, but by what ive heard and read it isnt going to be easy to have a racing season, in fact i cant see many clubs / birds racing unless something drastic happens re restrictions .

Seems an absolute nightmare oldstrain even if everything goes well and there are no snags arising.

What happens if there are no under 70s on the odd occasion through unforeseen circumstances?.

Cannot see it working for a season without too many problems.


Hope matters improver quickly.

Regards.

yeah thats about it lads so best can hope for is some training from race points we can still compare our times anyway and work our own velocities ,its still something eh still be nice to see um come home i always enjoyed that anyway and would wait for every bird to return on raceday right up until clocks if need be ...we will set clocks for the classic races though in july/august i could set my own for every race no bother and still be in the open result but that would not be fair on the other club members ...all in all i am grateful for a bit of fun seeing them come home

Why not for a bit of fun oldstrain do what we did 70 odd years ago, do not bother with clocks, just run to a designated point with the rubber, or in some instances the pigeon.

Just see how fast the old timers can run when called for.

Regards.

i like that idea misty especially with little as my runner me alfie and the wife will have a bit of fun picking a few out ourselves each week and tot the points up at the end of it all ...winner takes all ,a box of thorntons and a week off from house chores

Sounds a good idea oldstrain, all being involved will maybe be better than normal.

Even when using clocks in normal racing you could do the same.

My money would be on your wife, the less we know about pigeons the better they perform, so either you or Alfie are in for some work.

Regards.

Gave the hens their training toss this morning from the 18 mile stage next one for the cocks at Worcester around 28 miles

Took ours again today . Going well

seen quite a lot of trainers going over the last few days ..........birds look to be going well .

David wrote:

seen quite a lot of trainers going over the last few days ..........birds look to be going well .

We are a confused lot down here David one Fed will fine it's members if caught out training etc & another one suggests it's all Ok as such. Crazy time & about to get crazier over the next month or so I suspect .  

oldstrain wrote:

i like that idea misty especially with little as my runner me alfie and the wife will have a bit of fun picking a few out ourselves each week and tot the points up at the end of it all ...winner takes all ,a box of thorntons and a week off from house chores

No cheating with the little O/S     as a runner etc as a drug swab will apply to him the same as your pigeons I suspect if looking for that bit of extra speed come race day there . .